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Kailan Benford

2002
Twin Cities Fencing Club
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - 3 - 17 - 20
Losses - 4 - 14 - 18
Win ratio - 42.9% - 54.8% - 52.6%
Pool victories - 2 - 13 - 15
Pool losses - 3 - 10 - 13
Pool win ratio - 40.0% - 56.5% - 53.6%
DE victories - 1 - 4 - 5
DE losses - 1 - 4 - 5
DE win ratio - 50.0% - 50.0% - 50.0%

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† - 1 - 1 - 2
Easy wins % - 33.3% - 5.9% - 10.0%
Close wins‡ - 1 - 9 - 10
Close wins % - 33.3% - 52.9% - 50.0%
Close losses‡ - - - 6 - 6
Close losses % - 0.0% - 42.9% - 33.3%
Big losses† - 1 - 2 - 3
Big losses % - 25.0% - 14.3% - 16.7%

† 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 - 1 - 4 - 5
Tournaments - 1 - 2 - 3

Competition history

5 competitions, 38 bouts

Midwest ROC/RJCC

Div I-A Men's Épée A2, D1A September 7, 2024

Place 29 of 60 Seed 39 Not ranked Rating C23 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 PAMERLEAU Ian 17 - B24 36 Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ. 2493 2122 23.7 28%
Pool
V 5:0 HERRERA Xavier 54 - E24 57 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 1367 2098 11.7 87%
Pool
D 2:5 KARNAS Karol 2 86 A24 2 Fencing Center Of Chicago 2691 2110 15.3 17%
Pool
V 5:4 RIECK Brennan 57 - E24 49 Omaha Fencing Club 1711 2094 21.4 73%
Pool
D 2:5 CURTY Jack 37 - C24 34 Ataba Fencing Club 2082 2116 38.4 52%
T64
V 15:10 PETROVICH Alexandar 43 - C23 37 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1945 2402 62.4 75%
T32
D 10:15 SIEDOW William 18 - B24 9 Twin Cities Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club 2053 2464 165.0 73%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Men's Épée C3, DV3 July 7, 2023

Place 87 of 159 Seed 51 Not ranked Rating D22 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 FAN Joshua 88 - E23 97 Las Vegas Fencing Academy 1648 2273 20.5 83%
Pool
V 5:3 KELBLEY Jay 143 - U 152 West Michigan Fencing Academy 1486 2294 13.8 89%
Pool
D 4:5 JAIN Samyak 97 - E23 90 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1754 2308 94.1 81%
Pool
V 5:4 BRUNDAGE Nevan 134 - U 87 DC Fencers Club 1703 2214 22.0 79%
Pool
D 4:5 PALAMARCHUK Matthew 42 - D23 42 Cardinal Fencing Academy 1902 2235 68.2 70%
Pool
D 3:5 HU Robert J. 5 - C23 3 Medeo Fencing Club / Wanglei International Fencing Club 2132 2167 45.7 52%
T128
D 8:15 LEE Jacob 70 - E23 47 Naples Fencing Academy 2195 2517 115.1 63%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div II Men's Épée B3, DV2 July 5, 2023

Place 59 of 217 Seed 141 Not ranked Rating D22 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 PAINTER Noah 207 - U 187 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1636 2509 20.7 91%
Pool
V 5:4 MCADOO Declan 52 - C23 182 Northern Colorado Fencers 2264 2530 61.0 66%
Pool
V 5:2 ALI Farhan 114 - D23 139 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 1996 2591 32.0 82%
Pool
D 1:5 JACKSON Thomas 180 - E23 107 Kaizen Academy LLC 1842 2623 159.9 89%
Pool
D 3:5 PATEL Kushal 77 - C22 75 Memphis University School Fencing Team 2030 2463 106.7 75%
Pool
D 4:5 DAO Alexander 13 - C23 42 Battle Born Fencing Club 2089 2356 82.8 66%
T256
V 15:14 CHOU Benson 208 - U 157 North Shore Fencers Club 1643 2672 36.9 92%
T128
V 15:14 SIYANKO Joshua 109 - D23 70 Rockland Fencers Club 2011 2709 64.5 83%
T64
D 10:15 ROTHKA Spencer J. 105 - D23 11 Cardinal Fencing Academy 2254 2773 256.2 77%

GRAFA Third Coast Cup ROC(D1A, DV2, VET) & RJCC/RYC

Div II Men's Épée C1, DV2 March 12, 2023

Place 6 of 21 Seed 8 Not ranked Rating D22 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 CHAN Matthew 2 - C22 1 2794 2207 266.0 21%
Pool
V 5:4 MALEADY Sean 14 - U 12 Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 1774 2474 44.6 84%
Pool
V 5:4 GILL Anhad 16 - U 20 Miami University Fencing Ohio 1414 2518 22.1 90%
Pool
V 5:3 PAULSEN Zachary 11 - E22 7 Iowa City Fencing Center / The University Of Iowa Fencing Club 2094 2540 61.0 74%
Pool
D 3:5 DITTEL Aaron K. 4 - C21 3 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy / Renaissance Fencing Club 2624 2601 99.1 49%
Pool
V 5:2 TIMEK Jan 17 - U 19 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 1212 2502 7.0 97%
T16
V 15:13 ELTERMAN Lev 7 - D22 13 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2150 2836 114.9 80%
T8
D 13:15 CHAN Matthew 2 - C22 1 2737 2951 279.0 61%

GRAFA Third Coast Cup ROC(D1A, DV2, VET) & RJCC/RYC

Div I-A Men's Épée A2, D1A March 12, 2023

Place 26 of 44 Seed 34 Not ranked Rating D22 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 KOZAKIEWICZ Filip 12 - B23 21 Advance Fencing Academy (Salle Stepien) 2578 2500 508.5 47%
Pool
D 3:5 GOHSMAN Maxwell 3 - A23 25 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 2189 1991 309.1 41%
Pool
V 5:0 GREENE Patrick 40 - E22 43 Culver Military Academy 1329 1682 189.0 67%
Pool
D 2:5 CHAI Jonathan 17 - B22 5 2743 1871 67.4 12%
Pool
V 5:3 CONKLIN Jim 25 - C23 19 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2586 1804 403.5 15%
T64
V 15:10 WHEELER Mark C. 15 - B22 40 Windy City Fencing-Chicago / Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2720 2500 634.3 42%
T32
D 12:15 NOWAK Jakub P. 7 - A22 2 Illinois Fencing Academy 3314 3134 298.2 42%