03-07-2008, 01:43 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Spain
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| US fencing ratings...
Can someone please explain to me what does the U,the C2005,a E2004 and the other rating letters mean? | 
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03-07-2008, 02:01 PM
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#2 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 9,901
| Read the USFA Athlete's Handbook. | 
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03-07-2008, 02:12 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ USA
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| U = Unranked no rating has been earned.
E through A are upward progressing rankings where A is the top rank.
The year is the year the rank was last earned.
I'm not sure how long the ratings are good for. I personally re-earn my U at every tournament! 
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03-07-2008, 02:15 PM
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#4 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 9,901
| No, you reearn your U every time you rejoin the USFA. Us are never awarded. | |
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03-07-2008, 02:19 PM
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#5 | | gother than thou
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 840
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Originally Posted by KD5MDK  No, you reearn your U every time you rejoin the USFA. Us are never awarded. | Nitpicking a joke anyways...
but would a decaying E rating count as awarding a U?  | |
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03-07-2008, 02:30 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Norcal
Posts: 443
| KD5MDK is correct, you have a U starting out with a USFA membership. You should take their advice and look in the athlete's handbook so that you can see the rating chart (also available online at the USFA website) to see how many people/relative difficulty level each tournament must have to earn a higher rating. U is lowest A is highest. The year afterwards is the year the rating is earned. Every three seasons/four years that rating earned goes down one level and gets an updated year. For example, if by some act of God I earn a D08 at the NAC this weekend, if I don't re-earn that rating or something higher come August 2012 (start of season four years later) I go down to a E12. (Please correct me if I'm wrong on this).
Hope this helps!
P.S. On a hillarious and less helpful sidenote, I had this conversation with my dad: (And as a disclaimer: No, I am not knocking U's)
Me: So A is the highest rating and E is the lowest rating...
Dad: So what did you get?
Me: An E
Dad: So then what were you before that?
Me: A U
Dad: So, did they skip a few letters, or does U stand for uncoordinated? 
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03-07-2008, 07:51 PM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Pacoima, ca USA
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Originally Posted by remistress
P.S. On a hillarious and less helpful sidenote, I had this conversation with my dad: (And as a disclaimer: No, I am not knocking U's)
Me: So A is the highest rating and E is the lowest rating...
Dad: So what did you get?
Me: An E
Dad: So then what were you before that?
Me: A U
Dad: So, did they skip a few letters, or does U stand for uncoordinated? | BWWHAAA!!! True dat!!! | |
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03-08-2008, 12:53 AM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico
Posts: 131
| Ratings expire after 3 years of having the same rating.
I'm a C'08 now, but in 2012, I'll be a D'12
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03-08-2008, 01:02 AM
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#9 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Four years.
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03-08-2008, 01:59 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: calgary,ab,canada
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Four years. | his arithmetic might not be that good but at least he used the shift key..  | |
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03-08-2008, 02:00 PM
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#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Originally Posted by glowstix his arithmetic might not be that good but at least he used the shift key.. | Which is all that matters  | |
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03-08-2008, 05:51 PM
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#12 | | Scavenger
Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,538
| Well, it is four years. Which is how my daughter could have a D'04 and enter the Div III WE.
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03-08-2008, 06:25 PM
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#13 | | Scrub
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| When did the USFA do away with the "N" rating? | |
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