John Pitzel

1963

Five Rings Fencing Club

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories - 3 - - 4 7
Losses - 18 - - 9 27
Win Ratio - 14.3% - - 30.8% 20.6%
Pool Victories - 3 - - 4 7
Pool Losses - 15 - - 7 22
Pool Win Ratio - 16.7% - - 36.4% 24.1%
DE Victories - - - - - -
DE Losses - 3 - - 2 5
DE Win Ratio - 0.0% - - 0.0% 0.0%

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† - 1 - - - 1
Easy wins as % of wins - 33.3% - - 0.0% 14.3%
Close wins‡ - 1 - - 2 3
Close wins as % of all wins - 33.3% - - 50.0% 42.9%
Close losses‡ - 3 - - 2 5
Close losses as % of all losses - 16.7% - - 22.2% 18.5%
Big losses† - 4 - - 2 6
Big losses as % of all losses - 22.2% - - 22.2% 22.2%

† 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 - 3 - - 2 5
Tournaments - 2 - - 2 4

Competition History

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-60 Men's Épée (A2, V60), July 3, 2023
Place 40, Seed 47, Rank 67, Rating E23, Five Rings Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 STONE Ken 51 65 U 47 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1305 1908 16.6 83%
Pool L 3:5 HAYENGA Gary M. 15 12 A19 15 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy / Ann Arbor Dueling Society 2819 1924 8.3 8%
Pool W 5:4 NEALE James H. 18 47 A19 16 Fencers Club Inc. 2323 1916 66.0 26%
Pool L 3:5 CHANG Henry 34 C23 33 2361 1982 22.1 28%
Pool L 3:5 JENSEN David 2 2 A19 8 Fortune Fencing 2715 1960 10.3 11%
Pool L 2:5 EVANS Allen L. 30 15 C23 37 DC Fencers Club 2126 1950 29.4 39%
T64 L 7:10 NEALE James H. 18 47 A19 16 Fencers Club Inc. 2645 1569 55.8 9%

Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Vet-60 Men's Épée (A2, V60), April 24, 2023
Place 41, Seed 38, Not ranked, Rating E23, Five Rings Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 WATRALL Rick 1 1 A22 18 New York Athletic Club / Fencers Club Inc. 2916 2060 12.4 9%
Pool L 4:5 PERKA Michael 12 20 A19 16 The Fencing Center 2654 2048 20.7 17%
Pool L 0:5 OCHS Bradley C. 25 B21 19 Traverse City Fencing Club 2353 2027 33.0 30%
Pool L 3:5 MAZZOLI Julio C. 24 35 B21 21 Olympia Fencing Center 2768 1994 13.2 11%
Pool L 2:5 LINGVAY Laurance (Larry) S. 37 53 D19 3 Fortune Fencing 2253 1981 33.1 33%
Pool L 1:5 KLEIN Johannes 13 25 A19 13 Rain City Fencing Center 2054 1948 40.3 43%
T64 L 4:10 HUDSON Jeffrey (Jeff) A. 16 49 A19 7 Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 3347 1581 11.8 1%

Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Veteran Men's Épée (A4, VET), April 23, 2023
Place 86, Seed 84, Not ranked, Rating E23, Five Rings Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 KURITZ Marc M. 37 B22 26 No Fear Fencing 2393 2230 72.7 40%
Pool L 4:5 RIFKIND Neil 96 U 90 Fencers Club Inc. 1719 2157 129.1 75%
Pool L 2:5 BALLARD Mark V. 54 C23 68 2710 2028 24.9 16%
Pool L 2:5 KIM Jeff 67 D23 67 Elite Fencing Academy (GA) / Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 2030 2003 67.5 48%
Pool L 4:5 FRANK Fred 7 A23 28 Northwest Fencing Center 2741 1936 16.1 10%
Pool W 5:2 VARNEY John R. 24 A19 29 Salle Auriol Seattle 2775 1920 140.6 9%
T128 L 6:10 LINGVAY Laurance (Larry) S. 79 D19 47 Fortune Fencing 2159 1813 232.2 34%

October NAC

Div II Men's Épée (B3, DV2), October 21, 2019
Place 45, Seed 45, Not ranked, Rating E19, Five Rings Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 DOUGLAS Colin F. 25 D19 48 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 2419 2137 116.7 35%
Pool W 5:4 CRANE Matthew T. 5 B19 30 Olympic Fencers Club 2405 2020 211.1 29%
Pool L 2:5 IVAKIMOV Vasil 16 C19 9 Fencing Center Of Chicago 2867 2232 46.3 17%
Pool W 5:3 CHRISTIAN John R. 36 D17 56 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2288 2185 113.7 44%
Pool L 3:5 LI Sui Lun (Phillip) 57 U 26 2554 2299 68.8 35%
T64 L 3:15 BUYANOV Nikita V. 26 D19 12 South Florida Fencing Club 2844 1961 148.1 16%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-50 Men's Épée (A4, V50), July 2, 2019
Place 48, Seed 63, Not ranked, Rating E16, Five Rings Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 GUMAGAY Paul 41 32 C19 22 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2536 2500 523.0 49%
Pool W 5:2 PREUD'HOMME Xavier A. 70 U 75 Mid-South Fencers' Club 1405 1977 197.6 73%
Pool L 4:5 REES Daniel I. 4 8 A19 3 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy 3191 2175 80.9 11%
Pool L 3:5 SUMLER Jeffery 19 28 A15 14 Marx Fencing Academy / Boston Fencing Club 2603 2094 150.6 26%
Pool L 2:5 NGUYEN Cuong T. 26 31 B16 39 Battle Born Fencing Club 2741 1943 77.6 15%
Pool W 5:4 PIERRO Roger 46 C18 63 Fencers Club Inc. 2257 1865 271.7 31%
T64 L 4:10 CLARK Timothy J. 34 61 B17 21 2332 2500 539.1 56%