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Ariel Holstein

2001
Pittsburgh Fencers Club
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - 14 38 - - 52
Losses - 4 14 - - 18
Win ratio - 77.8% 73.1% - - 74.3%
Pool victories - 9 29 - - 38
Pool losses - 2 8 - - 10
Pool win ratio - 81.8% 78.4% - - 79.2%
DE victories - 5 9 - - 14
DE losses - 2 6 - - 8
DE win ratio - 71.4% 60.0% - - 63.6%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† - 5 18 - - 23
Easy wins % - 35.7% 47.4% - - 44.2%
Close wins‡ - 2 6 - - 8
Close wins % - 14.3% 15.8% - - 15.4%
Close losses‡ - 1 6 - - 7
Close losses % - 25.0% 42.9% - - 38.9%
Big losses† - 1 2 - - 3
Big losses % - 25.0% 14.3% - - 16.7%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - 2 6 - - 8
Tournaments - 2 6 - - 8

Competition history

8 competitions, 70 bouts

Murphy's Irish City Open 9 and Unrated Foil

Senior Mixed Foil D1, SNR March 22, 2025

Place 3 of 15 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating E24 Pittsburgh Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 KOBLE Peter 12 - U 12 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club 783 2102 1.8 98%
Pool
V 5:2 ERSOZ Yasemin 8 - E23 15 Pittsburgh Fencers Club / Pine-Richland Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 BURKARDT Victor 15 - U 9 Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club 1028 2104 3.6 96%
Pool
V 5:4 KIM Yoonsoo 2 - D25 2 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1483 2107 10.6 84%
Pool
D 3:5 NOSIK Gabriel 6 - E23 6 Corsair Fencing School / Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club 1396 2118 61.2 88%
Pool
V 5:3 MERRIFIELD Todd 14 - U 11 West Virginia University Fencing Club 1077 2057 4.8 93%
T16
V 15:7 WANG David 13 - U 14 Corsair Fencing School 2093 2096 49.5 50%
T8
V 15:8 NOSIK Gabriel 6 - E23 6 Corsair Fencing School / Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club 1868 2146 35.5 66%
T4
D 9:15 KIM Yoonsoo 2 - D25 2 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1887 2181 70.6 68%

Season Kickoff

Senior Mixed Foil D1, SNR September 15, 2024

Place 2 of 16 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating E24 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 TARCHICHI Robby 7 - E23 8 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1810 2094 47.4 68%
Pool
V 5:0 FORNEY Cadence 12 - U 16 - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 BURGOS Jacob 1 - C23 9 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2141 2047 36.5 44%
Pool
V 5:2 CHOI Lucas 15 - U 7 Carnegie Mellon University Fencing Club 1573 2083 13.6 76%
Pool
V 5:2 CHANG Zane 13 - U 3 AIC Fencing Club 1145 2097 5.0 94%
T16
V 15:9 IVASKA Mintas 9 - U 14 Pine-Richland Fencing Club 2500 1969 59.7 31%
T8
V 15:10 CHOI Lucas 15 - U 7 Carnegie Mellon University Fencing Club 2873 2029 83.2 18%
T4
V 15:9 RAJU Dharshan 5 - E24 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1596 2112 28.5 78%
T2
D 6:15 KAPLAN Maxwell 3 - D23 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2355 2140 44.0 37%

IUP Solar Blade Showdown

Div III Mixed Foil D1, DV3 April 6, 2024

Place 5 of 20 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating E24 Pittsburgh Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 ZEFF Owen 13 - U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club / Tiger Fencing Club 1207 2134 89.1 93%
Pool
V 5:0 STEWART Lindsay 16 - U 20 Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 YODER Neil 12 - U 10 Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club / West Shore Fencer's Club 1911 2045 29.4 58%
Pool
V 5:1 READ Sarah 6 - E23 14 Corsair Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 RHODES Jarreau 10 - U 15 Penn State University Fencing Club 948 2074 4.6 94%
Pool
V 5:3 POLEPALLI Vinil 7 - E23 2 Freehold Fencing Academy 1565 2079 15.6 80%
T16
V 15:6 READ Sarah 6 - E23 14 Corsair Fencing Club - - - -
T8
D 13:15 POLEPALLI Vinil 7 - E23 2 Freehold Fencing Academy 1544 2102 133.1 80%

Murphy's Irish City Open 8

Senior Mixed Foil D1, SNR March 24, 2024

Place 3 of 15 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating E24 Pittsburgh Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 GELLAD Luke 4 - E24 6 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1563 2034 22.6 77%
Pool
V 5:2 POLLETTA Julie 10 - E23 14 Corsair Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 BOLTON Lucas R. 1 - B23 1 Corsair Fencing Club 3141 2056 116.5 4%
Pool
V 5:2 BURKARDT Victor 15 - U 11 Steel City Fencers Club 800 2173 2.2 98%
Pool
V 5:4 HERTZEL Lucas 9 - E23 10 Bethel Park Fencing Club 1322 2175 9.1 91%
Pool
V 5:0 NOSIK Stanislav Missing ID 12 - U 15 Corsair Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 FREDERICK David 8 - E23 3 Two Ravens Fencing School / Wadsworth Fencing Club 1854 2184 50.4 68%
T16
V 15:7 BLANK Erik 14 - U 13 Indiana University of PA (IUP) Fencing Club 2500 2098 80.0 35%
T8
V 15:8 LI RunLin 2 - E24 5 Steel City Fencers Club / Corsair Fencing Club 1860 2178 58.9 68%
T4
D 9:15 POWELL Sean 6 - E24 2 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1794 2237 135.1 75%

For the Love of Fencing

Senior Mixed Foil C1, SNR February 11, 2024

Place 7 of 22 Seed 11 Not ranked Rating E23 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 CARELLI Nathaniel 17 - U 22 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1143 1963 15.8 88%
Pool
D 1:5 KAPLAN Maxwell 5 - D23 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1764 1979 75.6 63%
Pool
V 5:4 GELLAD Luke 8 - E24 11 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1537 1903 32.1 72%
Pool
V 5:2 EVERSON Benjamin 19 - U 19 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1628 1935 33.0 68%
Pool
V 5:1 LYON Claire 14 - E23 15 Corsair Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 BURGOS Jacob 2 - C23 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2210 1968 65.7 35%
T16
V 15:4 COPENHAVER Edward 16 - U 12 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club / Tiger Fencing Club 1736 2178 62.9 72%
T8
D 12:15 SUN Henry 6 - D23 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2018 2241 142.6 63%

PFC Winter Invitational

Senior Mixed Foil C2, SNR December 3, 2023

Place 6 of 25 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating E23 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 TARCHICHI Robby 13 - E23 10 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1763 2009 95.1 65%
Pool
V 5:0 XU Rachel 20 - U 25 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 KING Emily 12 - E23 17 Tiger Fencing Club / Peters Township Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 BURKARDT Victor 24 - U 22 Steel City Fencers Club 707 1914 7.2 96%
Pool
V 5:2 LINDOW Connor 3 - D23 11 1606 1921 41.6 69%
T16
V 15:8 GELLAD Luke 19 - U 14 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2177 2334 142.6 58%
T8
D 12:15 BASKIN Lukáš 7 - E23 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1679 2477 298.8 87%

PFC Fall Fiesta

Div III Mixed Foil D1, DV3 November 12, 2023

Place 5 of 15 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating E23 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 RAJU Dharshan 7 - E23 12 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1658 2006 76.7 69%
Pool
V 5:3 BINET Nicolas 11 - U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1614 2083 56.6 76%
Pool
V 5:1 GAVARRETE Moises 13 - U 15 1312 2139 26.2 89%
Pool
V 5:1 SUN Henry 6 - E23 7 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1712 2165 50.1 75%
Pool
D 4:5 TARCHICHI Robby 10 - U 10 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1620 2215 158.4 82%
Pool
D 3:5 STANOEV Sava 3 - E23 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2394 2057 48.0 31%
T16
V 15:11 RAJU Dharshan 7 - E23 12 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1656 2554 72.1 87%
T8
D 12:15 STANOEV Sava 3 - E23 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2260 2626 292.3 68%

Fall into a new rating

E & Under Men's Foil D1, E October 8, 2023

Place 2 of 15 Seed 8 Not ranked Rating E22 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 RAJU Dharshan 4 - E23 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1671 2500 925.1 79%
Pool
D 2:5 KAPLAN Max 1 - E23 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1847 1575 244.0 37%
Pool
V 5:0 MAIOLI Daniel 15 - U 14 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1172 1331 213.5 58%
Pool
V 5:3 LI RunLin 5 - E23 5 Steel City Fencers Club 1558 1544 206.7 49%
Pool
V 5:2 TARR Samuel 13 - U 11 Winchester Thurston Fencing 1167 1751 75.1 78%
Pool
V 5:3 RYAN Nash 14 - U 12 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 776 1826 26.7 93%
Pool
V 5:4 TARCHICHI Robby 12 - U 9 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1942 1853 153.0 45%
T16
V 15:3 MAIOLI Daniel 15 - U 14 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1191 2500 139.5 89%
T8
V 15:12 RAJU Dharshan 4 - E23 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1675 2640 170.4 84%
T4
V 15:13 SUN Henry 7 - E23 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1958 2810 151.7 83%
T2
D 9:15 KAPLAN Max 1 - E23 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 2690 2962 407.5 62%