Ricardo Vaca

1992

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories 4 6 44 4 - 58
Losses 2 2 17 5 - 26
Win Ratio 66.7% 75.0% 72.1% 44.4% - 69.0%
Pool Victories 3 4 31 4 - 42
Pool Losses 1 1 9 4 - 15
Pool Win Ratio 75.0% 80.0% 77.5% 50.0% - 73.7%
DE Victories 1 2 13 - - 16
DE Losses 1 1 8 1 - 11
DE Win Ratio 50.0% 66.7% 61.9% 0.0% - 59.3%

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

Scores

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Easy wins† 1 4 28 - - 33
Easy wins as % of wins 25.0% 66.7% 63.6% 0.0% - 56.9%
Close wins‡ 1 2 4 2 - 9
Close wins as % of all wins 25.0% 33.3% 9.1% 50.0% - 15.5%
Close losses‡ - - 5 1 - 6
Close losses as % of all losses 0.0% 0.0% 29.4% 20.0% - 23.1%
Big losses† 1 1 6 - - 8
Big losses as % of all losses 50.0% 50.0% 35.3% 0.0% - 30.8%

† 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

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events 1 1 8 1 - 11
Tournaments 1 1 6 1 - 9

Competition History

PFA Season Opener

Senior Mixed Foil (C1, SNR), September 8, 2024
Place 6 of 15, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating D23, AZ United Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 YIN Helen 3 C21 5
Pool W 5:4 HINTON Jasmine 14 U 9 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club / Arizona State University Fencing Club
Pool W 5:2 RYAN Sean 9 U 14 2216 2250 29.6 52%
Pool W 5:3 BORDIER Siloe 11 U 12 AZ United Fencing Club
T16 W 15:4 BORDIER Siloe 11 U 12 AZ United Fencing Club
T8 L 9:15 KRAVETZ Benjamin 6 E23 2 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 1785 2440 125.3 82%

PFA Open 2023

Senior Mixed Foil (C2, SNR), September 24, 2023
Place 8 of 26, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating D23, AZ United Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 DEANS Donovan 3 C22 1 Team Touche Fencing Center 2598 2251 21.6 29%
Pool W 5:4 SHARDONOFSKY Keelan 11 E23 10 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club
Pool W 5:0 SAUCEDO Fernando 14 E22 18 EWA Fencing LLC 1478 2230 9.6 88%
Pool W 5:0 FELDMAN Louis 21 U 20 Still Point Fencing 1267 2239 6.4 92%
Pool W 5:0 BHATTACHARJEE Aniruddha 19 U 25 Arizona State University Fencing Club 1121 2246 4.1 95%
T32 W 15:4 BHATTACHARJEE Aniruddha 19 U 25 Arizona State University Fencing Club 1571 2375 24.6 83%
T16 W 15:12 DOTEN Austin 17 U 9 1984 2400 39.9 69%
T8 L 9:15 MCBRYAN Teresa N. 1 B22 3 AZ United Fencing Club

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div II Men's Foil (B3, DV2), July 8, 2023
Place 162 of 216, Seed 125, Not ranked, Rating D23, AZ United Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 YOON DYLAN 61 C22 53 East Coast Fencing Club 2517 2347 59.2 39%
Pool L 0:5 GREENLEAF Paul 193 E22 155 Shoreline Fencers Club / Fencers School Of Connecticut 1790 2407 85.8 84%
Pool W 5:1 BARRETT Austin 197 E22 202 Space City Fencing Academy 1766 2321 17.4 81%
Pool L 4:5 TEH Ryan 132 D22 111 Golden State Fencing Academy 2174 2338 49.9 60%
Pool L 1:5 TEMPLE Jackson 68 C22 58 Marx Fencing Academy 2824 2288 16.6 19%
Pool L 1:5 QIAN Jason H. 4 B23 5 Epic Fencing Club / SCAD- Atlanta Fencing 2678 2272 20.4 26%
T256 L 14:15 HUANG Eythan 27 C23 62 AIC Fencing Club 2456 2469 94.4 51%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Men's Foil (C3, DV3), July 6, 2023
Place 35 of 203, Seed 23, Not ranked, Rating D23, AZ United Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 FECHTMEYER Theodore 143 E22 131 Twin Cities Fencing Club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1713 2247 25.4 80%
Pool W 5:3 CLARK Benjamin 204 U 62 Space City Fencing Academy 1545 2272 16.3 87%
Pool W 5:3 HOLLIS Sean 38 D23 90 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 1600 2289 17.1 86%
Pool W 5:4 COOK Ryan 83 D19 82 Swordplay LA 1967 2306 31.6 70%
Pool W 5:1 TRAUB William 158 E22 182 Candlewood Fencing Center 1145 2337 4.3 97%
Pool W 5:1 RODRIGUEZ VINCENT 98 E23 190 San Diego Fencing Center 1250 2342 5.7 96%
T128 W 15:7 YU Stephen 106 E23 123 Medeo Fencing Club 2020 2647 46.5 82%
T64 L 11:15 MAGALONG William 125 E23 29 Fencers Club Inc. 1890 2693 224.0 88%

PFA Spring Open

Senior Mixed Foil (C1, SNR), May 13, 2023
Place 2 of 15, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating D23, AZ United Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 GOING Nicholas (Nick) S. 3 C22 3 Still Point Fencing / Arizona State University Fencing Club 2243 2315 68.0 54%
Pool W 5:1 CALDERON CORTES Cintia 10 U 6 Phoenix Fencing Academy / (none)
Pool W 5:3 LAYE Isabella 9 U 8 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club
Pool W 5:1 HINTON Jasmine 14 U 15 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club
T16 W 15:0 PERMANA Oliver 13 U 13 Arizona State University Fencing Club 2400 2261 142.6 44%
T8 W 15:3 SHARDONOFSKY Keelan 6 E23 5 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 2313 2403 128.7 55%
T4 W 15:5 GOING Nicholas (Nick) S. 3 C22 3 Still Point Fencing / Arizona State University Fencing Club 2423 2532 115.0 56%
T2 L 13:15 MCBRYAN Teresa N. 1 B22 1 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club

PFA Winter Open

Senior Mixed Foil (C1, SNR), December 3, 2022
Place 2 of 16, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating D22, Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 KRAVETZ Benjamin 16 U 9 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 2500 2193 53.4 38%
Pool W 5:3 YIN Helen 2 C22 5 Silicon Valley Fencing Center / Arizona State University Fencing Club
Pool W 5:0 BHATTACHARJEE Aniruddha 11 U 16 Arizona State University Fencing Club 1816 2246 31.1 68%
Pool W 5:1 MCBRYAN Pamela A. 14 U 13 Arizona Fencing Center LLC
Pool W 5:4 THOGERSEN Eric 8 E20 8 Salle d'Escrime of Prescott 1927 2277 37.8 69%
T16 W 15:1 BHATTACHARJEE Aniruddha 11 U 16 Arizona State University Fencing Club 2500 1762 240.7 26%
T8 W 15:7 SHARDONOFSKY Keelan 10 U 7 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 2478 2003 257.6 29%
T4 W 15:8 MCBRYAN Teresa 1 B22 3 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club
T2 L 7:15 DEANS Donovan 6 D22 1 Teach Touche Fencing Center

ASU Fall Sun Devil Open 2022

Senior Mixed Foil (C1, SNR), October 2, 2022
Place 5 of 15, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating E22, Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 MCBRYAN Teresa N. 1 B22 7 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club
Pool L 2:5 BROWN Darius D. 6 D22 3 Still Point Fencing 2048 2235 99.5 61%
Pool W 5:1 GUPTA Atharva 14 U 13 Arizona State University Fencing Club 2500 2135 57.5 36%
Pool W 5:0 EDMONDSON Victoria 12 U 12 Still Point Fencing
T16 W 15:5 EDMONDSON Victoria 12 U 12 Still Point Fencing
T8 L 13:15 KETTELLE John 8 E22 2 Massialas Foundation (m Team) / Still Point Fencing 2053 2052 289.4 50%

South Coast RJCC/ROC

Div II Men's Foil (C2, DV2), September 24, 2022
Place 19 of 48, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating E22, Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 MORTON Joshua 33 U 47 Unattached / LA International Fencing 1840 2285 74.3 74%
Pool L 1:5 NICOLETTI Luca 2 C22 3 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 2444 2360 110.4 45%
Pool W 5:2 SETLUR Bhrugu 15 E22 8 Prime Fencing Academy 2079 2249 86.2 60%
Pool W 5:2 BLAM Matthew 35 U 22 South Coast Fencing Center 1570 2335 28.0 88%
Pool L 3:5 GONZALEZ Matthew 48 U 25 Massialas Foundation (M Team) 2042 2363 128.9 69%
T32 L 13:15 SETLUR Bhrugu 15 E22 8 Prime Fencing Academy 2133 2754 702.1 74%

Arnold Mercado Classic 2022

Senior Mixed Foil (C1, SNR), September 11, 2022
Place 2 of 16, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating E22, Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 MCBRYAN Teresa 1 B22 6 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club
Pool W 5:0 NICOLACOUDIS Mia 12 U 16 Arizona State University Fencing Club / The Fencing Center of San Jose
Pool W 5:2 FRANK Lauren 10 E19 7 North Bay Fencing Academy
Pool W 5:0 SAUCEDO Fernanda 13 U 10 EWA Fencing LLC
Pool W 5:2 DOTEN Austin 15 U 13 Arizona State University Fencing Club 2500 2168 117.8 38%
T16 W 15:0 NICOLACOUDIS Mia 12 U 16 Arizona State University Fencing Club / The Fencing Center of San Jose
T8 W 15:10 CELJO Benjamin 8 E21 8 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 1728 2500 253.8 74%
T4 W 15:7 TOLBERT Zoe 4 C21 3 Vassar College Fencing Club NCAA / Metro City Fencing Club
T2 L 9:15 YIN Helen 2 C22 1 Silicon Valley Fencing Center / Arizona State University Fencing Club

Arnold Mercado Classic 2022

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), September 11, 2022
Place 5 of 29, Seed 14, Not ranked, Rating D22, Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 CUEVAS Tom 18 E21 18 Still Point Fencing 1743 2500 267.1 77%
Pool W 5:3 PERKINS-OLLILA Justin 4 B22 10 Genbu Fencing Corps 2544 2767 346.4 60%
Pool W 5:0 ZIMMERMAN Jennifer 29 U 29 EWA Fencing LLC
Pool W 5:0 HOUSEHOLDER Kyle 23 U 26 Southwest Fencing Club
Pool L 3:5 GARDEA Adam 7 C22 12 EWA Fencing LLC 1992 3114 699.4 91%
T32 W 15:5 ZIMMERMAN Jennifer 29 U 29 EWA Fencing LLC
T16 W 15:10 FESTIN Michael 13 D22 14 EWA Fencing LLC 1881 2500 305.5 72%
T8 L 10:15 BOYCE Samuel H. 5 B19 2 NMFC/Duke City Fencing 3111 2805 314.6 37%

Mandel Sporting Events: Ryan Donos Memorial 2022

Senior Mixed Foil (E1, SNR), May 29, 2022
Place 5 of 9, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating D18, Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 MCBRYAN Teresa 1 A18 1 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club
Pool W 5:4 BIEBEL Joseph 3 C21 8 (none) 2105 2500 359.3 64%
Pool W 5:4 SECREST Micah 8 E20 7 Arizona State University Fencing Club 1810 2859 131.7 86%
Pool L 3:5 GOING Nick 2 C22 3 Still Point Fencing 2102 2991 708.4 84%
Pool W 5:3 BROWN Darius 4 D22 6 Still Point Fencing / Arizona Fencing Academy 2140 2283 207.3 57%
Pool W 5:2 CHANG Albert 9 U 9 Still Point Fencing / Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 1103 2490 19.8 96%
Pool L 4:5 KETTELLE John 7 E22 3 Massialas Foundation (M Team) / Still Point Fencing 1847 2510 342.0 82%
Pool L 2:5 KETTELLE Molly 5 D22 2 Massialas Foundation (M Team) / Still Point Fencing Studio
T8 L 9:15 MCBRYAN Teresa 1 A18 1 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club