Robert Knowles

Club Smart HEMA Clubs
Nationality United Kingdom

Ratings

Category Rank (current) Weighted Rating (current) Rank (best) Weighted Rating (best)
Longsword
- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword 585 (top 9%) 1496.3 585 (August 2025) 1498 (July 2025)
Sabre
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre 414 (top 17%) 1404.3 278 (November 2024) 1451.3 (November 2024)
Rapier and Dagger
- Mixed & Men's Steel Rapier and Dagger 23 (top 2%) 1706 19 (2 months) 1707.6 (July 2025)
Single Rapier
- Mixed & Men's Steel Single Rapier 549 (top 33%) 1276.2 448 (November 2024) 1280.9 (November 2024)
Sword and Buckler
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler 154 (top 10%) 1516.2 146 (2 months) 1517.6 (July 2025)

Record

DivisionTotalWinLossDrawOther
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger 60 49 11 0 0
Mixed Steel Single Rapier 21 9 12 0 0
Mixed Steel Sabre 42 22 19 1 0
Mixed Steel Longsword 34 20 14 0 0
Men's Steel Longsword 5 1 4 0 0
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler 23 15 8 0 0
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler 12 10 2 0 0
Mixed Steel Sidesword & Buckler 4 1 3 0 0
Sum 201 127 73 1 0

Full rating histories

Match results

Herne’s Cup: July 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Owen Hahn LOSS 1629.28 27%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools William Goodman WIN 1476.86 49%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Jordan Mock WIN 1576.08 31%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Kat Ferguson WIN 1378.01 47%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Oliver Denton WIN 1457.68 47%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Top 16 Szymon Masiak WIN 1452.83 51%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Top 8 Jordan Mock LOSS 1576.08 31%

Albion Cup 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Max van den Ekart LOSS 1777.78 13%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Sam Ackroyd LOSS 1539.94 36%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Kat Ferguson WIN 1603.32 25%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools John Colquhoun WIN 1269.43 62%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools James Tamplin LOSS 1474.56 48%

London HEMA Open 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword Pools Declan Moloney WIN 1481.01 40%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pools Einar Lundgren WIN 1603.68 26%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pools Jack Fraser LOSS 1679.26 17%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pools Farah McAdam WIN 918.89 82%
Mixed Steel Longsword Pools Aron Kazay WIN 1224.00 57%
Mixed Steel Longsword Top 32 Jonas Bürgi LOSS 1731.04 14%

Wessex League: Exeter Chapter 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Patrick Lawton WIN 1365.57 71%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Jacek Kaminski LOSS 1523.42 53%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Duncan McLaren LOSS 1663.32 39%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Robbie MacKenzie-Clarke LOSS 1280.89 55%

Oslo Penguin Cup 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Men's Steel Longsword (Open) pool 4 Erik Ytterby WIN Unrated
Men's Steel Longsword (Open) pool 4 Ville Suutarinen LOSS 1449.84 58%
Men's Steel Longsword (Open) pool 4 Jesper Christiansen LOSS 1713.81 31%
Men's Steel Longsword (Open) pool 4 Yngve Mjåseth LOSS 1076.31 86%
Men's Steel Longsword (Open) pool 4 Perth Ophaswongse LOSS 1226.47 75%

Wessex League: Oxford Chapter 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Eighth-Finals Jamie MacIver WIN 1746.52 26%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Jonathan Timm WIN 1279.07 55%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Tom Crickmore WIN 1607.60 38%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Pools Dan Powell LOSS 1472.20 51%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A) Quarterfinals Connor Kemp-Cowell LOSS 1651.91 34%

Albion Cup 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Eighth-Finals Alex Gilbank WIN 1251.60
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Elimination Bracket Gábor Antali WIN 1433.91
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Pool Set 1 Daniel Clay LOSS 1358.75
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Pool Set 1 Matteusz Przygoda WIN 1071.25
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Pool Set 1 Stuart Calder WIN 996.32
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Pool Set 1 Vincent Preston WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier B) Quarterfinals William Goodman LOSS 1305.62

Herne’s Cup: July 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Gold Medal Match Patrick Rance LOSS 1813.26 32%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Clive Crosby WIN 948.08 87%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Amir Sheikh-Warak WIN 1298.46 80%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Alex Carden WIN 1369.77 66%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Daniel Antrobus WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Semifinals Benjamin Ingleson WIN 1583.41 60%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Top 16 Luis-Francois van der Merwe WIN 1351.01 64%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Top 8 Amir Sheikh-Warak WIN 1298.46 80%

London HEMA Open 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Kacper Pietrzyk WIN 890.72 80%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Leander Chenaux-Hutter WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Gábor Antali WIN 1095.73 78%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Max Albertz LOSS 1469.96 67%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Nick Laing WIN 1232.05 89%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Top 16 Max Albertz LOSS 1469.96 67%

Wessex League: Exeter Chapter 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Eighth-Finals Dan Powell WIN 928.96 97%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Gold Medal Match Patrick Rance LOSS 1782.31 37%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Stephen Howell WIN 1518.20 72%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Richard Sullivan WIN 927.43 86%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Harry Laan WIN 1087.65 90%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Mike Prendergast WIN 1371.16 79%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Finley Dickins WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Quarterfinals Jordan Mock WIN 1240.66 76%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Semifinals Benjamin Ingleson WIN 1560.33 62%

Wessex League: Bristol Chapter 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Eighth-Finals Kristian Barlow WIN 1374.99 79%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Benjamin Ingleson WIN 1434.62 69%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools John Colquhoun WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Richard Potter WIN 1369.20 79%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Stuart Carter WIN 893.13 85%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pools Ian Wilson WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Quarterfinals Sam Ackroyd LOSS 1159.72 70%

Wessex League: Oxford Chapter 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger (Open) Bronze Medal Match Jamie MacIver WIN 1488.89 57%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger (Open) Eighth-Finals Stephen Howell WIN 1533.85 57%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger (Open) Pools Benjamin Ingleson WIN 1407.56 59%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger (Open) Pools Wojciech Skoczynski WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger (Open) Pools Winston Lewis WIN 1359.48 71%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger (Open) Pools Eduardo Perez WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger (Open) Quarterfinals Duncan McLaren WIN 1265.53 75%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger (Open) Semifinals Stuart Smart LOSS 1642.97 38%

Wessex League: Swindon Chapter 2023

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Eighth-Finals Joseph Kennerley WIN 1209.28 74%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Winston Lewis LOSS 1302.70 75%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Dimitri ten Have WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Dan Powell WIN 882.74 94%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Joe Smart WIN 1101.32 64%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Richard Potter WIN 1264.44 77%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Quarterfinals Aleksander Dynarek LOSS 1791.08 33%

Wessex League: Taunton Chapter 2023

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Eighth-Finals Max van den Ekart LOSS 1454.58 52%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Stephen Howell WIN 1573.28 51%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Nick Laing WIN 1176.60 77%
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Maeve McCormick WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Jacek Kaminski WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Emilia Skirmuntt WIN 1085.20 83%

Wessex League: Winnersh Chapter 2023

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Bronze Medal Match Stuart Smart LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Eighth-Finals Leigh Rees WIN 921.21
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Daniel Clay WIN 1071.13
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Sam Brennan Booth WIN 1476.43
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Leigh Rees WIN 921.21
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Nick Laing WIN 1116.06
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Pool Set 1 Robyn Saul WIN 768.51
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Quarterfinals Alan Knowles WIN 1421.93
Mixed Steel Rapier & Dagger Semifinals Aleksander Dynarek LOSS 1764.06

Herne’s Cup: July 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Sabre Pools Peter Castle LOSS 960.54 75%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pools Kerri Tamplin WIN 592.82 98%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pools Benjamin Ingleson LOSS 1256.66 48%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pools Amir Sheikh-Warak LOSS 1638.65 27%

Albion Cup 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Sabre (Tier A) Pools Jarek Chrzanowski WIN 1289.59 76%
Mixed Steel Sabre (Tier A) Pools Jamie McPherson WIN 1685.54 20%
Mixed Steel Sabre (Tier A) Pools Reinis Rinka LOSS 1540.91 35%
Mixed Steel Sabre (Tier A) Pools Benjamin Ingleson LOSS Unrated

London HEMA Open 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Sabre Pools Wojciech Kwasik LOSS 1273.49 71%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pools Perry Lui WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Sabre Pools Gábor Antali WIN 1142.04 79%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pools Ferdinand Hutter LOSS 1641.47 27%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pools Owen Hahn LOSS 1516.13 47%

Oslo Penguin Cup 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Sabre elimination round 1 Tom Crickmore WIN 1575.78 37%
Mixed Steel Sabre elimination round 2 Pontus Westerholm LOSS 1672.71 26%
Mixed Steel Sabre pool 4 Hans Henrik Engen WIN 788.69 80%
Mixed Steel Sabre pool 4 Andreas Uten WIN 1004.55 60%
Mixed Steel Sabre pool 4 Einar Lundgren LOSS 1564.34 37%
Mixed Steel Sabre pool 4 Ville Välimäki DRAW 1696.45 22%

Albion Cup 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Sabre Eighth-Finals Pedro San Miguel LOSS 1916.95 9%
Mixed Steel Sabre Elimination Bracket Daniel Clay WIN 1258.66 64%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Reinis Rinka LOSS 1507.54 37%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Daniel Clay WIN 1258.66 64%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Kerri Tamplin WIN 638.81 95%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Sebastian Tym WIN 1122.14 72%

London HEMA Open 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Sabre Eighth-Finals Patrick Rance LOSS 1575.52 26%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Patrick Rance WIN 1575.52 26%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Adam Goodier WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Daniel Clay WIN 1239.12 54%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Perth Ophaswongse WIN 1081.98 68%

Wessex League: Swindon Chapter 2023

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Sabre Eighth-Finals Harry Laan LOSS 1401.97 43%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Jonathan Robson LOSS 1065.50 69%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Owen Hahn LOSS 1495.90 41%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Joe Smart WIN 908.65 65%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Jacek Kaminski WIN 1338.91 51%
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Stuart King WIN Unrated

Wessex League: Taunton Chapter 2023

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Sabre Eighth-Finals Pedro San Miguel LOSS 1889.67
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Theo Ebbutt WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Winston Lewis WIN 1123.64
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Paul Chereau LOSS 1469.75
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Perth Ophaswongse WIN 1018.10
Mixed Steel Sabre Pool Set 1 Jacek Kaminski LOSS 1328.88

Albion Cup 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Single Rapier (Tier A) Pools Tim Fuke LOSS 1545.58 27%
Mixed Steel Single Rapier (Tier A) Pools Tom Crickmore LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Single Rapier (Tier A) Pools Ignacio González Garcia LOSS 1738.39 16%
Mixed Steel Single Rapier (Tier A) Pools Ma Yat Chung LOSS 1336.23 43%
Mixed Steel Single Rapier (Tier A) Pools Eduardo Perez WIN 1273.57 45%

Oslo Penguin Cup 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Single Rapier elimination round 1 Einar Lundgren LOSS 1547.00 23%
Mixed Steel Single Rapier pool 2 Kees Diependaal WIN 1094.17 46%
Mixed Steel Single Rapier pool 2 Kristofer Stanson LOSS 1725.90 14%
Mixed Steel Single Rapier pool 2 Marius Rafoshei WIN 1050.35 53%
Mixed Steel Single Rapier pool 2 Mykhaylo Skorobogatov WIN 1415.53 29%
Mixed Steel Single Rapier pool 2 Joakim Hammarslätt WIN 786.72 62%

Albion Cup 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Single Rapier Pool Set 1 Max van den Ekart LOSS 1485.34 38%
Mixed Steel Single Rapier Pool Set 1 Eliott Hames WIN 906.40 64%
Mixed Steel Single Rapier Pool Set 1 Winston Lewis LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Single Rapier Pool Set 1 Steven Gallagher LOSS 922.60 66%

London HEMA Open 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Single Rapier Eighth-Finals Miro Lahtela LOSS 1458.04
Mixed Steel Single Rapier Pool Set 1 Reinis Rinka LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Single Rapier Pool Set 1 Duncan McLaren WIN 1035.23
Mixed Steel Single Rapier Pool Set 1 Max van den Ekart LOSS 1487.11
Mixed Steel Single Rapier Pool Set 1 Jan Žegklitz WIN 831.91
Mixed Steel Single Rapier Pool Set 1 Eliott Hames WIN Unrated

Herne’s Cup: July 2025

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Pools Madoc Anthony WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Pools Sheldon Thorne WIN 791.14 91%
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Pools Oliver Hennessey WIN 1084.95 76%
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Pools Harry Laan WIN 1402.87 59%
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Top 16 Derek Farmer WIN 1287.22 71%
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler Top 8 Kristofer Stanson LOSS 1850.06 13%

Wessex League: Exeter Chapter 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Sidesword & Buckler Pools Colin Miraglio LOSS 1508.58 47%
Mixed Steel Sidesword & Buckler Pools Oliver Hennessey LOSS 965.57 82%
Mixed Steel Sidesword & Buckler Pools Jamie MacIver LOSS 1380.85 60%
Mixed Steel Sidesword & Buckler Pools Sara Pacitto WIN 1008.16 91%

Oslo Penguin Cup 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler elimination round 1 Mateusz Leksander LOSS 1563.65 40%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler swiss round 1 Yannic Müller WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler swiss round 2 Joakim Hammarslätt WIN 1267.79 54%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler swiss round 3 Patrick Rance LOSS 1892.21 14%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler swiss round 4 Mateusz Leksander WIN 1563.65 40%

Wessex League: Oxford Chapter 2024

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler (Open) Eighth-Finals Winston Lewis WIN 1184.41 67%
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler (Open) Pools Joshua Bradshaw WIN 1256.74 66%
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler (Open) Pools Craig Kercher WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler (Open) Pools Martin Whittaker WIN 1211.60 73%
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler (Open) Pools Mateusz Leksander WIN Unrated
Mixed Steel Any One-Handed Sword & Buckler (Open) Quarterfinals Benjamin Ingleson LOSS 1521.98 40%

Wessex League: Swindon Chapter 2023

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Bronze Medal Match Kristian Barlow LOSS 1193.48 50%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Eighth-Finals Ben Conway-Smith WIN 1328.76 38%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Harry Laan WIN 1336.00 50%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Martin Whittaker WIN 1216.38 59%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Sjaak Jacobus Hendrikus Thijssen WIN 719.00 82%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Mick Ruane WIN 1040.25 55%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Ben Conway-Smith WIN 1328.76 38%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Quarterfinals Richard Potter WIN 1066.23 64%
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Semifinals Patrick Rance LOSS 1877.46 12%

Wessex League: Winnersh Chapter 2023

DivisionStageOpponentOutcomeOpponent ratingWin chance
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Bronze Medal Match Sam Brennan Booth WIN 1449.53
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Eighth-Finals Yihang Mung WIN 1475.22
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Tom Verduyn LOSS 963.02
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Christoffer Warelius WIN 1286.27
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Stephen Howell LOSS 1417.77
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Harry Laan WIN 1148.20
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Pool Set 1 Chris Hughes LOSS Unrated
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Quarterfinals Tom Verduyn WIN 963.02
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler Semifinals Harry Laan LOSS 1148.20