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Arnav Ponoth

2010
Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - 15 1 1 - 17
Losses - 30 4 7 - 41
Win ratio - 33.3% 20.0% 12.5% - 29.3%
Pool victories - 13 1 1 - 15
Pool losses - 24 3 6 - 33
Pool win ratio - 35.1% 25.0% 14.3% - 31.2%
DE victories - 2 - - - 2
DE losses - 6 1 1 - 8
DE win ratio - 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% - 20.0%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† - 2 1 - - 3
Easy wins % - 13.3% 100.0% 0.0% - 17.6%
Close wins‡ - 4 - - - 4
Close wins % - 26.7% 0.0% 0.0% - 23.5%
Close losses‡ - 2 - - - 2
Close losses % - 6.7% 0.0% 0.0% - 4.9%
Big losses† - 18 3 7 - 28
Big losses % - 60.0% 75.0% 100.0% - 68.3%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - 7 1 1 - 9
Tournaments - 7 1 1 - 9

Competition history

9 competitions, 58 bouts

8th Annual Sword in the Stone RYC and RJC

Y-14 Men's Saber C2, Y14 February 23, 2025

Place 26 of 60 Seed 51 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 ZHANG KAIQI 14 138 U 13 West Coast Fencing Academy 1827 805 3.6 5%
Pool
D 3:5 TENG Lucas 41 - U 36 LA International Fencing 1311 801 12.2 20%
Pool
D 2:5 HWANG Hagan 5 49 D24 6 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1793 789 3.7 5%
Pool
V 5:2 FISCHER Noel 30 - U 24 Las Vegas Fencing Academy 1442 785 53.2 14%
Pool
V 5:2 ZHOU Ruibo 23 - U 50 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1017 839 31.3 39%
Pool
V 5:1 KIM Derek 31 - U 52 South Bay Fencing Academy 739 870 20.8 58%
T64
V 15:14 NGUYEN Ethan 29 - U 39 West Coast Fencing Academy 1082 1026 103.8 47%

South Coast Mary Rafanelli RYC/RJC

Y-14 Men's Saber C2, Y14 January 18, 2025

Place 43 of 76 Seed 36 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 LEE Brian 13 76 D24 3 West Coast Fencing Academy 1747 708 4.1 5%
Pool
V 5:3 NAZIF Laith 56 - U 55 Spartak 750 704 33.3 47%
Pool
D 2:5 KIM Suin 55 - U 37 Laguna Fencing Center 1330 737 11.7 17%
Pool
V 5:0 HAN Kyle 32 - U 64 South Bay Fencing Academy 956 726 40.1 35%
Pool
D 1:5 GU Andrew 10 63 E24 8 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1705 766 4.8 6%
Pool
V 5:3 DUFF Michael 71 - U 48 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1130 761 44.1 27%
T64
D 8:15 LI Ryan 42 - U 16 Laguna Fencing Center 1852 1055 29.2 12%

San Diego Cup - Youth Saber #3

Y-14 Men's Saber U, Y14 December 15, 2024

Place 12 of 16 Seed 15 Not ranked Rating U Rancho San Joaquin / Southern California Fencing Academy (socalfa)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 PIMENTEL Diego 4 - U 6 Spartak 1260 742 16.2 20%
Pool
V 5:4 AUSTIN John V. 3 - U 11 Spartak 607 726 28.5 57%
Pool
D 4:5 HSIEH Maxwell 10 - U 13 Spartak 712 754 36.5 53%
Pool
D 1:5 DOOLEY Atticus 9 - U 1 Spartak 1438 718 9.5 12%
T16
D 1:15 PIMENTEL Diego 4 - U 6 Spartak 1374 1141 85.3 37%

SoCal Scholastic League Individual Epee/Saber #1

Middle School Men's Saber U November 3, 2024

Place 10 of 17 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating U Rancho San Joaquin / Southern California Fencing Academy (socalfa)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 KANG Hyunwoo 14 - U 17 Sierra Vista / Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 516 641 37.4 58%
Pool
D 0:5 LEE Brian 1 - E24 1 Huntington Middle School / West Coast Fencing Academy 1723 679 5.4 5%
Pool
V 5:3 KIM Derek 7 - U 12 Palo Verde High School / South Bay Fencing Academy 706 673 43.1 48%
Pool
D 2:5 WANG David 13 - U 3 Mirman School / Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 1276 716 16.2 18%
Pool
V 5:4 GRIFFIN Sid 8 - U 14 Crossroads / Los Angeles International Fencing Center 766 700 41.8 46%
T16
D 14:15 AN Chris (Siyoung) 17 - U 8 Sierra Vista / Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 1291 1259 118.0 48%

San Diego Cup - Youth Saber #1

Y-14 Men's Saber U, Y14 September 29, 2024

Place 24 of 28 Seed 8 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (socalfa)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 BROWN Andrew 1 - E24 5 Spartak 1515 728 14.5 11%
Pool
D 1:5 XIE Justin 9 - U 19 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 741 713 51.7 48%
Pool
D 2:5 GARATE LUIS 16 - U 13 San Diego Fencing Center 1057 662 27.7 28%
Pool
V 5:2 ZHANG Kaden 26 - U 28 Spartak 632 634 41.1 50%
Pool
D 1:5 CHEN Cooper 25 - U 6 TVT / West Coast Fencing Academy 1445 675 12.5 11%
Pool
D 0:5 SU Eric 17 - U 21 Spartak 1164 663 21.2 21%
T32
D 2:15 DOOLEY Atticus 4 - U 1 Spartak 1677 1359 100.3 33%

12th Annual Little Musketeers RYC and RJC

Y-14 Men's Saber U, Y14 September 22, 2024

Place 29 of 50 Seed 47 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 LI Ryan 28 - U 28 Laguna Fencing Center 1407 645 18.6 12%
Pool
V 5:3 LIANG Preston 21 - U 24 South Bay Fencing Academy 1207 626 117.8 18%
Pool
D 1:5 CHI Everett 36 - U 19 West Coast Fencing Academy 1696 744 10.1 7%
Pool
D 1:5 RONG Jasper 12 107 D24 3 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1851 734 6.2 4%
T64
V 15:13 FUGATE Logan 45 - U 36 San Diego Fencing Center 1365 1159 240.3 39%
T32
D 9:15 LI Linze 6 46 D24 2 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 2301 1399 40.2 10%

Fortune ROC/RJCC/RYC

Y-14 Men's Saber C2, Y14 August 31, 2024

Place 84 of 98 Seed 92 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 BRUM Charles E. 41 - U 32 Team Touche Fencing Center 1305 717 38.4 19%
Pool
D 0:5 KROON Landon 20 75 U 8 South Bay Fencing Academy 1818 679 9.9 4%
Pool
D 2:5 XU Ethan 56 - U 80 Bay Area Fencing Club 863 669 65.8 38%
Pool
D 3:5 HO Alden 76 - U 29 Premier Fencing Academy 1377 603 21.5 12%
Pool
V 5:3 ROBERTSON Beaudry 38 - U 83 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 582 582 72.2 50%
Pool
D 3:5 IYER Neil 9 38 E24 18 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1720 654 9.0 5%
T128
D 5:15 LIANG Preston 84 - U 47 South Bay Fencing Academy 1416 1416 257.5 50%

San Diego Cup Youth Saber Championship

Y-14 Men's Saber U, Y14 June 23, 2024

Place 12 of 16 Seed 17 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 MINASIAN Mason 14 - U 3 Spartak 1458 716 39.3 14%
Pool
D 1:5 YU Casey 3 - U 1 San Diego Fencing Center 1858 677 12.7 4%
Pool
D 1:5 EKAMBARAM Nikhil 4 - U 6 San Diego Fencing Center 1381 664 36.6 14%
Pool
V 5:1 KANG Hyunwoo 9 - U 15 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 514 628 89.6 57%
T16
D 9:15 LI Ryan 12 - U 5 Laguna Fencing Center 1830 1727 310.4 45%

San Diego Cup-Youth Saber #7

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 April 23, 2023

Place 22 of 23 Seed 17 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 FUGATE Logan 5 - U 17 San Diego Fencing Center 909 2500 89.6 94%
Pool
D 1:5 QI Jeremy 11 - U 12 West Coast Fencing Academy 1492 2590 994.1 87%
Pool
D 1:5 SU Eric 8 - U 20 Spartak / Spartak 1379 1595 348.7 60%
Pool
D 0:5 ZHANG KAIQI 12 - U 1 Laguna Fencing Center 1420 1247 179.1 41%
Pool
D 0:5 HIOE Aaron 10 - U 9 Chandler Middle School / Chandler School 1089 1068 172.2 49%
Pool
D 1:5 STRAUSS Reed 23 - U 14 Spartak 736 895 165.5 59%
Pool
D 0:5 ARISTOV Ilya 2 - U 3 Spartak 1943 730 13.6 4%
T32
D 7:15 YPHANTIDES Alexander 14 - U 11 San Diego Fencing Center 1964 2500 773.2 70%