Samuel Ryals
Weapons & Rank/ratings
Scout analysis
Longsword
201W · 51L · 7D (78%)
Longsword
201W · 51L · 7D (78%)
Form
Rising
Recent 86% vs older 69%
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Schedule
Getting ambushed
+12.8 vs expectation
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Style
Measured
18 exchange-coded matches
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Stage
Balanced
Pool 82% · Elim 72%
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Peak
20 pts off peak
Currently below peak
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Sabre
104W · 22L · 2D (81%)
Sabre
104W · 22L · 2D (81%)
Form
Steady
Recent 83% vs older 80%
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Schedule
Getting ambushed
+5.9 vs expectation
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Style
Building signal
Needs more exchange data
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Stage
Balanced
Pool 86% · Elim 72%
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Peak
At peak
Near career best
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Smallsword
48W · 13L · 10D (68%)
Smallsword
48W · 13L · 10D (68%)
Form
Steady
Recent 66% vs older 71%
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Schedule
Schedule forming
Expectation data pending
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Style
Building signal
Needs more exchange data
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Stage
Balanced
Pool 81% · Elim 71%
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Peak
Peak data pending
Peak volatility low
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Sword & Buckler
59W · 9L · 2D (84%)
Sword & Buckler
59W · 9L · 2D (84%)
Form
Rising
Recent 97% vs older 71%
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Schedule
Punching up
+8.5 vs expectation
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Style
Measured
4 exchange-coded matches
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Stage
Balanced
Pool 87% · Elim 77%
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Peak
At peak
Near career best
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Messer
63W · 6L (91%)
Messer
63W · 6L (91%)
Form
Steady
Recent 91% vs older 91%
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Schedule
Schedule forming
Expectation data pending
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Style
Building signal
Needs more exchange data
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Stage
Balanced
Pool 94% · Elim 100%
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Peak
Peak data pending
Peak volatility low
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Rapier & Dagger
41W · 14L · 4D (69%)
Rapier & Dagger
41W · 14L · 4D (69%)
Form
Rising
Recent 79% vs older 59%
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Schedule
Punching up
+2 vs expectation
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Style
Building signal
Needs more exchange data
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Stage
Balanced
Pool 78% · Elim 73%
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Peak
Peak data pending
Peak volatility low
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Rapier
46W · 7L · 4D (81%)
Rapier
46W · 7L · 4D (81%)
Form
Steady
Recent 82% vs older 79%
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Schedule
Getting ambushed
+2.5 vs expectation
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Style
Building signal
Needs more exchange data
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Stage
Pool specialist
Pool 94% · Elim 58%
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Peak
At peak
Near career best
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Mixed Weapon
32W · 5L · 3D (80%)
Mixed Weapon
32W · 5L · 3D (80%)
Form
Rising
Recent 90% vs older 70%
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Schedule
Schedule forming
Expectation data pending
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Style
Building signal
Needs more exchange data
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Stage
Balanced
Pool 83% · Elim 86%
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Peak
Peak data pending
Peak volatility low
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Sidesword
26W · 2L · 2D (87%)
Sidesword
26W · 2L · 2D (87%)
Form
Steady
Recent 87% vs older 87%
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Schedule
Schedule forming
Expectation data pending
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Style
Building signal
Needs more exchange data
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Stage
Balanced
Pool 95% · Elim 100%
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Peak
At peak
Near career best
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Dagger
21W · 5L · 4D (70%)
Dagger
21W · 5L · 4D (70%)
Form
Steady
Recent 73% vs older 67%
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Schedule
Schedule forming
Expectation data pending
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Style
Building signal
Needs more exchange data
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Stage
Balanced
Pool 82% · Elim 100%
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Peak
Peak data pending
Peak volatility low
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Singlestick
11W · 2L (85%)
Singlestick
11W · 2L (85%)
Form
Steady
Recent 83% vs older 83%
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Schedule
Schedule forming
Expectation data pending
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Style
Building signal
Needs more exchange data
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Stage
Knockout killer
Pool 80% · Elim 100%
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Peak
At peak
Near career best
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Spear
7W · 2L · 1D (70%)
Spear
7W · 2L · 1D (70%)
Form
Cooling
Recent 60% vs older 80%
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Schedule
Schedule forming
Expectation data pending
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Style
Building signal
Needs more exchange data
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Stage
Pool data only
Pool 75%
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Peak
Peak data pending
Peak volatility low
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Reach
34 events · 2 countries · 4.7 yrs active
6 rated weapons
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Clubmates
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Gem City Duelists Society●
(20)
- Thomas Kesler●
- J.J. Conlon●
- David Reddy●
- Joseph Hochadel●
- Logan Caldwell●
- Lucas Caldwell●
- Jonathan Rose●
- Camden Brown●
- Random Allen●
- Derek Peterson●
- Jacob Singley●
- James Rutherford●
- Christopher Carbonell●
- Crystal Delforge●
- Jason Sikora●
- Taylor Goeman●
- Saniyah Brockman●
- Scott Kitchen●
- Kent Fagan●
- Tyland Steiner●
Events & fights
(35)
Wine Country Sword Crush 2026●
April 2026 · us
25 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler Rank 15 ▲3 · 1,820.6
LoCal Swordfight 2026●
March 2026 · us
34 fights
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37 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 26 · 1,846.0
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 27 ▲8 · 1,791.4
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler Rank 17 ▲16 · 1,802.8
Unicorn Cup 2026●
January 2026 · us
29 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 26 ▲6 · 1,842.3
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 35 ▼2 · 1,764.7
- Mixed & Men's Steel Single Rapier Rank 28 ▲14 · 1,745.6
Swordsquatch 2025●
August 2025 · us
17 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 32 ▲4 · 1,830.4
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler Rank 28 ▲6 · 1,749.7
Donnybrook 2025●
August 2025 · us
28 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 32 ▲4 · 1,830.4
- Mixed & Men's Singlestick Rank 12 ▲1 · 1,690.0
CombatCon 2025●
July 2025 · us
37 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 36 ▼1 · 1,820.3
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 22 ▼5 · 1,771.3
- Mixed & Men's Steel Single Rapier Rank 36 ▲20 · 1,704.1
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler Rank 34 ▲51 · 1,727.1
Queen's Gambit 2025●
July 2025 · us
27 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Single Sidesword Rank 10 ▲5 · 1,742.3
- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 36 ▼1 · 1,820.3
Queen's Gambit 2025●
July 2025 · us
17 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Single Sidesword Rank 10 ▲5 · 1,742.3
- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 36 ▼1 · 1,820.3
LoCal Swordfight 2025●
March 2025 · us
24 fights
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30 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 31 ▲6 · 1,816.0
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 14 ▲8 · 1,800.1
- Mixed & Men's Steel Rapier and Dagger Rank 29 ▲31 · 1,669.7
Unicorn Cup 2025●
January 2025 · us
22 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 37 ▲7 · 1,790.5
- Mixed & Men's Steel Rapier and Dagger Rank 60 ▲52 · 1,567.0
Helsinki Longsword Open 2025●
January 2025 · fi
26 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 37 ▲7 · 1,790.5
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 22 ▲10 · 1,752.3
- Mixed & Men's Steel Rapier and Dagger Rank 60 ▲52 · 1,567.0
Combat Con 2024●
July 2024 · us
51 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 60 ▲22 · 1,732.7
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 26 ▲29 · 1,716.7
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler Rank 84 ▲8 · 1,588.0
- Mixed & Men's Steel Single Sidesword Rank 8 ▲24 · 1,718.0
Donnybrook 2024●
August 2024 · us
36 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 35 ▲25 · 1,787.1
- Mixed & Men's Singlestick Rank 9 · 1,647.1
18 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 35 ▲25 · 1,787.1
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler Rank 64 ▲20 · 1,630.6
Queen's Gambit 2024●
July 2024 · us
16 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 60 ▲22 · 1,732.7
Clash for the Cash 2024●
March 2024 · us
12 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 64 ▼3 · 1,717.8
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler Rank 78 ▲2 · 1,577.1
- Mixed & Men's Steel Single Sidesword Rank 28 ▼14 · 1,604.4
24 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 95 ▲19 · 1,683.3
Gesellen Fechten 2023●
October 2023 · us
45 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 128 ▲16 · 1,643.5
- Mixed & Men's Steel Single Rapier Rank 35 ▲47 · 1,613.5
SoCal Swordfight 2024●
February 2024 · us
42 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 61 ▲36 · 1,714.8
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 41 ▲9 · 1,660.4
- Mixed & Men's Steel Single Rapier Rank 38 ▲4 · 1,622.4
10 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 114 ▲14 · 1,660.2
15 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 144 ▼6 · 1,623.0
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler Rank 63 ▲89 · 1,573.1
Duel Against the Darkness 2023●
June 2023 · us
13 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Single Sidesword Rank 8 · 1,663.6
AG Open 2023●
May 2023 · us
9 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 165 ▲7 · 1,596.9
Revolution Rumble 2023●
July 2023 · us
8 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 138 ▲36 · 1,626.6
Wine Country Sword Crush 2023●
April 2023 · us
16 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 172 ▲65 · 1,581.7
- Mixed & Men's Steel Single Rapier Rank 67 · 1,503.7
SoCal Swordfight 2023●
March 2023 · us
25 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 31 ▲4 · 1,650.1
- Mixed & Men's Steel Rapier and Dagger Rank 44 ▲24 · 1,496.8
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler Rank 124 ▲180 · 1,428.3
17 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 194 ▲15 · 1,545.6
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 31 ▲7 · 1,641.0
Wine Country Sword Crush 2022●
August 2022 · us
22 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 180 ▲43 · 1,533.3
- Mixed & Men's Steel Rapier and Dagger Rank 52 ▲28 · 1,423.3
SoCal Swordfight 2022●
March 2022 · us
23 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 157 ▼47 · 1,517.3
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 19 ▲10 · 1,603.4
- Mixed & Men's Steel Rapier and Dagger Rank 65 · 1,322.4
8 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 58 ▲13 · 1,535.0
17 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 133 ▲75 · 1,563.2
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 34 ▲24 · 1,584.1
Steel City Open 2021●
September 2021 · us
47 fights
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- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword Rank 214 · 1,518.0
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre Rank 71 · 1,513.6
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler Rank 220 · 1,202.6
Queens Court 2023○
July 2023
No match-level data
9 fights
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