James Ober

1952

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories 4 3 2 - - 9
Losses 11 10 11 - - 32
Win Ratio 26.7% 23.1% 15.4% - - 22.0%
Pool Victories 3 3 2 - - 8
Pool Losses 9 8 9 - - 26
Pool Win Ratio 25.0% 27.3% 18.2% - - 23.5%
DE Victories 1 - - - - 1
DE Losses 2 2 2 - - 6
DE Win Ratio 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% - - 14.3%

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† 1 1 - - - 2
Easy wins as % of wins 25.0% 33.3% 0.0% - - 22.2%
Close wins‡ 1 2 - - - 3
Close wins as % of all wins 25.0% 66.7% 0.0% - - 33.3%
Close losses‡ 5 2 1 - - 8
Close losses as % of all losses 45.5% 20.0% 9.1% - - 25.0%
Big losses† 3 2 5 - - 10
Big losses as % of all losses 27.3% 20.0% 45.5% - - 31.2%

† 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

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - 1 - - - 1
Victories as % of all victories 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% - - 11.1%
Losses 1 1 - - - 2
Losses as % of all losses 9.1% 10.0% 0.0% - - 6.2%
Total 1 2 - - - 3
Total as % of all bouts 6.7% 15.4% 0.0% - - 7.3%

Events

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events 2 2 2 - - 6
Tournaments 2 2 2 - - 6

Competition History

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-70 Men's Épée (B2, V70), July 1, 2025
Place 26 of 41, Seed 34, Rank 51, Rating U, New Jersey Fencing Alliance
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:4 RESS Michael A. 15 25 B25 23 Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 2230 1401 102.3 9%
Pool D 4:5 OPPENHEIM Robert 39 U 35 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 881 1503 71.5 82%
Pool V 5:2 ANDERSON Donald 27 24 D23 39 New Mexico Fencing Foundation 1328 1431 34.9 57%
Pool D 1:3 WINGET William (Bill) D. 22 27 C24 10 Indianapolis Fencing Club 2157 1466 11.9 13%
Pool D 2:5 BLAKLEY Dwain 3 4 B25 17 Alliance Fencing Academy 2370 1454 6.8 7%
Pool D 4:5 FLINT James E. 10 9 B23 33 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing 1842 1448 20.4 26%
T64 V 10:5 GALLIVAN James 32 33 U 41 Fortune Fencing 1454 1122 243.9 33%
T32 D 7:10 LUTTON Thomas (Tom) W. 5 6 B24 7 Denver Fencing Center 2370 1366 28.4 8%

New Jersey Division Summer Nationals Qualifier

Div II Men's Épée (C2, DV2), April 6, 2025
Place 24 of 26, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating U, New Jersey Fencing Alliance
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 1:5 EVANS Joseph 13 E24 3 Arena Fencing Academy Llc 1709 1581 57.8 42%
Pool D 4:5 AGUIRRE Diego 26 U 5 Durkan Fencing Academy 1643 1523 54.5 43%
Pool V 5:3 CORRIDON Jack T. 9 D23 16 Medeo Fencing Club 1845 1468 90.7 28%
Pool D 4:5 ALEXANDER Christopher 8 D24 6 Freehold Fencing Academy 1713 1559 44.7 40%
Pool D 0:5 LEE Kalvin 22 U 20 Lilov Fencing Academy 1258 1514 69.0 66%
Pool D 4:5 NOOL Alexander 1 C25 7 Wanglei International Fencing Club 1503 1445 44.8 46%
T32 D 8:15 AGUIRRE Diego 26 U 5 Durkan Fencing Academy 1332 1324 202.4 50%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-70 Men's Épée (A2, V70), July 2, 2024
Place 26 of 34, Seed 29, Rank 44, Rating U, New Jersey Fencing Alliance
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:4 ANDERSON Donald 22 28 D23 16 New Mexico Fencing Foundation 1456 1670 79.2 63%
Pool D 1:5 HEWITT Frank F. 12 15 B22 10 Cabrillo Academy Of The Sword LLC 2225 1749 47.4 23%
Pool D 3:5 ROUSE Joe T. 9 11 B23 20 Rogue Fencing Academy / The Phoenix Center 2000 1702 58.2 32%
Pool D 3:5 LEONARDINI Barry M. 19 16 D23 25 East Bay Fencers Gym 1636 1644 81.0 50%
Pool V 2:1 FRANK William N. 31 U 33 Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts / NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 826 1563 22.1 86%
Pool D 2:5 TAYLOR Daryl J. 2 2 A24 1 Fortune Fencing 2926 1585 4.1 2%
T32 D 5:10 RIDLEY Alan P. 27 30 U 11 Lionheart Fencing Academy/Coeur Du Lion Fencing Cl 1566 1615 290.9 52%

New Jersey Division Summer Nationals Qualifier NOW ON SUNDAY MAY 5, 2024

Div II Men's Épée (D1, DV2), May 5, 2024
Place 19 of 23, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating U, New Jersey Fencing Alliance
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:1 SPANIER Talivaldis F. 9 U 20 Valhalla Fencing
Pool D 3:5 DEGENHARDT Zenji 8 U 3 Arena Fencing Academy Llc / Don Bosco Prep
Pool D 2:5 MA Wilson 17 U 15 Arena Fencing Academy Llc
Pool D 4:5 LI Ryan 22 U 12 Medeo Fencing Club
Pool D 3:5 RATUSHNYI Georgii 1 D24 1 Medeo Fencing Club
T32 D 12:14 LUR'YE Killian 10 U 8 Arena Fencing Academy Llc / Masters Fencing Academy Nj

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-70 Men's Épée (A2, V70), July 3, 2023
Place 25 of 33, Seed 29, Not ranked, Rating U, New Jersey Fencing Alliance
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 1:5 PATTERSON Malcolm (Werewolf) D. 12 9 C23 11 Rockville Fencing Academy 2536 1100 13.9 3%
Pool D 1:5 TAYLOR Daryl J. 2 2 A23 1 Fortune Fencing 2970 1086 3.0 < 1%
Pool D 3:5 CARTER Tony 19 33 E23 2 Olympian Fencing Club 2551 1083 12.0 2%
Pool V 5:2 REDDING Russel M. 22 20 E22 28 Salle Auriol Seattle 2091 1071 403.2 8%
Pool D 2:5 HEWITT Frank F. 9 18 B22 13 Cabrillo Academy Of The Sword LLC 2290 1474 37.3 12%
Pool V 5:3 NICHOLS Costa 33 U 27 Las Vegas Fencing Academy 2118 1437 233.0 16%
T32 D 6:10 FLINT James E. 6 7 B23 10 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing 2393 1792 177.2 24%

New Jersey Division Summer Nationals Qualifier

Div II Men's Épée (C1, DV2), April 2, 2023
Place 18 of 18, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating U, New Jersey Fencing Alliance
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 1:5 KENNEN Liam 16 U 17 Fencing Club Of Mercer County 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool D 4:5 SHULKIN Mark 3 C22 5 Arena Fencing Academy Llc 1768 2079 565.1 63%
Pool D 2:5 STAUDINGER Enzo 4 D23 10 Medeo Fencing Club 1594 1514 274.6 46%
Pool D 1:5 CORRIDON Jack T. 10 E23 9 1944 1240 90.1 18%
Pool D 0:5 LEVCHOOK Thomas 8 D22 6 Freehold Fencing Academy 2087 1150 49.7 10%
T32 D 9:15 ZENG Andrew 14 U 15 Arena Fencing Academy Llc 2125 2500 707.8 64%