Samuel A Ferdowsian

2007

Battle Born Fencing Club

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories - 15 18 - - 33
Losses - 44 40 - - 84
Win Ratio - 25.4% 31.0% - - 28.2%
Pool Victories - 13 12 - - 25
Pool Losses - 37 32 - - 69
Pool Win Ratio - 26.0% 27.3% - - 26.6%
DE Victories - 2 6 - - 8
DE Losses - 7 8 - - 15
DE Win Ratio - 22.2% 42.9% - - 34.8%

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† - 3 6 - - 9
Easy wins as % of wins - 20.0% 33.3% - - 27.3%
Close wins‡ - 7 6 - - 13
Close wins as % of all wins - 46.7% 33.3% - - 39.4%
Close losses‡ - 15 14 - - 29
Close losses as % of all losses - 34.1% 35.0% - - 34.5%
Big losses† - 16 12 - - 28
Big losses as % of all losses - 36.4% 30.0% - - 33.3%

† 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 - 4 1 - - 5
Victories as % of all victories - 26.7% 5.6% - - 15.2%
Losses - 5 2 - - 7
Losses as % of all losses - 11.4% 5.0% - - 8.3%
Total - 9 3 - - 12
Total as % of all bouts - 15.3% 5.2% - - 10.3%

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events - 9 8 - - 17
Tournaments - 7 6 - - 13

Competition History

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Cadet Men's Épée (A4, CDT), July 3, 2023
Place 257, Seed 263, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 ELHUSSEINI Kyle 216 D22 202 Alliance Fencing Academy 2225 1584 5.5 15%
Pool W 4:3 WANG Joey 136 C23 180 Swords Fencing Studio 2042 1579 27.3 22%
Pool L 2:5 WOLFE Alex 25 25 A23 52 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2753 1606 1.4 3%
Pool L 1:5 MIZRAHI Michael 185 D23 153 Tampa Fencing & Tennis Academy 1945 1605 9.5 29%
Pool L 3:5 LIU Andrew 105 B23 86 Maximum Fencing Club 2393 1595 3.6 9%
Pool L 1:5 CAO Albert 56 58 A22 49 DC Fencers Club 2552 1591 2.4 6%

Fortune Fencing SYC/RJCC

Cadet Men's Épée (A2/B3, CDT), March 26, 2023
Place 66, Seed 53, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 LIU Yueri 31 C23 44 Swords Fencing Studio 1835 1590 12.2 34%
Pool L 3:4 WONG Chi Ho 10 46 C22 11 2589 1578 2.3 5%
Pool L 3:4 DOWDELL Riley 13 61 C23 22 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2218 1576 5.7 14%
Pool L 4:5 KIM Alexander 55 U 59 LA International Fencing 1557 1570 17.2 51%
Pool W 5:1 SINHA Zaan 35 C22 47 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2145 1553 31.5 16%
T128 L 8:15 SIM Ian 64 U 63 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1613 1864 64.2 65%

Fortune Fencing SYC/RJCC

Junior Men's Épée (A4, JNR), March 25, 2023
Place 75, Seed 89, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 ERLIKHMAN Adrian 34 B23 32 LA International Fencing 1953 1547 10.0 25%
Pool L 1:5 DAVOODIAN Christopher 19 A22 13 Swords Fencing Studio 2535 1538 2.5 5%
Pool W 5:2 CHUNG Ethan Sheng Xuan 60 C22 68 1998 1535 30.6 22%
Pool L 2:5 KIM Dylan J. 8 113 A23 14 Elite Fencing Academy (GA) / Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 2640 1566 1.9 4%
Pool W 5:4 LIU Yikun 46 C23 50 Yang Fencing Club 2096 1564 32.0 19%
Pool L 1:5 CHEN Bailey 69 D22 35 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2249 1596 5.7 14%
T128 L 8:15 WATT Darren 28 B23 56 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2417 1887 22.7 20%

South Coast Mary Rafanelli RYC/RJC

Junior Men's Épée (A2, JNR), January 14, 2023
Place 52, Seed 54, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 YAO Derek (Shunyu) 24 C22 30 San Diego Fencing Center 2236 1574 6.2 14%
Pool L 4:5 ZHU Max 8 A21 21 TeamK Fencing / Yang Fencing Club 2677 1568 1.9 3%
Pool L 1:5 NALBANDIAN VAHAN P. 46 U 38 Swords Fencing Studio 1968 1566 10.3 26%
Pool L 3:5 ZAYDMAN David M. 9 B22 10 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2563 1556 2.5 5%
Pool L 1:5 PAK Elliot 25 C22 33 LA International Fencing 2202 1554 6.2 14%
T64 L 10:15 ZHENG Haoran 4 A22 11 Swords Fencing Studio 2932 1894 7.1 5%

December NAC

Cadet Men's Épée (A4, CDT), December 10, 2022
Place 205, Seed 213, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 EVERS Gabriel 143 C22 155 LA International Fencing 2184 1553 7.1 15%
Pool L 1:5 CAO Brad 77 85 B22 136 DC Fencers Club 2346 1546 4.7 9%
Pool L 0:5 AGAON Shawn 58 64 B22 48 Freehold Fencing Academy 2616 1541 2.2 4%
Pool W 5:4 BASOK Nikita 123 B22 116 Fencing Academy Of Westchester 2459 1539 49.3 7%
Pool L 3:5 VODOVOZOV Denis 188 E22 140 1912 1588 12.1 30%
Pool L 1:5 SENNEWALD James J. 10 11 A22 10 Alliance Fencing Academy 2775 1576 1.4 2%

Ryan Donos Memorial RJCC

Cadet Men's Épée (D1, CDT), November 20, 2022
Place 11, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 WELLING Cohen 11 U 17 EWA Fencing LLC 1305 1564 13.7 63%
Pool L 3:4 PETERSON Matthew 2 D22 2 South Denver Fencing Academy 1966 1577 12.4 26%
Pool W 4:3 PRAKASH Hari 8 U 12 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1752 1565 27.8 38%
Pool L 2:3 NOFZIGER Bennett 15 U 8 South Denver Fencing Academy 1508 1593 23.9 56%
Pool L 2:5 NG Biwon 5 E22 6 Las Positas Fencing Center 1757 1569 16.1 38%
T16 L 14:15 NG Biwon 5 E22 6 Las Positas Fencing Center 1812 1960 66.0 59%

SoCal Scholastic League Individual Epee/Saber #1

Men's High School Epee (C2), October 23, 2022
Place 13, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating U, American Heritage Academy / Battle Born Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 MITTLEMAN Daniel 19 U 47 Harvard Westlake 776 1474 7.8 85%
Pool L 1:5 FERRIERE Joshua 8 E22 9 Mark Keppel High School / Fortune Fencing 2069 1482 9.4 17%
Pool W 3:0 BOTYANSZKI Balint 24 U 33 Le Lycee Francais de LA / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2052 1473 30.1 24%
Pool W 5:4 FRIEDMAN Jonas 25 U 24 Brentwood High School / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2137 1503 43.4 16%
Pool W 5:1 SANDOVAL-CUDE Maxwell 18 U 42 Vistamar 1477 1546 17.4 54%
T32 W 14:10 O'BRIEN Beckett 16 U 23 Brentwood High School / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2317 1915 82.1 29%
T16 L 5:15 PAK Elliot 3 C22 2 El Segundo HS / LAIFC 2322 1998 37.8 31%

Fortune Fencing Summer RYC/RJCC

Cadet Men's Épée (A2/B3, CDT), August 28, 2022
Place 63, Seed 74, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 KIM Sullivan 45 D22 12 LA International Fencing 2190 1469 7.8 12%
Pool L 4:5 LEE Bryson 42 D22 59 LE CLUB TOUCHE 1973 1461 12.0 20%
Pool L 2:5 LI Patrick 13 76 B22 28 Denver Fencing Center 2597 1449 2.4 3%
Pool L 4:5 GAO Chaney C. 15 85 C22 17 Swords Fencing Studio 2441 1446 3.7 5%
Pool L 3:5 JACKEL Dylan 96 U 46 Lionheart Fencing Academy/Coeur Du Lion Fencing Cl 2021 1443 10.2 18%
Pool W 5:4 ANDERSON Kai 68 U 88 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1855 1433 41.7 25%
T128 W 15:9 KIM Teddy 66 U 66 Battle Born Fencing Club 1838 1930 65.8 56%
T64 L 10:15 VILLALOBOSKOWALSKI Demetrious C. 25 B22 22 LA International Fencing 1864 1996 80.5 58%

Fortune Fencing Summer RYC/RJCC

Junior Men's Épée (A4, JNR), August 27, 2022
Place 80, Seed 76, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 FU Leon 36 C22 14 Team Touche Fencing Center 2165 1444 8.9 12%
Pool L 4:5 MIAO KUNQI 92 U 56 Yang Fencing Club 1780 1435 18.4 29%
Pool L 4:5 CHIRASHNYA Adam 8 103 A22 62 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2436 1416 4.0 5%
Pool W 5:4 HE Zhiheng 49 C21 37 East Bay Fencers Gym 2319 1412 71.1 7%
Pool L 3:4 PARKER Lane S. 21 B22 35 Southwest Fencing Club 2402 1483 5.1 7%
Pool L 4:5 FERRIERE Joshua 64 E22 71 Fortune Fencing 2110 1478 9.7 15%
T128 L 7:15 SHA Michael 35 C22 51 Cavalier Fencing Club 2306 1982 52.2 31%

Las Vegas Cup #3

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), June 4, 2022
Place 23, Seed 24, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 AYABINA John 14 E22 12 Battle Born Fencing Club 1920 1467 16.1 23%
Pool W 5:3 PERKINS-OLLILA emily 15 E21 30
Pool L 4:5 GONZALES Wesley 23 U 3 Battle Born Fencing Club 3139 1451 1.8 3%
Pool L 4:5 WILKENS zach 5 B22 21 2645 1449 2.6 3%
Pool L 3:4 JIN Daniel 4 B22 5 Battle Born Fencing Club 2568 1447 3.1 3%
T32 L 6:15 PERKINS-OLLILA justin 3 B22 11 2522 2024 41.7 23%

Las Vegas Cup #3

Div III Mixed Épée (E1, DV3), June 4, 2022
Place 6, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 NGUYEN Jolie 10 E22 7 Battle Born Fencing Club
Pool W 5:4 KIM Isabella 2 U 11 Battle Born Fencing Club
Pool L 4:5 LENDIS Gabrielle 6 U 2 Battle Born Fencing Club
Pool W 5:1 LEE NAYIM 13 U 15
Pool W 5:3 SAUCEDO FERNANDO 14 U 3
Pool W 5:1 TAMIR annika 7 U 13 Battle Born Fencing Club
T16 W 15:8 KIM Isabella 2 U 11 Battle Born Fencing Club
T8 L 13:15 LENDIS Gabrielle 6 U 2 Battle Born Fencing Club

March NAC

Y-14 Men's Épée (A2/B3, Y14), March 4, 2022
Place 93, Seed 168, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 CHEN Brian 115 U 51 Guanyi Fencing Academy 1858 1318 16.8 19%
Pool L 1:5 LEE Samuel Y. 44 60 B21 34 Elite Fencing Academy (VA) / Elite Fencing Academy (GA) 2385 1301 4.4 4%
Pool L 2:5 ZHAO corey 9 9 A21 13 Olympia Fencing Center 2668 1297 1.7 1%
Pool W 4:2 SOKOL Luke 98 E21 154 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy 1659 1295 57.2 28%
Pool W 5:1 MIAO KUNQI 61 86 U 158 Yang Fencing Club 1636 1352 50.0 32%
Pool W 5:4 BRODSKY Julian 149 U 149 New York Fencing Academy 2007 1402 64.8 16%
T256 W 15:3 KIM Remington 154 U 164 LA International Fencing 1312 2041 32.1 85%
T128 L 7:15 CAO Brad 42 58 C21 28 Guanyi Fencing Academy 2527 2073 49.3 25%

South Coast Mary Rafanelli RYC/RJC

Junior Men's Épée (A2, JNR), January 15, 2022
Place 46, Seed 40, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 AHN Gus 10 C21 9 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2670 1389 2.8 2%
Pool L 4:5 GU Aidan 26 E21 42 LE CLUB TOUCHE / V Fencing Club 1903 1386 19.7 20%
Pool L 2:5 LIU Yikun 46 U 39 Yang Fencing Club 1475 1366 36.9 43%
Pool L 1:5 KIM Nathan 7 B21 5 Swords Fencing Studio 2296 1329 6.5 6%
Pool L 2:5 ZHOU Stanley Q. 22 C19 14 LA International Fencing / No Fear Fencing 2397 1323 4.7 4%
T64 L 4:15 FU Leon 28 E21 22 Team Touche Fencing Center 2253 2136 94.7 43%

9th Annual Little Musketeers RYC and RJC

Y-14 Men's Épée (C2, Y14), November 14, 2021
Place 32, Seed 33, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 CHEN Zhengyang 18 E21 30 Swords Fencing Studio 2097 1416 119.7 14%
Pool L 1:4 YU Austin 50 U 27 True Focus Sports Academy / Davis Fencing Academy 1825 1536 36.6 32%
Pool L 1:5 LIN Kyran 1 4 B21 1 Fortune Fencing 2839 1499 2.7 2%
Pool L 3:5 SINHA Zaan 51 U 18 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1808 1496 33.1 31%
Pool L 3:5 KIM Sullivan 17 E21 17 LA International Fencing 1909 1463 25.1 24%
Pool L 1:5 LEE Damien 32 U 51 Las Vegas Fencing Academy 1395 1438 49.4 53%
T64 W 15:14 DAO Alexander 13 79 U 33 Battle Born Fencing Club 2142 2068 156.1 46%
T32 L 11:15 SCHROEDER Dylan 49 U 16 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2443 2224 88.6 38%

3rd Annual Socal Clash RYC and RJC

Y-14 Men's Épée (C2, Y14), October 17, 2021
Place 31, Seed 45, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 KNUDSEN Travis 9 D21 17 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1978 1665 55.8 32%
Pool L 4:5 VILLALOBOSKOWALSKI Demetrious C. 22 U 12 LA International Fencing 1691 1609 71.0 45%
Pool L 1:5 YU Austin 38 U 20 True Focus Sports Academy / Davis Fencing Academy 1771 1538 52.8 36%
Pool L 4:5 JU Hanul 23 U 38 LA International Fencing 1704 1485 48.9 37%
Pool L 4:5 WANG owen 6 45 E21 16 Swords Fencing Studio 2123 1436 20.4 14%
T64 W 15:10 DONAHUE Lake 33 U 34 Swords Fencing Studio 1952 2253 151.6 65%
T32 L 13:15 VILLALOBOSKOWALSKI Demetrious C. 22 U 12 LA International Fencing 1682 2405 336.4 83%

Fortune Fencing ROC/VET/RJCC

Cadet Men's Épée (A2/C3, CDT), September 5, 2021
Place 55, Seed 73, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 VILLALOBOSKOWALSKI Demetrious C. 77 U 75 LA International Fencing 1760 1679 172.6 45%
Pool W 5:3 YUEN Nathan 54 U 52 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1565 1852 89.7 66%
Pool L 2:5 LI Patrick 20 C21 21 Denver Fencing Center 2542 1941 49.0 19%
Pool L 4:5 MIAO KUNQI 44 U 65 Yang Fencing Club 1361 1892 182.7 78%
Pool L 2:5 ALVAREZ Ian T. 29 D21 19 Cardinal Fencing Club 2404 1710 31.5 15%
Pool L 1:5 YOUNG Peyton E. 5 36 C21 1 Alliance Fencing Academy 2712 1678 13.4 6%
T128 W 15:13 MAJAM Audie 65 U 74 Battle Born Fencing Club 1783 2184 160.1 66%
T64 L 13:15 YOUNG Peyton E. 5 36 C21 1 Alliance Fencing Academy 3112 2344 90.9 16%

Fortune Fencing ROC/VET/RJCC

Div II Men's Épée (C2, DV2), September 5, 2021
Place 30, Seed 42, Not ranked, Rating U, Battle Born Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 WEISSGERBER Kenneth 28 U 43 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool L 3:5 HARRIS Roark S. 22 E20 13 Encinitas Fencing Academy 2291 2921 697.6 75%
Pool L 3:5 AHN Gus 6 C21 3 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2642 2223 179.0 30%
Pool L 1:5 KNUDSEN Travis 11 D21 19 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1966 2044 253.3 54%
Pool L 3:5 BAGCHI Aritra 38 U 26 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2187 1791 111.5 29%
T64 W 15:14 MUNOZ Humberto 33 U 36 No Fear Fencing / Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T32 L 10:15 YOUNG Jr Colby 18 E21 3 Battle Born Fencing Club 2195 2921 736.6 78%