James Esser

2009

Win/Loss Statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Victories 2 - 2 6 - 10
Losses 11 - 12 14 - 37
Win Ratio 15.4% - 14.3% 30.0% - 21.3%
Pool Victories 2 - 2 5 - 9
Pool Losses 9 - 10 11 - 30
Pool Win Ratio 18.2% - 16.7% 31.2% - 23.1%
DE Victories - - - 1 - 1
DE Losses 2 - 2 3 - 7
DE Win Ratio 0.0% - 0.0% 25.0% - 12.5%

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

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Easy wins† - - - 1 - 1
Easy wins as % of wins 0.0% - 0.0% 16.7% - 10.0%
Close wins‡ 1 - - 4 - 5
Close wins as % of all wins 50.0% - 0.0% 66.7% - 50.0%
Close losses‡ - - - 2 - 2
Close losses as % of all losses 0.0% - 0.0% 14.3% - 5.4%
Big losses† 10 - 10 6 - 26
Big losses as % of all losses 90.9% - 83.3% 42.9% - 70.3%

† 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.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Events 2 - 2 3 - 7
Tournaments 2 - 2 3 - 7

Competition History

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #2

High School Men's Foil (None), February 1, 2026
Place 51 of 53, Seed 51, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard-Westlake Wolverines
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 1:5 TRUJILLO Jonah 8 E25 13 North Hollywood High School / United Fencing Academy 1450 950 14.7 21%
Pool
D 3:5 MUNGCAL William 25 U 40 Chaminade 1471 935 13.3 22%
Pool
D 0:5 RICHTER Alexander 41 U 23 Calabasas High School / Los Angeles International Fencing Club 1117 922 23.3 38%
Pool
D 0:5 ZHANG Justin 42 U 33 Chaminade 1098 898 22.3 38%
Pool
D 0:5 KOEHLER Marc 9 E25 15 Woodbridge High School / South Coast Fencing Center 1270 876 16.0 26%
T64
D 5:15 BRADY Benjamin 11 E25 14 Polytechnic School 1513 1128 81.9 29%

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #1

High School Men's Foil (C2), October 19, 2025
Place 43 of 63, Seed 63, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 1:5 CHEONG Cameron 55 U 9 Calabasas High School / LA International Fencing 2500 954 4.1 7%
Pool
V 5:3 FERGUSON Jesse 24 U 53 Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies / Avant Garde Fencers Club 1052 950 42.8 44%
Pool
D 1:5 CHARETTE Alex 39 U 30 Chaminade / Los Angeles International Fencing Club 1229 993 25.6 36%
Pool
D 0:5 LEE Christopher 4 D25 6 Altus / Elite International Fencers Club 1431 967 17.2 23%
Pool
V 5:4 BAHNG-BOYER Dara 37 U 61 Polytechnic School 793 950 24.1 58%
Pool
D 0:5 TONEF Christian 17 U 16 El Camino Real / United Fencing Academy 1180 974 24.8 37%
T64
D 7:15 TONEF Christian 17 U 16 El Camino Real / United Fencing Academy 1469 1240 112.3 38%

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #2

Y-14 Men's Foil (U, Y14), January 21, 2024
Place 23 of 26, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake Middle School
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 3:5 CHOI Theodore 22 U 19 Nobel Middle School / United Fencing Academy 1094 1062 45.8 48%
Pool
D 0:5 HUANG Nathan 12 U 3 Country Springs ES / Socal Fencing Center 1418 1016 25.8 26%
Pool
V 5:3 RICHTER Alexander 9 U 22 Chaminade Middle school 1006 991 43.9 49%
Pool
D 0:5 LOZANO Veyron Jericho 1 E23 2 Rancho Starbuck Intermediate School / LA International Fencing Center 1956 1035 7.7 7%
Pool
D 1:5 YOUNG Luke 8 U 15 Chaminade 1199 1027 32.9 39%
Pool
D 1:5 YOUABIAN Liam 16 U 11 Louis Armstrong / Swordplay LA 956 994 39.5 52%
T32
D 4:15 TSUI Raedyn Ho Hin 14 U 8 Chaparral Middle School / Socal Fencing Center 1811 1336 96.2 25%

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #1

Y-14 Men's Foil (U, Y14), October 1, 2023
Place 25 of 29, Seed 27, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 0:5 KOEHNLEIN Gavin 3 U 17 Chaminade 2076 1154 13.3 9%
Pool
D 0:5 LOZANO Jericho 11 U 1 Rancho Starbuck Intermediate School / La International Fencing 1840 1141 19.4 14%
Pool
D 0:5 FOY Grant 6 U 7 Chadwick School / Elite Fencing Club 1375 1122 41.8 34%
Pool
D 2:5 FERGUSON Jesse 14 U 15 Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1207 1080 44.3 43%
Pool
D 1:5 BELTRANSOLORZANO Johan 25 U 11 Kern County Charter 1946 1035 11.1 9%
Pool
V 5:2 HOU Nathaniel 29 U 28 Chaminade 841 1024 37.8 60%
T32
D 3:15 RAMOS Jonah 18 U 9 Kern County Charter 3018 1346 9.5 2%

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #2

Men's Middle School Foil (None), January 29, 2023
Place 43 of 44, Seed 38, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 2:5 MURPHY Leo 16 U 23 St. Cyril / Swordplay LA 1206 1717 167.8 76%
Pool
D 1:5 RICHTER Alexander 29 U 32 Chaminade 1212 1550 118.8 67%
Pool
D 3:5 YOUNG Luke 13 U 15 Chaminade 1248 1431 104.0 61%
Pool
D 2:5 FLANAGAN Miles 2 E22 9 Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1492 1327 63.6 40%
Pool
D 3:5 BAE Eugene 25 U 7 Ridgecrest / Precision Athletics Fencing Club 1649 1263 41.8 27%
Pool
D 2:5 LEES Bode 32 U 13 Westside Neighborhood / Elite Fencing Club 1189 1221 67.1 52%
T64
D 2:15 KARPMAN Benny 15 U 16 Crossroads / Elite Fencing Club 1125 1687 341.0 75%

SoCal Scholastic Novice Foil, Epee and Saber

Men's Middle School Foil (U), December 4, 2022
Place 12 of 24, Seed 22, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
V 5:3 KAPSOS Finn 16 U 17 Harvard Westlake 2500 924 250.6 7%
Pool
V 5:1 HOU Nathaniel 1 U 21 Chaminade Middle School 2921 1174 279.5 4%
Pool
D 4:5 DACKO Nolan Missing ID 18 U 11 Thomas Star King M.S. / Silver Lake Fencing Club
Pool
V 5:4 JADIA Arnav 9 U 24 Chaminade Middle School 1374 1454 97.0 54%
Pool
V 5:4 FERGUSON Jesse 8 U 1 Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2241 1551 166.6 21%
T16
D 6:15 BOYAPATI Pranav 7 U 3 Harvard Westlake 2151 1864 177.4 38%

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #1

Men's Middle School Foil (U), October 2, 2022
Place 13 of 23, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 2:5 CUE Mateo 7 U 17 Harvard Westlake 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
D 1:5 BRADY Benjamin 11 U 5 Mirman School / Swordplay LA 1015 2079 866.2 87%
Pool
D 1:5 YOUNG Luke 18 U 6 Chaminade 1146 1213 291.6 53%
Pool
V 5:4 HUNTINGTON Charles 22 U 22 Oakwood Middle School 871 922 177.3 52%
Pool
D 4:5 ASADORIAN Nolan 15 U 19 Centaurs / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1041 1099 175.3 53%
T32
V 15:14 KNIGHT Rollan 4 U 20 Harvard Westlake 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T16
D 2:15 LOZANO Veyron Jericho 14 U 2 Macy Elementary / Orange County Fencing Center 1487 2921 1056.4 93%