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Statistics Profile

John McDonald

2015
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 24 - - - - 24
Losses 37 - - - - 37
Win ratio 39.3% - - - - 39.3%
Pool victories 22 - - - - 22
Pool losses 28 - - - - 28
Pool win ratio 44.0% - - - - 44.0%
DE victories 2 - - - - 2
DE losses 9 - - - - 9
DE win ratio 18.2% - - - - 18.2%

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† 12 - - - - 12
Easy wins % 50.0% - - - - 50.0%
Close wins‡ 4 - - - - 4
Close wins % 16.7% - - - - 16.7%
Close losses‡ 5 - - - - 5
Close losses % 13.5% - - - - 13.5%
Big losses† 15 - - - - 15
Big losses % 40.5% - - - - 40.5%

† 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 9 - - - - 9
Tournaments 7 - - - - 7

Competition history

9 competitions, 61 bouts

Fortune SYC/RJCC

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 May 3, 2026

Place 95 of 101 Seed 49 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 3:5 YOON Jacob 78 - U 67 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 589 583 21.5 50%
Pool
D 2:5 YANG Aegon 19 52 U 3 1164 562 7.8 16%
Pool
D 1:5 WANG James 12 40 U 20 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1280 554 5.8 12%
Pool
D 2:5 KHUU HALL Gibson 89 - U 73 South Bay Fencing Academy 462 548 23.0 56%
Pool
D 0:5 PETROSYAN Aleksander 44 125 U 66 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 898 525 11.5 27%
Pool
D 2:5 NOWAKOWSKI Zachary 73 - U 59 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 888 513 11.3 27%
T128
D 2:15 ERPELDING Ryan 11 37 U 38 PDX Fencing 1793 1009 27.7 12%

Fortune SYC/RJCC

Y-10 Men's Saber U, Y10 May 2, 2026

Place 52 of 65 Seed 57 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 FERNANDEZ leo 38 - U 22 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 233 702 41.5 78%
Pool
D 2:5 DJUNAEDI Brann 63 - U 45 West Coast Fencing Academy 433 660 31.1 64%
Pool
D 1:5 CHANG Jarrett 22 68 U 33 South Bay Fencing Academy 653 629 22.5 48%
Pool
D 3:5 GUI Kyle 18 56 U 40 430 607 27.8 61%
Pool
V 5:2 YANG Kaleb 40 - U 56 Halberstadt Fencers' Club -110 579 6.7 87%
Pool
D 2:5 HU Simon 3 4 U 5 Manhattan Fencing Center 1669 586 2.3 4%
T64
D 7:10 WANG Thomas 24 71 U 12 Charlotte Sabers Fencing Academy 1623 1055 46.0 20%

San Diego Cup - Youth Saber #5

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 April 19, 2026

Place 9 of 14 Seed 12 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 JIANG Hardy 3 - U 3 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 935 757 22.4 39%
Pool
V 5:4 HORIKAWA Xander 8 - U 5 West Coast Fencing Academy 501 734 20.1 65%
Pool
D 3:5 JUNG Diego 2 - U 10 Laguna Fencing Center 166 755 50.6 83%
Pool
V 5:0 XIU Ethan 13 - U 12 Sol Fencing Academy 194 704 11.6 79%
Pool
D 2:5 ARAIZA LOZANO Daniel 11 - U 2 Family Fencing Club 890 716 20.0 39%
Pool
V 5:2 TANG Troy 6 - U 13 Rebel Fencing Club -112 696 6.2 89%
T16
D 8:15 KAUFFMAN Graham 4 - U 8 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 1629 1108 52.7 25%

San Diego Cup - Youth Saber #4

Y-10 Men's Saber U, Y10 March 22, 2026

Place 10 of 19 Seed 18 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 3:5 WANG YUHAO 3 - U 5 Laguna Fencing Center 285 668 49.6 73%
Pool
V 5:1 LIN Oliver 5 - U 13 South Bay Fencing Academy 829 618 36.3 38%
Pool
V 5:1 RAMESH Prathith Sai 16 - U 14 Sol Fencing Academy 1558 654 48.9 13%
Pool
V 5:0 RAMIREZ Julian 11 - U 19 Sol Fencing Academy 542 703 20.8 58%
Pool
V 5:1 POWELL Julian 10 - U 12 Sol Fencing Academy 886 724 32.8 40%
T16
D 9:10 LIU Ethan 13 - U 8 Cali Fencing 1301 1193 85.8 45%

9th Annual Sword in the Stone RYC & RJCC

Y-10 Men's Saber U, Y10 March 1, 2026

Place 18 of 24 Seed 19 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 5:1 LEE Damian 15 - U 24 Eagle Blade Fencers Club 308 724 22.3 74%
Pool
V 5:4 JIAO Lawrence 5 27 U 7 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 866 746 47.3 42%
Pool
D 0:5 CHEN Donovan 3 14 U 2 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 859 794 35.7 46%
Pool
D 1:5 LAM Dylan 11 60 U 11 595 758 44.6 60%
Pool
D 4:5 TAM Ethan 20 - U 15 West Coast Fencing Academy 496 713 45.7 64%
T32
D 6:10 TAM Ethan 20 - U 15 West Coast Fencing Academy 1235 1353 159.7 57%

Mary Rafanelli RYC/RJCC

Y-10 Men's Saber U, Y10 January 18, 2026

Place 9 of 39 Seed 19 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 5:1 LEE Caleb 6 41 U 10 ORO Fencing Club 434 587 42.2 60%
Pool
V 5:0 CHENG Daniel 18 - U 33 West Coast Fencing Academy -240 630 10.4 91%
Pool
V 5:2 NGUYEN Phinix 16 - U 34 Sol Fencing Academy 177 640 23.2 75%
Pool
V 5:2 HORIKAWA Xander 7 41 U 24 West Coast Fencing Academy 507 663 37.4 60%
Pool
V 5:4 SHETTY Vikram 31 - U 22 South Bay Fencing Academy 284 700 23.5 75%
T32
V 10:6 LEE Damian 39 - U 32 Eagle Blade Fencers Club 1900 1156 287.0 19%
T16
D 5:10 YANG Austin 12 54 U 8 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1795 1443 90.2 34%

San Diego Cup - Youth Saber #2

Y-10 Men's Saber U, Y10 December 14, 2025

Place 3 of 7 Seed 5 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 KORKUSUZ DORUK ATA 7 - U 2 Spartak 402 215 59.5 39%
Pool
V 5:1 XIU Ethan 6 - U 5 Sol Fencing Academy 1471 155 158.1 4%
Pool
V 5:0 NGUYEN Phinix 2 - U 7 Sol Fencing Academy 560 314 68.2 38%
Pool
V 5:3 LIU Spencer 4 - U 1 Spartak 476 382 68.4 44%
Pool
V 5:3 TAHA Gabriel 3 - U 3 Spartak 1125 450 93.1 18%
Pool
V 5:4 CHEN Owen 1 - U 6 Sol Fencing Academy 477 543 44.1 54%
T8
V 10:2 NGUYEN Phinix 2 - U 7 Sol Fencing Academy 2500 1123 411.8 12%
T4
D 4:10 KORKUSUZ DORUK ATA 7 - U 2 Spartak 898 1535 378.6 78%

San Diego Cup - Youth Saber #2

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 December 14, 2025

Place 13 of 13 Seed 11 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 SU Eric 2 - U 3 Spartak 1373 603 36.6 13%
Pool
D 2:5 KORKUSUZ DORUK ATA 3 - U 9 Spartak 372 567 136.2 61%
Pool
D 2:5 FIORENTINO Charles 8 - U 9 Spartak 452 431 90.9 49%
Pool
D 3:5 PARK Shane 6 - U 6 Spartak 232 340 98.1 56%
Pool
D 4:5 TAHA Benjamin 7 - U 5 Spartak 950 242 26.8 16%
T16
D 12:15 TAHA Benjamin 7 - U 5 Spartak 1685 1319 196.0 36%

Fortune ROC/RJCC/RYC

Y-10 Men's Saber U, Y10 August 31, 2025

Place 22 of 33 Seed 16 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 YE Aaron 3 5 U 3 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1366 2500 1092.6 87%
Pool
D 1:5 YANG Collin 31 - U 9 South Bay Fencing Academy 575 1407 592.5 84%
Pool
D 1:5 YUNG Nathan 8 - U 11 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 890 815 195.4 46%
Pool
V 5:3 PAULISHAK George 13 - U 29 Fencing Academy Of Denver -48 619 69.2 82%
Pool
D 4:5 CHANG Jarrett 27 - U 17 Eagle Blade Fencers Club 655 689 161.2 52%
Pool
V 5:0 RAMAKRISHNA Aditya 28 - U 33 The Fencing Center 142 527 76.0 69%
T32
D 3:10 VAN CLEVE Isaac 10 - U 12 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 1037 2500 1180.9 91%