Joshua Smotroff

2005

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - - 14 10 9 33
Losses - - 8 7 12 27
Win Ratio - - 63.6% 58.8% 42.9% 55.0%
Pool Victories - - 12 6 8 26
Pool Losses - - 5 5 9 19
Pool Win Ratio - - 70.6% 54.5% 47.1% 57.8%
DE Victories - - 2 4 1 7
DE Losses - - 3 2 3 8
DE Win Ratio - - 40.0% 66.7% 25.0% 46.7%

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† - - 4 2 6 12
Easy wins as % of wins - - 28.6% 20.0% 66.7% 36.4%
Close wins‡ - - 8 4 1 13
Close wins as % of all wins - - 57.1% 40.0% 11.1% 39.4%
Close losses‡ - - 4 3 2 9
Close losses as % of all losses - - 50.0% 42.9% 16.7% 33.3%
Big losses† - - 1 1 6 8
Big losses as % of all losses - - 12.5% 14.3% 50.0% 29.6%

† 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 - - 2
Victories as % of all victories - - 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 6.1%
Losses - - - - - -
Losses as % of all losses - - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Total - - 2 - - 2
Total as % of all bouts - - 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% 3.3%

Events

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

Competition History

Nutmeg State Games

Senior Men's Épée (A2, SNR), July 16, 2023
Place 35 of 46, Seed 19, Not ranked, Rating C23, Rogue Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 BELLIVEAU Emmett Sparrow 5 B23 21 Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 2028 2290 77.9 66%
Pool W 5:4 HOWARD Jackson 34 E23 19 Shoreline Fencers Club / Guilford High School 1538 2212 17.6 85%
Pool L 4:5 LIOU Solomon 21 C23 1 Medeo Fencing Club / New Jersey Fencing Alliance 2625 2229 28.7 26%
Pool L 4:5 LIN Yufei 45 U 34 Boston Fencing Club 1629 2201 86.5 81%
Pool W 5:4 CHOI Paul 10 B23 8 Fencers Club Inc. 2477 2114 68.4 28%
T64 L 13:15 BRASSARD Calvin 35 E23 31 Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 1979 2347 126.7 67%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div II Men's Épée (B3, DV2), July 5, 2023
Place 96 of 217, Seed 44, Not ranked, Rating C23, Rogue Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 3:2 GOROZA Eric 108 D23 196 Battle Born Fencing Club 1539 2322 23.3 89%
Pool W 5:4 JANYSKA Allen 149 D22 186 Michigan State University Fencing Club / Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 1973 2345 47.6 71%
Pool L 3:5 WANG Tristan 85 C22 50 Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 2425 2393 72.6 48%
Pool W 5:4 CARR Cage 213 U 155 Caddo Magnet Fencing Club 1665 2320 24.4 84%
Pool W 2:1 WONG Ethan 172 E23 52 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1811 2344 29.2 80%
Pool L 3:5 HU Robert J. 21 C23 41 Medeo Fencing Club / Wanglei International Fencing Club 2122 2374 84.0 65%
T128 L 12:15 GULLO Kenji Y. 9 B23 47 Northwest Fencing Center 2728 2439 92.4 34%

Connecticut Division Summer National Qualifiers

Senior Men's Épée (D1, SNR), March 19, 2023
Place 3 of 20, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating E21, Rogue Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 WHITELOCK James 7 E19 9 Rogue Fencing Academy 1516 2024 61.8 77%
Pool W 5:1 HALL Miles 20 U 20 Shoreline Fencing Club 786 2085 12.1 96%
Pool W 5:1 SANTANA Julian 12 U 19 Shoreline Fencing Club 1885 2097 69.7 60%
Pool W 5:3 ZELIN Sam 1 C19 2 University Of Connecticut Fencing Club / Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 2132 2167 100.0 52%
Pool W 5:2 BURNHAM Mark 13 U 8 Thames River Fencing Club 1577 2267 31.9 84%
Pool W 5:1 COLON Atum 19 U 12 Shoreline Fencers Club 1436 2299 22.7 88%
T16 W 15:12 HOWARD Jackson 2 E23 14 Guilford High School / Shoreline Fencing Club 2067 2395 123.8 65%
T8 W 15:2 WARD Carrington 4 E22 7 Shoreline Fencing Club / North Branford High School 2120 2519 103.6 69%
T4 L 5:15 ZELIN Sam 1 C19 2 University Of Connecticut Fencing Club / Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 2454 2622 183.3 59%

CT State High School Championships

Men's Épée (D1), March 5, 2022
Place 3 of 49, Seed 3, Rank 3, Rating E21, Hopkins School
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 JOHNSON Noah 12 1 U 14 Robert E. Fitch HS 2500 1692 172.3 23%
Pool W 5:2 ROGERS Andrew 39 3 U 34 Norwich Free Academy
Pool W 5:3 HAMLING Luke (ME) 26 2 U 39 North Haven HS
Pool W 5:3 GIRARDI Brian 17 1 U 2 Daniel Hand HS 1977 1864 159.5 44%
Pool W 5:3 LILBURN Noah (ME) 46 3 U 48 Simsbury HS
Pool L 3:5 HOLLOWAY Bennett (ME) 30 2 U 25 Bacon Academy
T32 W 15:5 KEGLEY Quinn 27 2 U 23 Lyme-Old Lyme HS 2500 1864 305.6 29%
T16 W 15:5 PARFITT Owin (ME) 25 2 U 16 Robert E. Fitch HS
T8 W 15:14 BAUSCH Nicholas 35 2 U 6 Morgan 2921 2170 308.6 24%
T4 L 13:15 BAKER Oliver 19 1 U 1 Morgan 3211 2478 83.2 22%

Neil Lazar Div1A/Div2/Vet ROC

Div II Men's Épée (C3, DV2), September 26, 2021
Place 62 of 75, Seed 35, Not ranked, Rating E21, Rogue Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 BISSET Luke 61 U 72 Rogue Fencing Academy 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool L 1:5 PRIHODKO Max 13 C21 1 Olympia Fencing Center 2391 2921 660.2 71%
Pool L 4:5 MAHESH Tarun 54 U 28 Medeo Fencing Club 2063 2260 346.1 60%
Pool L 3:5 SIMPSON Patrick 10 C21 21 Blackstone Valley Fencing Academy 2569 1914 90.0 19%
Pool L 3:5 MELCHER Charles 32 E21 51 Portland Fencing Center 2110 1824 132.4 35%
T128 W 15:14 BYARS John 50 U 68 The Phoenix Center 1212 2500 140.8 89%
T64 L 12:15 CHEN Jun Ho 9 C21 17 The Phoenix Center 1915 2641 776.9 77%

CT State High School Individual Championships 2020

Men's Foil (C2), February 29, 2020
Place 24 of 68, Seed 21, Rank 22, Rating None, Rumsey Hall School
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 CRALEY Thomas M. 1 1 1 Cheshire Academy 2994 1886 12.0 5%
Pool W 5:3 ROBERTS Luke 20 20 47 Ledyard HS
Pool L 0:5 PINKOWISH Alexander 60 61 28 Lyme-Old Lyme/Valley Regional HS 2921 1874 20.2 14%
Pool W 5:1 BOBINSKI Lenny 41 42 61 Simsbury HS 1600 1853 52.3 61%
Pool W 5:1 WERTZ Erik 31 32 55 Cheshire HS
Pool W 5:1 SISON Ryan 40 41 25 Robert E Fitch HS 2298 1906 106.0 30%
T64 W 15:14 BACHOFNER Zachary 28 29 41 New London HS 2500 1716 368.3 25%
T32 L 7:15 VALENTON Timothy 7 4 4 Greenwich HS 2448 2084 183.1 33%

Neil Lazar RYC/RJCC

Y-14 Men's Foil (C2, Y14), November 17, 2019
Place 46 of 84, Seed 48, Not ranked, Rating U, Prospect Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 POPE Alexander 25 U 61 Morris Fencing Club 2500 1651 218.0 22%
Pool W 5:1 WANG Mason 51 U 30 International Fencers Alliance Of Boston 2055 1869 215.1 40%
Pool L 2:5 XIAO Benjamin 73 U 29 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) / Olympian Fencing Studio 2118 2084 138.2 48%
Pool L 4:5 ZELTSER Lawrence M. 1 27 C19 3 East Coast Fencing Club / Manhattan Fencing Center 2778 1946 32.7 11%
Pool W 5:1 YOU Alex 24 U 75 Vivo Fencing Club 1489 1913 63.7 73%
Pool L 3:5 LI Ayren 78 U 44 Olympia Fencing Center 2096 1977 91.3 43%
T64 L 7:15 WANG Jackson 66 U 23 Manhattan Fencing Center 2285 2079 363.4 41%

NEUSFA 2019 Pomme De Terre Individual

E & Under Men's Foil (D1, E), June 15, 2019
Place 48 of 57, Seed 40, Not ranked, Rating U, Prospect Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 GAVIRIA Wilzon 15 E18 2 International Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool L 1:5 FU Yifan 4 E19 9 International Fencers Alliance Of Boston 2446 2079 313.5 35%
Pool W 5:0 LICCIARDI Davin 22 U 53 Vivo Fencing Club 1549 1766 234.0 59%
Pool L 2:5 JIN Dennis H. 51 U 31 Olympia Fencing Center 2132 2000 241.2 43%
Pool L 1:5 MAGALHAES Alexander 33 U 26 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 2296 1759 107.8 27%
T64 L 12:15 GILCHRIST David C. 53 U 21 Thames River Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%