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Robert Blat

1969
Twin Cities Fencing Club
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 65 9 - - - 74
Losses 30 7 - - - 37
Win ratio 68.4% 56.2% - - - 66.7%
Pool victories 46 6 - - - 52
Pool losses 19 6 - - - 25
Pool win ratio 70.8% 50.0% - - - 67.5%
DE victories 19 3 - - - 22
DE losses 11 1 - - - 12
DE win ratio 63.3% 75.0% - - - 64.7%

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† 18 1 - - - 19
Easy wins % 27.7% 11.1% - - - 25.7%
Close wins‡ 22 4 - - - 26
Close wins % 33.8% 44.4% - - - 35.1%
Close losses‡ 10 3 - - - 13
Close losses % 33.3% 42.9% - - - 35.1%
Big losses† 6 2 - - - 8
Big losses % 20.0% 28.6% - - - 21.6%

† 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 12 2 - - - 14
Tournaments 6 1 - - - 7

Competition history

14 competitions, 111 bouts

Division 1 & Para Championships / April NAC

Veteran Men's Épée A4, VET April 25, 2026

Place 56 of 116 Seed 70 Not ranked Rating C26 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 MIZRAHI Meir 101 - E25 102 Tampa Fencing & Tennis Academy 1372 2285 36.4 93%
Pool
D 0:5 HALLMAN Nicholas (Nick) J. 2 - A26 33 Austin Fencers Club 2693 2249 7.4 23%
Pool
V 5:4 HITCHCOCK David 33 - A24 27 Cardinal Fencing Academy 2477 2242 19.7 35%
Pool
D 4:5 HUDSON Jeffrey (Jeff) A. 36 - A23 8 Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 2769 2261 6.4 20%
Pool
V 5:1 LEE Wei-Sheng 103 - E24 98 Maximum Fencing Club 1374 2255 2.7 93%
Pool
V 5:1 HARRIS Robert S. 67 - C26 60 Marx Fencing Academy 2407 2258 17.4 40%
T128
V 10:9 O'DOWD Andrew J. 50 - B25 76 Philadelphia Fencers Club 2466 2575 30.2 57%
T64
D 8:10 PHO Eric 19 - A25 10 Fencers Club Inc. / Rockland Fencers Club 3015 2606 18.2 25%

Division 1 & Para Championships / April NAC

Vet-50 Men's Épée A2, V50 April 24, 2026

Place 18 of 54 Seed 44 Rank 72 Rating C26 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 KROGH Dan Krogh (Dan) M. 7 7 A26 3 Northwest Fencing Center 2329 2255 14.8 45%
Pool
D 1:5 LEE Tobias (Toby) T. 10 10 A25 11 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 2479 2240 11.4 35%
Pool
V 5:0 WILSON Jeffrey M. 26 54 A22 24 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2648 2228 25.6 24%
Pool
V 5:2 CHOI Paul S. 39 - B26 53 Fencers Club Inc. 2306 2254 16.7 47%
Pool
V 5:3 GERSEN Jacob 22 33 A26 40 Olympia Fencing Center 2235 2271 14.7 52%
T64
V 10:5 CAMPBELL Paul 42 70 C26 48 James Madison University Fencing Club 1903 2592 11.7 86%
T32
D 7:10 KENT Dwain 31 30 B25 16 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2782 2604 28.6 39%

February NAC

Veteran Men's Épée A4, VET February 15, 2026

Place 30 of 123 Seed 69 Not ranked Rating C26 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 BEITTEL David F. 112 - E24 114 East Bay Fencers Gym 2020 2213 13.7 62%
Pool
V 5:0 KRUGER Mark 105 - D23 106 Fortune Fencing 2071 2226 14.3 60%
Pool
D 4:5 GERSEN Jacob 76 - C25 7 Olympia Fencing Center 2203 2241 18.4 53%
Pool
V 5:4 TEITENBERG John F. 4 - A25 16 Nashville Academy of Fencing 2590 2222 26.1 27%
Pool
V 5:3 KURITZ Marc M. 40 - B25 65 No Fear Fencing 2115 2248 14.0 59%
Pool
D 2:5 HUDSON Jeffrey (Jeff) A. 33 - A23 39 Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 2741 2262 7.7 21%
T128
V 10:6 KERTESZ Stefan G. 102 - D24 89 Birmingham Fencing Club 2084 2552 20.8 77%
T64
V 10:3 GERACI Paul A. 44 - B25 38 Indianapolis Fencing Club 2765 2573 51.6 38%
T32
D 9:10 KROGH Daniel (Dan) M. 20 - A25 3 Northwest Fencing Center 2764 2624 32.0 41%

February NAC

Vet-50 Men's Épée A4, V50 February 13, 2026

Place 34 of 69 Seed 60 Not ranked Rating C26 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 PIENTA Chris J. 40 42 B25 57 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 2314 2081 27.7 35%
Pool
V 5:4 MEEHAN Justin X. 21 24 A25 25 Orion Fencing 2667 2109 36.6 18%
Pool
V 5:4 LICHTEN Keith H. 1 2 A25 6 East Bay Fencers Gym 3215 2145 53.2 4%
Pool
D 2:5 KOKENGE Chad 61 - C24 50 Medeo Fencing Club 1772 2199 31.3 76%
Pool
V 5:4 KURITZ Marc M. 42 59 B25 61 No Fear Fencing 2106 2167 17.3 54%
Pool
V 5:2 CHENG Thomas 20 23 A25 22 Supreme Fencing Academy / Orlando Fencing Sports Center LLC 2541 2185 27.8 28%
T64
D 9:10 GERSEN Jacob 52 53 C25 31 Olympia Fencing Center 2241 2621 69.3 73%

BBFC ROC/RJC

Div I-A Men's Épée A4, D1A February 1, 2026

Place 27 of 86 Seed 38 Not ranked Rating C26 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 WANG Lucas 58 - D25 41 Swords Fencing Studio 1616 2065 11.5 77%
Pool
V 5:2 GOROZA Eric 41 - C25 63 Battle Born Fencing Club 1874 2077 17.1 63%
Pool
D 2:5 JOHNSTON Conner S. 16 - A24 3 Lionheart Fencing Academy/Coeur Du Lion Fencing Cl 2648 2094 9.0 18%
Pool
V 5:0 THOMAS Jr. Robert D. 67 - D22 74 Cape Fear Fencing Association 1890 2085 16.7 63%
Pool
D 1:5 PIVOVAROV Lucas 12 - A25 18 East Bay Fencers Gym / Sequoia Fencing Academy 2142 2101 20.3 47%
T64
V 15:14 RONG Gordon 29 - B25 38 Swords Fencing Studio 2247 2611 28.9 72%
T32
D 10:15 ZHANG Jie 9 - A25 9 3214 2640 18.9 19%

BBFC ROC/RJC

Div II Men's Épée C3, DV2 February 1, 2026

Place 12 of 66 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating C26 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 ORELUP Austin 20 - D25 20 Still Point Fencing 1612 2095 44.9 78%
Pool
V 5:1 CHI Kai-Hung 60 - U 52 Bida Fencing Academy 1441 2050 9.3 84%
Pool
V 5:2 CREASON Nicholas 61 - U 64 Swordplay LA 1018 2059 3.2 95%
Pool
V 5:4 SHIN Yubin 41 - U 30 Battle Born Fencing Club 2422 2062 29.6 31%
Pool
V 5:1 KNIGHT Alex 21 - D25 16 San Diego Fencing Center 1858 2092 17.3 65%
Pool
D 4:5 KOHLER Florian 39 - E24 8 Las Vegas Fencing Academy 1499 2109 43.7 83%
T64
V 15:4 RUDY Jacob 30 - E26 47 Bozeman Fencing Association, LLC 1918 2607 17.9 78%
T32
V 15:12 CHAO Warren 9 - C25 25 LA International Fencing 1848 2625 13.8 89%
T16
D 8:15 KIM Gyumin 48 - U 2 Battle Born Fencing Club 2995 2639 27.6 32%

BBFC ROC/RJC

Veteran Men's Épée A2, VET January 31, 2026

Place 14 of 36 Seed 13 Not ranked Rating C26 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 KAUFMAN Joel H. 11 - C26 11 East Bay Fencers Gym 2298 2086 21.4 36%
Pool
V 5:1 LA Charles 36 - U 36 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1090 2064 4.6 93%
Pool
D 1:5 TAYLOR Daryl J. 1 - A25 9 Fortune Fencing 2794 2069 7.9 12%
Pool
V 5:2 WELLING Michael 26 - U 26 EWA Fencing LLC 880 2061 2.3 97%
Pool
V 5:3 HERROD Christopher N. 25 - E22 10 2250 2064 31.0 39%
T32
V 10:8 HOWIE Ryan 23 - E25 20 Still Point Fencing / Hawaii Island Fencing Assoc. 1567 2617 8.5 94%
T16
D 7:10 YAMASAKI Kyle A. 2 - A25 1 East Bay Fencers Gym / San Luis Highlanders Fencing Club 3304 2625 18.1 14%

2026 TCFC January Challenges

Senior Mixed Épée B2, SNR January 4, 2026

Place 3 of 31 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating C25 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 STONE Ken 24 - E23 30 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1183 2043 6.3 92%
Pool
V 5:2 STENZEL Henry 29 - U 21 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1163 2049 5.9 92%
Pool
V 5:3 LEE Wilson 19 - E25 14 Center for Blade Arts 967 2055 3.3 96%
Pool
V 5:2 CULVER Hannah 12 - D25 24 Center for Blade Arts - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 BISSEN Quinn 2 - B25 7 Center for Blade Arts 2003 2058 27.7 54%
T32
V 15:6 STONE Ken 24 - E23 30 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1023 2666 1.5 99%
T16
V 15:11 TELCI Arya 5 - C25 16 Center for Blade Arts - - - -
T8
V 15:13 BISSEN Quinn 2 - B25 7 Center for Blade Arts 2294 2668 37.8 72%
T4
D 14:15 LIMER Avi 6 - C25 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2337 2706 89.2 71%

Midwest ROC/RJCC

Veteran Men's Épée B1, VET December 21, 2025

Place 8 of 15 Seed 10 Not ranked Rating E25 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 MCNALLY Thomas J. 9 - E25 3 Culver Military Academy / Escrime Du Lac 2045 2072 35.7 52%
Pool
V 5:4 ROBBINS Christopher (Chris) W. 4 - C25 7 Rochester Youth Fencers 2007 2036 32.0 52%
Pool
D 3:5 HUGHES Michael D. 3 - B23 6 DC Fencers Club 2167 2068 28.0 44%
Pool
V 5:4 SKILLINGS Byron 15 - U 15 Caliburn Fencing Club 810 2040 2.5 97%
T16
V 10:8 CAMPBELL Paul 8 - D24 9 James Madison University Fencing Club 1744 2708 12.9 93%
T8
D 7:10 OLIVERIUS Joseph W. 1 - A25 1 Elite Fencing Academy / EFA 2910 2721 54.5 38%

Midwest ROC/RJCC

Div II Men's Épée C2, DV2 December 21, 2025

Place 1 of 29 Seed 22 Not ranked Rating E25 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 SNYDER Alex 1 - C25 13 University of Wisconsin-Madison 2093 2039 45.3 47%
Pool
V 5:4 SAYLOR Nathaniel 19 - E25 24 Traverse City Fencing Club 1603 2084 19.2 78%
Pool
V 5:0 ALI Adam 10 - C25 18 Ataba Fencing Club / Skyward Fencing 1750 2103 23.3 72%
Pool
V 5:2 GLASNAPP Mark 27 - U 21 Central Iowa Fencing Academy / DMACC Fencing Club 1630 2127 17.4 78%
Pool
D 3:5 ELLIS, IV Floyd 11 - C25 8 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 1491 2144 72.4 85%
T16
V 15:9 RUBIN Joshua 15 - D25 14 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1625 2548 19.7 91%
T8
V 15:12 SAYLOR Henry 7 - C25 7 Traverse City Fencing Club 1627 2567 17.4 92%
T4
V 15:14 BOSS Evan 9 - C25 3 Traverse City Fencing Club 2312 2585 59.0 66%
T2
V 15:12 BETTS Jr Anthony P. 6 - C25 2 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) / Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 2491 2644 64.3 59%

Midwest ROC/RJCC

Div I-A Men's Épée A2, D1A December 20, 2025

Place 23 of 58 Seed 54 Not ranked Rating E25 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 SWANSON Dave 34 - C25 49 Ataba Fencing Club 2161 1991 75.7 39%
Pool
V 5:2 DRAWZ Chase 55 - E25 50 Center for Blade Arts 1465 2067 21.9 83%
Pool
V 5:3 THOMSON Champa 16 - B25 30 Heartland Fencing Academy 1629 2089 27.2 76%
Pool
D 4:5 SAYLOR Henry 33 - C25 34 Traverse City Fencing Club 1466 2116 101.7 85%
Pool
D 2:5 LEHNER Brian 21 - B25 10 Illinois Fencing Academy 2017 2014 48.2 50%
Pool
V 5:2 CONKLIN Jim 3 - A25 38 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2389 1966 72.7 25%
T64
V 15:14 HUGHES Michael D. 29 - B23 47 DC Fencers Club 2543 2589 115.0 53%
T32
D 7:15 ROWLAND Marsden 28 - B24 12 Center for Blade Arts 2336 2704 156.7 71%

UMFC Gopher Open 2025

Senior Mixed Épée E1, SNR December 6, 2025

Place 2 of 13 Seed 4 Not ranked Rating E25 Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 STONE Ken 5 - E23 12 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1219 1660 44.9 75%
Pool
V 5:3 TOLLEFSON Zachary 1 - A24 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2321 1705 147.4 17%
Pool
V 5:1 LEUNG Matthias 12 - U 11 1434 1853 33.8 69%
Pool
V 5:1 CHHILLAR Sunny 8 - U 9 University of Minnesota Fencing Club 2637 1887 74.2 22%
Pool
V 5:4 CLIPPARD Erik J. 9 - U 10 Center for Blade Arts 1465 1961 30.6 77%
Pool
V 5:2 HALLORAN Mikael 13 - U 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club - - - -
T8
V 15:5 LIMER Avi 3 - C25 7 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2356 2522 151.9 59%
T4
V 15:7 KARTHEESAN Adhiraiyan 11 - U 3 2694 2674 111.1 49%
T2
D 10:15 TOLLEFSON Zachary 1 - A24 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2503 2785 196.1 66%

2025 TCFC June Challenges

Veteran Mixed Épée E1, VET June 8, 2025

Place 1 of 8 Seed 7 Not ranked Rating U Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 OZANNE Jeffrey S. 2 - C23 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2043 1739 130.0 34%
Pool
D 3:5 SOTO Michael 3 - D25 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1835 1609 120.7 38%
Pool
D 3:5 STONE Ken 4 - E23 7 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1262 1488 175.6 63%
Pool
V 5:3 GLENNON Michael 1 - C24 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2120 1312 241.3 12%
Pool
V 5:3 JORGENSEN Rebekah 5 - U 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 RUBIN Joshua 6 - U 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1345 1554 74.2 62%
Pool
V 5:2 HARRISKING Josh 8 - U 8 Center for Blade Arts 967 1628 32.5 81%
T8
V 10:9 RUBIN Joshua 6 - U 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1090 1854 147.1 80%
T4
V 10:6 GLENNON Michael 1 - C24 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2154 2001 336.8 43%
T2
V 10:9 OZANNE Jeffrey S. 2 - C23 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2155 2337 185.0 59%

2025 TCFC June Challenges

Senior Mixed Épée A2, SNR June 8, 2025

Place 22 of 30 Seed 25 Not ranked Rating U Twin Cities Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 SIEDOW William 5 - B25 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club 2017 2500 759.8 68%
Pool
V 5:4 SOTO Michael 15 - D25 17 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1806 1740 358.6 47%
Pool
D 4:5 YATES Graeme 28 - U 21 Center for Blade Arts 1651 2099 294.4 68%
Pool
D 0:5 HORAN Sean T. 6 - B24 8 2625 1804 65.8 14%
Pool
V 5:1 CULVER Hannah 16 - D25 28 Center for Blade Arts - - - -
T32
D 14:15 BISSEN Quinn 12 - C24 3 Center for Blade Arts / Twin Cities Fencing Club 2254 2500 646.4 59%