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Joshua Lowe

Canterbury Historical Fencing Club● · New Zealand
Rating
1360 Regional
Rank
#1,516 (top 20% of island)
Record
16W · 13L · 3D (33 fights)
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Weapons

Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Regional
Current
1360 #1,516
Peak
1375 June 2023
Record
0W · 0L
Last
November 2025
Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre
Inactive
Current
1251
Peak
1283 June 2023
Record
0W · 0L
Last
June 2023
Mixed & Men's Steel Single Rapier Regional
Current
1118 #1,049
Peak
1123 November 2025
Record
0W · 0L
Last
November 2025
Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler
Inactive
Current
922
Peak
944 June 2022
Record
0W · 0L
Last
June 2022

Scout analysis

Form
Cooling
Recent 47% vs older 58%
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Record: 21W · 15L · 3D (54%)
Recent half (19 fights): 47%
Older half (19 fights): 58%
Delta: -11%
Current streak: 4 Wins
Based on 39 recorded longsword fights.
Schedule
Getting ambushed
Avg opponent 1287
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Avg opponent rating: 1287
Avg rating of fighters beaten: 1181
Avg rating of fighters who beat them: 1393
Quality wins (vs higher-rated): 2
Upset losses (to lower-rated by 50+): 5
Over/under vs expectation: -2.3 (10 actual / 12.3 expected, n=23)
Style
Building signal
Needs more exchange data
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Style signal needs per-exchange match data. Once enough of this fighter's exchanges are recorded, this card will sharpen into scoring tempo, doubles rate, comeback wins, early vs late scoring, and more.
Stage
Balanced
Pool 57% · Elim 60%
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Pool stage: 12W · 9L (57%)
Elimination: 3W · 2L (60%)
Stage tagging depends on upstream division labels - some fights may be uncategorised.
Reach
5 events · nz · 4.5 yrs active
4 rated weapons
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Tournaments: 5
Countries fought in: 1 (nz)
Months active: 54
Fights / year: 8.7
Rated weapons: 4
Peak
At peak
Near career best
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Current rating: 1360
Peak rating: 1375 (June 2023)
Gap to peak: -14
Peak is relative to an isolated regional scene - see the "How to read this profile" note below.

Events & fights (6)

Steve Hodgson Memorial Tournament 2022●
September 2022 · nz
9 fights ▾
Rating outcome
  • Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 897 ▲138 · 1,231.1
  • Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 368 ▲54 · 1,107.2
LOSS
Adrien Michaud● · Auckland Longsword● Longsword · Swiss Round 1
1586 36%
WIN
Tye Wilson● · IronFolk Combat● Longsword · Swiss Round 2
987 66%
WIN
Lincoln Rose● · IronFolk Combat● Longsword · Swiss Round 4
869 69%
LOSS
Michael Smallridge● · Auckland Longsword● Longsword · Swiss Round 5
1704 29%
LOSS
Cameron McLachlan● · Auckland Sword and Shield● Sabre · Quarterfinals
1448 29%
LOSS
Michael Smallridge● · Auckland Longsword● Sabre · Swiss Round 1
1508 30%
WIN
Logan Wyatt● · Whangarei Medieval Combat Club● Sabre · Swiss Round 2
LOSS
Dmytro Kopylov● · Auckland Sword and Shield● Sabre · Swiss Round 3
WIN
Raphael Carlos Weber● · Auckland Sword and Shield● Sabre · Swiss Round 4
South Island Skirmish 2025●
November 2025 · nz
17 fights ▾
Rating outcome
  • Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 1376 ▲250 · 1,370.3
  • Mixed & Men's Steel Single Rapier Rank 1039 · 1,123.2
LOSS
Christian Whyte● · Auckland Longsword● Longsword · Pools
1404 49%
LOSS
Sam Spekreijse● · Canterbury Historical Fencing Club● Longsword · Pools
1374 54%
WIN
Josh Gilligan● · Southern Cross Swords● Longsword · Pools
1062 67%
LOSS
Will Smart● · Canterbury Historical Fencing Club● Longsword · Top 8
1428 43%
WIN
Jonothon Grose● · Waikato Duelists Society● Longsword · Gold Medal Match
1181 62%
LOSS
Maxwell Arnott● · Southern Cross Swords● Longsword · Pools
WIN
Charlie O'Malley● · Canterbury Historical Fencing Club● Longsword · Pools
DRAW
Cat Leung● · Southern Cross Swords● Longsword · Pools
1023 60%
WIN
Jonothon Grose● · Waikato Duelists Society● Longsword · Secondary Gold Medal Match
1181 62%
WIN
Cat Leung● · Southern Cross Swords● Longsword · Semifinals
1023 60%
WIN
Maxwell Arnott● · Southern Cross Swords● Longsword · Top 8
WIN
Jackson Bird● · Southern Cross Swords● Rapier · Pools
DRAW
Evelyn Ann Lewis● · Canterbury Historical Fencing Club● Rapier · Pools
DRAW
Christian Whyte● · Auckland Longsword● Rapier · Pools
786
DRAW
Atreyu Norman● · IronFolk Combat● Rapier · Pools
1196
DRAW
Jonothon Grose● · Waikato Duelists Society● Rapier · Pools
1067
LOSS
Will Smart● · Canterbury Historical Fencing Club● Rapier · Top 8
1501
Unicorn Fight Club 2025●
May 2025 · nz
5 fights ▾
Rating outcome
  • Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 1471 ▼148 · 1,336.8
LOSS
Chris Lynch● · Auckland Longsword● Longsword · Pools
1306 64%
DRAW
Alex Bobkov● · Auckland Longsword● Longsword · Pools
1057 66%
LOSS
Tye Wilson● · IronFolk Combat● Longsword · Pools
1258 64%
WIN
Nicola Leiseder● · Auckland Sword and Shield● Longsword · Pools
1459 48%
DRAW
Luke Webb● · Southern Cross Swords● Longsword · Pools
1387 50%
Unicorn FightClub 2023●
June 2023 · nz
16 fights ▾
Rating outcome
  • Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 723 ▲538 · 1,375.1
  • Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 328 ▲225 · 1,283.2
LOSS
Dean Howard● · Auckland Sword and Shield● Longsword · Bronze Medal Match
1154 56%
WIN
Jacinta Critchley● · Ursa Major HEMA Academy● Longsword · Eighth-Finals
WIN
Jonothon Grose● · Waikato Duelists Society● Longsword · Pool Set 1
1247 50%
LOSS
Ma Yat Tsun● · Einherjar HEMA Club● Longsword · Pool Set 1
1274 43%
WIN
Dean Howard● · Auckland Sword and Shield● Longsword · Pool Set 1
1154 56%
WIN
David Mourra● · Southern Cross Swords● Longsword · Pool Set 1
WIN
Michael Smallridge● · Auckland Longsword● Longsword · Quarterfinals
1667 27%
LOSS
Matthew Pihodnya● · Ironclad Academy Of The Sword● Longsword · Semifinals
1295 51%
WIN
Ma Yat Tsun● · Einherjar HEMA Club● Sabre · Eighth-Finals
WIN
Jonothon Grose● · Waikato Duelists Society● Sabre · Pool Set 1
WIN
Tara Abraham● · Canterbury Historical Fencing Club● Sabre · Pool Set 1
WIN
Joel Thomas● · Scholar Victoria● Sabre · Pool Set 1
1145 55%
WIN
Liam Shaw● · Whangarei Medieval Combat Club● Sabre · Pool Set 1
936 52%
LOSS
Michael Smallridge● · Auckland Longsword● Sabre · Pool Set 1
1581 25%
LOSS
Matthew Pihodnya● · Ironclad Academy Of The Sword● Sabre · Pool Set 1
LOSS
Jim Campbell● · Ursa Major HEMA Academy● Sabre · Quarterfinals
1309 39%
Unicorn FightClub 2022●
June 2022 · nz
11 fights ▾
Rating outcome
  • Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 945 · 1,160.0
  • Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 400 · 967.7
  • Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler Rank 326 · 944.7
WIN
Dean Mischewski● · Canterbury Historical Fencing Club● Longsword · Pool Set 1
LOSS
Adrien Michaud● · Auckland Longsword● Longsword · Pool Set 1
1535
WIN
Sam Spekreijse● · Canterbury Historical Fencing Club● Longsword · Pool Set 1
1152
LOSS
Cameron McLachlan● · Auckland Sword and Shield● Longsword · Pool Set 1
WIN
Yuyin Kueh● · Canterbury Historical Fencing Club● Sabre · Pool Set 1
LOSS
Jimm Voice● · Canterbury Historical Fencing Club● Sabre · Pool Set 1
LOSS
Oleg Barbin● · Auckland Sword and Shield● Sabre · Pool Set 1
LOSS
Thomas Tucker● · Scholar Victoria● Sabre · Pool Set 1
1529
LOSS
Oleg Barbin● · Auckland Sword and Shield● Sword & Buckler · Pool Set 1
LOSS
Dean Howard● · Auckland Sword and Shield● Sword & Buckler · Pool Set 1
WIN
Dean Aspin● · Canterbury Historical Fencing Club● Sword & Buckler · Pool Set 1
Unicorn Fight Club 2021○
June 2021
ⓘ Not linked to HEMA Scorecard yet
22 fights ▾

Clubmates · Canterbury Historical Fencing Club● (28)

How to read this profile

Rating is Glicko-2: the number shown is score - 2*RD (97.5% confidence lower bound), not raw skill. Inactive fighters "drift down" as RD grows - not because they got worse.

Hemaratings ratings don't factor in match scores, exchange counts, or doubles. Scout's score-margin and style metrics describe HOW a fighter fights, not the rating tier their results earned.

Hemaratings recomputes in batches days-to-weeks after events. A fighter's most recent tournament may not yet be reflected.

Regional At least one of this fighter's ratings is "island" - their rank/percentile is relative to an isolated regional scene, not the global population. Cross-scene rating comparisons are unreliable.