Michael Nicholson

1976

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories 13 - 14 - 9 36
Losses 8 - 5 - 1 14
Win Ratio 61.9% - 73.7% - 90.0% 72.0%
Pool Victories 10 - 10 - 6 26
Pool Losses 5 - 3 - - 8
Pool Win Ratio 66.7% - 76.9% - 100.0% 76.5%
DE Victories 3 - 4 - 3 10
DE Losses 3 - 2 - 1 6
DE Win Ratio 50.0% - 66.7% - 75.0% 62.5%

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

Scores

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Easy wins† 9 - 6 - 3 18
Easy wins as % of wins 69.2% - 42.9% - 33.3% 50.0%
Close wins‡ - - 1 - 2 3
Close wins as % of all wins 0.0% - 7.1% - 22.2% 8.3%
Close losses‡ - - 1 - - 1
Close losses as % of all losses 0.0% - 20.0% - 0.0% 7.1%
Big losses† 5 - - - 1 6
Big losses as % of all losses 62.5% - 0.0% - 100.0% 42.9%

† 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

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events 3 - 3 - 1 7
Tournaments 3 - 2 - 1 6

Competition History

Division 1/Para Championships + April NAC

Vet-40 Men's Foil (A2, V40), April 12, 2025
Place 21 of 33, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating C21, Forge Fencing Teams DUR
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 0:5 FLANAGAN James 6 7 B25 10 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Center for Blade Arts 2295 3091 210.2 89%
Pool D 3:5 JUNCO Carlos 5 6 B24 5 2764 2880 93.3 57%
Pool V 5:1 BASARABA Greg 24 36 U 25 Fencers Club Inc. 1667 2787 9.6 95%
Pool V 5:0 BERBERI Matt 26 U 32 Elite Fencing Club 1535 2797 6.6 97%
Pool D 1:5 SHEYNKMAN Leon 16 25 D25 15 Blue Ridge Fencing Center 2218 2803 134.1 82%
T32 D 3:10 KUZMAK Michael J. 10 B21 13 South Coast Fencing Center 2531 2864 130.7 69%

W&M Conomikes-Gutenberg Memorial Open

Senior Mixed Foil (C2, SNR), February 22, 2025
Place 7 of 29, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating C21, Forge Fencing Teams DUR
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:0 SINGH Meet 16 E25 13 Richmond Fencing Club 1307 3278 1.0 > 99%
Pool V 5:3 PRICE Owen 12 D25 15 Tidewater Fencing Club / Richmond Fencing Club 1947 3279 8.9 98%
Pool D 0:5 KEE Andrew L. 1 B24 1 2763 3288 199.6 78%
Pool V 5:0 CRISPIN Haley 26 U 29 College Of William & Mary Fencing Club
Pool V 5:2 CONRAD Matthew 21 U 22 College Of William & Mary Fencing Club 1340 3089 2.2 99%
T32 V 15:5 TERPENNING Sarah 28 U 25 College Of William & Mary Fencing Club / Fencing Sports Academy, Inc.
T16 V 15:1 DEVINNEY Dale 22 U 10 College Of William & Mary Fencing Club 1569 2981 7.4 98%
T8 D 10:15 KEE Andrew L. 1 B24 1 2839 2988 123.6 59%

Lotus Cup ROC/RJCC/RYC

Veteran Men's Foil (B1, VET), November 16, 2024
Place 7 of 22, Seed 8, Not ranked, Rating C21, Forge Fencing Teams DUR
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:1 GUERRERO Gonzalo 9 D24 13 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 1809 3598 3.5 99%
Pool V 5:0 MORALEJO Ivan 22 U 10 Lotus Fencing Academy 2726 3602 48.0 81%
Pool V 5:0 ZAIDI Sohail 19 U 18 OnTarget Fencing Club 1339 3650 0.3 > 99%
Pool D 2:5 DIAZ Julio P. 1 A22 6 Invictus Fencing 2589 3650 373.9 93%
Pool V 5:2 HUESKE David B. 17 U 21 Edge of America Fencing 1434 3276 2.0 > 99%
T16 V 10:7 KAROLAK Dale W. 6 C23 11 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 2670 3124 76.5 74%
T8 D 5:10 FLANAGAN James 4 B24 1 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Center for Blade Arts 2630 3200 219.7 80%

The Southern RYC/RJCC/ROC (D1A/DV2/VET) & Non-Regional Team

Veteran Men's Foil (C1, VET), December 18, 2022
Place 5 of 19, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating C21, Forge Fencing Teams / North Carolina Fencing Development Program
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:1 MUELLER Donn 5 C19 3 Forge Fencing Teams 2029 3555 10.4 98%
Pool V 5:3 MONES jesse 9 E22 6 Lotus Fencing Academy 2026 3566 9.3 98%
Pool V 5:3 KENT Dwain 13 E19 7 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2257 3575 19.9 95%
Pool V 5:3 TOMASI John 12 E21 8 1705 3595 2.4 > 99%
Pool V 5:0 HUA Zhili 15 U 16 AIC Fencing Club 1225 3597 1.1 > 99%
T16 V 10:5 MONES Robert (Bob) J. 14 E19 15 Edge of America Fencing 1763 3402 10.5 98%
T8 D 6:10 MUELLER Donn 5 C19 3 Forge Fencing Teams 2756 3412 288.5 81%

Black Friday Foil & Epee' @ Forge Fencing

Senior Mixed Épée (B1, SNR), November 25, 2022
Place 13 of 17, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating U, Forge Fencing / North Carolina Fencing Development Program
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 3:5 SAKO Ayrton J. 3 C22 8 Greensboro Fencing Academy / Bishop McGuiness High School 2141 2500 700.3 64%
Pool D 3:5 CLICK Tristan 14 U 5 Apex Fencing Academy 2022 1800 278.2 40%
Pool V 5:3 TIKHONOV Iliya 4 C22 3 Charlotte Fencing Academy 2235 1522 483.4 18%
Pool D 3:5 CARLSON Asher 12 U 12 Forge Fencing Teams 1825 2005 210.5 59%
T16 D 12:15 ILLES Fanni 15 U 6

Black Friday Foil & Epee' @ Forge Fencing

Senior Mixed Foil (E1, SNR), November 25, 2022
Place 1 of 10, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating C21, Forge Fencing / North Carolina Fencing Development Program
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:1 MOORE Annette 10 U 8 Forge Fencing Teams
Pool V 5:2 CONE James 7 U 10 University Of North Carolina - Greensboro / Delta H Fencers 1352 3456 3.0 > 99%
Pool V 5:1 PASHBY Stephen N. 3 C20 2 Forge Fencing 2540 3459 56.0 89%
Pool V 5:3 YOON Joshua Seokhyun 6 U 5 Forge Fencing 2474 3515 40.3 91%
T8 V 15:3 MENECHELLA Matthew 5 U 7 Forge Fencing 2840 3211 115.4 64%
T4 V 15:10 QIAN Zhiyan 1 C21 3 North Carolina Fencing Development Program
T2 V 15:14 PASHBY Stephen N. 3 C20 2 Forge Fencing 2623 3327 75.3 82%

Capitol Clash SYC, RCC, Veteran ROC & Y8

Veteran Men's Foil (B2, VET), January 18, 2020
Place 2 of 28, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating B16, Mid-South Fencers' Club / North Carolina Fencing Development Program
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:4 HENSLEY Todd 18 C18 5 Out Of Nowhere Fencing Club 2158 2500 402.7 63%
Pool V 5:0 RESHEIDAT Shadi 10 B19 12 2615 2903 292.9 62%
Pool V 5:3 CAMPANA, SR. Rinaldo A. 21 D16 23 Fairfax Fencers LLC 2416 3196 117.6 82%
Pool V 5:2 FADL Omar 2 22 C19 14 Virginia Academy Of Fencing 2630 3313 111.8 81%
Pool V 5:1 GLADNICK Michael J. 7 44 U 21 Delaware Valley Fencers Club-PA 2124 3425 27.8 96%
Pool V 5:2 ROGERS Windell 28 U 25 Nova Fencing Club 1414 3453 3.1 > 99%
T16 V 10:7 FADL Omar 2 22 C19 14 Virginia Academy Of Fencing 3067 2500 775.6 29%
T8 V 10:5 HENSLEY Todd 18 C18 5 Out Of Nowhere Fencing Club 2444 3276 130.6 82%
T4 V 10:8 PASHBY Stephen N. 5 36 C16 3 Mid-South Fencers' Club 2414 3406 83.1 87%
T2 D 2:10 BRUNNER Stanton M. 14 C19 1 3330 3489 278.1 57%