Willie Bestman

1998

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories 5 - - - 11 16
Losses 7 - - - 26 33
Win Ratio 41.7% - - - 29.7% 32.7%
Pool Victories 4 - - - 9 13
Pool Losses 5 - - - 22 27
Pool Win Ratio 44.4% - - - 29.0% 32.5%
DE Victories 1 - - - 2 3
DE Losses 2 - - - 4 6
DE Win Ratio 33.3% - - - 33.3% 33.3%

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† 2 - - - 1 3
Easy wins as % of wins 40.0% - - - 9.1% 18.8%
Close wins‡ 1 - - - 6 7
Close wins as % of all wins 20.0% - - - 54.5% 43.8%
Close losses‡ 3 - - - 6 9
Close losses as % of all losses 42.9% - - - 23.1% 27.3%
Big losses† 2 - - - 13 15
Big losses as % of all losses 28.6% - - - 50.0% 45.5%

† 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

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - - - - 1 1
Victories as % of all victories 0.0% - - - 9.1% 6.2%
Losses - - - - - -
Losses as % of all losses 0.0% - - - 0.0% 0.0%
Total - - - - 1 1
Total as % of all bouts 0.0% - - - 2.7% 2.0%

Events

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events 2 - - - 5 7
Tournaments 1 - - - 3 4

Competition History

FAP Main Line Youth 12, 14, Unrated and D3 Sabre

Div III Mixed Saber (D1, DV3), November 16, 2024
Place 12 of 17, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - North
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 KULKARNI Ishir 10 U 15 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City 763 1941 4.3 97%
Pool L 2:5 LIEU Nicholas 14 U 3 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City 1371 1945 86.5 82%
Pool L 1:5 YANG Byron 4 E24 6 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City / Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - North 1259 1858 82.4 83%
Pool L 1:5 LEMERY Marc 3 E24 3 Capital Fencing Academy 1461 1776 59.1 69%
T16 L 13:15 SUH Leo 9 U 7 Manhattan Fencing Center 1956 1933 166.9 49%

FAP Main Line Youth 12, 14, Unrated and D3 Sabre

Unrated Mixed Saber (E1, U), November 16, 2024
Place 7 of 13, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating U, Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - North
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 LIU Justin 10 U 12 Fencing Academy Main Line 2500 2107 49.2 35%
Pool L 4:5 SAYAR Luke 2 U 6 American Institute Of Fencing 1337 2156 131.8 90%
Pool W 5:2 NICKERSON Simon 6 U 3 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City / Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - North 761 2024 4.3 97%
Pool W 5:3 SHAW Micah 7 U 8 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City / Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - North 1296 2028 15.6 88%
Pool L 3:5 LIEU Nicholas 3 U 5 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City 1364 2044 103.5 86%
T16 W 15:5 NADINA Ksenia 12 U 11 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - North
T8 L 13:15 ANNUNZIATA Ciro 5 U 2 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - North / Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City 1485 2383 450.6 87%

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Div III Men's Saber (C3, DV3), July 12, 2021
Place 106 of 138, Seed 98, Not ranked, Rating E16, Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 SMITH Taggert 138 U 120 Center for Blade Arts 1872 2167 59.9 65%
Pool L 2:5 TEVEBAUGH Andrew 58 E21 65 The Sabre School / Sebastiani Fencing Academy 2298 2227 81.3 46%
Pool L 1:5 OVERDECK Andrew 18 D21 47 Excel Fencing Academy 2484 2146 50.1 30%
Pool W 5:3 CHENG Cody 103 U 126 Long Island Fencing Center 2080 2096 73.1 51%
Pool L 1:5 ATEFI Daniel 23 D21 34 Boston Fencing Club 2694 2169 30.7 21%
Pool L 0:5 DENG Andrew 63 E21 63 Integrity Fencing Studio 2616 2138 31.6 23%
T128 L 13:15 ZHOU Aeres Z. 14 D21 21 Renaissance Fencing Club 2474 2800 416.2 65%

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Div II Men's Saber (B3, DV2), July 11, 2021
Place 136 of 151, Seed 132, Not ranked, Rating E16, Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 HARRIS Alex K. 44 C18 47 Sheridan Fencing Academy 2969 2755 156.6 39%
Pool L 0:5 ZHOU Brian 45 D21 36 Globus Fencing Academy / Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2545 2599 177.6 53%
Pool W 5:4 LIGUORI Michael 133 U 141 Infinity Fencing Alliance 1640 2421 45.2 82%
Pool L 0:5 BRIDGEMAN Andrew T. 89 D16 111 Capital Fencing Academy / University of Maryland Terrapin Fencing 2076 2466 171.8 70%
Pool L 2:5 GREENE Cameron J. 88 D18 22 Integrity Fencing Studio 2500 2294 87.5 38%
Pool L 2:5 BARTOLO Domenic V. 1 B21 38 Mission Fencing Center / Sacred Heart University NCAA 2836 2207 39.4 17%

PhilDiv 2021 Nationals Qualifier: Division 2/3

Div II Men's Saber (E1, DV2), June 6, 2021
Place 2 of 8, Seed 8, Not ranked, Rating U, Fencing Academy of Philadelphia-North
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 KOLODNER Arden 2 D21 8 Fencing Academy of Philadelphia 1140 2500 130.9 89%
Pool W 5:2 MITCHELL Matthew 4 E21 7 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North 2312 2631 316.2 61%
Pool L 4:5 BEAUCHAMP Reilly 3 E21 6 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North / Fencing Academy of Philadelphia 2708 2947 382.9 59%
Pool W 5:3 GUALTIERI Evan 1 D21 3 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North 1363 2564 60.8 92%
Pool W 5:3 ZHAO Luhan 6 U 4 Fencing Academy of Philadelphia / Fencing Academy of Philadelphia-North 1508 2625 65.9 89%
Pool L 2:5 ZEFF Mati 7 U 1 Fencing Academy of Philadelphia-North / Fencing Academy of Philadelphia 3449 2691 98.5 22%
Pool W 5:4 CHENG Jonathan 5 E17 5 Fencing Academy of Philadelphia-North 2339 2593 162.6 62%
T8 W 15:12 MITCHELL Matthew 4 E21 7 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T4 W 15:8 GUALTIERI Evan 1 D21 3 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North 2034 2921 172.0 80%
T2 L 10:15 ZEFF Mati 7 U 1 Fencing Academy of Philadelphia-North / Fencing Academy of Philadelphia 3164 3093 293.0 47%

PhilDiv 2021 Nationals Qualifier: Division 2/3

Div II Men's Foil (C1, DV2), June 6, 2021
Place 17 of 19, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating U, Fencing Academy of Philadelphia-North
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 PATRICK Edward 12 E20 8 DO NOT USE! Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West 1999 852 27.1 6%
Pool L 4:5 MAYS Sean 19 U 18 Bucks County Academy of Fencing-WEST 2079 825 30.4 11%
Pool L 1:5 STOCKDALE Alexander 6 D20 2 Fencing Academy of Philadelphia 2445 795 11.7 3%
Pool L 2:5 FURST Matthew 7 D19 5 Fencing Academy of Philadelphia 2461 783 4.6 1%
Pool W 4:3 FILLGROVE Ben 13 E19 16 Bucks County Academy of Fencing-WEST 1883 778 293.6 9%
Pool L 1:5 ZEFF Avi 1 C20 3 2731 1072 4.7 1%
T32 L 12:15 FILLGROVE Ben 13 E19 16 Bucks County Academy of Fencing-WEST 2500 1665 134.5 24%

Freehold Fencing's Div3 Foil (No longer NJ only!)

Div III Mixed Foil (E1, DV3), May 21, 2021
Place 7 of 7, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Fencing Academy of Philadelphia-North
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 SORSAIA John 6 U 5 Freehold Fencing Academy 1451 2500 1036.4 85%
Pool L 1:5 XIA Eric 2 U 6 Premier Fencing Club 1105 1464 423.2 66%
Pool L 1:5 GOPALAN Anish 3 U 3 V Fencing Club / Millburn High School 1820 1040 82.0 16%
Pool L 0:5 PATEL Kapil 7 U 1 Masters Fencing Academy / Ramapo High School 1577 958 91.4 21%
Pool L 4:5 MUSAJI Asgar 4 U 3 V Fencing Club / Millburn High School 2288 867 14.8 3%
Pool L 2:5 TIBURZI Hallie 1 E21 2 Wagner College (Division I NCAA) / Freehold Fencing Academy
T8 L 5:15 GOPALAN Anish 3 U 3 V Fencing Club / Millburn High School 1676 2500 835.1 77%