Benjamin LaFosse

2011

Win/Loss Statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Victories 5 12 4 - - 21
Losses 9 16 4 - - 29
Win Ratio 35.7% 42.9% 50.0% - - 42.0%
Pool Victories 3 10 3 - - 16
Pool Losses 7 12 3 - - 22
Pool Win Ratio 30.0% 45.5% 50.0% - - 42.1%
DE Victories 2 2 1 - - 5
DE Losses 2 4 1 - - 7
DE Win Ratio 50.0% 33.3% 50.0% - - 41.7%

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† 4 7 2 - - 13
Easy wins as % of wins 80.0% 58.3% 50.0% - - 61.9%
Close wins‡ - 1 - - - 1
Close wins as % of all wins 0.0% 8.3% 0.0% - - 4.8%
Close losses‡ 5 2 2 - - 9
Close losses as % of all losses 55.6% 12.5% 50.0% - - 31.0%
Big losses† 4 9 1 - - 14
Big losses as % of all losses 44.4% 56.2% 25.0% - - 48.3%

† 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

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Victories - - - - - -
Victories as % of all victories 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0%
Losses - 1 - - - 1
Losses as % of all losses 0.0% 6.2% 0.0% - - 3.4%
Total - 1 - - - 1
Total as % of all bouts 0.0% 3.6% 0.0% - - 2.0%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Events 2 4 1 - - 7
Tournaments 2 4 1 - - 7

Competition History

Murphy's Irish City Open 10

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), March 21, 2026
Place 21 of 25, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating D25, Ligonier Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
V 5:2 POLAKOVSKY Jacqueline 21 E23 25 Ligonier Fencing Club
Pool
D 4:5 SI Anderson 20 E25 17 Tiger Fencing Club 1441 1603 49.1 60%
Pool
D 0:5 ZHANG James 7 C26 6 Hooked On Fencing 1947 1554 21.3 26%
Pool
D 0:5 LASIYCHUK Nikita 2 A24 3 Hooked On Fencing 2253 1533 10.7 12%
Pool
D 4:5 KANIA Robert 16 E25 14 1593 1522 32.9 45%
T32
D 13:15 FRIEDMAN Andres 11 D25 11 Corsair Fencing School 1693 2183 168.6 77%

IUP Crimson Cup Open Foil and Epee

Senior Mixed Épée (B2, SNR), November 22, 2025
Place 8 of 26, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating U, Ligonier Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
V 5:0 ORRIS Duwayne 18 U 24 Ligonier Fencing Club 2500 1660 49.7 21%
Pool
V 5:1 RICHARDS Daniel 20 U 22 Bethel Park Fencing Club 741 1710 9.0 91%
Pool
D 0:5 SI Anderson 11 E25 17 Tiger Fencing Club 1448 1719 62.9 67%
Pool
D 4:5 FRIEDMAN Andres 6 D25 7 Corsair Fencing School 1543 1656 49.5 57%
Pool
D 1:5 MASON Alexander T. 3 B25 3 Two Ravens Fencing School 2763 1607 3.7 3%
T32
V 15:6 ORRIS Isabella 23 U 19 Ligonier Fencing Club
T16
V 15:7 LAFOSSE Xavier 7 D25 9 Ligonier Fencing Club 2990 2029 269.5 10%
T8
D 12:15 GANZY Ethan 10 E25 3 Ligonier Fencing Club 2248 2298 115.2 53%

IUP Spring Sword Showdown

Senior Mixed Épée (C1, SNR), April 12, 2025
Place 13 of 16, Seed 14, Not ranked, Rating U, Ligonier Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 1:5 YODER Neil 8 E23 6 Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club 1942 1716 43.9 37%
Pool
V 5:3 OPFERMAN Michael J. 5 D23 10 Bethel Park Fencing Club 2230 1672 99.8 20%
Pool
D 3:5 ANDERSON Evan 13 U 11 Ligonier Fencing Club 1182 1772 89.7 81%
Pool
D 1:5 KENYON Benjamin 2 B23 3 Ligonier Fencing Club 2210 1682 21.8 20%
T16
D 5:15 KENYON Benjamin 2 B23 3 Ligonier Fencing Club 2437 2133 104.7 34%

Tiger D-Under 2025 Men's & Women's Foil Epee

Div III Men's Épée (D1, DV3), March 29, 2025
Place 5 of 24, Seed 19, Not ranked, Rating U, Ligonier Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
V 5:1 NEUBERGER Owen 23 U 16 Peters Township Fencing Club 2500 1485 113.6 17%
Pool
V 5:1 FRIEDMAN Andres 1 D25 12 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1482 1599 79.5 57%
Pool
V 5:3 FRIEDMAN Benjamin 12 U 15 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1034 1678 31.2 81%
Pool
V 5:1 LI YukKwan 7 U 17 Tiger Fencing Club 1333 1709 43.3 69%
Pool
D 1:5 LARIMER Josh 13 U 2 Tiger Fencing Club 2887 1753 13.5 10%
Pool
D 1:3 VANCE Wyatt 24 U 6 Tiger Fencing Club 1476 1739 94.1 65%
Pool
V 5:1 WEYANDT Tyler 20 U 13 Tiger Fencing Club / Peters Township Fencing Club 1350 1645 41.9 66%
Pool
V 5:3 ZHU Jared 6 U 20 Tiger Fencing Club 1166 1687 29.0 78%
T16
V 15:11 HILL Sebastian 10 U 11 Tiger Fencing Club 2921 2187 250.1 24%
T8
D 8:15 WALTERS Tomas 9 U 1 Tiger Fencing Club 1627 2437 303.5 83%

Murphy's Irish City Open 9 and Unrated Foil

Senior Mixed Épée (B1, SNR), March 23, 2025
Place 14 of 18, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating U, Ligonier Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 2:5 ZHANG James 4 C25 6 Hooked On Fencing 1970 1632 78.5 31%
Pool
D 1:5 LAFOSSE Xavier 11 E24 5 Ligonier Fencing Club 3158 1554 7.5 3%
Pool
V 5:4 POLAKOVSKY Jacqueline 12 E23 16 Ligonier Fencing Club
Pool
D 4:5 RAKOTOZAFY Adrian 7 D23 8 Tiger Fencing Club 2081 1546 49.8 21%
Pool
D 3:5 BEATTY Brendon 3 B22 3 Corsair Fencing School 2740 1496 11.2 4%
T16
D 1:15 KENYON Jacob 1 A23 1 Ligonier Fencing Club 3121 2260 72.9 13%

IUP Crimson Cornucopia

Div II Mixed Épée (E1, DV2), November 9, 2024
Place 8 of 18, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Ligonier Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 4:5 ANDERSON Alyssa 13 U 14 Ligonier Fencing Club
Pool
V 5:0 BENNETT Shay 7 U 18 Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club
Pool
D 2:5 SI Anderson 15 U 6 Tiger Fencing Club 1115 2059 431.5 90%
Pool
V 5:1 GONZALEZ Aidan 12 U 12 Penn State University Fencing Club 1118 1627 74.0 75%
Pool
D 1:5 TARCHICHI Robby 1 E24 2 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2184 1701 69.4 25%
T16
V 15:5 LAFOSSE Augustin 17 U 9 Ligonier Fencing Club 2148 2143 262.8 50%
T8
D 8:15 LAFOSSE Xavier 9 U 1 Ligonier Fencing Club 2770 2406 146.0 37%

Murphy's Irish City Open 8

Y-14 Mixed Épée (U, Y14), March 23, 2024
Place 3 of 7, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating U, Ligonier Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 4:5 LAFOSSE Augustin 2 U 3 Ligonier Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
V 5:1 ANDERSON Evan 5 U 5 Ligonier Fencing Club 2921 2079 573.3 24%
Pool
V 5:2 RZASA Thomas 6 U 7 Ligonier Fencing Club 1901 2653 141.9 76%
Pool
D 4:5 FRIEDMAN Andres 7 U 2 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1586 2795 615.0 91%
Pool
V 5:3 YANG Victoria 3 U 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool
D 2:5 TARCHICHI Robby 1 E24 1 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2681 2180 120.7 27%
T8
V 15:7 ANDERSON Evan 5 U 5 Ligonier Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T4
D 4:15 TARCHICHI Robby 1 E24 1 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1719 2921 777.6 87%