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James Samples

Club SoCal Swords
Nationality United States

Ratings

Category Rank (current) Weighted Rating (current) Rank (best) Weighted Rating (best)
Longsword
- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword 553 (top 9%) 1494.9 553 (May 2025) 1494.9 (May 2025)
Sabre
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre 1690 (top 72%) 964.5 1236 (September 2024) 969.9 (July 2024)

Record

DivisionTotalWinLossDrawOther
Mixed Steel Longsword 41 22 17 1 1
Mixed Steel Sabre 4 1 3 0 0
Mixed Synthetic Messer 5 1 4 0 0
Sum 50 24 24 1 1

Full rating histories

Match results

SpringSteel 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Bronze Medal Match Matthew Dominguez LOSS 1554.96 34%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Sterling Baldwin WIN 1519.58 42%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Ramon Diaz LOSS 1570.40 35%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Nishan Jayasinghe WIN 1362.70 65%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Paul Barolet WIN 1458.78 53%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Semifinals Christopher Soohoo LOSS 1711.08 20%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Top 8 Louie Zhong WIN 1503.91 43%

Cleave Them In 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 1 Adrian Brisland WIN 1255.88 55%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 1 Max Zimet LOSS 1675.47 21%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 1 Jordan Irgang WIN 1200.46 71%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 2 Ryan Nakanishi WIN 1185.06 49%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 2 Aisling Gorgon WIN 1125.44 63%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 2 Jaron Kam DRAW Unrated

SoCal Swordfight 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Ronin Richards LOSS 1536.30 40%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Kevin Tang LOSS 1589.56 37%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Pieter Jacobs LOSS 1491.24 50%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Stephen Cheney LOSS 1974.15 7%

Fright Fight 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Elimination Bracket James Harvey Grant LOSS 1340.07 61%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 1 Brian White WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 1 Joshua Maltese WIN 873.04 81%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 1 Devin Bizzack WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 1 Mark Clewley WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 1 Abraham Madrid LOSS 819.25 82%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 1 Tony Huang WIN 1604.13 35%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 1 Steven Obrzut WIN 1366.76 59%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 1 Andrew Hall WIN 1459.74 48%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open) Pool Set 1 Robert Placencia LOSS 1421.73 55%

Combat Con 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier 1) Pool Set 1 Joshua Ames LOSS 1661.70 34%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier 1) Pool Set 1 Sterling Baldwin WIN 1412.35 54%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier 1) Pool Set 1 Yanwen Xu LOSS 1558.11 46%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier 1) Pool Set 1 Patrick Tarzi LOSS 1482.72 44%

SpringSteel 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword Eighth-Finals Christopher Soohoo WIN 1382.45 47%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 Luz Zavala WIN 795.25 73%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 Max Zimet LOSS 1543.43 41%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 Matthew Dominguez WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword Pool Set 1 Kevin Pigao WIN 1241.48 55%
Mixed Steel Longsword Quarterfinals Sterling Baldwin LOSS 1307.60 54%

SoCal Swordfight 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Unrated fighters) Elimination Bracket Louie Zhong LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Unrated fighters) Pool Set 1 Jasper Baluyut WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Unrated fighters) Pool Set 1 Seth Keller DOUBLE LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Unrated fighters) Pool Set 1 Alex Nishimoto WIN Unrated

Combat Con 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Michael Roth LOSS 1788.29
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Bailey Fatool LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Zachary Young LOSS 1269.47
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Bryce Johns WIN 976.14
DivisionEventStageOpponentOutcome
Mixed Synthetic Messer SpringSteel 2024 (May 2024) Pool Set 1 Luis Arturo Alba Ramirez LOSS
Mixed Synthetic Messer SpringSteel 2024 (May 2024) Pool Set 1 Sterling Baldwin LOSS
Mixed Synthetic Messer SpringSteel 2024 (May 2024) Pool Set 1 Hector Farias LOSS
Mixed Synthetic Messer SpringSteel 2024 (May 2024) Pool Set 1 Kevin Pigao LOSS
Mixed Synthetic Messer SpringSteel 2024 (May 2024) Pool Set 1 Josh Jones WIN