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Statistics Profile

William Sterling

Verified
1955
Metro Tacoma Fencing Club

Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 4 3 - 1 30 38
Losses 10 4 - 13 21 48
Win ratio 28.6% 42.9% - 7.1% 58.8% 44.2%
Pool victories 3 2 - 1 24 30
Pool losses 8 3 - 11 15 37
Pool win ratio 27.3% 40.0% - 8.3% 61.5% 44.8%
DE victories 1 1 - - 6 8
DE losses 2 1 - 2 6 11
DE win ratio 33.3% 50.0% - 0.0% 50.0% 42.1%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† - - - - 10 10
Easy wins % 0.0% 0.0% - 0.0% 33.3% 26.3%
Close wins‡ 2 3 - - 6 11
Close wins % 50.0% 100.0% - 0.0% 20.0% 28.9%
Close losses‡ 1 - - 1 6 8
Close losses % 10.0% 0.0% - 7.7% 28.6% 16.7%
Big losses† 4 2 - 5 6 17
Big losses % 40.0% 50.0% - 38.5% 28.6% 35.4%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events 2 1 - 2 7 12
Tournaments 1 1 - 1 6 9

Competition history

12 competitions, 86 bouts

Seattle International Veteran's Cup

Veteran Men's Foil A2, VET March 29, 2026

Place 20 of 30 Seed 22 Not ranked Rating E22 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 FRENZINGER Douglas 11 - D25 8 AZ United Fencing Club 2245 1868 21.2 28%
Pool
V 5:3 PETERSON Ryan 24 - U 29 2385 1847 33.9 29%
Pool
D 1:5 VALENTINE Iain 10 - C24 10 Salle Auriol Seattle 2087 1880 26.7 37%
Pool
D 2:5 MORENO BRIONES Patricio A. 1 - A24 1 Northwest Fencing Center 3953 1854 0.1 < 1%
Pool
V 5:4 GELLER Alan S. 20 - E24 22 Rain City Fencing Center 1251 1854 12.8 83%
T32
D 7:10 HEINRICH Kevin B. 26 - U 13 2500 2055 51.1 34%

Seattle International Veteran's Cup

Veteran Men's Épée A2, VET March 28, 2026

Place 31 of 52 Seed 43 Not ranked Rating U Metro Tacoma Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 MAKMATOV Vadim 2 - A26 18 Salle Auriol Seattle 2601 1600 11.5 6%
Pool
D 1:5 BALDWIN Seth K. 17 - C26 1 Northwest Fencing Center / Marx Fencing Academy 2754 1589 8.3 5%
Pool
V 5:3 HARRISKING Josh 49 - U 47 Salle Auriol Seattle 1098 1580 33.3 76%
Pool
D 3:5 PETERSON Ryan 34 - U 36 1492 1614 60.6 56%
Pool
D 3:5 DAN Chuntao 31 - E22 38 Kaizen Academy LLC 1523 1553 64.8 52%
Pool
D 3:5 HARGROVE Charles 15 - B22 7 East Bay Fencers Gym 2242 1488 16.1 12%
T64
V 10:9 RAMIREZ Shawn 21 - D26 34 Kaizen Academy LLC 1504 1967 146.8 71%
T32
D 5:10 GILLER Irving 24 - E26 5 Northwest Fencing Center 1960 2114 244.4 58%

Seattle International Veteran's Cup

Veteran Men's Épée A2, VET February 22, 2025

Place 26 of 45 Seed 45 Not ranked Rating U Metro Tacoma Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 RICHMOND William (Will) J. 33 - E22 35 Northwest Fencing Center 2500 1251 20.0 12%
Pool
V 5:4 PERKA Michael 11 - B24 14 The Fencing Center 2412 1231 296.3 4%
Pool
V 5:4 KLEIN Johannes 18 - B23 38 Rain City Fencing Center 1975 1527 146.1 25%
Pool
D 2:5 GARDNER William 25 - D24 34 Boise Fencing Club 1800 1673 64.4 43%
Pool
D 2:5 DEUCHER Joseph H. 4 - A24 3 DC Fencers Club 2729 1609 8.5 4%
T64
V 10:9 GLYNN Andrew 34 - E22 39 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 2500 1628 387.5 23%
T32
D 3:10 SUVEG Bela 1 - A25 9 3226 2015 48.0 7%

Seattle International Veterans Cup

Veteran Men's Foil A1, VET February 26, 2023

Place 17 of 19 Seed 15 Not ranked Rating E22 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 KRYLTSOV Greg 12 - D22 14 Rain City Fencing Center 1858 1913 41.2 53%
Pool
D 1:5 LUTTON Thomas (Tom) W. 4 - B23 3 Denver Fencing Center / LE CLUB TOUCHE 2349 1954 23.7 26%
Pool
D 2:5 POWERS Douglas A. 8 - C22 8 Salle Auriol Seattle 2355 1930 21.6 25%
Pool
D 3:5 TANG Julian 2 - A20 3 2921 1909 5.7 5%
Pool
D 1:5 FRANCO Dvorak I. 14 - D21 12 Orion Fencing 1969 1903 35.4 46%
T32
D 8:10 BEASLEY Julien 9 - C20 16 Rain City Fencing Center 2150 2195 140.4 53%

Seattle International Veterans Cup

Veteran Men's Épée A1, VET February 25, 2023

Place 15 of 16 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating U Metro Tacoma Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 BLOCK B.J. 11 - C19 2 2416 1443 33.1 8%
Pool
D 2:5 BLOM Mark D. 10 - C22 13 2055 1410 58.2 18%
Pool
D 3:5 MAKMATOV Vadim 2 - A23 1 Salle Auriol Seattle 2607 1352 13.0 3%
Pool
D 2:5 CARLSON Jesse 3 - A23 10 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2695 1339 9.6 3%
Pool
D 3:5 KRYLTSOV Greg 12 - D22 8 Rain City Fencing Center 1768 1329 69.4 26%
Pool
D 2:5 JOHNSON Jeff 6 - A19 3 Salle Auriol Seattle 2782 1260 4.4 1%
Pool
D 1:5 VARNEY John R. 7 - A19 3 Salle Auriol Seattle 2767 1255 4.5 1%
T16
D 2:10 VARNEY John R. 7 - A19 3 Salle Auriol Seattle 3208 1663 35.7 4%

MTFC SUMMER SERIES U and Under Foil & Epee

Unrated Mixed Foil E1, U July 6, 2022

Place 1 of 8 Seed 8 Not ranked Rating U Metro Tacoma Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 GORDON Cael 4 - U 3 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1220 1803 21.2 81%
Pool
V 5:4 GORDON Luke 2 - U 3 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1658 1824 38.8 60%
Pool
V 5:0 POEHLMANN Scott 3 - U 6 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1344 1863 21.8 79%
Pool
V 5:4 FORD Nikanor 6 - U 2 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1456 1884 24.7 75%
Pool
V 5:1 HUFF Ava 5 - U 7 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club / (none) - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 REED David 7 - U 5 Rain City Fencing Center 653 1909 3.7 97%
T4
V 15:11 GORDON Cael 4 - U 3 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1894 1974 134.9 54%
T2
V 15:12 FORD Nikanor 6 - U 2 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1686 2109 86.6 72%

MTFC Foil and Epee

Unrated Mixed Épée E1, U May 22, 2022

Place 5 of 8 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating U Metro Tacoma Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 HUFF Ava 7 - U 7 Washington Fencing Academy / (none) - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 PETERSEN Ephraim 5 - U 1 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1861 2500 832.1 73%
Pool
V 5:3 FARRER Cheryl 4 - U 8 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 POEHLMANN Ulrich 6 - U 6 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1290 1668 451.7 67%
Pool
V 5:2 LU Henry 8 - U 3 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1637 1216 347.4 29%
Pool
D 4:5 BARTELS Marc 3 - U 2 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1895 1564 120.8 32%
Pool
D 4:5 PARKS Eliana 2 - U 3 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club - - - -
T8
D 13:15 LU Henry 8 - U 3 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1749 2500 836.6 76%

MTFC Foil and Epee

Unrated Mixed Foil E1, U May 21, 2022

Place 3 of 7 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating U Metro Tacoma Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 STRINGFELLOW Charles 6 - U 1 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1196 1989 147.0 89%
Pool
V 5:4 KIM Teo 2 - U 3 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1314 1842 28.4 80%
Pool
D 3:5 FORD Nikanor 7 - U 2 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1425 1870 97.7 76%
Pool
V 5:1 SIA Vincent 3 - U 5 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1081 1773 18.7 81%
Pool
V 5:0 LOUIE Keon 5 - U 7 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 857 1792 11.1 91%
Pool
V 5:4 JUAREZ Bryan 4 - U 6 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club - - - -
T8
V 15:4 SIA Vincent 3 - U 5 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 2500 2151 213.2 38%
T4
D 13:15 STRINGFELLOW Charles 6 - U 1 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1608 2364 390.4 83%

Seattle International Veterans Cup

Veteran Men's Foil B1, VET February 13, 2022

Place 9 of 16 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating U Metro Tacoma Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 ESTELL Oscar M. 4 - B20 6 Bay Area Fencing Club 2686 1794 20.9 9%
Pool
D 3:5 KOEHN Ted 3 - B20 1 Salle Auriol Seattle 2904 1773 10.9 4%
Pool
V 5:4 CARVEY Davis W. 10 - D18 12 Rain City Fencing Center / Salle Auriol Seattle 2185 1762 136.1 26%
Pool
V 5:3 BERKE Daniel (Dan) L. 9 - D21 15 Rain City Fencing Center 2022 1898 90.7 42%
T16
D 2:10 BHUTTA Omar J. 11 - E21 3 2500 2319 167.7 44%

The 2022 Battle in Seattle Veteran Events

Veteran Mixed Foil E1, VET January 28, 2022

Place 8 of 12 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating U Metro Tacoma Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 MARTIN Tasha 1 - A18 2 Northwest Fencing Center - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 KLEIN Johannes 5 - C21 6 Rain City Fencing Center 2221 1694 233.0 22%
Pool
D 3:5 CARVEY Davis W. 9 - D18 10 Rain City Fencing Center / Salle Auriol Seattle 2164 1927 83.6 36%
Pool
D 2:5 VALENTINE Iain 4 - C21 3 Salle Auriol Seattle 2354 1843 49.0 22%
Pool
V 5:3 MORRISON Monica 8 - D21 9 Salle Auriol Seattle - - - -
T16
V 10:6 MORRISON Monica 8 - D21 9 Salle Auriol Seattle - - - -
T8
D 5:10 MARTIN Tasha 1 - A18 2 Northwest Fencing Center - - - -

MTFC and UPS Fencing Club Foil & Saber Tournament

Mixed Foil U March 8, 2020

Place 6 of 24 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating U Metro Tacoma Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 CHINN Lee 8 - U 12 University of Puget Sound Fencing Club 2500 1518 176.1 18%
Pool
V 5:2 KIM Jee Young 17 - U 20 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 LARSON Tommy Missing ID 10 - U 23 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 CHUNG Yeongbin Missing ID 1 - E20 2 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 BEAVER Hannah 22 - U 3 Rain City Fencing Center - - - -
T16
V 15:10 CHINN Lee 8 - U 12 University of Puget Sound Fencing Club 2500 2012 306.4 34%
T8
D 10:15 CHUNG Yeongbin Missing ID 1 - E20 2 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club - - - -

Seattle International Veteran's Cup

Veteran Men's Foil A1, VET February 23, 2020

Place 13 of 20 Seed 17 Not ranked Rating U Metro Tacoma Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 LUTTON Thomas (Tom) W. 2 - A17 5 Denver Fencing Center / LE CLUB TOUCHE 2186 2500 675.4 62%
Pool
D 1:5 BEASLEY Julien 11 - E20 3 Rain City Fencing Center 2245 1825 225.7 31%
Pool
D 3:5 NARY William J. 8 - C16 8 Salle Auriol Seattle 1286 1599 332.0 64%
Pool
D 3:5 POWERS Douglas A. 5 - C20 6 Salle Auriol Seattle 2373 1267 39.8 7%
Pool
V 5:0 CASTANEDA Carlos H. 14 - U 18 Rain City Fencing Center 1059 1227 159.2 58%
Pool
V 5:0 KLEINMAN Joseph 20 - U 19 1197 1386 131.4 60%
T32
V 10:6 TEARSE Robert G. 18 - U 20 Eugene Fencers Club 1107 2500 126.0 90%
T16
D 5:10 POWERS Douglas A. 5 - C20 6 Salle Auriol Seattle 2270 2626 613.9 64%