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Karl Higgins

2011
Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM)
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - 24 - - 24
Losses - - 33 - - 33
Win ratio - - 42.1% - - 42.1%
Pool victories - - 22 - - 22
Pool losses - - 25 - - 25
Pool win ratio - - 46.8% - - 46.8%
DE victories - - 2 - - 2
DE losses - - 8 - - 8
DE win ratio - - 20.0% - - 20.0%

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† - - 7 - - 7
Easy wins % - - 29.2% - - 29.2%
Close wins‡ - - 7 - - 7
Close wins % - - 29.2% - - 29.2%
Close losses‡ - - 6 - - 6
Close losses % - - 18.2% - - 18.2%
Big losses† - - 12 - - 12
Big losses % - - 36.4% - - 36.4%

† 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 - - 1 - - 1
Victories % - - 4.2% - - 4.2%
Losses - - 1 - - 1
Losses % - - 3.0% - - 3.0%
Total - - 2 - - 2
Total % - - 3.5% - - 3.5%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - - 8 - - 8
Tournaments - - 6 - - 6

Competition history

8 competitions, 57 bouts

Challenge by the Bay RYC/RCC

Y-12 Men's Épée U, Y12 March 31, 2024

Place 24 of 36 Seed 33 Not ranked Rating U Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 SRIKANTH Hariharan 14 - U 19 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1323 1194 18.4 42%
Pool
D 2:5 XIE HanZhang (Elon) 31 - U 3 Bayside Fencing Club 938 1175 28.6 65%
Pool
V 5:4 WU Nathan 2 29 U 14 Yang Fencing Club 1379 1147 27.8 35%
Pool
V 5:3 NARAYANUN Advay 11 153 U 32 Maximum Fencing Club 560 1174 7.3 84%
Pool
D 4:5 GORDON David 22 - U 7 East Bay Fencers Gym 1083 1182 22.8 56%
T32
D 9:15 HUANG Terrence 21 - U 12 Maximum Fencing Club 2211 1142 16.4 9%

Challenge by the Bay RYC/RCC

Y-14 Men's Épée C2, Y14 March 30, 2024

Place 37 of 54 Seed 41 Not ranked Rating U Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 FAN Jordan 55 - U 24 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1332 1148 19.8 38%
Pool
D 2:5 MANA Sameer 26 - U 41 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1270 1128 20.6 41%
Pool
V 5:2 GUO Woody 7 158 D24 21 True Focus Sports Academy 1543 1107 39.8 24%
Pool
V 5:3 VERON Darius 11 195 E23 9 Maximum Fencing Club 1873 1147 48.7 12%
Pool
D 1:5 TANG Michael 23 - U 33 Bayside Fencing Club 1506 1196 14.4 31%
Pool
V 5:3 SIVASANKAR Aman 46 - U 51 Davis Fencing Academy 828 1181 12.3 69%
T64
D 12:15 XIE HanZhang (Elon) 33 - U 28 Bayside Fencing Club 1117 1257 114.5 58%

Fortune Fencing SYC /RJCC & Y8

Y-12 Men's Épée U, Y12 March 23, 2024

Place 67 of 106 Seed 96 Not ranked Rating U Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 MOU Jaydon 36 127 U 31 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 1204 1110 32.7 44%
Pool
V 5:1 LIN Daniel 69 - U 59 True Focus Sports Academy 739 1143 15.4 74%
Pool
V 5:3 TAVERNA Matteo 101 - U 96 Fortune Fencing 1008 1158 19.7 58%
Pool
V 5:1 YOON Ian 63 - U 97 TeamK Fencing 294 1178 5.3 92%
Pool
D 1:5 ROSADO Balthazar Francisco 3 11 E24 5 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1669 1183 12.5 21%
Pool
D 0:5 GREENMAN Duke 30 99 U 20 Battle Born Fencing Club 1264 1171 23.3 44%
T128
D 11:15 ZENG Oliver 98 - U 32 Fortune Fencing 1807 1306 49.4 28%

AFM Youth and Cadet Cup - Event #2

Y-14 Men's Épée U, Y14 January 28, 2024

Place 17 of 42 Seed 32 Not ranked Rating U Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 ESTOQUE Marc 17 - U 16 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 839 944 39.7 57%
Pool
V 5:3 DILEEP Roshan 29 - U 22 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1471 904 59.6 19%
Pool
V 5:3 VALDEZ Owen 41 - U 37 Bay Area Fencing Club 2921 964 65.8 2%
Pool
D 2:5 REICHMANN Theo 19 - U 11 West Berkeley Fencing Club 1764 1029 9.0 12%
Pool
V 5:1 FAIGAL Tommy 33 - U 40 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) 889 1020 23.0 57%
Pool
V 5:4 NIKIFOROV Timofei 5 - E23 3 The Fencing Center 1845 1043 66.8 10%
T32
D 10:15 ESTOQUE Marc 17 - U 16 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1209 1442 135.7 62%

Treasure Chest RYC

Y-12 Men's Épée U, Y12 January 14, 2024

Place 25 of 48 Seed 23 Not ranked Rating U Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 4:2 ZHANG Luqi 9 117 U 26 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1085 925 58.0 40%
Pool
D 1:5 LIU Xuyao 6 102 U 21 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1159 983 35.7 39%
Pool
D 4:5 YU Haoyun 47 - U 27 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 845 948 48.9 57%
Pool
V 5:0 ZHANG William 48 - U 47 True Focus Sports Academy 553 899 24.6 71%
Pool
V 5:4 DIESSNER Henry 19 - U 39 East Bay Fencers Gym 1250 923 51.6 31%
Pool
D 3:5 ZHU Owen 22 - U 17 Bayside Fencing Club 1111 975 31.1 41%
T64
V 15:4 BOROVIKOV Alexander 39 - U 44 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1925 1396 296.4 24%
T32
D 7:15 NGUYEN Ethan 35 - U 6 Battle Born Fencing Club 1092 1693 251.0 80%

Treasure Chest RYC

Y-14 Men's Épée U, Y14 January 13, 2024

Place 55 of 55 Seed 28 Not ranked Rating U Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 YU Brandon 54 - U 20 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 868 1342 120.4 77%
Pool
D 0:5 LI Sean 38 - U 13 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 847 1222 97.4 72%
Pool
D 4:5 GUPTA Hemansh 45 - U 41 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 621 1124 100.9 78%
Pool
D 1:5 XIE HanZhang (Elon) 12 - U 47 Bayside Fencing Club 869 1023 66.0 60%
Pool
D 0:5 PIVOVAROV Lucas 5 148 D23 17 East Bay Fencers Gym 1882 957 9.4 7%
Pool
D 2:5 TAGKOPOULOS Pagkratios 21 - U 21 Davis Fencing Academy 1464 948 22.5 21%
T64
D 8:15 TOYOFUKU Ethan 18 - U 5 West Berkeley Fencing Club 1865 1535 138.6 34%

Back to School RYC/RCC

Y-12 Men's Épée U, Y12 October 14, 2023

Place 12 of 42 Seed 33 Not ranked Rating U Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 GUO Luke 16 111 U 30 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 927 1274 84.0 69%
Pool
V 5:2 SU Samuel 9 86 U 14 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1386 1358 122.2 48%
Pool
D 2:5 TUBALTSEV Evan 4 44 U 5 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1719 1480 75.5 36%
Pool
D 2:4 SCHIPPER Johann 25 - U 19 Davis Fencing Academy 1069 1404 132.5 69%
Pool
V 5:3 KLINKNER Charlie 21 - U 36 Maximum Fencing Club 719 1272 35.7 80%
Pool
V 5:0 LIN Daniel 23 - U 31 True Focus Sports Academy 768 1308 34.3 80%
T32
V 15:13 PANUGANTI Neal 30 - U 22 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1107 1551 194.0 69%
T16
D 8:15 YAO Tristan 2 39 U 6 True Focus Sports Academy 1971 1745 210.0 39%

AFM Super Regional SYC/RJCC/ROC Div1A/Vet

Y-12 Men's Épée U, Y12 October 8, 2023

Place 76 of 115 Seed 91 Not ranked Rating U Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 GACIOCH Noah 81 - U 18 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1599 2500 962.9 81%
Pool
D 3:5 MULCAHY Sebastian 12 35 E23 19 Battle Born Fencing Club 1944 1537 207.8 31%
Pool
V 5:4 YOON Ian 57 - U 109 TeamK Fencing 622 1329 105.1 81%
Pool
D 4:5 NAIR Sujit 23 74 U 31 Salle Auriol Seattle / Golden State Fencing Academy 1558 1434 196.5 43%
Pool
V 5:4 SHOURIE Seth 88 - U 98 LA International Fencing 1137 1238 162.8 56%
Pool
D 3:5 WU Allen 46 - U 15 1516 1401 126.8 44%
T128
D 9:15 SRIKANTH Hariharan 92 - U 53 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1622 2500 949.0 80%