William Markowitz

1963

Nova Fencing Club

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 9 17 11 - 10 47
Losses 10 39 15 - 7 71
Win Ratio 47.4% 30.4% 42.3% - 58.8% 39.8%
Pool Victories 7 13 10 - 7 37
Pool Losses 7 32 11 - 5 55
Pool Win Ratio 50.0% 28.9% 47.6% - 58.3% 40.2%
DE Victories 2 4 1 - 3 10
DE Losses 3 7 4 - 2 16
DE Win Ratio 40.0% 36.4% 20.0% - 60.0% 38.5%

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† - 3 1 - 5 9
Easy wins as % of wins 0.0% 17.6% 9.1% - 50.0% 19.1%
Close wins‡ 4 7 5 - 2 18
Close wins as % of all wins 44.4% 41.2% 45.5% - 20.0% 38.3%
Close losses‡ - 9 2 - 3 14
Close losses as % of all losses 0.0% 23.1% 13.3% - 42.9% 19.7%
Big losses† 3 9 5 - 4 21
Big losses as % of all losses 30.0% 23.1% 33.3% - 57.1% 29.6%

† 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.

Bouts with Time Expired

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 1 1 1 - - 3
Victories as % of all victories 11.1% 5.9% 9.1% - 0.0% 6.4%
Losses - 5 - - 1 6
Losses as % of all losses 0.0% 12.8% 0.0% - 14.3% 8.5%
Total 1 6 1 - 1 9
Total as % of all bouts 5.3% 10.7% 3.8% - 5.9% 7.6%

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 3 8 4 - 2 17
Tournaments 3 7 3 - 2 15

Competition History

NOVA Knights Regional (Non ROC) Veteran Events

Veteran Men's Épée (E1, VET), April 21, 2024
Place 6, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating C22, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 POWELL Troy 7 D23 9 Fencers Club Inc.
Pool L 2:5 ARMSTRONG Gary 9 E23 8 Penta Olympic Fencing Club
Pool L 2:5 SNIDER Jeffrey H. 3 A22 1 DC Fencers Club
Pool W 5:2 DEUCHER Joseph H. 2 A23 3 DC Fencers Club
T8 L 3:10 EVANS Allen L. 5 C23 3 DC Fencers Club

Fairfax Challenge ROC/RJCC/RYC & Y8

Veteran Men's Épée (A2, VET), January 20, 2024
Place 13, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating C22, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 KORMANN Joseph 21 E23 30 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy 1630 1981 8.2 72%
Pool L 2:5 RACHTCHININE Alexandre 3 A22 1 Cardinal Fencing Academy / Fairfax Fencers LLC 2796 1989 3.3 10%
Pool L 2:5 HUGHES Michael D. 7 B23 18 DC Fencers Club 2326 1986 8.3 29%
Pool W 5:4 CAMPBELL Paul 28 U 15 1778 1978 9.7 62%
Pool L 3:5 ZHANG Sen 18 D23 17 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 1866 1987 15.9 58%
T32 W 10:9 SMITH Herman E. 14 C21 21 Cape Fear Fencing Association 2185 2228 46.6 53%
T16 L 4:10 YAKIMENKO Andrei 11 C23 5 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 2338 2274 42.8 46%

The Southern RYC/RJCC/ROC (VET/D1A/DV2/TEAM)

Veteran Men's Épée (B1, VET), December 17, 2023
Place 7, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating C22, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 KONG Qingjun 14 U 15 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2500 1985 12.4 31%
Pool W 5:2 STOCKTON J. DeVeaux 13 U 14 Edge of America Fencing 973 1998 2.4 93%
Pool L 3:5 GAUVEY Ken C. 1 B23 2 DC Fencers Club 2051 2000 13.7 47%
Pool W 5:4 SMITH Herman E. 7 C21 9 Cape Fear Fencing Association 2167 1986 17.9 38%
Pool L 2:5 DAVIS Kelly 15 U 6 1571 2004 23.2 76%
T16 W 9:8 SCHIAVONE Oreste 5 C22 10 Fencers Club Inc. 1913 2201 35.5 67%
T8 L 3:10 AMOROSO John 2 B22 1 Apex Fencing Academy 3186 2237 9.1 7%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div II Men's Épée (B3, DV2), July 5, 2023
Place 211, Seed 78, Not ranked, Rating C22, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 SMITH Charles 206 U 173 Sierra Blades Fencing Academy 2500 2055 6.3 33%
Pool L 2:5 CHEN Brian 15 C23 3 Guanyi Fencing Academy 2364 2048 9.7 30%
Pool L 2:5 VENET Téva 50 C23 89 Still Point Fencing 2376 2039 9.2 29%
Pool L 3:5 JENNINGS Adin 143 D22 140 Rogue Fencing Academy / The Phoenix Center 2232 2029 11.4 37%
Pool L 1:5 SHAFRITZ Noah 177 E23 105 Olympic Fencers Club 2023 2018 14.9 50%
Pool L 3:4 LIU Jeremiah W. 115 D23 71 Cavalier Fencing Club 1853 2003 17.9 60%

Captain Steere Open

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), June 11, 2023
Place 43, Seed 39, Not ranked, Rating C22, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 CHEN Leonardo 41 D23 39 Medeo Fencing Club 1886 2063 12.8 61%
Pool L 4:5 TABLEMAN Doug S. 6 A23 5 Cardinal Fencing Academy 2894 2076 3.6 9%
Pool L 1:5 O'DOWD Andrew J. 28 B19 21 Fencing Academy of Philadelphia 2582 2072 7.1 20%
Pool L 2:5 DUAN Eric 21 B23 29 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2327 2065 10.9 33%
Pool L 0:5 SNIDER Jeffrey H. 11 A22 37 DC Fencers Club 2571 2054 6.8 20%
Pool W 5:3 SIEDOW William 55 U 50 DC Fencers Club 1576 2047 7.4 78%
T64 L 8:15 HITCHCOCK David 17 A19 25 Cardinal Fencing Academy 3112 2213 11.3 8%

Virginia Div 2023 DIV II/III/Y14 SN Qualifiers

Div II Men's Épée (E1, DV2), May 6, 2023
Place 2, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating C22, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 ANDERSON Dean 11 U 11 Tidewater Fencing Club 2174 2015 21.2 40%
Pool L 3:5 MILLSON Daniel 12 U 6 Richmond Fencing Club 1830 2036 22.3 63%
Pool W 5:4 PETROW Zoryan 6 E23 8 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 1935 2014 15.5 55%
Pool W 5:4 ZHANG Andy 4 D22 10 Cardinal Fencing Academy 1828 2029 12.7 63%
Pool W 5:4 PALAMARCHUK Andriy 7 E23 3 Cardinal Fencing Academy 2242 2042 21.1 37%
T8 W 15:9 MILLSON Daniel 12 U 6 Richmond Fencing Club 2019 2198 51.4 60%
T4 W 13:8 PALAMARCHUK Andriy 7 E23 3 Cardinal Fencing Academy 1814 2250 32.9 74%
T2 L 9:15 PALAMARCHUK Matthew 2 D23 1 Cardinal Fencing Academy 2150 2283 69.9 58%

Fairfax Challenge Spring RYC/RJCC/ROC

Div II Men's Épée (C2, DV2), April 15, 2023
Place 23, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating C22, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 LEE Aiden 34 E22 10 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2004 1978 20.0 48%
Pool W 5:3 FORAIDA Khalid 48 U 48 ASER International Fencing Academy 1377 1998 6.7 84%
Pool L 4:5 TIKHONOV Daniel 7 C23 13 Cardinal Fencing Academy / Charlotte Fencing Academy 2089 2005 16.8 44%
Pool W 5:2 BANNEN Nicholas 24 E23 24 DC Fencers Club 1900 1988 16.4 56%
Pool W 5:4 JONES Jackson 52 U 39 Cape Fear Fencing Association 1626 2005 10.1 73%
T32 L 13:14 DAN Rex 28 E23 2 Cardinal Fencing Academy 2019 2301 102.5 67%

Cherry Blossom ROC

Div I-A Men's Épée (A4, D1A), March 19, 2023
Place 103, Seed 77, Not ranked, Rating C22, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 GAUVEY Ken C. 41 B23 105 DC Fencers Club / Salle Palasz 2126 2041 18.7 44%
Pool L 1:5 HERZ Alexander S. 110 U 71 Peoria Fencing Academy 1740 2022 27.7 67%
Pool W 5:0 MARSH Alex 105 E19 89 1611 1995 11.2 73%
Pool L 0:5 NORTH Alexander M. 32 A22 3 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2742 2006 5.4 11%
Pool L 2:5 MAZUR Daniil 5 71 A23 1 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 3180 2000 1.6 3%
Pool L 1:3 MEGGERS Davin 68 C23 47 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 1971 1999 20.5 52%
T128 L 8:15 HRAPSKY Ryan J. 18 A23 7 DC Fencers Club 3357 2312 11.2 5%

Duel of the East Coast ROC/RJCC

Veteran Men's Épée (A2, VET), January 29, 2023
Place 30, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating C22, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 SAWASDIKOSOL Sansana 29 E20 14 Cobra Fencing Club LLC 1993 2093 25.2 56%
Pool L 3:5 GREENBAUM Isaac 9 B22 3 New York Athletic Club / Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 2738 2068 7.2 14%
Pool W 5:4 WHITELOCK James R. 30 E19 29 Rogue Fencing Academy 1462 2061 8.2 83%
Pool L 3:5 KANE Tim 6 A19 33 The Phoenix Center 2149 2069 19.6 45%
Pool L 4:5 KORSCHUN Daniel 15 C22 12 2624 2049 8.3 17%
T64 W 10:8 GAO "George" Xiaojiang 33 U 35 Medeo Fencing Club 1513 2371 21.3 89%
T32 L 4:10 BEN-YAACOV Shai D. 25 E22 10 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 2336 2392 80.2 53%

January NAC

Veteran Men's Épée (A4, VET), January 7, 2023
Place 63, Seed 57, Not ranked, Rating C22, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 RUSKIN David I. 63 C21 16 DC Fencers Club 2275 2149 29.6 42%
Pool L 1:2 CAFASSO martin 85 E23 45 Olympia Fencing Center 2093 2178 28.2 55%
Pool L 4:5 BARTLETT Jonathan R. 4 A22 11 New York Athletic Club 2787 2150 8.5 15%
Pool L 2:5 PENGELLY Neil 94 U 68 1972 2141 27.0 60%
Pool L 3:5 KALAPASEV Nenad (Ned) (Ned) S. 27 B22 43 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 2793 2115 7.4 14%
Pool L 1:5 WHEELER Mark C. 34 B22 29 Windy City Fencing-Chicago / Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2454 2107 14.0 28%
T128 W 10:8 KLINE R. Jay 48 B19 67 Two Ravens Fencing School 2172 2332 83.3 59%
T64 L 9:10 CHENG Thomas 5 A22 14 Stoccata Fencing Academy & Club / Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2923 2415 44.4 22%

January NAC

Vet-60 Men's Épée (A2, V60), January 6, 2023
Place 52, Seed 36, Rank 49, Rating C22, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 SZOKOLAY Robert E. 29 15 B19 25 Orlando Fencing Sports Center LLC 2449 2265 23.7 38%
Pool L 2:5 RANES Evan 19 10 B22 20 Battle Born Fencing Club 2760 2242 13.0 20%
Pool L 3:5 GLASS Timothy C.
4 4 A20 6 Ataba Fencing Club 2742 2229 12.9 20%
Pool L 2:5 MARSHALL William L. 43 41 C21 35 Boston Fencing Club / International Fencing Club 2319 2216 24.8 43%
Pool L 1:4 HAYENGA Gary M. 13 13 A19 13 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy / Ann Arbor Dueling Society 2809 2191 9.9 16%
Pool L 4:5 SWANN William A. 51 47 E19 46 Salle Auriol Seattle 2021 2181 32.5 60%
T64 L 6:10 POPPRE Michael N. 23 B22 22 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 2530 2430 97.7 44%

Cherry Blossom ROC

Div I-A Men's Épée (A4, D1A), April 3, 2022
Place 86, Seed 68, Not ranked, Rating C19, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 GAUVEY Ken C. 81 E22 94 Academies Of Fencing In Baltimore / DC Fencers Club 2537 2378 38.5 41%
Pool L 3:5 MAHESH Tarun 53 C22 45 Medeo Fencing Club 2271 2416 43.9 59%
Pool L 1:5 ILYAS Zakariya 85 E21 78 Cardinal Fencing Academy 2120 2372 47.2 66%
Pool L 2:5 LI Jesse 8 A22 14 Royal Arts Fencing Academy / Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 3134 2325 7.8 10%
Pool L 3:5 GATZA Logan 22 A21 18 Elite Fencing Academy / Orlando Fencing Academy 2730 2317 17.5 25%
Pool L 4:5 USDIN Anton 37 B21 43 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2241 2300 34.4 54%
T128 L 4:15 SNIDER Jeffrey H. 14 A22 30 DC Fencers Club 3519 2448 18.7 6%

March NAC

Veteran Men's Épée (A3, VET), March 7, 2022
Place 48, Seed 55, Not ranked, Rating C19, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 BARAFF David 65 D19 71 East Bay Fencers Gym 2050 2246 39.9 62%
Pool L 4:5 MARIANI Lou 18 A19 37 The Fencing Center 2606 2286 31.2 31%
Pool W 5:4 DEUCHER Joseph H. 7 A21 42 DC Fencers Club 3101 2255 106.3 9%
Pool L 0:5 SCHIAVONE Oreste 78 U 59 Fencers Club Inc. 2469 2361 35.1 44%
Pool W 3:2 O'DOWD Andrew J. 42 B19 39 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 2901 2326 75.2 18%
Pool L 2:5 GREENBAUM Isaac 31 B21 31 2753 2401 23.4 29%
T64 L 3:10 HERGERT Earl 12 A19 25 Medeo Fencing Club 3033 2512 63.6 23%

March NAC

Vet-50 Men's Épée (A2, V50), March 6, 2022
Place 26, Seed 29, Not ranked, Rating C19, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 STEWART Robert 14 36 A18 19 Marx Fencing Academy / Seacoast Fencing Club 2400 2126 45.3 34%
Pool W 5:4 SANCHEZ Leon D. 28 41 C21 30 Boston Fencing Club 2174 2081 69.0 44%
Pool W 5:4 ELTERMAN Lev 42 U 36 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2682 2150 64.8 27%
Pool L 3:5 O'LOUGHLIN Chris S.
1 1 A22 2 New York Athletic Club 3625 2214 2.6 1%
Pool W 5:4 DJURISIC Zoran M. 43 U 40 Delta Fencing Center / Marin Fencing Academy LLC 1902 2212 34.1 68%
T32 L 5:10 JOHNSON Jeff 12 31 A19 9 Salle Auriol Seattle 3128 2581 68.9 22%

Santa' Revenge The COVID Year Payback

Div II Mixed Épée (C1, DV2), December 19, 2021
Place 7, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating C19, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 DOWLING Narain 18 U 14 Nova Fencing Club 1121 2089 20.4 89%
Pool L 2:5 CHENH Justin 16 U 6 Nova Fencing Club 1618 2109 149.6 77%
Pool W 5:3 GILLESPIE Jeremy W. 11 E19 19 Fairfax Fencers / Loudoun International Fencing Club 1904 1960 73.2 53%
Pool W 5:3 JORDAN Anton 6 E21 13 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2239 2033 92.8 37%
T16 W 15:8 TIRADO Giancarlo 8 E21 10 Nova Fencing Club 1898 2800 55.8 87%
T8 L 11:15 EVANS Allen L. 1 C21 3 DC Fencers Club 2412 2856 275.4 73%

Capitol Clash SYC, RCC, Veteran ROC & Y8

Veteran Men's Épée (A2, VET), January 18, 2020
Place 14, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating C19, Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 BOYKO Frank C. 32 U 12 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy 1354 2477 36.4 90%
Pool L 1:5 KIM Jeff 30 U 26 Elite Fencing Academy 1341 2513 400.7 94%
Pool L 1:5 CHENG Thomas 3 52 B19 3 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2549 2112 75.8 27%
Pool L 1:5 EVANS Allen L. 10 B17 19 2417 2037 74.5 29%
Pool W 5:1 STONE Ken 39 U 34 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1467 1962 54.8 76%
Pool W 5:2 SCHROEDER William 20 D19 16 DC Fencers Club 1760 2017 72.1 65%
T32 W 10:8 EVANS Allen L. 10 B17 19 2239 2864 131.1 77%
T16 L 8:10 CHENG Thomas 3 52 B19 3 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 3126 2995 194.9 44%

Fairfax Challenge ROC (DIV1A, DIV2, & VET)

Veteran Men's Épée (A2, VET), March 24, 2019
Place 6, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating D19, Nova Fencing Club / Dominion Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 WIEDE Gerd 28 U 20 Olympian Fencing Club 1857 2500 295.9 72%
Pool W 5:1 WEIDMAN Jess 22 U 25 Salle Green LLC 1945 2796 169.8 77%
Pool L 1:2 ROUSE Joseph (Joe) T. 5 B19 9 Candlewood Fencing Center / Prospect Fencing Club 2097 2966 696.3 84%
Pool L 4:5 O'DOWD Andrew J. 4 B19 5 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 3077 2269 87.6 18%
Pool W 5:3 MOORE Guy L. 13 D18 7 Academies of Fencing in Baltimore / Salle Palasz 2706 2182 275.0 28%
Pool W 5:0 AKOCS Tony 21 U 28 Loudoun International Fencing Club 1074 2457 19.9 96%
T32 W 10:4 WEIDMAN Jess 22 U 25 Salle Green LLC 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T16 W 10:4 NEWSOME James L. 6 B18 12 Tidewater Fencing Club 2823 2921 328.6 53%
T8 L 4:10 DEUCHER Joseph H. 1 A19 1 DC Fencers Club / Red Rock Fencing Center 3062 3249 385.0 58%