James Zirkle

1981

RedStar Fencing Club Chicago

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 24 34 11 2 11 82
Losses 6 20 9 - 12 47
Win Ratio 80.0% 63.0% 55.0% 100.0% 47.8% 63.6%
Pool Victories 20 23 9 1 6 59
Pool Losses 2 13 6 - 10 31
Pool Win Ratio 90.9% 63.9% 60.0% 100.0% 37.5% 65.6%
DE Victories 4 11 2 1 5 23
DE Losses 4 7 3 - 2 16
DE Win Ratio 50.0% 61.1% 40.0% 100.0% 71.4% 59.0%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Easy wins† 11 15 4 2 5 37
Easy wins as % of wins 45.8% 44.1% 36.4% 100.0% 45.5% 45.1%
Close wins‡ 9 6 2 - 1 18
Close wins as % of all wins 37.5% 17.6% 18.2% 0.0% 9.1% 22.0%
Close losses‡ 1 6 2 - 4 13
Close losses as % of all losses 16.7% 30.0% 22.2% - 33.3% 27.7%
Big losses† 2 5 5 - 3 15
Big losses as % of all losses 33.3% 25.0% 55.6% - 25.0% 31.9%

† Easy victories or big losses are those with the score difference of 4 or more touches in a pool, 7 or more touches in direct elimination, and 5 or more in veteran and youth direct elimination.
‡ Close bouts are those with the score difference of 1 or fewer touches in a pool, 3 or fewer touches in direct elimination, or 2 or fewer touches in veteran or youth direct elimination.

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 4 7 3 1 3 18
Tournaments 3 5 2 1 3 14

Competition History

Division 1/Parafencing National Championships + April NAC

Veteran Men's Saber (A2, VET), April 27, 2024
Place 6, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating B22, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 KRASNICH Mike 23 C23 32 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2275 2459 12.4 62%
Pool W 5:0 DHAR asif 46 U 36 Capital Fencing Academy 1635 2472 3.4 92%
Pool W 5:1 MARTINEZ Mario Martinez D. 40 E23 43 Cardinal Fencing Club 1715 2475 4.1 90%
Pool W 5:4 MAKOGON Sergey 4 A21 7 Salt City Swords Fencing Club 3099 2479 30.0 16%
Pool W 5:4 NEMAZIE David A. 33 D23 37 Salisbury Fencing Club / Nova Fencing Club 2272 2509 11.1 65%
Pool W 5:4 ANFORA Andrew T. 18 C23 22 Team Touche Fencing Center 2398 2520 12.9 58%
T32 W 10:5 KRASNICH Mike 23 C23 32 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2683 2877 29.3 62%
T16 W 10:9 BUSH Joshua C. 20 C23 13 Lincoln Fencing Club 3319 2906 56.4 26%
T8 L 0:10 MENDOZA WALBERT 1 A24 1 The Fencing Center 3618 2962 12.2 16%

Division 1/Parafencing National Championships + April NAC

Vet-40 Men's Saber (E1, V40), April 26, 2024
Place 5, Seed 1, Rank 2, Rating B22, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 ANFORA Andrew T. 5 8 C23 9 Team Touche Fencing Center 2436 2460 16.4 52%
Pool W 5:2 DHAR asif 10 10 U 10 Capital Fencing Academy 1640 2476 3.6 91%
Pool L 2:5 SUTHERLAND Jr. Richard L. 8 E24 3 Miracle Fencing Club / New Orleans Fencers Club 1763 2480 35.1 88%
Pool W 5:4 WANG Albert 9 9 U 8 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1586 2445 3.3 92%
Pool W 5:1 DIRSMITH Benjamin J. 4 7 C24 3 Salle Auriol Seattle / Washington Fencing Academy 2192 2448 11.3 66%
T8 L 6:10 FERRARO Pietro 6 B22 1 Capital Fencing Academy 3076 2908 31.2 40%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Div I-A Men's Saber (B2, D1A), October 14, 2023
Place 9, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating B22, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 ORIATTI-BRUNS Vincent M. 46 U 13 Midwest Fencing Club 2207 2390 14.1 62%
Pool W 5:2 CHEN Jeffrey 43 U 54 1217 2404 1.5 97%
Pool W 5:1 PERRY Gwydion 32 E23 30 Renaissance Fencing Club 1501 2406 3.2 93%
Pool W 5:3 JI Eric 41 U 55 Culver Military Academy 1639 2409 4.6 89%
Pool W 5:4 LAUDON Konrad 35 E23 19 Phoenix Fencing Academy 2911 2414 30.6 21%
Pool W 5:1 BROCKMEYER Tyler 14 D23 33 Fence St. Louis 2390 2444 15.8 53%
T32 W 15:6 TAN Ethan 28 E23 29 Platinum Fencing Academy / Western Reserve Academy 1956 2936 6.9 94%
T16 L 13:15 DIACOS Jordan 11 C23 8 3085 2943 35.0 41%

Burton Open (Foil and Sabre)

Senior Men's Saber (B1, SNR), September 17, 2023
Place 7, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating B22, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 AKS Ari 5 C23 3 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2337 2386 20.4 53%
Pool W 5:3 CHINWAH Kaden 10 E23 10 Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 2189 2366 14.3 61%
Pool W 5:0 GUZIEC Robert 16 U 17 Midwest Fencing Club 1279 2380 2.5 94%
Pool W 5:4 WANG Max 8 D23 12 Midwest Fencing Club 1801 2382 7.0 83%
Pool W 5:0 HENSEL Kaeleb 14 U 18 Rockford Fencing Club 1002 2389 0.8 99%
T16 W 15:13 WANG Max 8 D23 12 Midwest Fencing Club 2063 3005 8.5 93%
T8 L 11:15 AKS Ari 5 C23 3 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2544 3013 77.5 77%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-40 Men's Saber (A1, V40), July 4, 2023
Place 3, Seed 4, Rank 5, Rating B22, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 TERENTIEV Max 13 E22 12 Fencing Academy Of Westchester 1859 2385 8.6 80%
Pool W 5:2 MOODY Paul J. 12 E23 21 Salle Auriol Seattle 1888 2394 8.9 80%
Pool W 5:2 PINTO Augusto 22 U 17 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 1154 2403 1.8 96%
Pool L 1:5 PLONKA Derek 5 6 D23 8 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 2208 2405 25.0 63%
Pool W 5:1 ROMAN Augusto 21 U 13 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1716 2380 6.3 85%
T16 W 10:0 TERENTIEV Max 13 E22 12 Fencing Academy Of Westchester 2424 2987 21.3 80%
T8 W 10:8 ROBLES Julio C. 11 D21 6 2152 3008 13.0 85%
T4 L 9:10 KALLIO Jeffrey E. 2 3 A23 2 Forge Fencing Teams 3680 3021 16.7 15%

Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Veteran Men's Saber (A2, VET), April 24, 2023
Place 8, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating B22, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 PENTON Robert 21 C19 13 Triple Threat Fencing Academy 2895 2420 10.4 22%
Pool W 5:2 DAWSON Todd 37 E19 23 Athens Fencing Club 1871 2409 9.1 81%
Pool W 5:1 MARTINEZ Mario D. 35 E21 35 Cardinal Fencing Club / Delta Fencing Center 1823 2418 8.0 84%
Pool L 4:5 MYERS Brent M. 22 C19 38 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy / Manhattan Fencing Center 2416 2426 21.3 51%
Pool L 2:5 ESCUETA Jr Antonio V. 8 B22 19 Globus Fencing Academy 2444 2405 19.6 47%
T64 W 10:2 CAROTHERS Michael B. 43 U 40 Kansas City Fencing Center 1887 2928 12.2 88%
T32 W 10:8 WAXLER Aaron M. 15 C23 17 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 3171 2940 70.4 37%
T16 W 10:7 DUDNICK Christian 41 U 15 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1960 3011 7.7 95%
T8 L 9:10 MATT Chris 2 A23 3 Capital Fencing Academy 3392 3019 31.4 28%

Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Vet-40 Men's Saber (B1, V40), April 23, 2023
Place 2, Seed 9, Rank 17, Rating B22, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 HERNDON Jameson D. 15 22 U 12 Nashville Academy of Fencing / Middle Tennessee Fencing Club 2338 2392 21.0 53%
Pool W 5:0 DIRSMITH Benjamin J. 4 5 C23 10 Salle Auriol Seattle / Washington Fencing Academy 2330 2413 21.2 55%
Pool L 1:5 PLONKA Derek 3 4 D23 11 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 2159 2434 32.0 67%
Pool W 5:4 WAXLER Aaron M. 10 20 C23 7 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2222 2403 17.0 61%
T16 W 10:3 PLONKA Derek 3 4 D23 11 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 2017 2676 26.4 84%
T8 W 10:7 KALLIO Jeffrey E. 1 1 C23 6 Forge Fencing Teams 3632 2703 157.2 8%
T4 W 10:6 PAI Dong-Ying 16 U 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 3350 2860 73.4 28%
T2 L 7:10 ELBAKRY Mahmoud 8 9 B23 1 Elite Fencing Academy (GA) 4238 2933 5.0 3%

January NAC

Vet-40 Men's Saber (B1, V40), January 9, 2023
Place 7, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating B22, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 KALLIO Jeffrey E. 1 1 C22 3 Forge Fencing Teams 3344 2349 3.9 6%
Pool W 5:4 WAXLER Aaron M. 13 U 8 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2339 2345 23.9 50%
Pool L 3:5 ELBAKRY Mahmoud 7 C19 1 Elite Fencing Academy (GA) 3739 2369 1.8 3%
Pool W 5:3 HERNDON Jameson D. 12 U 13 Nashville Academy of Fencing / Middle Tennessee Fencing Club 2441 2367 24.9 46%
T16 W 10:5 DIRSMITH Benjamin J. 8 12 D22 10 Salle Auriol Seattle / Washington Fencing Academy 2185 2636 41.0 75%
T8 L 3:10 LEE Ivan J.
5 9 A22 2 Long Island University / Long Island Fencing Center 4597 2677 0.7 < 1%

January NAC

Veteran Men's Saber (A2, VET), January 8, 2023
Place 17, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating B22, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 SIMS Martin L. 51 U 55 Fairfax Fencers LLC 1474 2129 10.5 85%
Pool W 5:2 LEAR Donald W. 28 D19 28 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 2353 2139 39.4 37%
Pool W 5:0 DAWSON Todd 36 E19 49 Athens Fencing Club 1949 2178 21.3 64%
Pool W 5:3 KALLIO Jeffrey E. 12 C22 13 Forge Fencing Teams 3509 2200 82.2 2%
Pool W 5:2 PLONKA Derek 44 U 35 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 2183 2282 23.9 56%
Pool W 5:1 LUKIBANOV Oleg 22 D22 21 Renaissance Fencing Club 2784 2306 43.3 22%
T32 L 6:10 BUKOWSKI Todd 18 C21 8 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2593 2739 102.8 59%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Div I-A Men's Saber (B2, D1A), October 1, 2022
Place 20, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating B22, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 BRUTUS Caleb 14 E22 10 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago / Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 1965 2344 57.3 72%
Pool L 2:5 SCHARDINE James 6 C22 3 2399 2287 31.4 43%
Pool W 5:0 BARROWS Hunter 25 U 22 Lincoln Square Fencing 1309 2255 5.9 94%
Pool L 4:5 WANG William 18 U 12 Midwest Fencing Club 1603 2261 68.3 86%
Pool L 2:5 SHARP Asher 11 E22 17 The Fencers Academy 1479 2193 64.1 87%
T32 L 13:15 HERNANDEZ Stanton 10 D22 8 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2514 2889 149.9 71%

Burton Men's Open

Senior Men's Saber (E1, SNR), September 11, 2022
Place 2, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating B22, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 MILLER Douglas S. 4 E21 3 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2649 2294 25.7 30%
Pool L 4:5 ROHRLACK Charles (Charlie) F. 1 A19 1 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 3728 2268 1.5 1%
Pool W 5:3 ISSA Naoum P. 5 U 3 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2022 2266 24.2 61%
Pool W 5:2 HILL Quillan 3 E22 5 H-F High School / Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 1965 2291 25.9 69%
Pool W 5:1 TURNER Benjamin 8 U 6 Midwest Fencing Club 1409 2316 7.8 92%
Pool W 5:0 DUNLOP Richard (Dick) M. 6 U 8 Illinois Fencers Club 1213 2324 4.4 96%
Pool W 5:4 KELLEY James 7 U 7 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Fencing Club 1735 2329 15.2 79%
T8 W 15:2 TURNER Benjamin 8 U 6 Midwest Fencing Club 1505 2841 13.6 95%
T4 W 15:12 MILLER Douglas S. 4 E21 3 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2390 2854 55.9 72%
T2 L 6:15 ROHRLACK Charles (Charlie) F. 1 A19 1 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 3863 2910 21.4 8%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Div I-A Men's Saber (B2, D1A), October 9, 2021
Place 17, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating D19, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 JAMISON-KOENIG Matthias (Thias) P. 26 U 19 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 1792 2241 29.0 72%
Pool L 3:5 SCHARDINE James 4 C21 8 2219 2270 61.5 53%
Pool W 5:2 LIM William J. 20 U 18 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 2322 2209 61.8 43%
Pool W 5:4 SCHIRF Aidan 28 U 22 Midwest Fencing Club 1443 2271 11.9 90%
Pool L 1:5 FERRIS George H. 5 C21 5 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 2692 2283 26.6 26%
Pool W 5:3 ZHU Charlie 13 E21 16 Globus Fencing Academy 2089 2256 37.6 61%
T32 L 12:15 ZHU Charlie 13 E21 16 Globus Fencing Academy 2171 3181 340.2 93%

Veteran National Championships & Vet Open NAC

Veteran Men's Saber (A2, VET), August 28, 2021
Place 12, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating D19, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 SAMOTESSOV Vladislav 26 U 21 Infinity Fencing Alliance 2228 2273 84.4 53%
Pool W 5:0 KORINTH Steve 19 E21 27 South Bay Fencing Academy 1537 2358 21.0 89%
Pool W 5:1 ELDER John 23 E19 13 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1847 2379 35.5 79%
Pool L 0:5 MATT Chris 3 A19 2 Capital Fencing Academy 3125 2414 23.5 14%
Pool L 4:5 GRAFF Jon 10 C21 18 Cobra Fencing Club LLC 2213 2391 85.5 61%
Pool L 0:5 ESCUETA Jr Antonio V. 6 B21 17 Fencing Institute Of Texas 2318 2305 64.0 49%
T32 W 10:7 SAMOTESSOV Vladislav 26 U 21 Infinity Fencing Alliance 2024 3229 25.3 94%
T16 L 7:10 MAKOGON Sergey 2 A19 3 Salt City Swords Fencing Club 3820 3254 73.4 22%

Veteran National Championships & Vet Open NAC

Vet-40 Men's Saber (U, V40), August 27, 2021
Place 2, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating D19, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 LEE Ivan J.
1 9 A19 1 Long Island University / Long Island Fencing Center 3466 2157 10.0 4%
Pool W 5:2 HU David 4 U 3 Nellya Fencers 1719 2147 51.5 68%
Pool W 5:0 DAWSON Todd 3 E19 3 Athens Fencing Club 1982 2198 75.2 63%
T4 W 10:6 DAWSON Todd 3 E19 3 Athens Fencing Club 1696 3254 12.0 98%
T2 L 2:10 LEE Ivan J.
1 9 A19 1 Long Island University / Long Island Fencing Center 4308 3266 37.2 9%

Fencing Center of Chicago ROC, VET & RJCC - Reg Opens 3/2

Veteran Men's Saber (U, VET), May 23, 2021
Place 1, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating D19, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 DEPAUL Andrew V. 2 U 2 Lincoln Square Fencing / Roaring Fork Fencers Club 1876 2078 79.0 60%
T2 W 10:0 DEPAUL Andrew V. 2 U 2 Lincoln Square Fencing / Roaring Fork Fencers Club 2214 3203 50.6 86%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Div I-A Men's Saber (A2, D1A), October 12, 2019
Place 29, Seed 25, Not ranked, Rating D19, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 JAMISON-KOENIG Matthias (Thias) P. 40 U 34 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2500 1991 176.8 32%
Pool L 2:5 BUERGENTHAL Aaron P. 20 D19 20 2959 2168 55.0 14%
Pool L 3:5 LEFEVRE Colin B. 16 C19 17 IndySabre 2649 2113 76.8 23%
Pool W 5:1 LIU Aaron 33 U 41 1843 2036 93.2 59%
Pool L 0:5 ZIELINSKI Nicholaus M. 9 B18 5 Midwest Fencing Club 3134 2129 24.0 7%
Pool L 0:5 SINGER Carson 4 A19 9 Fencing Academy Of Denver 3018 2105 27.7 9%
T64 W 15:10 SCHARDINE James 30 E19 36 2318 3348 67.0 89%
T32 L 9:15 MULVANEY Alec S. 3 78 A18 6 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 3527 3415 211.9 44%

2019 IFC Dominick Epee Challenge with Team and Y12

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), May 19, 2019
Place 44, Seed 49, Not ranked, Rating E15, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 WOZNIAK David 13 B19 5 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2970 2500 358.9 32%
Pool W 5:2 EITZEN Carissa 42 E18 54 Three Swords Fencing Club
Pool L 4:5 JUSCINSKI MIchal 24 C19 25 Illinois Fencers Club 2386 2141 319.0 39%
Pool L 4:5 NOWAK Jakub P. 6 A18 3 Illinois Fencers Club 3096 1822 48.9 6%
Pool L 4:5 BYNAGARI Niketh 31 D19 39 Illinois Fencers Club 2392 1773 132.1 22%
T64 L 9:15 BENYOVSZKY Barnabas 27 C18 14 West Michigan Fencing Academy 2936 2500 346.1 35%

2019 IFC Div 2 & Y12 Tournament--3 Weapons

Div II Mixed Saber (D1, DV2), March 24, 2019
Place 1, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating D18, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 DUDLEY LeByron 5 E19 2 2515 2500 518.4 49%
Pool W 5:4 FURMAN Thomas G. 15 U 10 Lincoln Square Fencing 1686 1982 268.2 62%
Pool W 5:0 BALDWIN Robert (Bob) C. 11 U 17 Illinois Fencers Club 707 2250 31.4 96%
Pool L 0:5 GOLDBERG Gabriel A. 12 U 6 Lincoln Square Fencing 1944 2281 383.3 66%
Pool W 5:2 QUAN Ian 8 U 14 New Trier High School / New Trier X-Caliber Fencing Club 1265 1898 93.3 78%
T16 W 15:4 FURMAN Thomas G. 15 U 10 Lincoln Square Fencing 1913 2500 294.2 68%
T8 W 15:9 GRINAGE Alex M. 6 E19 5 Lincoln Square Fencing 1937 2794 181.7 80%
T4 W 15:5 WINEBURNER J.T. 3 E19 3 Lincoln Square Fencing 2373 2976 196.1 74%
T2 W 15:3 DUDLEY LeByron 5 E19 2 2718 3172 176.2 68%