Thomas Kesler

1991

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - 8 - 13 10 31
Losses - 5 - 10 12 27
Win Ratio - 61.5% - 56.5% 45.5% 53.4%
Pool Victories - 5 - 9 7 21
Pool Losses - 3 - 7 9 19
Pool Win Ratio - 62.5% - 56.2% 43.8% 52.5%
DE Victories - 3 - 4 3 10
DE Losses - 2 - 3 3 8
DE Win Ratio - 60.0% - 57.1% 50.0% 55.6%

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† - 3 - 6 2 11
Easy wins as % of wins - 37.5% - 46.2% 20.0% 35.5%
Close wins‡ - 1 - 5 2 8
Close wins as % of all wins - 12.5% - 38.5% 20.0% 25.8%
Close losses‡ - 3 - 2 4 9
Close losses as % of all losses - 60.0% - 20.0% 33.3% 33.3%
Big losses† - - - 2 5 7
Big losses as % of all losses - 0.0% - 20.0% 41.7% 25.9%

† 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.

Bouts with Time Expired

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - - - 2 4 6
Victories as % of all victories - 0.0% - 15.4% 40.0% 19.4%
Losses - - - 1 4 5
Losses as % of all losses - 0.0% - 10.0% 33.3% 18.5%
Total - - - 3 8 11
Total as % of all bouts - 0.0% - 13.0% 36.4% 19.0%

Events

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events - 2 - 3 3 8
Tournaments - 1 - 2 1 4

Competition History

The Widowmaker at NKFA

Senior Mixed Épée (B1, SNR), May 18, 2024
Place 7 of 15, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating E22, Hudson Centers for the Martial Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 TURNER Joshua 7 D24 2 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2241 2004 52.7 36%
Pool W 5:4 STAUBITZ Marc 6 D24 14 1461 1951 32.4 78%
Pool W 5:2 MARTIN Dirk 12 E23 11 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2337 1984 93.9 29%
Pool W 5:2 MANAUGH Guy 1 B23 1 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 2176 2078 66.1 44%
T16 W 15:7 HUCULAK Eerik 14 U 13 1792 2528 45.0 85%
T8 L 13:15 MANAUGH Guy 1 B23 1 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 2843 2573 87.7 35%

The Widowmaker at NKFA

Div II Mixed Épée (D1, DV2), May 18, 2024
Place 6 of 23, Seed 14, Not ranked, Rating E22, Hudson Centers for the Martial Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 TURNER Joshua 4 D24 2 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2299 1996 148.0 33%
Pool L 2:5 DWITYABASWARA Emil 5 D24 9 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 1929 2144 118.4 63%
Pool L 4:5 MARTIN Dirk 12 E23 17 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2365 2026 51.5 30%
Pool W 5:0 YORKE Evan 17 U 23 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 1356 1975 29.4 83%
T32 W 15:8 BRETHAUER Adah 21 U 21 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA)
T16 W 15:10 EDWARDS Tim 2 C23 13 Eastern Kentucky University Fencing Club 2517 2571 185.3 53%
T8 L 13:15 TURNER Joshua 4 D24 2 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2414 2756 228.6 68%

2021 Blue Box Open (Open, C & Under, Youth)

HEMA Saber (U), November 20, 2021
Place 3 of 21, Seed 5, Rank 22, Rating None, Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts / Wright State University
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 7:3 CONLON J.J. 1 7 11 Gem City Duelists Society
Pool W 7:2 KICMOL Connor 6 8 Steel City Historical Fencing
Pool W 5:4 DUNHAM Tyler 14 16 Ars Gladii
Pool W 7:4 CAYLOR Brandon 7 14 Royal Arts Fencing Academy
Pool L 2:7 BRODERICK Ian 16 2 Columbus Saber Academy
Pool W 7:6 TONG Caleb 13 17 Columbus Saber Academy
T16 W 7:4 GREEN Cody 10 12 Steel City Historical Fencing
T8 W 7:6 DEGRAAF Caleb 15 5 Columbus Saber Academy
T4 L 2:7 PUGNETTI JW 18 1 Steel City Historical Fencing

Turkey Day Slay at NKFA

Senior Mixed Épée (A1, SNR), November 13, 2021
Place 16 of 23, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating D18, Hudson Centers for the Martial Arts / Wright State University
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 HAYMAN John 10 C21 9 2478 2272 118.9 40%
Pool L 2:5 BOTNER Olivia 8 C21 14
Pool L 3:5 AYUSH Shah 2 A21 2 Columbus International Fencing Academy 3092 2153 32.7 9%
Pool L 4:5 ADAMISIN Brayden 20 U 18 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 1448 2120 238.0 82%
Pool W 5:4 BOHMAN Ryan 18 E19 12 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 2126 1882 114.5 39%
T32 W 15:8 PRIJATEL John R. 12 C20 17 Xavier University Fencing Club 2254 2452 210.8 59%
T16 L 9:15 AYUSH Shah 2 A21 2 Columbus International Fencing Academy 3350 2663 91.8 18%

Turkey Day Slay at NKFA

Div II Mixed Épée (C1, DV2), November 13, 2021
Place 6 of 18, Seed 8, Not ranked, Rating D18, Hudson Centers for the Martial Arts / Wright State University
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 PRIJATEL John R. 2 C20 5 Xavier University Fencing Club 2204 2500 659.1 61%
Pool L 4:5 KENT Dwain 5 D21 2 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2501 1841 171.1 22%
Pool W 5:1 ROVELSTAD Sebastian 17 U 18 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 1353 1670 196.4 64%
Pool W 5:2 MARTIN Maximilian 10 U 12 1958 1866 243.4 46%
Pool W 5:1 BUTLER Joel 16 U 11 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 1945 2110 161.9 59%
T16 W 15:7 BUTLER Joel 16 U 11 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 2478 2500 498.6 51%
T8 L 9:15 GRIMSLEY Devin M. 3 C19 1 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) / Eastern Kentucky University Fencing Club 2515 2999 546.8 70%

Arnold Fencing Classic 2020

Rapier + Dagger (E1), March 8, 2020
Place 13 of 24, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating U, Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts / Wright State University
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 9:1 WEST Samantha 13 U 24 Dueling Weapons Academy of Renaissance Fencing
Pool L 5:6 ROWE David 3 U 9 Virginia Academy Of Fencing
Pool W 5:2 BRODERICK Ian 18 U 3 Columbus Saber Academy
Pool L 4:5 TOUMPAS Ari 20 U 14 Royal Arts Fencing Academy
Pool W 9:5 HILLEN Shane 7 U 20 Grand Rapids HEMA Society
T32 W 7:3 WEST Samantha 13 U 24 Dueling Weapons Academy of Renaissance Fencing
T16 L 7:7 SCOTT Bonnie 14 U 6 Royal Arts Fencing Academy

Arnold Fencing Classic 2020

Longsword (U), March 7, 2020
Place 30 of 46, Seed 29, Not ranked, Rating U, Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts / Wright State University
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:4 MARTIN Sean 28 U 19 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool L 3:8 CROMWELL Steve 16 U 28 Medieval Swordplay Canada
Pool L 3:7 WALLACE Nathan 14 U 9 Royal Arts Fencing Academy
Pool W 5:3 UTTER Thomas 40 U 44 Michigan Medieval Combat Association
Pool L 0:6 HOBBS Christopher 1 U 1 Steel City Historical Fencing
Pool W 4:1 TAMER Cristina 42 U 32 Ann Arbor Dueling Society
T64 W 5:3 PALMER Andrew 27 U 35 Black Wolf Historic European Martial ARts
T32 L 0:5 HOBBS Christopher 1 U 1 Steel City Historical Fencing

Arnold Fencing Classic 2020

Military Saber (E1), March 6, 2020
Place 14 of 24, Seed 8, Not ranked, Rating U, Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts / Wright State University
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 KOREN Raymond 16 U 22 Grand Rapids HEMA Society
Pool W 9:7 STREET Sam 17 U 11 Wisconsin Historical Fencing Academy
Pool L 7:9 HERNANDEZ Justin 9 U 20 Columbus Saber Academy
Pool L 4:7 CROMWELL Steve 19 U 13 Medieval Swordplay Canada
Pool L 3:9 PUGNETTI Joseph W. 1 U 1 Steel City Historical Fencing
T32 W 9:5 HERNANDEZ Justin 9 U 20 Columbus Saber Academy
T16 L 4:12 ROWE David 21 U 5 Virginia Academy Of Fencing