Val Kizik

1961

IndySabre

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories - 23 8 7 12 50
Losses - 3 2 1 5 11
Win Ratio - 88.5% 80.0% 87.5% 70.6% 82.0%
Pool Victories - 15 5 6 8 34
Pool Losses - 1 1 - 3 5
Pool Win Ratio - 93.8% 83.3% 100.0% 72.7% 87.2%
DE Victories - 8 3 1 4 16
DE Losses - 2 1 1 2 6
DE Win Ratio - 80.0% 75.0% 50.0% 66.7% 72.7%

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 - 15 6 1 6 28
Easy wins as % of wins - 65.2% 75.0% 14.3% 50.0% 56.0%
Close wins - 1 - 1 1 3
Close wins as % of all wins - 4.3% 0.0% 14.3% 8.3% 6.0%
Close losses - - 1 - 2 3
Close losses as % of all losses - 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 40.0% 27.3%
Big losses - 1 1 - 1 3
Big losses as % of all losses - 33.3% 50.0% 0.0% 20.0% 27.3%

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 - 3 1 1 2 7
Tournaments - 3 1 1 2 7

Competition History


Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Vet-60 Men's Saber (A2, V60), April 23, 2023
Place 9, Seed 9, Rank 17, Rating B23, IndySabre
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength
Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 MALNATI Donald H. 12 22 C22 13 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2750 3103 27.8 71%
Pool W 5:3 RUNYAN Joshua 2 2 A22 14 Spartak 3205 3130 47.9 45%
Pool W 5:2 MIGHELL Jason 22 16 E21 28 Denver Fencing Center 2224 3178 7.0 94%
Pool W 5:0 MCLAUGHLIN Joseph R. 29 28 U 29 Forge Fencing Teams / Cape Fear Fencing Association 1914 3185 2.7 98%
Pool W 5:3 GORMLEY Peter J. 30 42 U 16 Zeta Fencing 1853 3188 2.3 98%
Pool W 5:2 LEAR Donald W. 19 13 D19 12 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 2423 3190 10.8 89%
T32 W 10:0 HUTCHERSON Jesse 34 U 31 Eugene Fencers Club 2295 3474 11.4 92%
T16 L 7:10 HECK Steven D. 6 5 B21 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation / Rockville Fencing Academy 3073 3485 107.6 74%

IFC 2023 Spring Classic

Senior Mixed Saber (D1, SNR), March 25, 2023
Place 2, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating B23, Indysabre / Indianapolis Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength
Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 WAGNER Elijah 15 U 7 Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 1644 3090 1.9 99%
Pool W 5:0 HILL Quillan 7 E22 3 1847 3092 3.5 98%
Pool W 5:1 MALVESTUTO Prudence 9 U 17 North West Indiana fencing club
Pool W 5:3 CURTIS Daniel 6 E22 10 The Point Fencing Club & School 2038 3095 6.4 95%
Pool W 5:1 SAWYER Edward 12 U 14 Indianapolis Fencing Club 1439 3102 0.8 > 99%
T16 W 15:2 BARROWS Hunter 16 U 16 Lincoln Square Fencing 1515 3439 0.5 > 99%
T8 W 15:3 WAGNER Elijah 15 U 7 Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 2007 3439 4.1 98%
T4 W 15:14 CHINWAH Kaden 11 U 3 Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 2921 3444 30.2 71%

January NAC

Vet-60 Men's Saber (A2, V60), January 9, 2023
Place 2, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating B21, IndySabre
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength
Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 GRAFF Jon 13 9 C22 29 Cobra Fencing Club LLC 2394 3145 17.0 88%
Pool L 1:5 DAHL Chris 24 E22 20 Fencing Academy Of Boston 2091 3162 151.9 95%
Pool W 5:1 CHAMBERS Thomas J. 25 18 E19 24 Zeljkovic Fencing Academy 2153 3010 11.5 91%
Pool W 5:3 LUNDBORG Mark R. 1 1 A19 3 Washington Fencing Academy 3290 3021 68.3 34%
Pool W 5:0 GILLESPIE Jeremy W. 35 U 30 1139 3090 0.3 > 99%
T32 W 10:2 BLAIR III Ray H. 29 17 U 28 Naples Fencing Academy / Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 2228 3422 11.3 96%
T16 W 10:6 HICHA Paul R. 20 D21 12 Arizona State University Fencing Club 2402 3433 16.4 94%
T8 W 10:2 KASTOR Jacaeber 10 B22 7 Manhattan Fencing Center 3248 3449 72.7 62%
T4 W 10:5 BUKOWSKI Todd 7 8 C21 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2770 3522 26.1 87%
T2 L 7:10 MATT Chris 8 21 A19 1 Capital Fencing Academy 3300 3548 109.3 65%

Veteran National Championships & Vet Open NAC

Vet-60 Men's Saber (A1, V60), August 27, 2021
Place 2, Seed 5, Rank 7, Rating B19, IndySabre
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength
Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 BIRT Timothy 20 U 20 1613 3288 4.8 97%
Pool W 5:2 KOPYLOV Dmitri 2 2 A19 6 Lilov Fencing Academy 2963 3293 49.3 69%
Pool W 5:1 MYERS Brent M. 9 13 C19 13 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 2516 3342 18.2 90%
Pool W 5:1 MCLAUGHLIN Joseph R. 17 22 E17 16 Forge Fencing Teams, Inc. / Cape Fear Fencing Association 2012 3361 4.2 98%
Pool W 5:3 SRERE Mark A. 12 17 D21 7 Capital Fencing Academy 2540 3365 17.2 90%
Pool L 4:5 ELDER John 15 31 E19 11 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1779 3382 237.1 99%
T16 W 10:2 LEAR Donald W. 14 14 D19 15 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 2737 3336 63.5 79%
T8 W 10:5 SRERE Mark A. 12 17 D21 7 Capital Fencing Academy 2559 3400 37.4 88%
T4 W 10:5 HECK Steven D. 7 12 B21 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation / Rockville Fencing Academy 3122 3437 82.6 67%
T2 L 4:10 FRIEDBERG John M.
8 15 B21 1 Fencing Club Of Mercer County 3559 3519 97.7 48%

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Vet-60 Men's Saber (A2, V60), July 6, 2021
Place 5, Seed 9, Rank 23, Rating B19, IndySabre
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength
Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 LARA Alfred 8 11 B19 13 Oregon Fencing Alliance 2925 3032 89.7 56%
Pool W 5:3 BRUCE II Ommer E. 25 45 U 23 The Fencing Center 1194 3122 0.8 > 99%
Pool W 5:2 RUNYAN Joshua 1 1 A17 1 US Navy / Spartak 3538 3123 135.6 28%
Pool W 5:4 SRERE Mark A. 17 17 E20 10 Capital Fencing Academy 2517 3258 25.6 87%
Pool W 5:2 ALVAREZ Anthony R. 16 E21 20 Carlisle Fencing Club 1864 3284 4.1 98%
Pool W 5:0 FRUNGILLO benjamin 24 40 U 26 Bergen Fencing Club 1169 3288 0.3 > 99%
T16 W 10:6 LARA Alfred 8 11 B19 13 Oregon Fencing Alliance 2867 3283 104.4 71%
T8 L 6:10 RUNYAN Joshua 1 1 A17 1 US Navy / Spartak 4172 3387 51.4 15%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-50 Men's Saber (A2, V50), June 30, 2019
Place 7, Seed 10, Rank 21, Rating A15, IndySabre
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength
Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 TANNAS Henri 33 E17 29 International Fencing Club 1356 2778 19.2 96%
Pool W 5:2 CHU Kevin 14 35 B19 20 Manhattan Fencing Center 2811 2798 175.1 49%
Pool L 2:5 MATT Chris 3 3 A19 5 Virginia Academy Of Fencing 3253 2973 102.4 35%
Pool W 5:3 BOYLAN John R. 27 30 E15 15 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2638 2870 88.4 62%
Pool W 5:1 RAMIREZ Joselito 41 U 42 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 1715 2959 14.1 95%
Pool W 5:3 RABINOWITZ Mike 22 D18 33 2520 2973 59.7 73%
T32 W 10:1 GORMLEY Peter J. 36 41 U 23 Zeta Fencing 2581 2941 177.6 64%
T16 W 10:8 MIRONOVAS Mikhail (Misha) 1 1 A18 11 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 3295 3119 278.9 42%
T8 L 8:10 LUNDBORG Mark R. 5 5 B18 1 Washington Fencing Academy 3863 3398 114.6 28%

December NAC

Vet-50 Men's Saber (A2, V50), December 14, 2018
Place 6, Seed 8, Rank 12, Rating A15, IndySabre
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength
Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 EL-SHERBINY Hosam E. 31 U 21 2835 2500 618.2 38%
Pool L 3:5 BECKER William L. 3 3 A16 1 2691 3118 460.0 66%
Pool L 4:5 LILLARD Samuel N. 13 13 C18 8 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 2400 2658 289.0 60%
Pool W 5:2 ZIPPER Michael E. 18 35 D17 20 Manhattan Fencing Center / Stamford Fencing Center, LLC 2988 2369 360.4 24%
Pool W 5:0 POND III George E. 23 28 E18 29 1716 2730 48.8 87%
T32 W 10:5 FAINGOLD Vladimir 25 E17 25 Corsair Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T16 W 10:5 HERRERA Richard K. 9 9 B16 12 PDX Fencing 2921 2921 351.3 50%
T8 L 5:10 MIRONOVAS Mikhail (Misha) 1 1 A18 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 3085 3272 330.7 57%