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Statistics Profile

Matthew Karmelich

1999
Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC)
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 6 5 - - 4 15
Losses 14 2 - - 7 23
Win ratio 30.0% 71.4% - - 36.4% 39.5%
Pool victories 6 4 - - 4 14
Pool losses 11 1 - - 5 17
Pool win ratio 35.3% 80.0% - - 44.4% 45.2%
DE victories - 1 - - - 1
DE losses 3 1 - - 2 6
DE win ratio 0.0% 50.0% - - 0.0% 14.3%

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† 1 2 - - - 3
Easy wins % 16.7% 40.0% - - 0.0% 20.0%
Close wins‡ 3 1 - - 3 7
Close wins % 50.0% 20.0% - - 75.0% 46.7%
Close losses‡ 1 - - - 4 5
Close losses % 7.1% 0.0% - - 57.1% 21.7%
Big losses† 7 - - - 2 9
Big losses % 50.0% 0.0% - - 28.6% 39.1%

† 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 3 1 - - 2 6
Tournaments 3 1 - - 1 5

Competition history

6 competitions, 38 bouts

Avant-Garde Foil & Saber Cup

Senior Men's Saber C2, SNR May 25, 2026

Place 20 of 27 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating E23 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (ca) (agfc)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 WANG Xuren 9 - D26 5 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (ca) (agfc) 1304 1726 61.0 75%
Pool
V 5:1 RAPHAEL Darren 17 - U 26 Laguna Fencing Center 2500 1665 37.2 21%
Pool
D 2:5 GUO Youwei 24 - U 1 Eagle Blade Fencers Club 1329 1702 54.1 73%
Pool
V 5:3 CHEN Zhengming 8 - D26 8 South Bay Fencing Academy 1702 1648 36.2 47%
Pool
D 3:5 GREENSTEIN Viktor 1 - B25 3 La International Fencing 2042 1684 19.0 28%
Pool
D 1:5 YAMANI Yousuf 27 - U 17 University Of Calif/Santa Barbara (UCSB) 1496 1665 38.0 61%
T32
D 10:15 RAPHAEL Pierson 18 - U 15 Laguna Fencing Center 1268 1292 175.7 51%

Saber Trophy Challange Y10, Y12, Y14, JNR, Senior

Senior Mixed Saber U, SNR May 17, 2026

Place 12 of 15 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating E23 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 LI Linze 2 - C26 2 Chaparral Middle School / Eagle Blade Fencers Club 2002 1997 49.7 50%
Pool
D 1:5 CHEN Zhengming 3 - D26 3 Eagle Blade Fencers Club 1678 1948 64.4 67%
Pool
D 3:5 TONG Evan 14 - U 9 Eagle Blade Fencers Club 1008 1883 102.3 92%
Pool
V 5:4 YOON Mi 15 - U 11 Fence MI Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 LATIFZADA Enzo 12 - U 14 Rebel Fencing Club 851 1781 8.6 90%
Pool
D 1:5 KNIGHT Alex 10 - U 6 San Diego Fencing Center 1360 1790 64.1 75%
T16
D 3:15 KIM Enoch 5 - D26 5 Laguna Hills HS / Laguna Fencing Center 1819 1417 124.9 29%

UCLA Okawa Open 2026

Senior Men's Saber C1, SNR April 18, 2026

Place 12 of 19 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating E23

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 MARQUEZ Jeremy 3 - C25 5 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) / Fencing Academy Of Denver 2057 2229 87.8 61%
Pool
D 4:5 CHAN Ryan 17 - U 18 Cal Fencing Club (uc Berkeley) 1365 2142 115.1 86%
Pool
D 1:5 SUN Eon 4 - D26 6 West Coast Fencing Academy 1499 2026 105.6 80%
Pool
V 5:4 CHOI Jung Jin 10 - U 14 San Diego Fencing Center / University of California Los Angeles Fencing Club 1684 1921 38.1 64%
Pool
V 5:4 WANG Conrad 15 - U 11 University of California Los Angeles Fencing Club 1763 1959 38.4 62%
T16
D 11:15 WEINBERG Harry 5 - D25 3 University of Southern California Trojan Fencing Club / Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 2164 1520 103.4 20%

Badger Duals Open

Mixed Saber D1 February 9, 2025

Place 6 of 24 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating E23

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 ZHANG Frank 13 - U 16 University of Wisconsin-Madison 2500 2242 66.7 40%
Pool
V 5:4 REESE Rebecca M. 11 - U 13 Madison Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 EVERS Kyle 23 - U 3 Midwest Fencing Club 2813 2309 86.4 30%
Pool
D 2:5 DEGA Brandon 3 - E24 3 Madison Fencing Academy 1567 2396 169.1 89%
Pool
V 5:0 LIN Brian 18 - U 20 646 2226 2.8 99%
T16
V 15:8 SHUKLA Anusha 21 - U 12 University of Wisconsin-Madison - - - -
T8
D 11:15 DEGA Brandon 3 - E24 3 Madison Fencing Academy 2172 1675 154.8 28%

Fencing Center of Chicago ROC, VET & RJCC - Reg Opens 3/2

Div II Men's Saber C1, DV2 May 23, 2021

Place 17 of 21 Seed 15 Not ranked Rating E21 Iowa State University Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 KOKKIN Jack S. 2 - C20 6 Midwest Fencing Club 2734 2238 264.8 24%
Pool
V 5:3 CHAN Aidan 10 - D19 12 Laguna Fencing Center 2050 2503 71.0 75%
Pool
D 1:5 VILLARREAL Mateo 7 - D20 8 Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 2316 2574 150.6 64%
Pool
D 2:5 YU Limin 18 - U 19 Renaissance Fencing Club 1796 2423 180.6 82%
T32
D 14:15 YU Thomas 19 - U 16 Renaissance Fencing Club 2089 2040 364.8 48%

Fencing Center of Chicago ROC, VET & RJCC - Reg Opens 3/2

Div I-A Men's Saber C2, D1A May 23, 2021

Place 19 of 27 Seed 20 Not ranked Rating E21 Iowa State University Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 BOUKHTIN Maxim 22 - E19 16 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 2313 2500 464.4 57%
Pool
V 5:4 HUSTON Theodore 25 - U 23 Lincoln Square Fencing 1652 2964 68.0 93%
Pool
D 4:5 SMITH Mitchell M. 1 91 B20 3 Kansas City Fencing Center 3168 3032 303.0 44%
Pool
D 4:5 JAWOROWSKI Matthew 11 - D20 8 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2587 2729 300.7 57%
Pool
D 4:5 WANG Nicolas 10 - D21 6 Renaissance Fencing Club 2472 2429 190.7 48%
T32
D 6:15 JAWOROWSKI Matthew 11 - D20 8 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2697 2500 459.9 42%