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Desmond Rubenstein

2007

Twin Cities Fencing Club

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 6 2 - - - 8
Losses 18 11 - - - 29
Win Ratio 25.0% 15.4% - - - 21.6%
Pool Victories 5 2 - - - 7
Pool Losses 14 9 - - - 23
Pool Win Ratio 26.3% 18.2% - - - 23.3%
DE Victories 1 - - - - 1
DE Losses 4 2 - - - 6
DE Win Ratio 20.0% 0.0% - - - 14.3%

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† 2 - - - - 2
Easy wins as % of wins 33.3% 0.0% - - - 25.0%
Close wins‡ - 2 - - - 2
Close wins as % of all wins 0.0% 100.0% - - - 25.0%
Close losses‡ 2 - - - - 2
Close losses as % of all losses 11.1% 0.0% - - - 6.9%
Big losses† 9 9 - - - 18
Big losses as % of all losses 50.0% 81.8% - - - 62.1%

† 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

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 4 2 - - - 6
Tournaments 4 2 - - - 6

Competition History

2024 MN High School Championships (Individual Event)

Junior Men's Saber (U, JNR), February 24, 2024
Place 20, Seed 23, Rank 23, Rating None, Saint Paul Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 THOMANN Frederick 32 32 28 Twin Cities Fencing Club
Pool L 2:5 CHEN Jeffrey 2 2 4 Blake High School 1548 816 66.1 16%
Pool L 2:5 COVER Dylan 10 10 12 Center for Blade Arts 1529 750 55.3 16%
Pool L 2:5 KAISER Logan 14 14 10 Blake High School
Pool W 5:2 EICHMEYER Asher 25 25 33 Minnetonka fencing club
T32 L 9:15 GAMMACK Harry 11 11 14 Blake High School

Cupid's Arrow 2024

Men's Saber (U), February 10, 2024
Place 21, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating U, Saint Paul Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 JOBE Chase 23 U 11 Minnetonka fencing club
Pool L 1:5 HEUER Jeffrey 7 U 7 Center for Blade Arts 1829 1139 104.7 22%
Pool L 1:5 FRANK Milo 10 U 19 Center for Blade Arts 991 1035 216.3 52%
Pool L 2:5 JONES Greg 15 U 15 Blake High School
Pool L 3:5 SUN Matthew 2 U 1 Blake High School 3025 818 2.8 < 1%
T32 L 2:15 COVER Dylan 12 U 8 Center for Blade Arts 2244 1687 169.1 28%

SPA Invitational 2024

Unrated Junior Men's Saber (U, JNR), February 3, 2024
Place 16, Seed 26, Rank 31, Rating None, Saint Paul Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 COVER Dylan 16 21 14 Center for Blade Arts 1706 1346 190.9 35%
Pool L 4:5 WON Owen 5 7 Blake High School
Pool W 5:3 AMADOR FITZGERALD Andres 15 20 27 Blake High School
Pool W 5:0 SAVAGE James 25 30 19 Minnetonka fencing club
Pool L 0:5 GOOD Henry 6 6 10 Minnetonka fencing club 3081 1155 15.9 3%
T32 W 15:11 GAMMACK Harry 9 10 17 Blake High School
T16 L 2:15 SUN Matthew 3 3 2 Blake High School 1957 2168 481.0 58%

Blake Invitational 2024

Unrated Junior Men's Saber (U, JNR), January 21, 2024
Place 26, Seed 33, Rank 29, Rating None, Saint Paul Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 WON Owen 7 7 Blake High School
Pool L 2:5 DRIPPS Parker 30 29 10 Center for Blade Arts 2629 2500 400.6 46%
Pool W 5:3 AMADOR FITZGERALD Andres 19 19 33 Blake High School
Pool L 1:5 TOTIN Maxwell 6 6 17 Minnetonka fencing club 1075 2099 753.1 84%
T32 L 6:15 COVER Dylan 29 29 5 Center for Blade Arts 2921 2500 331.8 37%

2023 MN High School Championships (INDIVIDUAL)

Junior Men's Foil (U, JNR), February 25, 2023
Place 65, Seed 58, Rank 59, Rating None, Saint Paul Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 REDWING III Thomas 15 15 21 Holy Family Catholic High School
Pool W 5:4 BOMGARDNER Ben 53 53 67 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 BROWN Ian 37 38 38 Youth Enrichment League / SEMN YEL 1699 1418 130.1 37%
Pool L 0:5 WATKINS Christian 8 8 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2225 1288 42.8 10%
Pool L 0:5 TAN Xinlai 28 29 29 Twin Cities Fencing Club / Minnetonka fencing club 1564 1245 106.2 33%
T128 L 10:15 ENGLERT Brayden 61 63 64 Blake High School

{YEL!} Cupid's Arrow Tourney

Junior Men's Foil (U, JNR), February 4, 2023
Place 59, Seed 47, Not ranked, Rating U, Saint Paul Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 WAKEHAM Timothy 15 E22 11 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1407 2500 1065.0 86%
Pool L 1:5 ANDERSON Norse 66 U 41 Twin Cities Fencing Club
Pool W 5:4 SCHRANDT James 36 U 60 Rochester Youth Fencers 1204 1435 224.4 60%
Pool L 0:5 MENASCO Juliun 26 U 15 Yinghua Academy / Twin Cities Fencing Club 2921 1659 53.8 12%
Pool L 2:5 ZWEBER Ben 57 U 32 Holy Family Catholic High School
Pool L 0:5 MARTIN William 6 U 3 Minnetonka fencing club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1848 1606 187.8 38%
T64 L 0:15 WATKINS Christian 8 E22 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2400 2500 563.3 54%