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Statistics Profile

Rafael Knispel-Heyworth

2004
Ludus Fencing Studio
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - - 21 21
Losses - - - - 21 21
Win ratio - - - - 50.0% 50.0%
Pool victories - - - - 18 18
Pool losses - - - - 15 15
Pool win ratio - - - - 54.5% 54.5%
DE victories - - - - 3 3
DE losses - - - - 6 6
DE win ratio - - - - 33.3% 33.3%

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† - - - - 6 6
Easy wins % - - - - 28.6% 28.6%
Close wins‡ - - - - 5 5
Close wins % - - - - 23.8% 23.8%
Close losses‡ - - - - 11 11
Close losses % - - - - 52.4% 52.4%
Big losses† - - - - 3 3
Big losses % - - - - 14.3% 14.3%

† 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 - - - - 6 6
Tournaments - - - - 3 3

Competition history

6 competitions, 42 bouts

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Div II Men's Saber B3, DV2 July 11, 2021

Place 77 of 151 Seed 126 Not ranked Rating E19 Ludus Fencing Studio

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 SANFILIPPO-SCHERER Alexander G. 123 - E20 48 Fencing Club Of Mercer County / Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2427 2570 38.4 59%
Pool
V 5:4 SHASHA zane 81 - D20 67 PDX Fencing 2672 2532 36.9 41%
Pool
V 5:2 CHENG Cody 142 - U 142 Long Island Fencing Center 2114 2569 14.7 77%
Pool
V 5:4 CHEONG Heonjae 8 - C21 7 Texas Sabre Academy / Texas International Fencing Center 2687 2583 33.2 43%
Pool
D 4:5 LO Alexander 52 - D21 27 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2466 2617 33.8 60%
Pool
V 5:4 CORNEJO Jeffrey A. 37 - C19 106 South Bay Fencing Academy 2564 2583 26.4 51%
T128
D 13:15 KOKKIN Jack S. 29 - C20 60 Midwest Fencing Club 2917 2494 57.9 26%

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Junior Men's Saber A4, JNR July 6, 2021

Place 139 of 235 Seed 216 Not ranked Rating E19 Ludus Fencing Studio

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 TONG ZACHARY 148 - C19 101 Nellya Fencers 2834 2485 61.6 29%
Pool
V 5:3 EDELMAN Seth A. 194 - E21 200 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2336 2547 29.1 63%
Pool
D 3:5 MORREALE John 79 123 C21 30 Advance Fencing And Fitness Academy 2930 2576 22.3 28%
Pool
D 3:5 BOLTON Braydon A. 12 24 A21 62 Phoenix Fencing Academy 3162 2554 13.4 16%
Pool
D 4:5 LI Joshua L. 125 - C21 153 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 2693 2540 28.7 40%
Pool
V 5:2 RAI Avin 57 87 C21 54 Boston Fencing Club 3006 2512 58.4 21%
T256
D 14:15 ALTIRS Alexander 136 - C21 119 Durkan Fencing Academy 2826 2580 85.3 36%

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Cadet Men's Saber A3, CDT July 3, 2021

Place 20 of 234 Seed 182 Not ranked Rating E19 Ludus Fencing Studio

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 LIU Mingyang Ryan 91 - D21 201 Premier Fencing Club 2313 2260 61.6 47%
Pool
V 5:2 MAY Griffin M. 161 - E21 83 Nellya Fencers 2475 2321 64.4 40%
Pool
D 0:5 SKINNER Graham B. 23 38 C21 76 Zeta Fencing 2881 2386 23.3 22%
Pool
V 5:0 LEITH Jack 114 - D21 209 Phoenix Fencing Academy 2282 2362 43.3 55%
Pool
V 5:3 NOBLE Colin 46 68 D21 79 Kaprica United Fencing Academy 2690 2405 63.2 32%
Pool
V 5:0 BODKIN Jake M. 228 - U 188 Thrust Fencing Academy 1882 2469 16.6 82%
T128
V 15:11 VO Minh Q. 173 - E21 120 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 2375 1967 293.3 29%
T64
V 15:11 SUBBIAH Prashanth V. 24 40 C21 43 Zeta Fencing 3202 2260 356.5 9%
T32
D 13:15 JEFFORDS Alexander 15 24 B21 11 LA International Fencing 3398 2617 37.2 13%

American Challenge ROC (DIV1A, DIV2, VET) & RJC Reg Open 1/15

Div I-A Men's Saber B2, D1A June 12, 2021

Place 36 of 60 Seed 55 Not ranked Rating E19 Ludus Fencing Studio

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 YUAN Kevin 28 - D21 47 Atlantic Fencing Academy 2505 2150 123.8 29%
Pool
V 5:4 MCCARTHY Gabriel 48 - E21 54 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2427 2274 89.5 41%
Pool
D 4:5 LAI Adam J. 8 - B20 1 Globus Fencing Academy 3154 2364 17.7 11%
Pool
D 3:5 HO Kaden M. 13 - C21 12 Long Island Fencing Center 2676 2346 41.1 30%
Pool
D 4:5 RAUSCHER Ryan 34 - D20 34 Fencing Club Of Mercer County 2528 2305 45.4 36%
T64
D 13:15 GHENEA George Philipe 32 - D21 16 Alle Fencing Club 2464 2133 166.2 33%

Ben Gutenberg RYC/RJCC & Div IA Local

Cadet Men's Saber C2, CDT October 13, 2019

Place 21 of 38 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating E19 Ludus Fencing Studio

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 EDELMAN Seth A. 15 - E19 23 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2350 2277 146.6 46%
Pool
D 4:5 PARAKH Pranav 3 - D19 5 2760 2130 54.5 19%
Pool
D 3:5 BURDAN Gabriel 38 - U 17 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 1782 2076 163.8 66%
Pool
V 5:1 SHAO Peter 19 - U 15 Boston Fencing Club 2191 1912 144.3 34%
Pool
V 5:2 BELEV Nicholas 33 - U 31 Zeta Fencing 2072 2056 94.1 49%
T32
D 14:15 PETRAMALE Samuel J. 12 - E19 13 Kolakowski Sabre Academy / The Phoenix Center 2389 2489 355.9 55%

Ben Gutenberg RYC/RJCC & Div IA Local

Junior Men's Saber C2, JNR October 12, 2019

Place 15 of 32 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating E19 Ludus Fencing Studio

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 COOK Aidan J. 33 - U 26 Kolakowski Sabre Academy / The Phoenix Center 1793 2500 281.8 75%
Pool
D 4:5 SUBBIAH Prashanth V. 2 - C19 1 Zeta Fencing 3012 2782 341.3 40%
Pool
D 3:5 MAKLIN Edward P. 19 - E19 16 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2678 2441 244.6 39%
Pool
D 1:5 FANG David 9 - D18 9 Zeta Fencing 2428 2196 186.1 38%
Pool
V 5:2 GU Samuel 25 - U 24 2326 2010 267.1 34%
T32
V 15:11 ELIN Adam E. 26 - U 17 International Fencing Club 1777 2500 275.4 75%
T16
D 11:15 SUBBIAH Prashanth V. 2 - C19 1 Zeta Fencing 3192 2775 286.3 33%