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Ariel Holstein

2001

Pittsburgh Fencers Club

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 38 - - - - 38
Losses 14 - - - - 14
Win Ratio 73.1% - - - - 73.1%
Pool Victories 29 - - - - 29
Pool Losses 8 - - - - 8
Pool Win Ratio 78.4% - - - - 78.4%
DE Victories 9 - - - - 9
DE Losses 6 - - - - 6
DE Win Ratio 60.0% - - - - 60.0%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Easy wins† 18 - - - - 18
Easy wins as % of wins 47.4% - - - - 47.4%
Close wins‡ 6 - - - - 6
Close wins as % of all wins 15.8% - - - - 15.8%
Close losses‡ 6 - - - - 6
Close losses as % of all losses 42.9% - - - - 42.9%
Big losses† 2 - - - - 2
Big losses as % of all losses 14.3% - - - - 14.3%

† Easy victories or big losses are those with the score difference of 4 or more touches in a pool, 7 or more touches in direct elimination, and 5 or more in veteran and youth direct elimination.
‡ Close bouts are those with the score difference of 1 or fewer touches in a pool, 3 or fewer touches in direct elimination, or 2 or fewer touches in veteran or youth direct elimination.

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 6 - - - - 6
Tournaments 6 - - - - 6

Competition History

IUP Solar Blade Showdown

Div III Mixed Foil (D1, DV3), April 6, 2024
Place 5, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating E24, Pittsburgh Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 ZEFF Owen 13 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club / Tiger Fencing Club 1207 2134 89.1 93%
Pool W 5:0 STEWART Lindsay 16 U 20 Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club
Pool W 5:0 YODER Neil 12 U 10 Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club / West Shore Fencer's Club 1911 2045 29.4 58%
Pool W 5:1 READ Sarah 6 E23 14 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool W 5:2 RHODES Jarreau 10 U 15 Penn State University Fencing Club 948 2074 4.6 94%
Pool W 5:3 POLEPALLI Vinil 7 E23 2 Freehold Fencing Academy 1565 2079 15.6 80%
T16 W 15:6 READ Sarah 6 E23 14 Corsair Fencing Club
T8 L 13:15 POLEPALLI Vinil 7 E23 2 Freehold Fencing Academy 1544 2102 133.1 80%

Murphy's Irish City Open 8

Senior Mixed Foil (D1, SNR), March 24, 2024
Place 3, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating E24, Pittsburgh Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 GELLAD Luke 4 E24 6 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1563 2034 22.6 77%
Pool W 5:2 POLLETTA Julie 10 E23 14 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool W 5:4 BOLTON Lucas R. 1 B23 1 Corsair Fencing Club 3141 2056 116.5 4%
Pool W 5:2 BURKARDT Victor 15 U 11 Steel City Fencers Club 800 2173 2.2 98%
Pool W 5:4 HERTZEL Lucas 9 E23 10 Bethel Park Fencing Club 1322 2175 9.1 91%
Pool W 5:0 NOSIK Stanislav 12 U 15 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool L 2:5 FREDERICK David 8 E23 3 Two Ravens Fencing School / Wadsworth Fencing Club 1854 2184 50.4 68%
T16 W 15:7 BLANK Erik 14 U 13 Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club 2500 2098 80.0 35%
T8 W 15:8 LI RunLin 2 E24 5 Steel City Fencers Club / Corsair Fencing Club 1860 2178 58.9 68%
T4 L 9:15 POWELL Sean 6 E24 2 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1794 2237 135.1 75%

For the Love of Fencing

Senior Mixed Foil (C1, SNR), February 11, 2024
Place 7, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating E23, Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 CARELLI Nathaniel 17 U 22 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1143 1963 15.8 88%
Pool L 1:5 KAPLAN Maxwell 5 D23 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1764 1979 75.6 63%
Pool W 5:4 GELLAD Luke 8 E24 11 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1537 1903 32.1 72%
Pool W 5:2 EVERSON Benjamin 19 U 19 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1628 1935 33.0 68%
Pool W 5:1 LYON Claire 14 E23 15 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool W 5:2 BURGOS Jacob 2 C23 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2210 1968 65.7 35%
T16 W 15:4 COPENHAVER Edward 16 U 12 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club / Tiger Fencing Club 1736 2178 62.9 72%
T8 L 12:15 SUN Henry 6 D23 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2018 2241 142.6 63%

PFC Winter Invitational

Senior Mixed Foil (C2, SNR), December 3, 2023
Place 6, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating E23, Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 TARCHICHI Robby 13 E23 10 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1763 2009 95.1 65%
Pool W 5:0 XU Rachel 20 U 25 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool W 5:1 KING Emily 12 E23 17 Tiger Fencing Club / Peters Township Fencing Club
Pool W 5:0 BURKARDT Victor 24 U 22 Steel City Fencers Club 707 1914 7.2 96%
Pool W 5:2 LINDOW Connor 3 D23 11 1606 1921 41.6 69%
T16 W 15:8 GELLAD Luke 19 U 14 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2177 2334 142.6 58%
T8 L 12:15 BASKIN Lukáš 7 E23 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1679 2477 298.8 87%

PFC Fall Fiesta

Div III Mixed Foil (D1, DV3), November 12, 2023
Place 5, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating E23, Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 RAJU Dharshan 7 E23 12 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1658 2006 76.7 69%
Pool W 5:3 BINET Nicolas 11 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1614 2083 56.6 76%
Pool W 5:1 GAVARRETE Moises 13 U 15 1312 2139 26.2 89%
Pool W 5:1 SUN Henry 6 E23 7 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1712 2165 50.1 75%
Pool L 4:5 TARCHICHI Robby 10 U 10 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1620 2215 158.5 82%
Pool L 3:5 STANOEV Sava 3 E23 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2394 2057 48.0 31%
T16 W 15:11 RAJU Dharshan 7 E23 12 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1656 2554 72.1 87%
T8 L 12:15 STANOEV Sava 3 E23 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2260 2626 292.3 68%

Fall into a new rating

E & Under Men's Foil (D1, E), October 8, 2023
Place 2, Seed 8, Not ranked, Rating E22, Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 RAJU Dharshan 4 E23 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1671 2500 925.0 79%
Pool L 2:5 KAPLAN Max 1 E23 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1847 1575 244.0 37%
Pool W 5:0 MAIOLI Daniel 15 U 14 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1172 1331 213.5 58%
Pool W 5:3 LI RunLin 5 E23 5 Steel City Fencers Club 1558 1544 206.7 49%
Pool W 5:2 TARR Samuel 13 U 11 Winchester Thurston Fencing 1167 1751 75.1 78%
Pool W 5:3 RYAN Nash 14 U 12 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 776 1826 26.7 93%
Pool W 5:4 TARCHICHI Robby 12 U 9 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1942 1853 153.0 45%
T16 W 15:3 MAIOLI Daniel 15 U 14 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1191 2500 139.5 89%
T8 W 15:12 RAJU Dharshan 4 E23 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1675 2640 170.4 84%
T4 W 15:13 SUN Henry 7 E23 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1958 2810 151.7 83%
T2 L 9:15 KAPLAN Max 1 E23 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2690 2962 407.5 62%