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Brandon Witz

1989

Madison Fencing Academy

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 8 9 - - - 17
Losses 8 9 - - - 17
Win Ratio 50.0% 50.0% - - - 50.0%
Pool Victories 6 8 - - - 14
Pool Losses 6 6 - - - 12
Pool Win Ratio 50.0% 57.1% - - - 53.8%
DE Victories 2 1 - - - 3
DE Losses 2 3 - - - 5
DE Win Ratio 50.0% 25.0% - - - 37.5%

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† 5 5 - - - 10
Easy wins as % of wins 62.5% 55.6% - - - 58.8%
Close wins‡ - 1 - - - 1
Close wins as % of all wins 0.0% 11.1% - - - 5.9%
Close losses‡ 2 4 - - - 6
Close losses as % of all losses 25.0% 44.4% - - - 35.3%
Big losses† 1 1 - - - 2
Big losses as % of all losses 12.5% 11.1% - - - 11.8%

† 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 2 3 - - - 5
Tournaments 2 3 - - - 5

Competition History

UMFC Frazzini Open 2024

Mixed Foil (C2), April 13, 2024
Place 20, Seed 20, Not ranked, Rating E22, Madison Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 GISTOVER Noah 41 U 19 1277 1818 88.9 78%
Pool L 3:5 WAKEHAM Paul 13 E24 6 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1779 1729 52.5 47%
Pool W 5:1 FLANAGAN James 2 B24 7 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 2214 1677 92.0 20%
Pool W 5:1 WHITE Nathan 27 U 42 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1135 1769 17.7 81%
Pool W 5:1 WAIBA Rhythm 30 U 47 Mounds View Fencing Club
Pool L 4:5 WOJTALEWICZ Aiden 47 U 26 South YEL Fencing Alliance 1061 1787 96.5 88%
T64 W 15:10 HICKNER Gabe 37 U 46 1579 1535 176.0 48%
T32 L 11:15 LI Grace 16 E23 13

The Margherita Guzzi Vincenti Cup

Senior Mixed Foil (E1, SNR), September 16, 2023
Place 3, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating E22, Madison Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 STODDARD Alexander 7 U 3 2500 1831 26.1 26%
Pool W 5:2 HOPKINS Dylan 6 U 6 Center for Blade Arts 1853 1805 69.1 47%
Pool W 5:3 HENSEL Kaeleb 5 U 7 Rockford Fencing Club 1538 1874 43.1 70%
Pool L 4:5 DOROSHKEVICH Taisiia 1 B21 1 Fencing Center of Chicago
Pool W 5:1 ISHANOVA Sofia 2 E23 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club
Pool L 3:5 PHONPRASANSACK Grayson 3 E23 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1532 1917 98.7 72%
T8 W 15:5 ISHANOVA Sofia 2 E23 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club
T4 L 7:15 DOROSHKEVICH Taisiia 1 B21 1 Fencing Center of Chicago

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Men's Foil (C3, DV3), July 6, 2023
Place 156, Seed 150, Not ranked, Rating E22, Madison Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 LAM Nicolas 90 E23 25 Bay Area Fencing Club 1988 2373 229.9 71%
Pool W 5:3 ARCE Andrew W. 31 D23 116 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 1857 2143 88.0 66%
Pool L 2:5 MASSIMINO Andrew 151 E22 137 Renaissance Fencing Club 1743 2231 186.2 77%
Pool L 1:5 FENG Michael 30 D23 10 Star Fencing Academy 1904 2045 113.6 58%
Pool L 2:5 NEICE William 91 E23 127 Northwest Fencing Center 1795 1931 100.3 58%
T256 L 12:15 MIETTINEN Pyry 201 U 109 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1652 1795 259.7 57%

WI Div 2/3 and Y14 Qualifiers for Summer Nationals

Div II Men's Foil (E1, DV2), April 8, 2023
Place 3, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating E22, Madison Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 LEVITAS-GOREN Eli 8 U 8 Lawrence University Fencing NCAA / Caliburn Fencing Club 2500 3184 160.2 72%
Pool L 2:5 WHEELOCK Bryan M. 1 C23 2 2228 3345 746.1 91%
Pool L 3:5 WEINSTEIN Ethan 5 E19 4 2274 2598 294.8 67%
Pool W 5:1 VAVILOV Benjamin 9 U 7 1655 2304 69.3 80%
T8 W 15:4 REECE Oliver 7 U 5 Lawrence University Fencing NCAA / Fencing Academy Of Westchester 1825 1684 313.8 45%
T4 L 12:15 WHEELOCK Bryan M. 1 C23 2 2308 1998 202.9 35%

April Fools Day Fencing Tournament

Senior Mixed Foil (D1, SNR), April 1, 2023
Place 9, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating E22, Madison Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 ZHANG Alexander 24 U 11 Blake High School 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool W 5:3 JARCHO Beckett 14 U 5 Center for Blade Arts 2500 2921 247.3 63%
Pool W 5:0 GERBER William 11 U 24 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1058 3168 16.4 99%
Pool W 5:3 ISHANOVA Sofia 3 E22 14 Twin Cities Fencing Club
Pool W 5:1 SHELTON Olivia 18 U 20 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
T16 L 14:15 BERSCHEID Arthur 9 U 3 Center for Blade Arts 1815 2500 816.2 74%