Benjamin DeSantis

2008

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - 24 - - 10 34
Losses - 27 - - 24 51
Win Ratio - 47.1% - - 29.4% 40.0%
Pool Victories - 22 - - 8 30
Pool Losses - 22 - - 19 41
Pool Win Ratio - 50.0% - - 29.6% 42.3%
DE Victories - 2 - - 2 4
DE Losses - 5 - - 5 10
DE Win Ratio - 28.6% - - 28.6% 28.6%

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† - 10 - - 3 13
Easy wins as % of wins - 41.7% - - 30.0% 38.2%
Close wins‡ - 3 - - 3 6
Close wins as % of all wins - 12.5% - - 30.0% 17.6%
Close losses‡ - 6 - - 1 7
Close losses as % of all losses - 22.2% - - 4.2% 13.7%
Big losses† - 13 - - 17 30
Big losses as % of all losses - 48.1% - - 70.8% 58.8%

† 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.

Events

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events - 7 - - 5 12
Tournaments - 4 - - 5 9

Competition History

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Men's Saber (C3, DV3), July 8, 2024
Place 139 of 155, Seed 129, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 BODKIN Jake M. 83 E24 47 Cobra Fencing Club LLC / Thrust Fencing Academy 1953 1604 13.0 28%
Pool W 5:3 CHEN Jeffrey 56 E24 127 1654 1591 23.1 46%
Pool L 0:5 MCDANIEL Luke 148 U 101 Lone Star Fencing Center 1566 1614 22.4 53%
Pool L 1:5 MANESCU Miron 102 E23 16 Advance Fencing And Fitness Academy 1880 1592 13.5 32%
Pool L 1:5 LESUEUR Luke J. 37 D23 33 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 2257 1578 6.2 13%
Pool L 2:5 DESAUTELS Connor 10 D24 58 Candlewood Fencing Center 1848 1572 13.4 32%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div II Men's Saber (B3, DV2), July 6, 2024
Place 176 of 204, Seed 181, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 BEVANS Auden 119 E24 90 Denver Fencing Center 1641 1661 26.2 51%
Pool L 4:5 RINALDI Savio 122 E24 178 Capital Fencing Academy 1619 1635 25.4 51%
Pool L 1:5 GERSTMANN Max T. 59 C23 26 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 2107 1610 10.9 21%
Pool L 2:5 GONG Jerry 2 B24 49 International Fencing Club 2283 1599 7.3 13%
Pool W 5:4 ZHANG Ethan W. 63 C21 38 Sigma Fencing Academy 2251 1592 46.8 14%
Pool L 4:5 WHITE Joshua H. 182 U 160 Salle New Bern 1248 1638 34.5 74%

The Midwinter Melee

Unrated Mixed Saber (E1, U), January 28, 2024
Place 3 of 9, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating U, Beaches Sabre Club - NY
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 LESLEY Joseph 5 U 6 1273 1640 15.4 69%
Pool W 5:1 VEGA Austin 3 U 9 (none) 1438 1656 16.9 60%
Pool W 5:2 PETERSON Tabitha 6 U 5 Candlewood Fencing Center
Pool L 4:5 SHARMA Colin 7 U 3 Olympian Fencing Studio 1431 1672 36.7 65%
Pool W 5:1 BAKER Alexander 2 U 2 Candlewood Fencing Center 2872 1636 45.1 8%
Pool W 5:2 GUZMAN Angel 9 U 7 Unattached 726 1681 4.9 92%
Pool W 5:1 GROSSO-SIEBECKER Toren 4 U 8 697 1686 4.7 92%
Pool L 3:5 LORENZ Evan 8 U 1 Candlewood Fencing Center 1610 1690 29.1 55%
T8 W 15:3 LESLEY Joseph 5 U 6 1584 1876 70.3 63%
T4 L 13:15 BAKER Alexander 2 U 2 Candlewood Fencing Center 2768 1946 34.8 20%

The Midwinter Melee

Div III Mixed Saber (D1, DV3), January 28, 2024
Place 9 of 15, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating U, Beaches Sabre Club - NY
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 DESAUTELS Alexandra 6 E23 10 Candlewood Fencing Center
Pool W 5:2 LESLEY Joseph 12 U 14 1724 1650 24.2 47%
Pool L 4:5 RIDKY Sam 7 E23 1 Shoreline Fencers Club 2113 1674 15.6 24%
Pool L 3:5 CHENG Brandon 1 E24 2 Sword In The Scroll Fencing Academy / Fencers Club Inc. 1982 1659 18.7 30%
T16 L 9:15 WOTZAK Kaia 5 E23 8 Candlewood Fencing Center

EFC's Santa Slay

Senior Mixed Saber (C1, SNR), December 10, 2023
Place 10 of 24, Seed 22, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 CHENG Brandon 7 E23 11 Sword In The Scroll Fencing Academy / Fencers Club Inc. 1994 1462 66.0 20%
Pool W 5:2 FOURNIER Madison 11 U 23 Enfield Fencing Club
Pool W 5:0 LIU Jerry 15 U 3 New York Athletic Club 2033 1528 59.2 21%
Pool W 5:3 DUMOULIN Gabriel 2 C23 1 Candlewood Fencing Center 1998 1588 53.2 25%
Pool W 5:2 MASTRONARDI Laura 6 E23 18 Boston Fencing Club / Worcester Fencing Club
Pool W 5:3 PRZEDWIECKI Benjamin 14 U 21 Capital District Fencing School 1036 1641 12.0 81%
Pool L 2:5 CSANYI Barnabas 18 U 6 Zeta Fencing 3098 1653 2.6 4%
T16 L 6:15 LOZADA Gabriel G. 23 U 2 2682 1919 42.7 17%

EFC's Santa Slay

Unrated Mixed Saber (E1, U), December 10, 2023
Place 5 of 16, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 TRUITT Charles 16 U 12 2500 1296 55.5 12%
Pool W 5:2 PRZEDWIECKI Benjamin 9 U 10 Capital District Fencing School 1671 1351 41.1 36%
Pool L 2:5 LOZADA Gabriel G. 13 U 1 3247 1392 1.3 1%
Pool W 5:0 FOURNIER Madison 5 U 15 Enfield Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 PERINO Alex 1 U 3 2011 1391 15.5 17%
Pool W 5:0 KINSON Adam 8 U 9 Enfield Fencing Club 1716 1376 57.9 30%
Pool W 5:1 BRADBURY Noah 4 U 13 1237 1433 29.0 62%
T16 W 15:11 TRUITT Charles 16 U 12 2500 1891 156.7 29%
T8 L 6:15 LIU Jerry 2 U 2 New York Athletic Club 2128 2047 128.5 46%

Ben Gutenberg Memorial SYC / RCC

Cadet Men's Saber (C2, CDT), October 1, 2023
Place 52 of 57, Seed 51, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 CLARK Aram 19 E23 24 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2208 1369 12.4 9%
Pool W 5:4 VOHRA Ekam 37 U 40 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 1051 1357 34.2 68%
Pool L 0:5 WANG Yiyu Will 34 U 3 2284 1391 11.2 10%
Pool L 2:5 CHAWLA Abhishek 53 U 49 Capital Fencing Academy 1169 1380 63.4 63%
Pool L 0:5 MEHAN Nicholas 3 90 C23 1 Stamford Fencing Center, LLC 2590 1317 3.0 2%
Pool L 4:5 HENDERSON Lucas 16 E23 24 Axis Fencing Club 1902 1314 17.9 17%
T64 L 5:15 PINTO Marcus 11 D23 11 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2520 1982 91.0 23%

KSA and Phoenix Sabre and Epee Tournament

Y-12 Mixed Saber (U, Y12), December 22, 2019
Place 3 of 7, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, Beaches Sabre Club - Ny
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 FRONHOFER Finnegan 2 U 6 Beaches Sabre Club - Ny
Pool W 5:2 MAYER Emily 7 U 3 Beaches Sabre Club - Ny
Pool W 5:4 PALMIERI Giuliana 4 U 5 Beaches Sabre Club - Ny
Pool L 4:5 ZHANG Sophie 5 U 1 Kolakowski Sabre Academy / The Phoenix Center
Pool W 5:0 KARAVAS Nicholas 1 U 7 Beaches Sabre Club - Ny 1807 1298 92.5 23%
Pool L 1:5 CHO Blake 3 U 2 Kolakowski Sabre Academy / The Phoenix Center 2019 1390 20.7 16%
T8 W 15:5 FRONHOFER Finnegan 2 U 6 Beaches Sabre Club - Ny
T4 L 6:15 ZHANG Sophie 5 U 1 Kolakowski Sabre Academy / The Phoenix Center

Neil Lazar RYC/RJCC

Y-12 Men's Saber (U, Y12), November 17, 2019
Place 51 of 66, Seed 47, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 BROU Inkosi 65 U 22 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2225 1224 13.3 6%
Pool L 1:5 SHOMAN Zachary 5 12 U 3 Cobra Fencing Club LLC 2828 1211 1.8 1%
Pool L 2:5 WITCZAK Mateus 24 U 33 Stamford Fencing Center, LLC 1881 1209 26.9 15%
Pool L 0:5 ADAMS Rhys 16 U 49 Zeta Fencing 1342 1182 50.4 42%
Pool W 5:2 LEVI D'ANCONA Leone 37 U 61 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 1233 1132 64.4 45%
Pool W 5:3 KLETTER Max 52 U 43 Manhattan Fencing Center 1633 1196 101.4 26%
T64 L 2:15 PENG Bryan 13 64 U 12 Zeta Fencing 2399 2147 165.0 37%

Ben Gutenberg RYC/RJCC & Div IA Local

Y-12 Men's Saber (U, Y12), October 13, 2019
Place 14 of 16, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 MEDVINSKY Daniel 10 U 3 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2450 1352 12.8 5%
Pool L 3:5 WANG Andrew 15 U 7 Axis Fencing Club 3443 1339 1.6 1%
Pool L 1:5 CARROLL Charles 3 U 10 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 1949 1337 36.5 23%
Pool L 1:5 SINGER Marcus 9 U 9 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 1359 1301 76.6 47%
T16 L 4:15 DUCKETT Myles 1 34 U 1 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 3002 2241 94.5 17%

Boston Fencing Club RYC

Y-10 Men's Saber (U, Y10), April 21, 2019
Place 15 of 16, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 XIONG Edison 8 U 9 Boston Fencing Club 1171 1756 284.9 77%
Pool L 3:5 PRAJAPATI Devin D. 16 U 14 NEMA Fencing Center 1490 1472 138.6 49%
Pool L 1:5 GONG Jerry 5 U 8 International Fencing Club 1833 1333 68.7 25%
Pool L 0:5 SHINCHUK Daniel 1 11 U 3 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2334 1264 19.7 6%
Pool L 2:5 ALAVE Kyle 4 39 U 3 Cobra Fencing Club 2507 1245 11.7 3%
Pool W 5:4 KIM Daehwan(Benjamin) 13 U 10 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 1794 1233 169.3 23%
Pool L 3:5 ATWOOD Griffin 9 U 7 Zeta Fencing 1900 1402 50.6 23%
T16 L 2:10 ANTHONY Devyn V. 2 21 U 2 Cobra Fencing Club 2924 2414 172.9 27%

Ben Gutenberg Memorial SYC & RCC

Y-10 Men's Saber (U, Y10), March 17, 2019
Place 8 of 11, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 BERA Enzo 3 14 U 1 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2608 2500 493.3 46%
Pool W 5:2 ABRAMSON Gilad 9 U 9 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 1795 2007 264.2 58%
Pool L 0:5 CLARK Gabriel 2 9 U 3 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2264 2271 316.3 50%
Pool L 0:5 LIN Philip T. 6 27 U 6 Stamford Fencing Center, LLC 2117 1955 198.1 42%
T16 W 10:8 ABRAMSON Gilad 9 U 9 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T8 L 1:10 KUSHKOV Daniel 4 20 U 2 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2722 2921 506.6 58%