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Tim Kniser

1970
PDX Fencing
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 10 4 - 6 2 22
Losses 8 5 - 9 13 35
Win ratio 55.6% 44.4% - 40.0% 13.3% 38.6%
Pool victories 8 3 - 5 2 18
Pool losses 6 4 - 7 11 28
Pool win ratio 57.1% 42.9% - 41.7% 15.4% 39.1%
DE victories 2 1 - 1 - 4
DE losses 2 1 - 2 2 7
DE win ratio 50.0% 50.0% - 33.3% 0.0% 36.4%

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† 5 2 - 1 - 8
Easy wins % 50.0% 50.0% - 16.7% 0.0% 36.4%
Close wins‡ 2 - - 1 1 4
Close wins % 20.0% 0.0% - 16.7% 50.0% 18.2%
Close losses‡ 1 1 - 1 1 4
Close losses % 12.5% 20.0% - 11.1% 7.7% 11.4%
Big losses† 2 3 - 6 4 15
Big losses % 25.0% 60.0% - 66.7% 30.8% 42.9%

† 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 2 7
Tournaments 1 1 - 1 1 4

Competition history

7 competitions, 57 bouts

Portland ROC

Div II Men's Saber C2, DV2 March 22, 2026

Place 28 of 33 Seed 32 Not ranked Rating U PDX Fencing / Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 GUVEN Can 27 - U 29 PDX Fencing 1740 1842 22.2 56%
Pool
D 3:5 HERRERA Tristan K. 23 - E23 12 PDX Fencing 1319 1864 39.9 78%
Pool
D 3:5 HOLMES Xavier 15 - D25 11 Salle Auriol Seattle 1392 1824 41.9 76%
Pool
D 2:5 SUORSA Markus 8 - C24 7 2395 1782 8.9 16%
Pool
D 3:5 VACCA Giovanni 13 - D25 16 Washington Fencing Academy 1623 1773 29.5 60%
Pool
D 0:5 DESSAUER Tobyn M. 3 - C26 5 Northwest Fencing Center 2347 1744 8.7 16%
T32
D 6:15 HONG Arick 19 - E25 9 West Coast Fencing Academy 1373 1947 197.6 80%

Portland ROC

Veteran Men's Saber E1, VET March 20, 2026

Place 2 of 9 Seed 7 Not ranked Rating U PDX Fencing / Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 GUVEN Can 9 - U 3 PDX Fencing 1340 1676 38.3 67%
Pool
V 5:1 BARNETT Brandon 4 - U 9 PDX Fencing 2079 1638 29.8 32%
Pool
V 5:2 BARRETT Kevin 8 - U 6 PDX Fencing 3018 1668 53.0 7%
Pool
V 5:1 CRETEN joachim 1 - B22 1 Oregon Fencing Alliance 1881 1721 38.0 40%
Pool
V 5:2 PARAGANO Vincent 2 - D24 3 Medeo Fencing Club / Masters Fencing Academy Nj 2057 1759 42.5 31%
Pool
V 5:4 PENG Gregory 6 - U 7 Salle Auriol Seattle 1272 1801 12.3 81%
Pool
V 5:4 FEENER Stuart 5 - U 5 1616 1814 19.5 61%
Pool
V 5:0 KOHN Richard 3 - U 8 Lincoln Fencing Club 1143 1833 8.6 86%
T8
V 10:3 KOHN Richard 3 - U 8 Lincoln Fencing Club 1663 1628 156.0 48%
T4
V 10:2 PARAGANO Vincent 2 - D24 3 Medeo Fencing Club / Masters Fencing Academy Nj 2390 1784 284.1 20%
T2
D 8:10 CRETEN joachim 1 - B22 1 Oregon Fencing Alliance 2122 2068 120.9 47%

New Tournament

Div II Mixed Saber C2, DV2 January 11, 2025

Place 14 of 31 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating U PDX Fencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 ERPELDING Emily 25 - U 24 PDX Fencing - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 KAPLAN Zev 24 - U 28 PDX Fencing 1613 1889 23.6 63%
Pool
V 5:3 SMITH Etienne 17 - U 27 PDX Fencing 546 1913 2.9 97%
Pool
D 1:5 LIEBISCH Milo 29 - U 17 PDX Fencing 919 1916 104.2 94%
Pool
D 1:5 ST.CLAIRE-KING Tenzin 1 - C24 1 Pacific University Fencing Federation / PDX Fencing 1761 1811 41.1 53%
Pool
D 2:5 CALL Henderson 9 - E24 7 PDX Fencing 1338 1770 57.8 75%
Pool
D 1:5 FERRIS JR. Michael 8 - E24 9 PDX Fencing 1681 1713 36.1 52%
T32
V 15:8 MCCORMICK Karley 23 - U 19 PDX Fencing - - - -
T16
D 12:15 DOLEV Rony 6 - D24 3 PDX Fencing - - - -

Portland ROC

Veteran Men's Saber E1, VET April 1, 2023

Place 6 of 14 Seed 10 Not ranked Rating U

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 PHILLIPS Kim V. 2 - B22 13 PDX Fencing 3251 1585 230.8 < 1%
Pool
V 5:3 REILLY Philip V.
9 - E21 3 Oregon Fencing Alliance 2566 1816 116.9 12%
Pool
D 2:5 MA Yanjie 7 - D19 9 Salle Auriol Seattle 1957 1933 51.3 48%
Pool
D 4:5 DIRSMITH Benjamin J. 5 - C23 5 Salle Auriol Seattle / Washington Fencing Academy 2263 1882 28.4 27%
Pool
V 5:1 HUTCHERSON Jesse 14 - U 10 Eugene Fencers Club 2612 1853 82.7 14%
Pool
D 1:5 CRETEN joachim 3 - B22 8 PDX Fencing 1899 1936 46.9 52%
T16
V 10:9 REITER Michael L. 12 - U 11 Salle Auriol Seattle 1405 1660 208.2 62%
T8
D 5:10 MOODY Paul J. 8 - E23 2 Salle Auriol Seattle 1785 1868 239.9 54%

Portland ROC

Div II Men's Saber C2, DV2 April 1, 2023

Place 25 of 33 Seed 29 Not ranked Rating U

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 CHEEMA Hyder 12 - D22 5 Oregon Fencing Alliance 2394 1592 28.7 11%
Pool
V 5:3 TUNG Ryan 20 - E22 12 Premier Fencing Academy LLC 1898 1563 142.8 31%
Pool
D 1:5 DOLEV Ido 30 - U 28 PDX Fencing 1373 1706 123.8 69%
Pool
D 1:5 HUANG Zekai 1 - C23 11 Salle Auriol Seattle 2230 1582 27.8 16%
Pool
D 2:5 YERRAMILLI Tejas 10 - D22 22 Salle Auriol Seattle 2146 1554 29.3 18%
Pool
V 5:2 LEIP Ouen 22 - E22 24 PDX Fencing 1432 1525 60.3 56%
T32
D 6:15 SUORSA Markus 15 - D19 7 Cardinal Fencing Club 2570 1790 130.3 18%

Portland ROC - DV1A, DV2 & VET

Veteran Men's Saber E1, VET November 13, 2021

Place 7 of 8 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating U

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 ALLAN Peter L. 7 - U 8 Boise Fencing Club 2084 1302 63.1 15%
Pool
D 2:5 PLONKA Derek 5 - U 5 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (ca) (agfc) 2120 1239 45.4 11%
Pool
V 5:3 CRETEN joachim 8 - U 3 1538 1193 197.0 33%
Pool
D 3:5 HERRERA Richard K. 1 - B19 2 PDX Fencing 3297 1390 1.8 < 1%
Pool
D 2:5 REILLY Philip V.
3 - E21 1 Oregon Fencing Alliance 2578 1389 20.8 7%
Pool
V 5:4 ROZGONYI Csaba 4 - E19 6 PDX Fencing 2041 1368 239.7 17%
Pool
D 3:5 LARA Alfred 2 - B19 3 Oregon Fencing Alliance 2701 1608 15.7 5%
T8
D 7:10 REILLY Philip V.
3 - E21 1 Oregon Fencing Alliance 2500 1974 183.6 33%

Portland ROC - DV1A, DV2 & VET

Div II Men's Saber C2, DV2 November 13, 2021

Place 27 of 28 Seed 21 Not ranked Rating U

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 STURN Oliver 7 - D21 7 Oregon Fencing Alliance 2580 2500 507.7 47%
Pool
D 0:5 PI Alexander 27 - U 15 PDX Fencing 2072 1992 347.1 46%
Pool
D 2:5 CRETEN joachim 22 - U 26 1683 1645 221.6 48%
Pool
D 2:5 RASMUSSEN Alexzander C. 5 - D21 8 Salle Auriol Seattle 2214 1424 80.2 15%
Pool
D 1:5 WESLER Logan A. 4 - C20 11 PDX Fencing 2684 1343 20.8 3%
Pool
D 1:5 LUO George F. 14 - E19 2 PDX Fencing 2635 1323 20.8 4%
T32
D 5:15 GRATHWOL-SEAR Oliver 13 - E20 3 Salle Auriol Seattle 2528 2500 526.3 49%