Benjamin Opferman

2003

Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 14 14 - - 1 29
Losses 12 10 - - 5 27
Win Ratio 53.8% 58.3% - - 16.7% 51.8%
Pool Victories 12 9 - - 1 22
Pool Losses 10 7 - - 5 22
Pool Win Ratio 54.5% 56.2% - - 16.7% 50.0%
DE Victories 2 5 - - - 7
DE Losses 2 3 - - - 5
DE Win Ratio 50.0% 62.5% - - - 58.3%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Easy wins† 6 5 - - - 11
Easy wins as % of wins 42.9% 35.7% - - 0.0% 37.9%
Close wins‡ 3 5 - - 1 9
Close wins as % of all wins 21.4% 35.7% - - 100.0% 31.0%
Close losses‡ 2 3 - - - 5
Close losses as % of all losses 16.7% 30.0% - - 0.0% 18.5%
Big losses† 3 5 - - 2 10
Big losses as % of all losses 25.0% 50.0% - - 40.0% 37.0%

† 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.

Bouts with Time Expired

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories - - - - - -
Victories as % of all victories 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0% 0.0%
Losses 1 - - - - 1
Losses as % of all losses 8.3% 0.0% - - 0.0% 3.7%
Total 1 - - - - 1
Total as % of all bouts 3.8% 0.0% - - 0.0% 1.8%

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 3 3 - - 1 7
Tournaments 3 2 - - 1 6

Competition History

For the Love of Fencing

Div III Mixed Épée (E1, DV3), February 11, 2024
Place 1, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, Indiana University Of Pa (IUP) Fencing Club / Bethel Park Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 DESOUSA Carolina 2 U 3 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool W 5:3 FRIEDMAN Andres 4 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1593 2066 20.0 70%
Pool W 5:1 FERGUSON Daniel 7 U 6 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1676 2086 22.9 71%
Pool W 5:2 HAO Xueer (Sherry) 5 U 5 Carnegie Mellon University FC
Pool L 1:5 TARCHICHI Robby 1 E24 2 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2592 2109 20.1 25%
T4 W 15:7 FRIEDMAN Andres 4 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2500 2252 117.4 41%
T2 W 15:13 TARCHICHI Robby 1 E24 2 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2200 2369 87.6 57%

Luau Open

Senior Mixed Épée (C1, SNR), January 28, 2024
Place 13, Seed 8, Not ranked, Rating U, Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club / Bethel Park Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 MARTHENS Adam 3 C23 5 Corsair Fencing Club 2591 2224 31.6 30%
Pool L 4:5 KENYON Benjamin 2 B23 3 Ligonier Fencing Club 2472 2192 35.4 33%
Pool L 2:5 PESTO Keith 7 E22 3 Ligonier Fencing Club 2661 2157 21.7 28%
Pool L 3:4 TARCHICHI Robby 14 U 7 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 3225 2135 9.1 11%
Pool W 5:0 ECKENROAD Olivia 11 U 15 Ligonier Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 JOBE Connor 6 E23 8 On Target Fencing Team / Unattached 1950 2126 59.8 61%
T16 L 11:15 OPFERMAN Michael 4 D23 6 Bethel Park Fencing Club 2478 2404 152.4 46%

IUP Shark Tank Division II (C and Under) Foil and Epee Competition

Div II Mixed Épée (D1, DV2), November 4, 2023
Place 10, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating U, Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club / Bethel Park Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 ABDELGAWAD Abdelrahman 2 D23 1 Penn State University Fencing Club / Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club 2474 2302 62.5 40%
Pool W 5:2 KING Emily 5 E23 11 Tiger Fencing Club / Peters Township Fencing Club
Pool L 3:5 STULAK Brendan 8 U 7 Penn State University Fencing Club 2921 2240 24.8 24%
Pool W 5:0 CRAIG Alex 14 U 18 Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club 2079 2215 41.9 56%
Pool L 3:5 COYLE Emma 19 U 14 Penn State University Fencing Club / Bucks County Academy of Fencing-WEST
Pool W 5:1 MAZON Kayleigh 9 U 19 Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club
Pool W 5:4 BUTLER Kenny 11 U 15 Penn State University Fencing Club 1579 2257 23.5 83%
Pool W 5:4 BROWN Alex 13 U 8 Tiger Fencing Club / Peters Township Fencing Club 1931 2281 39.3 70%
Pool L 2:5 BELL Leo 16 U 9 Williamsport Fencing Club / Penn State University Fencing Club 1498 2320 111.3 87%
Pool W 5:3 GIAMPETRO Nicholas 17 U 13 Penn State University Fencing Club 1250 2209 10.6 92%
Pool W 5:2 CRAIG Alex 14 U 18 Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club 882 2219 4.6 97%
T16 L 4:15 RAKOTOZAFY Adrian 3 D23 3 Tiger Fencing Club 2147 2713 309.1 75%

Irish City Open 7

Senior Mixed Épée (E1, SNR), March 19, 2023
Place 2, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, Indiana University of Pennsylvania / Bethel Park Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 OPFERMAN Michael 4 E22 3 Bethel Park Fencing Club / (none) 3586 1999 271.0 3%
Pool W 5:3 KARNAVAS Bill 3 D23 5 Forge Fencing Teams 1982 2270 69.8 67%
Pool L 2:5 MARTHENS Adam 1 B19 3 Corsair Fencing Club 2646 2339 58.4 34%
Pool L 4:5 BOLTON Lucas R. 2 C19 1 Corsair Fencing Club 2911 2281 33.4 21%
Pool W 5:3 RIALE Brett 5 U 6 Corsair Fencing Club 2032 2247 54.9 61%
T8 W 15:12 RIALE Brett 5 U 6 Corsair Fencing Club 2500 2496 264.7 50%
T4 W 15:12 MARTHENS Adam 1 B19 3 Corsair Fencing Club 2654 2761 239.4 54%
T2 L 14:15 BOLTON Lucas R. 2 C19 1 Corsair Fencing Club 2709 3000 286.7 62%

IUP Spooktacular Div III Foil and Epee

Div III Mixed Épée (E1, DV3), October 29, 2022
Place 3, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, Bethel Park Fencing Club / Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 OPFERMAN Michael 1 E19 1 Bethel Park Fencing Club / Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2500 1909 63.5 29%
Pool W 5:4 STREETER Willa 7 U 2 Hooked on Fencing
Pool W 5:0 CASSIDY Patrick 3 U 7 Indiana University of Pennsylvania 1589 1845 92.7 61%
Pool L 2:5 ALLEN Scott 5 U 5 Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2787 1938 41.5 17%
Pool L 1:5 BLANK Erik 4 U 3 Indiana University of Pennsylvania 3048 1896 23.5 9%
Pool W 5:1 YODER Gavin 2 U 6 Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2133 1873 125.7 38%
T8 W 15:12 ALLEN Scott 5 U 5 Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T4 L 8:15 OPFERMAN Michael 1 E19 1 Bethel Park Fencing Club / Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2500 2921 424.5 63%

IUP Spooktacular Div III Foil and Epee

Div III Mixed Foil (E1, DV3), October 29, 2022
Place 3, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating U, Bethel Park Fencing Club / Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 ERSOZ Yasemin 12 U 9 Pine Richland Fencing Club
Pool L 0:5 POWELL Sean 5 U 1 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1140 2500 1185.3 90%
Pool L 4:5 ZAHALSKY Abigail 1 U 6 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Pool W 5:2 GUNDERSEN Liam 4 U 12 Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2079 1315 383.2 24%
Pool W 5:1 ALLEN Scott 8 U 7 Indiana University of Pennsylvania 1726 1698 225.5 49%
T16 W 15:6 GUNDERSEN Liam 4 U 12 Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T8 W 15:12 OPFERMAN Michael 7 U 5 Bethel Park Fencing Club / Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 2500 2921 247.3 63%
T4 L 4:15 HREHOCIK Matthew 2 U 2 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1591 3168 836.5 94%

Junior Olympic Championships

Cadet Men's Épée (A4, CDT), February 14, 2020
Place 299, Seed 286, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 LAWSON Henry A. 3 4 A19 7 Fencers Club Inc. 3556 2500 187.6 15%
Pool W 5:4 BROWN Hunter 291 U 311 Escrime Du Lac 1830 2312 281.2 69%
Pool L 2:5 ZHU Max 98 128 C19 44 LA International Fencing / Yang Fencing Club 2795 2594 284.8 41%
Pool L 2:5 KOFROTH Zachary R. 94 122 C19 191 Wasatch Fencing 2826 2309 143.2 26%
Pool L 1:5 LAI Coby 194 D20 30 Marx Fencing Academy 2507 2166 148.3 32%
Pool L 0:5 FRANCO-TENTIOUK Christopher J. 189 D20 172 Alliance Fencing Academy 2439 2017 108.7 28%