The future of US Fencing is at stake!

For transparency, fairness, and athlete support, VOTE NOW for:
(1) Jason Liu and (2) Abdel Salem.

Take Action

Statistics Profile

Ronald Kirshner

1952
Rochester Fencing Club
Is this your profile? Register with your USFA ID to claim it.
Claim profile

Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 2 5 - - 12 19
Losses 3 1 - - 54 58
Win ratio 40.0% 83.3% - - 18.2% 24.7%
Pool victories 1 4 - - 9 14
Pool losses 2 - - - 44 46
Pool win ratio 33.3% 100.0% - - 17.0% 23.3%
DE victories 1 1 - - 3 5
DE losses 1 1 - - 10 12
DE win ratio 50.0% 50.0% - - 23.1% 29.4%

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† - 3 - - 4 7
Easy wins % 0.0% 60.0% - - 33.3% 36.8%
Close wins‡ - 2 - - 2 4
Close wins % 0.0% 40.0% - - 16.7% 21.1%
Close losses‡ 1 - - - 5 6
Close losses % 33.3% 0.0% - - 9.3% 10.3%
Big losses† - - - - 22 22
Big losses % 0.0% 0.0% - - 40.7% 37.9%

† 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.

Bouts with time expired

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - - - -
Victories % 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0% 0.0%
Losses - - - - 1 1
Losses % 0.0% 0.0% - - 1.9% 1.7%
Total - - - - 1 1
Total % 0.0% 0.0% - - 1.5% 1.3%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events 1 1 - - 10 12
Tournaments 1 1 - - 5 7

Competition history

12 competitions, 77 bouts

RIT Fall Open 2025

Div I-A Mixed Foil E1, D1A November 9, 2025

Place 8 of 14 Seed 4 Not ranked Rating E24 RochesterFC / Inc.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 ZSENITS Balazs 3 - E24 3 LUDUS 2500 1722 8.8 23%
Pool
V 5:3 HANDLER Tyler 5 - U 13 UofRochester 1107 1713 11.3 82%
Pool
D 4:5 SANCHEZ Carlos Missing ID 11 - U 3 RIT - - - -
T16
V 15:10 ESTERMAN Fox 7 - U 9 RIT 1824 1776 76.7 48%
T8
D 11:15 ZSENITS Balazs 3 - E24 3 LUDUS 2500 1853 34.2 27%

RIT SpringFest Open

Div I-A Mixed Foil E1, D1A April 20, 2025

Place 2 of 10 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating E24 Rochester Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 ENG Alex 8 - U 10 2500 1622 34.9 20%
Pool
V 5:0 HANDLER Tyler 6 - U 8 University of Rochester Fencing Club 1240 1657 16.5 72%
Pool
V 5:4 ESTERMAN Fox 10 - U 6 1730 1674 26.1 47%
Pool
V 5:4 HARTMANN Eric 2 - E24 3 Rochester Institute of Technology Fencing Club / 5T Fencers Club 1484 1700 22.2 63%
T4
V 15:6 STULL-SHAFFREY Willa 5 - U 3 Ludus Fencing Studio - - - -
T2
D 11:15 RAMNARASE Gharvin 1 - E24 1 Rochester Institute of Technology Fencing Club / Cloak and Dagger Fencing Club 2303 1829 53.4 27%

December NAC

Veteran Men's Foil A2, VET December 8, 2019

Place 45 of 51 Seed 51 Not ranked Rating U Rochester Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 PREUD'HOMME Xavier A. 49 - U 51 988 1641 12.3 83%
Pool
D 4:5 KAIHATSU Edward J. 14 - B19 19 Fencing Center Of Chicago 3262 1653 0.8 1%
Pool
D 3:5 DRAKE David L. 19 - B18 34 Team Touche Fencing Center 2343 1653 11.0 14%
Pool
D 2:5 LUONG Allen 35 - C17 33 The Fencing Center 2394 1642 9.5 12%
Pool
D 4:5 HENDRICKS Ron 30 - C19 16 Wasatch Fencing 2393 1632 9.3 12%
Pool
D 0:5 LAWRENCE John W. 3 - A19 17 Durkan Fencing Academy 3207 1623 0.7 1%
T64
D 5:10 ESTELL Oscar M. 29 - C19 24 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2578 1869 40.0 15%

December NAC

Vet-60 Men's Foil A2, V60 December 7, 2019

Place 33 of 37 Seed 32 Rank 40 Rating U Rochester Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 RESS Michael A. 29 30 E16 29 Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 2159 1621 65.4 21%
Pool
D 2:5 DORFMAN Mitchell (Mitch) J. 20 16 C19 18 Morris Fencing Club 2346 1686 13.0 15%
Pool
D 3:5 CHAMBERS Thomas J. 17 28 B17 21 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia / Zeljkovic Fencing Academy 2249 1673 14.9 18%
Pool
D 2:5 WILBERT Matt 8 8 B18 20 Moe Fencing Club LLC 2221 1658 14.9 19%
Pool
D 2:5 BENNETT Philippe 5 5 A18 8 Fencers Club Inc. 3023 1643 2.1 2%
T64
D 6:10 CAIN Russell (Russ) P. 33 51 U 31 Baltimore Fencing Center 2271 1941 71.3 35%

Ben Gutenberg RYC/RJCC & Div IA Local

Div I-A Men's Foil U, D1A October 12, 2019

Place 2 of 3 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating U Rochester Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 SANTULLI Tristan 1 - D19 1 Boston Fencing Club 2352 1665 15.3 14%
Pool
V 5:3 XU Mathu Yang 3 - U 3 Mid-Island Fencing Academy 1513 1650 38.1 58%
Pool
D 2:5 SANTULLI Tristan 1 - D19 1 Boston Fencing Club 2357 1688 14.5 14%
Pool
D 3:5 XU Mathu Yang 3 - U 3 Mid-Island Fencing Academy 1480 1674 53.0 62%
T4
V 15:8 XU Mathu Yang 3 - U 3 Mid-Island Fencing Academy 1073 1996 38.7 88%
T2
D 6:15 SANTULLI Tristan 1 - D19 1 Boston Fencing Club 2349 2035 93.9 33%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-60 Men's Foil A2, V60 July 3, 2019

Place 33 of 42 Seed 38 Rank 37 Rating U Rochester Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 MARIANI Lou 11 13 B17 15 The Fencing Center 2406 1500 12.9 9%
Pool
V 5:2 BISCHOFF William B. 26 19 E18 32 Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 2428 1488 111.7 10%
Pool
D 1:5 STREB Joseph S. 2 2 A18 1 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 3118 1599 1.9 1%
Pool
D 1:5 BRANDYBERRY Mark A. 24 - D17 8 1633 1597 41.6 48%
Pool
V 5:2 CRAVEY Donald (Don) N. 35 - E19 24 Mile High Fencing Club 2540 1556 117.7 7%
Pool
D 2:5 DORFMAN Mitchell (Mitch) J. 15 16 C19 12 WangLei Fencing Club Morris 2668 1673 8.2 7%
T64
D 7:10 BISCHOFF William B. 26 19 E18 32 Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 2079 2115 119.2 51%

December NAC

Veteran Men's Foil A2, VET December 16, 2018

Place 43 of 47 Seed 46 Not ranked Rating U Rochester Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:4 FELDMAN Adam 4 - A18 13 Zeljkovic Fencing Academy 3118 1521 4.1 2%
Pool
D 1:5 PIMOUTKINE Roustam R. 18 - B16 6 Fencers Club Inc. 2529 1517 14.0 9%
Pool
D 2:5 MAHNKEN Thomas G. 32 - D18 35 Virginia Academy Of Fencing 1925 1503 37.9 27%
Pool
D 2:5 BRYAN Thomas A. 11 - B18 3 Mid-South Fencers' Club / Research Triangle Fencing 2339 1465 16.2 12%
Pool
D 2:5 COTLAR Andrew D. 25 - C17 22 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West / Manchen Academy Of Fencing 2660 1448 7.2 4%
Pool
V 5:2 MELCHIOR Donald L. 38 - E18 45 Boston Fencing Club 1488 1441 59.1 47%
T64
D 3:10 VOYIAZIAKIS Emanuel 30 - C15 25 Fencers Club Inc. 3257 2150 35.3 10%

December NAC

Vet-60 Men's Foil A2, V60 December 15, 2018

Place 33 of 38 Seed 32 Rank 26 Rating U Rochester Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 JOHANSON David B. 18 39 C18 20 Denver Fencing Center / Mile High Fencing Club 2500 1504 20.0 17%
Pool
D 1:5 CHAMBERS Thomas J. 8 10 B17 24 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia / Zeljkovic Fencing Academy 2201 1484 27.1 17%
Pool
D 2:5 LAWRENCE John W. 5 7 A17 10 Durkan Fencing Academy 2997 1456 3.3 1%
Pool
D 3:5 PAVLOVICH Robert 20 - C18 1 Fencers Club Inc. 3469 1453 1.7 1%
Pool
V 5:1 CAIN Russell (Russ) P. 29 49 E15 32 Baltimore Fencing Center 1605 1451 69.1 43%
T64
D 8:10 CAIN Russell (Russ) P. 29 49 E15 32 Baltimore Fencing Center 2500 2252 101.3 41%

December NAC

Div II Men's Foil B3, DV2 December 14, 2018

Place 49 of 50 Seed 47 Not ranked Rating U Rochester Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 MCKINNEY Isaiah 35 - E18 19 Blue Ridge Fencing Center / Richmond Fencing Club 2500 1587 25.0 19%
Pool
D 0:5 MAUER Michael R. 19 - C16 14 Moe Fencing Club LLC / Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 3114 1562 3.3 1%
Pool
D 1:5 DENMAN Matthew L. 28 - D17 41 American Fencing Academy Of Dayton / Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 2019 1559 41.9 30%
Pool
D 0:5 FERNANDES Zain 3 - C18 11 California Fencing Academy 3008 1517 3.6 1%
Pool
D 1:5 ANDERSON David C. 14 - C17 7 Culver Military Academy / Fencing Center Of Chicago 2663 1514 9.9 4%
T64
D 5:15 CHREKY Jacob D. 34 - E18 22 Denison University Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2689 2377 125.0 37%

Flower City ROC RJCC Vet Challenge

Div I-A Men's Foil E1, D1A October 28, 2018

Place 8 of 9 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating U Rochester Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 PETER Griffin 2 - B18 2 Rochester Fencing Club 2750 1857 36.5 11%
Pool
D 2:5 GIBSON Andrew 5 - E18 7 Rochester Fencing Club 3154 1820 15.2 5%
Pool
D 2:5 SOLIMAN Paul S. 7 - E17 5 Rochester Fencing Club 2679 1805 34.2 11%
Pool
D 3:5 ZHANG Songhao Steven 1 - B18 1 2949 1771 16.4 5%
Pool
D 1:5 MILLER Trent D. 3 - C18 3 Premier Fencing Club 2632 1755 29.8 11%
Pool
D 1:5 DYCKMAN Andrew P. 6 - E18 9 Mission Fencing Center 1953 1725 83.0 37%
Pool
D 1:5 LEE Caden 4 - C18 3 3117 1642 4.9 2%
Pool
D 1:5 ZHAO Jesse 8 - E17 6 International Fencers Alliance of Boston 2131 1637 49.6 23%
T16
V 15:14 DYCKMAN Andrew P. 6 - E18 9 Mission Fencing Center 2313 2211 280.6 46%
T8
D 1:15 ZHANG Songhao Steven 1 - B18 1 3033 2491 114.5 27%

Flower City ROC RJCC Vet Challenge

Div II Men's Foil E1, DV2 October 27, 2018

Place 11 of 12 Seed 7 Not ranked Rating U Rochester Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 GIBSON Andrew 2 - E18 1 Rochester Fencing Club 3411 2213 73.5 12%
Pool
D 3:5 DYCKMAN Andrew P. 3 - E18 6 Mission Fencing Center 1818 2140 374.5 65%
Pool
D 1:5 TANZIL Kevin 10 - U 7 Ludus Fencing Studio 1666 1765 192.0 54%
Pool
D 3:5 KIZHNER Fillip 11 - U 3 V Fencing Club 2894 1573 29.0 7%
Pool
V 5:2 ZHAO Jesse 6 - E17 9 International Fencers Alliance of Boston 2147 1544 312.5 21%
T16
D 11:15 DYCKMAN Andrew P. 3 - E18 6 Mission Fencing Center 2375 2569 358.7 58%

Flower City ROC RJCC Vet Challenge

Veteran Men's Foil U, VET October 27, 2018

Place 2 of 4 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating U Rochester Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 SUSSMAN Steven W. 4 - U 3 Rochester Fencing Club / Mid-south Fencers' Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
D 1:5 GIBSON Andrew 1 - E18 1 Rochester Fencing Club 2921 2079 178.3 24%
Pool
V 5:1 FYLES Chuck 2 - U 3 Back Alley Fencing, Inc. 1901 1901 312.2 50%
T4
V 10:4 SUSSMAN Steven W. 4 - U 3 Rochester Fencing Club / Mid-south Fencers' Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T2
D 7:10 GIBSON Andrew 1 - E18 1 Rochester Fencing Club 2921 2921 351.3 50%