Benjamin Takata

1996

Center for Blade Arts

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 24 28 20 7 - 79
Losses 5 5 6 8 - 24
Win Ratio 82.8% 84.8% 76.9% 46.7% - 76.7%
Pool Victories 17 18 11 6 - 52
Pool Losses 2 3 4 6 - 15
Pool Win Ratio 89.5% 85.7% 73.3% 50.0% - 77.6%
DE Victories 7 10 9 1 - 27
DE Losses 3 2 2 2 - 9
DE Win Ratio 70.0% 83.3% 81.8% 33.3% - 75.0%

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† 8 15 6 1 - 30
Easy wins as % of wins 33.3% 53.6% 30.0% 14.3% - 38.0%
Close wins‡ 6 4 5 6 - 21
Close wins as % of all wins 25.0% 14.3% 25.0% 85.7% - 26.6%
Close losses‡ 4 2 3 4 - 13
Close losses as % of all losses 80.0% 40.0% 50.0% 50.0% - 54.2%
Big losses† - - 1 1 - 2
Big losses as % of all losses 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 12.5% - 8.3%

† 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 - - 3 1 - 4
Victories as % of all victories 0.0% 0.0% 15.0% 14.3% - 5.1%
Losses 1 - 1 - - 2
Losses as % of all losses 20.0% 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% - 8.3%
Total 1 - 4 1 - 6
Total as % of all bouts 3.4% 0.0% 15.4% 6.7% - 5.8%

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 4 4 3 2 - 13
Tournaments 4 4 2 1 - 11

Competition History

UMFC Frazzini Open 2024

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), April 13, 2024
Place 5, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating C23, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 GLENNON Michael 23 E23 17 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Twin Cities Fencing Club 2120 2397 18.1 66%
Pool W 5:2 SIEDOW William 15 D23 26 Twin Cities Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club 1895 2416 11.9 80%
Pool W 5:1 SINGH Sneha 35 U 31
Pool W 5:0 FITZGERALD Thomas R. 24 E23 27 Central Iowa Fencing Academy 1643 2427 6.7 89%
Pool W 5:2 KARLSON Taylor 40 U 37 Madison Fencing Academy
Pool W 5:2 ROSTAL Scott 2 A23 8 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2788 2434 39.8 28%
T32 W 15:5 FRALEY Orion 33 U 29 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1638 3001 4.5 95%
T16 W 15:12 OBERLY Nicholas 8 B23 16 2891 3006 32.9 56%
T8 L 8:9 ZHENG Jerry 6 B23 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2294 3039 86.6 88%

Minnesota Division Summer National Qualifiers

Div II Men's Épée (E1, DV2), April 7, 2024
Place 1, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating C23, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 SIEDOW Jeffrey 9 U 9 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1706 2351 10.3 85%
Pool W 5:2 SHOEMAKER Oliver 7 E23 8 Blake High School / BLADEARTS 1483 2361 5.9 92%
Pool W 5:4 TAHA Raymond 6 E23 5 Minnetonka fencing club 1787 2367 11.4 82%
Pool W 5:1 OZANNE Jeffrey S. 3 C23 7 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2103 2378 19.3 67%
T8 W 15:10 OZANNE Jeffrey S. 3 C23 7 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2112 2978 9.9 91%
T4 W 15:12 ROWLAND Marsden 4 D24 3 Center for Blade Arts 1943 2988 6.2 95%
T2 W 15:9 SIEDOW William 5 D23 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club 2042 2994 7.3 94%

Reindeer Open

Senior Mixed Épée (E1, SNR), December 16, 2023
Place 5, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating C23, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 NEAS Derek 5 U 8 Center for Blade Arts / Duluth YMCA Fencing 1409 2361 6.3 90%
Pool W 5:4 JORGENSEN Kjirsten 4 U 9 Twin Cities Fencing Club
Pool W 5:3 MOHAMED Sara 8 U 6 Rochester STEM Academy Fencing
Pool L 4:5 WILKINS Mateo 9 U 2 SEMN Youth Enrichment League / Lawrence Univ. Fencing Ncaa 2500 2367 16.4 45%
T8 L 14:15 READ Lyla 2 D23 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club / South East Minnesota YEL

UMFC Gopher Open 2023

Mixed Épée (B2), December 2, 2023
Place 7, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating C23
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 DEBLAERE Caecie M. 24 U 30 Fargo-Moorhead Fencing Club / Twin Cities Fencing Club
Pool L 3:5 OBERLY Nicholas 2 B23 2 2152 2352 29.5 60%
Pool W 5:1 ABBOTT Autumn 32 U 27
Pool W 5:1 NOONEY Tatum 23 U 25 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1706 2322 11.7 77%
Pool W 5:2 SCHROEDER Karl A. 14 D22 14 2283 2334 26.7 53%
T32 W 15:4 ROBBINS Christopher (Chris) W. 7 C23 26 2714 2971 34.3 65%
T16 W 15:14 GISTOVER Noah 18 E22 10 2921 3006 29.5 54%
T8 L 12:15 OBERLY Nicholas 2 B23 2 2460 3035 57.4 76%

April Fools Day Fencing Tournament

Senior Mixed Épée (E1, SNR), April 1, 2023
Place 1, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating D22, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 SHOEMAKER Oliver 4 U 5 965 2391 1.4 99%
Pool W 5:1 HONEK Kyle 3 E22 3 Center for Blade Arts 1054 2393 2.4 97%
Pool L 3:5 ROBBINS Christopher 1 B19 2 2142 2395 45.2 66%
Pool W 5:2 KARLSON Taylor 6 U 7 Madison Fencing Academy
Pool W 5:3 JORGENSEN Kjirsten 7 U 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club
Pool W 5:1 ROWLAND Marsden 5 U 3 Center for Blade Arts 855 2350 2.0 97%
T8 W 15:8 KARLSON Taylor 6 U 7 Madison Fencing Academy
T4 W 15:6 HONEK Kyle 3 E22 3 Center for Blade Arts 2034 2914 13.1 88%
T2 W 15:10 ROBBINS Christopher 1 B19 2 2837 2927 44.2 55%

The Margherita Guzzi Vincenti Cup

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), October 29, 2022
Place 6, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating C22, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 DOROSHKEVICH Victoria 2 A22 12 Fencing Center of Chicago
Pool W 5:3 WEINSTEIN Ethan 31 U 26 Fencing Club of the University of Wisconsin Madison / Recplex 2037 2362 19.4 64%
Pool L 3:5 LE BIHAN Henri 13 B19 3 Windy City Fencing 2711 2381 23.1 30%
Pool W 5:1 KOSS Harrison 43 U 35 Ataba Fencing Club / Brookfield Academy 2045 2358 22.1 68%
Pool W 5:1 MCDOWELL Will 27 E22 32 Ataba Fencing Club 1682 2380 10.9 86%
T32 W 15:9 CURTY Jack 21 D22 24 Ataba Fencing Club 1971 2950 11.8 92%
T16 W 15:9 SPINA Joseph 14 C22 11 Fencing Center of Chicago 2599 2961 37.1 72%
T8 L 11:15 KARNAS Karol 9 B22 3 Fencing Center of Chicago 2682 2998 84.3 69%

Ataba Fencing Club September Challenge

Senior Mixed Épée (B1, SNR), September 17, 2022
Place 3, Seed 8, Not ranked, Rating D22, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 ALI Geoffrey 16 U 13 1823 2345 17.1 77%
Pool W 5:1 VENKATACHALAM Panav 14 U 11 Ataba
Pool W 5:3 SWENSON Nikita 2 B22 1 Ataba Fencing Club
Pool W 5:0 BETKER Hayden 11 U 18 Ataba Fencing Club
Pool W 5:4 SWENSON Alexandra 5 C22 15 Ataba Fencing Club
T16 W 15:5 PETERSON Clio 13 U 16 Center for Blade Arts
T8 W 15:8 BISSEN Quinn 6 D22 7 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2246 3008 21.7 84%
T4 L 14:15 ROBBINS Christopher 4 B19 2 2774 3029 79.8 64%

Duel in Des Moines

Senior Mixed Épée (E1, SNR), August 28, 2022
Place 1, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating D22, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 TIERNEY Luke 4 C21 3 Iowa City Fencing Center 2075 2337 29.3 66%
Pool L 4:5 BEACH John 1 B22 2 2779 2366 21.8 26%
Pool W 5:1 JOHNSTONE Natasha 10 U 8 Red Door Fencing
Pool W 5:1 EULENSTEIN Chantal 8 U 10 Red Door Fencing
Pool W 5:1 BENDA Campbell 11 U 9 Red Door Fencing 611 2344 0.7 99%
T8 W 15:6 STONER Shanrael M. 2 C22 6 Iowa City Fencing Center
T4 W 15:14 MUSEL Daniel 3 C22 3 Red Door Fencing 2506 2870 48.9 70%
T2 W 15:14 BEACH John 1 B22 2 3061 2919 89.0 42%

Equinox Epee Tournament

Div III Mixed Épée (C2, DV3), April 10, 2022
Place 2, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating D22, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 BURGESS James E. 11 E21 3 Heartland Fencing Academy 2239 2352 52.7 57%
Pool W 5:1 PAINE Cheryl A. 31 U 14 Red Door Fencing
Pool W 5:3 TENHUNDFELD Jack 8 E22 11 Red Door Fencing 1655 2299 15.8 84%
Pool W 5:1 ANDERSON Arlene 22 U 29 Central Iowa Fencing Academy
Pool W 5:1 COLEMAN Ian 15 U 26 Omaha Fencing Club 1857 2315 21.7 76%
T32 W 15:10 COLEMAN Ian 15 U 26 Omaha Fencing Club 2241 2687 60.9 73%
T16 W 8:7 TENHUNDFELD Jack 8 E22 11 Red Door Fencing 2272 2748 53.5 74%
T8 W 15:13 JOHNSTONE Mathew 1 D22 6 Red Door Fencing 2536 2801 63.0 63%
T4 W 15:11 BISSEN Quinn 14 U 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2385 2864 43.6 72%
T2 L 14:15 LIMER Avi 4 D21 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 3467 2908 37.6 23%

Equinox Epee Tournament

Senior Mixed Épée (B2, SNR), April 10, 2022
Place 16, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating D22, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 STONER Shanrael M. 11 C22 28 Iowa City Fencing Center
Pool W 5:2 HANSON Aimee E. 33 U 41 Kansas City Fencing Center
Pool W 5:3 TENHUNDFELD Jack 24 E22 26 Red Door Fencing 1604 2353 14.4 88%
Pool L 2:3 TUCKER Brad W. 4 A19 2 Lincoln Fencing Club 3071 2367 15.3 14%
Pool W 5:3 ARAYE Nasro 42 U 22 Twin Cities Fencing Club
T32 W 10:9 CELSI Nick L. 29 E20 18 Red Door Fencing 2181 2675 66.8 75%
T16 L 14:15 BENFORD Kailan A. 40 U 5 3233 2742 55.2 30%

The Don't Succulent Women's & Div 3

Div III Mixed Épée (D1, DV3), October 17, 2021
Place 1, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating E21, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 COLEMAN Ian 9 U 5 Omaha Fencing Club 1984 2328 72.1 68%
Pool W 5:3 FITZGERALD Thomas R. 17 U 12 Central Iowa Fencing Academy 1788 2256 27.5 75%
Pool W 5:4 O'HAGAN Benedict 4 E21 17 Central Iowa Fencing Academy 1116 2283 6.1 96%
Pool W 5:0 BENDA Campbell 15 U 19 Red Door Fencing 1397 2289 13.2 87%
Pool W 4:3 CURTSINGER Charlie 16 U 9 Red Door Fencing 2489 2302 50.4 41%
T16 W 15:11 FITZGERALD Thomas R. 17 U 12 Central Iowa Fencing Academy 1957 2209 114.8 60%
T8 W 15:8 TENHUNDFELD Jack 11 U 8 Red Door Fencing 2445 2324 171.5 44%
T4 W 15:6 SCHLIEP Anna J. 2 D18 3 Center for Blade Arts / Fishkill Fencers
T2 W 15:9 JOHNSTONE Mathew 5 E21 2 Red Door Fencing / Des Moines Fencing Club 3082 2496 179.3 26%

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Div III Men's Épée (C3, DV3), July 12, 2021
Place 61, Seed 103, Not ranked, Rating U, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 KIM Ryan 68 E21 45 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2011 2666 212.7 83%
Pool L 2:5 GREEN Jabreel 34 D20 69 West Berkeley Fencing Club 2465 2453 94.8 49%
Pool L 4:5 SCHULZE Ethan 1 A21 3 Academies Of Fencing In Baltimore / Tri-Weapon Fencing Club 2400 2359 81.6 47%
Pool L 4:5 CHOE Andrew 70 E21 80 New York Fencing Academy 2179 2277 87.0 56%
Pool W 5:4 LIM Matthew T. 102 U 100 Battle Born Fencing Club / Swords Fencing Studio 2030 2190 56.3 60%
Pool W 5:1 KENT Dwain 35 D20 55 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2431 2246 81.5 39%
T128 W 14:12 GREEN Jabreel 34 D20 69 West Berkeley Fencing Club 2640 1943 614.3 21%
T64 L 6:15 STALL-RYAN Jonathan 107 U 19 Prospect Fencing Club 2148 2557 347.5 70%

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Div II Men's Épée (B3, DV2), July 11, 2021
Place 78, Seed 155, Not ranked, Rating U, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 CLARK Carson 60 C19 62 Three Swords Fencing Club 2165 2500 687.8 63%
Pool L 3:5 NIKOLOV Peter 85 D21 119 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2329 1812 199.8 27%
Pool W 5:4 LI Jalen 133 E21 96 Long Island Fencing Center 2113 1612 433.7 27%
Pool W 5:4 LI Jeffrey 108 D20 110 Medeo Fencing Club 2286 2046 259.6 37%
Pool W 5:4 HARR Carver 37 C21 115 Denver Fencing Center 2267 2306 154.1 52%
Pool W 5:4 KUDRIAVTCEV Sergei 12 C21 1 Alliance Fencing Academy 2870 2460 206.4 28%
T128 L 9:15 CAO Albert 137 E21 54 Guanyi Fencing Academy 2459 2500 557.4 52%