# 🤺 Simple Fencing standings tracker

> Track fencing league standings with bouts, touches, and points. Works for epee, foil, and sabre. Schedule and player stats on the same page.

Canonical: https://simplestandings.com/fencing

## What your fencing standings look like

Default columns for fencing: W, L, Touches H, Touches R, PTS. You can customize, add, or remove any column.

| # | Team | W | L | Touches H | Touches R | PTS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Team 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Team 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Team 3 | — | — | — | — | — |

## Player statistics for fencing

Default stat columns: GP, Total, Avg, Best. Check Statistics when creating to enable a player stats table on the same share page.

| # | Player | GP | Total | Avg | Best |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Player 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Player 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Player 3 | — | — | — | — |

[Learn more about league statistics tracking](https://simplestandings.com/league-statistics-tracker)

## Fencing schedule

Check Schedule when creating to add games on the same share page. Visitors filter by team or venue automatically, so each fencer sees only their own games.

| Date | Time | Venue | Home Team | Away Team |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — |

## The easiest way to track fencing standings

Keep your fencing club or league standings organized with Simple Standings. Track bout wins and losses, touches hit and received, and total points — then share the results with your club. It does more than the table, too: tick Schedule to add games with dates, times, and venues that visitors can filter by team, and Statistics to track games played, totals, averages, and bests. Enable any combination — all three sit on the same shareable link.

## How fencing standings work

Fencing competitions open with **pools**: groups of five to seven fencers who all fence each other in bouts to 5 touches. Under FIE rules, the pool ranking is by **victories divided by bouts fenced (V/M)**, then the **indicator** (touches scored minus touches received), then **touches scored**. If those are all equal, the fencers are ranked equal.

The pool ranking seeds the **direct elimination** table, where bouts go to 15 touches. Club leagues and season-long series often keep a standings table of their own on the same columns, adding points for placings at each event.

## A worked example

A pool of five, bouts to 5 touches:

| Fencer | W | L | V/M | Touches H | Touches R | Ind |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aria | 3 | 1 | .750 | 17 | 13 | +4 |
| Dina | 2 | 2 | .500 | 17 | 16 | +1 |
| Cole | 2 | 2 | .500 | 16 | 15 | +1 |
| Bram | 2 | 2 | .500 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Emil | 1 | 3 | .250 | 12 | 18 | −6 |

Dina and Cole are level on V/M and indicator. Dina scored one more touch, so she is second — even though Cole beat her 5–3. Head-to-head plays no part.

Indicators across a pool always add up to zero, because every touch scored by one fencer is received by another.

## Common fencing tiebreakers

When fencers finish level, these are applied in order until the tie is broken:

1. **V/M** — victories ÷ bouts.
2. **Indicator** — touches scored minus touches received.
3. **Touches scored.**
4. **Ranked equal**, if all three match. Head-to-head is not used in FIE pool ranking.

## How fencing seasons are scheduled

- **Pools, then direct elimination** — the standard competition format, with every fencer in the pools and the best ranked going into a seeded tableau.
- **Club league nights**: a round robin among the fencers present, ranked the same way as a pool.
- **Season series** across several events, with points for placings.
- **Separate tables by weapon** (foil, épée, sabre) and category.

## Setting up fencing standings in Simple Standings

Pick Fencing when you create a league and the standings start from the Simple preset — W, L, and PTS — or from Advanced: W, L, Touches H, Touches R, and PTS. New fencing leagues sort by PTS. Every column can be renamed, removed, or added to. A computed column can read every typed-in column, plus any computed column to its left.

V/M is the Win percentage template, `W ÷ (W + L)`. The indicator is the Difference template, `Touches H − Touches R`. To sort on all three at once, add a computed column of `V/M × 1000000 + Ind × 1000 + Touches H` and sort by it.

For a season series, Add to totals lets you type each event’s points and have them added to the running total.

## Features for fencing leagues

- Custom columns tailored for fencing (wins, losses, points, and more)
- Computed columns for auto-calculated stats like win percentage and point differential
- Shareable read-only link for players, parents, and fans
- Dark and light mode — set your own colors for each theme
- Smart schedule filters — visitors filter by team, venue, or any column automatically
- Public description for announcements, rules, or league info at the top of your page
- Add links to your share page — waivers, social media, sign-up forms, anything
- Game schedule with custom columns, dates, times, venues, and scores
- Player statistics table prefilled for fencing — games played, totals, averages, and bests
- Customize colors and fonts for your shareable page
- QR code sharing and CSV export
- Your league’s logo and custom pages in your league’s navigation
- Box scores for every game: the final score, each player’s line, and a page of its own
- Works on desktop and mobile — no app to install
- No spreadsheets, no imports — just type it in

## How to set up fencing standings

### 1. Create your standings

Sign up, click “Create new”, and choose Fencing. Default columns (W, L, Touches H, Touches R, PTS) are ready to go.

### 2. Add fencers and enter results

Type in your fencers names and fill in the stats. Update them after each game or whenever you like.

### 3. Share the standings

Hit “Share” to get a read-only link. Send it to fencers, coaches, parents — anyone who wants to see the standings.

## Frequently asked questions

### How do I create fencing standings?

Sign up for a free account, click "Create new", choose your columns (wins, losses, points, etc.), add your fencers, and type in the data. No spreadsheets or imports needed.

### Can I share my fencing standings with others?

Yes. Every standings you create gets a unique shareable link. Anyone with the link can view the standings — no account required.

### Can I make a fencing schedule too?

Yes. Check Schedule when creating and add games with dates, times, venues, and scores. Visitors can filter the schedule by team or venue, so each fencer sees only their own games.

### Can I track fencing stats?

Yes. Check Statistics when creating and you get a stats table with the columns already prefilled for fencing — games played, totals, averages, and bests. Add computed columns for anything you work out with a formula, and sort by whichever column matters.

### Is Simple Standings free for fencing leagues?

Free — standings, schedule, and statistics with no team limits, no game caps, and a public share link included. Public pages carry ads, which is what pays for it; a one-time $9.99 USD removes them from a league, with no subscription and no renewal.

### Do fencing scores automatically update the standings?

Only if you want them to. Typing the table in yourself is the default, and it is what most leagues stick with — no syncing, no broken formulas. You can also enter one game at a time and let it do the arithmetic, report a score and have the standings update themselves, or keep a full box score for each game that updates the standings and every player's totals at once.

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