Mark Blom

1960

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 14 35 6 - - 55
Losses 14 35 15 - - 64
Win Ratio 50.0% 50.0% 28.6% - - 46.2%
Pool Victories 11 28 6 - - 45
Pool Losses 10 25 12 - - 47
Pool Win Ratio 52.4% 52.8% 33.3% - - 48.9%
DE Victories 3 7 - - - 10
DE Losses 4 10 3 - - 17
DE Win Ratio 42.9% 41.2% 0.0% - - 37.0%

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 4 3 - - 8
Easy wins as % of wins 7.1% 11.4% 50.0% - - 14.5%
Close wins‡ 6 17 1 - - 24
Close wins as % of all wins 42.9% 48.6% 16.7% - - 43.6%
Close losses‡ 5 8 3 - - 16
Close losses as % of all losses 35.7% 22.9% 20.0% - - 25.0%
Big losses† 4 10 7 - - 21
Big losses as % of all losses 28.6% 28.6% 46.7% - - 32.8%

† 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

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 4 10 3 - - 17
Tournaments 4 9 3 - - 16

Competition History

Seattle International Veterans Cup

Veteran Men's Épée (A1, VET), February 24, 2024
Place 8, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating C22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 SOKOLOVSKY Boris 24 U 23 Ace Fencing Academy 2500 2031 11.5 32%
Pool W 5:4 JOHNSON Jeff 8 B23 3 Rain City Fencing Center 2624 2043 26.2 17%
Pool W 5:2 SILKEY Jason 17 E23 21 Salle Auriol Seattle 1399 2069 4.3 87%
Pool L 3:5 ROBERTS Peter 16 E24 2 Northwest Fencing Center 2366 2073 8.8 32%
Pool W 5:3 MAKMATOV Vadim 1 A24 1 Salle Auriol Seattle 2595 2065 24.4 19%
T16 W 10:6 ELLINGTON Jeff B. 21 E21 12 High Desert Fencing Club 2115 1999 48.6 43%
T8 L 3:10 ROBERTS Peter 16 E24 2 Northwest Fencing Center 2340 2047 27.3 34%

Home for the Holidays Open (WWC #3)

Senior Men's Épée (A2, SNR), December 16, 2023
Place 29, Seed 26, Not ranked, Rating C22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 KLEIN Johannes 12 B23 19 Rain City Fencing Center 1990 2052 15.9 54%
Pool L 0:5 HUANG Thomas 1 A23 1 Orion Fencing 2753 2036 4.1 12%
Pool L 3:5 WELDON Benjamin 21 B22 11 Salle Auriol Seattle / The Fencing Center 2631 2032 5.3 16%
Pool W 5:4 GILMORE Nicholas 35 U 36 Salle Auriol Seattle 1446 2027 5.5 83%
Pool W 5:4 PETERSEN Ephraim 24 C23 21 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 2089 2032 15.4 46%
Pool L 4:5 FABBRO Andrew 37 U 35 1748 2048 16.2 66%
T64 W 15:14 GILMORE Nicholas 35 U 36 Salle Auriol Seattle 1764 1977 36.2 63%
T32 L 6:15 WELDON Benjamin 21 B22 11 Salle Auriol Seattle / The Fencing Center 2732 2013 14.1 13%

Crescent City Open RJCC/ROC

Div II Men's Épée (C2, DV2), October 21, 2023
Place 18, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating C22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 LAING Flynt 15 E23 11 Caddo Magnet Fencing Club 1612 2069 25.0 77%
Pool W 5:4 POHL Philip 18 E23 20 Olympian Fencing Club 1528 2044 6.6 80%
Pool W 5:2 MCINTURFF Walker 27 U 31 1903 2051 9.6 57%
Pool W 5:3 WAID Ian 10 D23 26 1677 2060 8.0 72%
Pool L 4:5 PARISI Nolan W. 36 U 10 Houston Sword Sports 1999 2068 16.1 54%
T32 L 11:15 VILLAREAL Quentin 17 E23 16 Houston Sword Sports 2201 2017 40.5 39%

Rain City Fall RJCC+Div II ROC

Div II Men's Épée (C2, DV2), September 17, 2023
Place 13, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating C22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 WANG Kunqi 20 U 22 Rain City Fencing Center 1556 2110 6.6 81%
Pool L 4:5 JOHNSON Ryder 13 E23 6 Orion Fencing 2199 2116 14.4 45%
Pool W 5:1 GOWDA Suyog 23 U 15 Northwest Fencing Center 1654 2102 7.9 77%
Pool L 2:5 LU Jacob 5 D23 3 Kaizen Academy LLC 2105 2110 16.0 50%
Pool L 4:5 CHAKRABORTY Zorian 12 E23 12 Salle Auriol Seattle 1702 2094 24.6 74%
T32 W 15:13 ZHAO Chao 19 U 20 Kaizen Academy LLC 2054 2013 46.5 48%
T16 L 14:15 HANNON Owen 8 D23 7 Northwest Fencing Center 2255 2060 42.6 38%

WWD Championships

Senior Men's Épée (A2, SNR), June 10, 2023
Place 17, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating C22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 KLEIN Johannes 5 A19 23 Rain City Fencing Center 2073 2071 17.5 50%
Pool W 5:2 VALENTINE Iain 25 E22 22 Salle Auriol Seattle 2500 2089 13.6 34%
Pool W 5:4 OLSON Kevin 16 D23 18 Kaizen Academy LLC 1918 2103 13.2 62%
Pool L 3:5 DONDISCH Ilan 6 B23 9 Kaizen Academy LLC 2164 2116 15.9 47%
Pool W 5:4 CHAKRABORTY Zorian 24 E23 25 Kaizen Academy LLC / Salle Auriol Seattle 1737 2100 9.6 73%
T32 L 10:15 LI Samuel 13 C23 16 Rain City Fencing Center 2651 2036 22.9 17%

2023 Rain City Open

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), May 13, 2023
Place 21, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating C22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 CHAKRABORTY Zorian 28 E23 35 Kaizen Academy LLC / Salle Auriol Seattle 1786 2038 12.9 66%
Pool L 2:5 HONZ Jacob 8 B23 12 Salle Auriol Seattle 2818 2051 4.6 11%
Pool L 3:5 LEE Tobias (Toby) T. 5 A22 3 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 2873 2046 3.9 9%
Pool W 5:3 BIROAN Chaz 35 E22 29 Rain City Fencing Center / Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club 1817 2042 13.0 64%
Pool W 5:3 KRYLTSOV Greg 20 D23 26 Rain City Fencing Center 1980 2055 16.1 55%
T32 L 7:15 LIPPMAN Jake 37 U 8 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 1405 2152 115.5 85%

2023 Rain City Open

Veteran Mixed Épée (E1, VET), May 12, 2023
Place 3, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating C22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 RICHARDS Kimberly 9 U 3 Kaizen Academy LLC
Pool L 2:5 CRANOR Erich L. 1 A23 1 Northwest Fencing Center 2861 2014 4.0 8%
Pool W 5:4 REED David 4 C23 6 Rain City Fencing Center 1614 2010 10.4 74%
Pool W 5:4 KRYLTSOV Greg 7 D23 8 Rain City Fencing Center 1972 2020 17.7 53%
T8 W 10:7 REED David 4 C23 6 Rain City Fencing Center 1715 2118 39.5 73%
T4 L 4:10 CRANOR Erich L. 1 A23 1 Northwest Fencing Center 3354 2158 6.1 3%

WWD Div II/III Divisional Qualifier

Div II Men's Épée (E1, DV2), March 25, 2023
Place 3, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating C22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 PENG Gregory 3 D20 1 Salle Auriol Seattle 1991 2075 19.3 55%
Pool L 4:5 BERKE Daniel (Dan) L. 11 E19 11 Rain City Fencing Center 1755 2094 31.0 71%
Pool L 4:5 CHAKRABORTY Zorian 6 E23 6 Kaizen Academy LLC 1508 2063 37.5 82%
Pool W 5:3 OLSON Kevin 9 E22 7 Kaizen Academy LLC 1778 2026 14.0 66%
Pool L 4:5 WAI Andreas 7 E23 8 Kaizen Academy LLC 1824 2040 25.6 64%
T16 W 15:10 SILKEY Jason 4 E23 10 Salle Auriol Seattle 1339 2092 26.0 86%
T8 W 15:14 PATCHETT Bennett 8 E23 5 Kaizen Academy LLC 1778 2118 50.8 70%
T4 L 11:15 PENG Gregory 3 D20 1 Salle Auriol Seattle 2453 2169 50.9 33%

Seattle International Veterans Cup

Veteran Men's Épée (A1, VET), February 25, 2023
Place 13, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating C22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 KRYLTSOV Greg 12 D22 8 Rain City Fencing Center 1782 2038 17.0 66%
Pool W 5:2 STERLING William D. 16 U 15 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1410 2055 8.4 82%
Pool L 1:5 CARLSON Jesse 3 A23 10 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2686 2064 8.4 16%
Pool L 1:5 VARNEY John R. 7 A19 3 Salle Auriol Seattle 2754 2055 7.0 13%
Pool L 3:5 BLOCK B.J. 11 C19 2 2412 2048 13.4 28%
Pool L 4:5 MAKMATOV Vadim 2 A23 1 Salle Auriol Seattle 2620 2035 8.7 17%
Pool W 5:4 JOHNSON Jeff 6 A19 3 Salle Auriol Seattle 2784 2026 48.4 11%
T16 L 3:10 BLOCK B.J. 11 C19 2 2544 2144 51.9 28%

Western Washington Foil & Epee Challenge Series #4

Senior Mixed Épée (A1, SNR), February 12, 2023
Place 18, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating C22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 SUVOROV Yuly 5 A19 3 Salle Auriol Seattle 2691 2090 9.7 16%
Pool L 2:5 WEGENER Soren 13 D23 8 Rain City Fencing Center 1944 2080 30.6 59%
Pool L 1:5 MAKMATOV Vadim 4 A22 1 Salle Auriol Seattle 2560 2049 11.1 20%
Pool W 5:0 KNUDSEN Ayda Jane 20 E23 23 Kaizen Academy LLC
T32 L 11:15 OLSON Kevin 21 E22 15 Kaizen Academy LLC 1843 2304 159.7 75%

Leon Auriol Open

Senior Mixed Épée (B2, SNR), November 13, 2022
Place 24, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating C22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 STACKHOUSE Andre L. 26 E21 23 Rain City Fencing Center 2408 2125 19.7 33%
Pool L 3:5 KROGH Daniel (Dan) M. 16 C21 11 Northwest Fencing Center 3036 2105 6.3 11%
Pool W 5:4 SHEN Yongen 31 U 34 Kaizen Academy LLC
Pool W 5:4 YUE Hongrui (Henry) 25 E22 15 2344 2099 37.7 35%
Pool L 4:5 LOESER Jacob 5 B22 18 Salle Auriol Seattle 2217 2137 25.0 45%
Pool L 2:5 STOCK Jordan 6 B22 12 Salle Auriol Seattle 2257 2112 22.2 41%
T32 L 11:15 WELDON Benjamin 8 B22 13 Salle Auriol Seattle / The Fencing Center 2802 2368 63.9 26%

Western Washington Foil & Epee Challenge Series #1

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), October 30, 2022
Place 30, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating C22
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 CARTER Benjamin 31 U 25 2500 2213 25.9 39%
Pool L 3:5 RABOIN James 28 E19 33 Salle Auriol Seattle 1322 2239 56.8 88%
Pool L 3:5 HUANG Thomas 11 B22 11 Orion Fencing 2606 2182 17.6 25%
Pool L 1:5 LEE Andrew O. 2 A22 1 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 3014 2165 7.0 9%
Pool L 2:5 WAI Andreas 23 E22 16 Kaizen Academy LLC 1713 2158 50.6 76%
Pool W 5:3 REED David 35 U 38 Rain City Fencing Center 1747 2107 18.0 72%
T64 W 15:13 FORD Israel 38 U 36 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1649 2347 47.4 83%
T32 L 3:15 BENACK Steven M. 5 A19 9 Salle Auriol Seattle 3330 2394 26.2 9%

Rain City Fall RJCC+Div II ROC

Div II Men's Épée (C1, DV2), September 17, 2022
Place 3, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating D21
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 REED David 17 U 13 Rain City Fencing Center 1724 2153 23.4 75%
Pool W 5:1 GULLO Kenji Y. 1 C22 2 Northwest Fencing Center 2335 2176 52.3 40%
Pool L 4:5 KIM Teo 18 U 14 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1616 2229 73.9 83%
Pool W 5:4 PARKS Isaac 7 E22 12 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1978 2155 30.1 61%
Pool W 5:1 PATCHETT Bennett 13 U 19 Kaizen Academy LLC 1221 2185 6.3 93%
Pool W 5:4 BIROAN Chaz 19 U 10 Rain City Fencing Center / Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club 1860 2191 22.2 70%
T16 W 15:11 KIM Teo 18 U 14 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1908 2158 152.3 62%
T8 W 15:14 MING Nathan 2 C22 6 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2144 2310 147.7 59%
T4 L 5:15 GULLO Kenji Y. 1 C22 2 Northwest Fencing Center 2708 2458 111.5 36%

MTFC Senior Mixed Epee

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), September 4, 2022
Place 6, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating D21
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 BENACK Steven 4 A19 10 Rain City Fencing Center / Fencing Illini, University Of Illinois 3108 1992 5.9 4%
Pool W 5:4 LEE Christopher T 20 U 8 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 2355 1986 78.2 28%
Pool W 5:4 KIM Teo 21 U 24 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1709 2065 29.0 71%
Pool W 5:3 LOESER Jacob 5 B22 13 Salle Auriol Seattle 2282 2094 59.3 38%
Pool W 5:4 CHANG Ella 19 E22 21 Kaizen Academy LLC
T16 W 15:14 WEGENER Soren 14 E22 13 Rain City Fencing Center 2076 1822 380.4 38%
T8 L 11:15 LEE Benjamin 3 A20 2 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 3314 2203 44.7 8%

2022 Rain City Open

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), May 14, 2022
Place 22, Seed 20, Not ranked, Rating D21
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 HO Isaac 30 U 31 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2439 1997 99.2 28%
Pool W 5:4 BEAVER Aaron 21 D21 23 Kaizen Academy LLC / Rain City Fencing Center 1968 2096 62.2 58%
Pool L 4:5 LEE Tobias (Toby) T. 1 A22 17 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 2821 2159 23.4 15%
Pool L 3:5 PETERSEN Ephraim 33 U 25 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 1833 2135 90.3 68%
Pool L 1:5 KILUK Andrew 8 B22 5 Salle Auriol Seattle 2542 2045 27.9 22%
Pool L 4:5 HUANG Thomas 10 B21 8 Orion Fencing 2553 2017 24.7 20%
T32 L 5:15 HUANG Thomas 10 B21 8 Orion Fencing 3043 1900 77.2 9%

Seattle International Veterans Cup

Veteran Men's Épée (A1, VET), February 12, 2022
Place 10, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating D21, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 SILKEY Jason 13 U 16 Salle Auriol Seattle 1242 1916 55.1 83%
Pool W 5:1 KRYLTSOV Grygoriy 14 U 14 Rain City Fencing Center 1868 1971 91.1 54%
Pool L 0:5 JOHNSON Jeff 3 A19 3 Salle Auriol Seattle 2788 2062 40.8 14%
Pool L 3:5 LEE Tobias (Toby) T. 2 A19 3 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 2789 2021 34.4 13%
Pool L 4:5 LIPTON Michael D. 7 C21 5 East Bay Fencers Gym / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2100 1987 93.9 43%
Pool W 5:3 REDDING Russel M. 11 D18 13 Salle Auriol Seattle 2251 1893 140.4 29%
Pool L 3:5 LUTTON Thomas (Tom) W. 6 B19 9 Denver Fencing Center / LE CLUB TOUCHE 2600 2033 35.8 19%
T16 L 4:10 CRANOR Erich L. 1 A20 7 Northwest Fencing Center 3495 1939 39.2 4%

The 2022 Battle in Seattle Veteran Events

Veteran Men's Épée (E1, VET), January 28, 2022
Place 11, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating D21, Kaizen Academy LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 LIPTON Michael D. 5 C21 5 East Bay Fencers Gym / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2066 2500 736.3 66%
Pool L 1:5 CRANOR Erich L. 1 A20 1 Northwest Fencing Center 2983 1764 66.1 8%
Pool W 5:1 BAXTER Daniel 4 B21 7 Northwest Fencing Center 2504 1698 579.5 17%
Pool L 3:5 REDDING Russel M. 11 D18 10 Salle Auriol Seattle 2278 2277 213.7 50%
Pool L 2:5 STOCK Jordan 7 D22 6 Salle Auriol Seattle 2200 2063 147.8 42%
T16 L 2:10 STOCK Jordan 7 D22 6 Salle Auriol Seattle 2440 2500 561.3 52%