Zhiyong Zhao

1975

Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 18 18 21 - - 57
Losses 5 17 27 - - 49
Win Ratio 78.3% 51.4% 43.8% - - 53.8%
Pool Victories 12 14 17 - - 43
Pool Losses 2 12 20 - - 34
Pool Win Ratio 85.7% 53.8% 45.9% - - 55.8%
DE Victories 6 4 4 - - 14
DE Losses 3 5 7 - - 15
DE Win Ratio 66.7% 44.4% 36.4% - - 48.3%

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† 9 5 7 - - 21
Easy wins as % of wins 50.0% 27.8% 33.3% - - 36.8%
Close wins‡ 2 4 4 - - 10
Close wins as % of all wins 11.1% 22.2% 19.0% - - 17.5%
Close losses‡ 1 2 8 - - 11
Close losses as % of all losses 20.0% 11.8% 29.6% - - 22.4%
Big losses† 2 5 10 - - 17
Big losses as % of all losses 40.0% 29.4% 37.0% - - 34.7%

† 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 3 5 7 - - 15
Tournaments 2 5 6 - - 13

Competition History

Division 1/Parafencing National Championships + April NAC

Veteran Men's Foil (A2, VET), April 28, 2024
Place 9, Seed 19, Not ranked, Rating C24, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 CHAO Pierre 55 U 54 1220 2142 3.1 94%
Pool W 5:2 NEWELL Tim 54 U 57 Bayou City Fencing Academy 1299 2146 3.7 92%
Pool W 5:1 WYSZYNSKI Marek B. 1 A24 10 Fencers Club Inc. 3507 2149 56.3 1%
Pool W 5:1 BERKE Daniel (Dan) L. 37 D21 46 Rain City Fencing Center 1718 2206 8.0 79%
Pool L 4:5 GAVILLI Lorenzo 18 C24 3 2803 2214 6.6 18%
Pool W 5:1 OKURA Ethan R. 36 D22 35 2204 2207 16.3 50%
T64 W 10:2 WEMPLE Charles 58 U 59 Bayou City Fencing Academy 814 2339 1.6 99%
T32 W 10:3 MINOTT Nicolas D. 46 E20 31 Valkyrie Fencing Club 2309 2340 39.5 52%
T16 L 6:10 GAVILLI Lorenzo 18 C24 3 2866 2380 21.9 25%

Division 1/Parafencing National Championships + April NAC

Vet-40 Men's Foil (B1, V40), April 27, 2024
Place 3, Seed 3, Rank 2, Rating C24, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 TOMASI John 6 7 D23 20 1872 2057 15.0 62%
Pool W 5:4 SUN Glen 19 U 12 SoCAL Fencing Center 2135 2072 18.4 46%
Pool W 5:1 KASKAN Peter E. 14 E23 16 Round Rock Fencing Club, LLC 2320 2090 24.0 36%
Pool W 5:3 GREEN Michael C. 11 C21 6 Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club 2673 2114 28.4 21%
T16 W 10:8 PASHBY Stephen N. 2 2 B23 15 Forge Fencing Teams 2691 2205 92.8 23%
T8 W 10:2 MCGINTY Eli G. 7 8 E23 8 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy / Bay Area Fencing Club 2280 2298 47.7 51%
T4 L 5:10 PAI Dong-Ying 1 1 A23 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club 3381 2346 6.9 5%

January NAC

Vet-40 Men's Foil (B1, V40), January 7, 2024
Place 3, Seed 3, Rank 4, Rating C23, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 RODRIGUEZ VINCENT 9 9 E23 12 San Diego Fencing Center 1404 2027 7.2 85%
Pool L 2:5 GAVILLI Lorenzo 15 U 3 2794 2034 6.0 20%
Pool W 5:2 WU Jingxiao 10 19 E23 14 Rain City Fencing Center 1739 2028 13.2 68%
Pool W 5:3 TOMASI John 4 7 D23 10 1845 2042 15.0 63%
T16 W 10:4 BHATT Jay 8 D22 13 West Berkeley Fencing Club / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1756 2167 33.7 73%
T8 W 10:6 LI Sheng 13 U 8 Bay Area Fencing Club 1186 2201 10.1 93%
T4 L 4:10 PAI Dong-Ying 1 1 A23 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 3351 2211 6.2 4%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-40 Men's Foil (A2, V40), July 5, 2023
Place 9, Seed 3, Rank 4, Rating C23, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 MONES jesse 6 6 E22 7 Lotus Fencing Academy 2066 2034 22.6 48%
Pool L 4:5 LANE Mitchell D. 11 C22 5 Fencing Club Asheville 2666 2056 7.8 17%
Pool W 5:1 HOLCOMB Michael 19 22 U 20 Victoria Fencing Program 1072 2048 3.2 94%
Pool W 5:2 KHER Amol 23 U 22 Bay Area Fencing Club 1174 2052 4.3 92%
Pool L 3:5 WU Jingxiao 14 E23 12 Rain City Fencing Center 1789 2056 28.7 67%
T32 W 10:3 STOY Patrick 25 U 24 Denver Fencing Center 1505 2160 24.0 82%
T16 L 7:10 CHENG Thomas 10 10 B21 8 Stoccata Fencing Academy & Club / Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2998 2184 16.9 12%

Denison-Curn Open

Men's Foil (B1), June 10, 2023
Place 3, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating E22, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 COPELAND Nigel 7 D23 5 Cyranos Place 1810 2105 34.4 68%
Pool W 5:3 BOWERS Gregory 14 U 18 American Fencing Academy of Dayton 1240 2070 5.5 90%
Pool W 5:0 WILSON Kirk 20 U 20 Corsair Fencing Club 803 2076 1.7 97%
Pool W 5:4 ROOT-THOMPSON Kiah 17 U 13 Profencing 1393 2077 7.5 85%
Pool L 2:5 GNEUHS Sam 6 C22 6 1813 2085 32.0 67%
Pool L 3:5 ALLEN Henry 1 B23 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc 2170 2053 19.2 42%
T16 W 15:14 DENMAN Matthew L 4 B20 9 American Fencing Academy of Dayton 2319 2007 115.8 32%
T8 W 15:13 COPELAND Nigel 7 D23 5 Cyranos Place 2221 2123 84.7 44%
T4 L 13:15 CHEREDNICHENKO Ihor 8 D23 2 Columbus Fencing & Fitness 2411 2208 47.6 39%

Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Vet-40 Men's Foil (E1, V40), April 21, 2023
Place 3, Seed 1, Rank 3, Rating E22, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 TANG Julian 4 8 A20 2 2934 2062 5.4 8%
Pool W 5:3 MONES jesse 8 11 E22 7 Lotus Fencing Academy 2082 2056 27.3 48%
Pool W 5:1 CHANG William 11 U 11 Freehold Fencing Academy 1370 2083 7.7 87%
Pool W 5:3 MCGINTY Eli G. 9 E22 8 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy / Bay Area Fencing Club 2179 2091 27.5 45%
Pool L 3:5 PASHBY Stephen N. 5 15 C22 3 Forge Fencing Teams 2495 2119 14.1 27%
T8 W 10:8 BROWN Jason 6 13 E23 6 Ludus Fencing Studio 2251 1880 138.1 30%
T4 L 3:10 TANG Julian 4 8 A20 2 3150 2018 10.8 4%

Gene Krebs Memorial Open II at Miami University

Mixed Foil (A1), April 1, 2023
Place 17, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating E22, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 JAMES John 17 U 18 Miami University Fencing Ohio 1076 2120 4.6 94%
Pool L 1:5 CULLIVAN Justice 1 A23 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc 3276 2124 2.7 3%
Pool L 2:5 GNEUHS Sam 8 C22 11 Salle Du Lion Fencing Center 1823 2122 41.9 69%
Pool L 2:5 SANTOS Carlos 9 C21 6 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 2102 2080 27.6 49%
Pool W 5:3 RYAN Ben 23 U 21 The Ohio State University Fencing Club / Hudson Centers for the Martial Arts 1403 2052 9.3 84%
T32 L 8:15 DENMAN Matthew L L. 6 B20 16 American Fencing Academy of Dayton 2167 1962 81.7 39%

January NAC

Vet-40 Men's Foil (E1, V40), January 8, 2023
Place 5, Seed 1, Rank 2, Rating E22, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 TANG Julian 5 A20 2 2909 2069 7.5 9%
Pool W 5:2 TOMASI John 9 12 E22 9 Rockville Fencing Academy 1687 2062 19.0 73%
Pool W 5:1 QUINTERO Delainy 4 7 U 11 Masters Fencing Club 1689 2081 17.6 73%
Pool L 1:5 PAI Dong-Ying 8 C19 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2699 2098 11.8 17%
Pool W 5:3 MCCONVILLE Brendan M. 10 E22 8 Cape Fear Fencing Association / Forge Fencing Teams 2242 2087 33.2 41%
T8 L 7:10 HABALA Peter 2 7 B22 3 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 3497 1967 5.0 1%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-40 Men's Foil (D1, V40), July 7, 2022
Place 10, Seed 2, Rank 2, Rating E22, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 BROWN Jason 11 U 6 Ludus Fencing Studio 1708 2062 55.1 71%
Pool W 5:3 TOMASI John 8 E21 8 Rockville Fencing Academy 1767 2007 25.8 65%
Pool W 5:4 GUERRERO Gonzalo 14 U 14 Denver Fencing Center 2095 2033 37.0 46%
Pool L 3:5 HABALA Peter 5 A18 3 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 3866 2070 0.4 < 1%
T16 L 7:10 RUSANOV Oleg 3 3 E19 7 Royal Fencing Academy 1907 2123 156.2 62%

2nd Annual Queen City Cup

Div III Mixed Foil (D1, DV3), May 1, 2022
Place 3, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating E21, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 MARTIN Maximilian 13 U 15 1748 2231 23.3 76%
Pool L 4:5 MCLANE Katherine 5 E22 1 Queen City Fencers Club LLC
Pool L 2:5 SWITALA Benjamin T. 4 E22 2 Cyranos Place 2572 2254 27.2 34%
Pool L 2:5 FINDLAY Zachary 16 U 10 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 1751 2227 77.7 78%
Pool L 1:5 MCCALLEN Cade 12 U 11 1647 2149 68.7 78%
Pool L 0:5 PINKERTON Joseph H. 1 D21 5 Xavier University Fencing Club / New Trier X-Caliber Fencing Club 2312 2081 29.1 36%
Pool W 5:2 AMES Tucker 9 U 8 Queen City Fencers Club LLC 1285 2051 10.5 88%
T16 W 15:12 SMITH Brandon T. 15 U 9 1388 1906 76.8 72%
T8 W 15:11 COPELAND Nigel 14 U 6 Cyranos Place 1958 1983 140.2 51%
T4 L 6:15 MCLANE Katherine 5 E22 1 Queen City Fencers Club LLC

2nd Annual Queen City Cup

Senior Mixed Foil (A2, SNR), April 30, 2022
Place 19, Seed 26, Not ranked, Rating E21, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 UPTON Craig 6 B21 6 Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Auburn Fencing Club 2483 2416 57.1 46%
Pool L 4:5 PINKERTON Joseph H. 13 D21 15 Xavier University Fencing Club / New Trier X-Caliber Fencing Club 2209 2359 66.6 59%
Pool W 5:0 WESTFALL Iris 22 U 23 Queen City Fencers Club LLC
Pool L 2:5 PALMA Matthew Dominic 4 B22 8 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 2573 2292 36.3 33%
Pool L 4:5 HOWELL Ryan L. 12 C21 1 2699 2256 24.8 28%
T32 L 7:15 DENMAN Matthew L. 7 B20 14 American Fencing Academy Of Dayton 2224 2055 149.2 41%

March NAC

Vet-40 Men's Foil (E1, V40), March 5, 2022
Place 3, Seed 1, Rank 3, Rating E21, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 CHANG Eric 3 7 U 5 Golubitsky Fencing Center / Lilov Fencing Academy 1879 2378 34.1 74%
Pool W 5:0 QUINTERO Delainy 6 U 3 Masters Fencing Club 1744 2413 25.0 83%
Pool L 2:5 CHENG Thomas 4 B21 2 Penta Olympic Fencing Club / Orlando Fencing Club 3059 2438 26.1 21%
Pool L 1:5 MORENO BRIONES Patricio A. 5 U 1 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 3364 2412 15.1 13%
Pool W 5:3 RUSANOV Oleg 2 3 E19 6 Royal Fencing Academy 1664 2396 19.2 87%
T8 W 10:4 RUSANOV Oleg 2 3 E19 6 Royal Fencing Academy 1756 1893 210.1 57%
T4 L 9:10 CHENG Thomas 4 B21 2 Penta Olympic Fencing Club / Orlando Fencing Club 3122 2103 47.9 11%

IFC 2022 Winter Classic

Mixed Foil (B2), February 26, 2022
Place 22, Seed 20, Not ranked, Rating E21, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 PRIJATEL John R. 34 U 26 Xavier University Fencing Club 2021 2814 41.0 80%
Pool L 1:5 LYUTIKOV Yegor 6 C21 2 River City Fencing 2553 2855 169.6 67%
Pool L 3:5 CHO Jeremy 4 B19 6 Cracovia Fencing School / Washington University in St. Louis 2526 2685 125.1 59%
Pool L 4:5 MILLER Daniel 17 D19 16 Unattached 2030 2560 138.8 77%
Pool W 5:2 BERNWANGER Phillip 31 U 34 Purdue Fencing Club / Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 1337 2421 14.2 92%
Pool L 0:5 WANG Eric J 7 C21 5 Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ. / Birmingham Fencing Club 2679 2436 57.0 36%
T32 L 7:15 PALWAI Suhas 18 E22 11 Fencing Center Of Chicago / Stevenson High School Fencing Team 1803 2499 605.9 78%

January NAC

Vet-40 Men's Foil (E1, V40), January 9, 2022
Place 3, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating E21, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 ANDERSON Nathan T. 1 1 A21 1 Denver Fencing Center 3305 2438 59.8 13%
Pool W 5:0 MASON Zachary 4 E19 2 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2995 2378 215.0 26%
Pool W 5:4 ROBINSON Timothy 2 D17 3 Presidio Fencing Club / University Of Calif/Santa Barbara (UCSB) 2514 2593 137.1 54%
Pool W 5:1 CHANG Eric 5 U 6 Golubitsky Fencing Center / Lilov Fencing Academy 2148 2730 61.8 75%
Pool W 5:1 LEE David S. 6 U 5 1721 2792 21.7 94%
T4 L 8:10 MASON Zachary 4 E19 2 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2921 2832 332.9 47%

Miami University Love and Honor 3-Weapon Open

Mixed Foil (B2), November 20, 2021
Place 11, Seed 21, Not ranked, Rating U, Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 GNEUHS Sam 13 E20 21 1765 2500 273.3 76%
Pool L 3:5 PINKERTON Joseph H. 8 D21 14 Xavier University Fencing Club / New Trier X-Caliber Fencing Club 2465 2773 518.0 63%
Pool W 5:3 SMITH Brandon T. 27 U 18 1898 2255 183.9 64%
Pool W 5:0 KRAFT Nathan 18 U 26 Miami University Fencing Ohio 1582 2439 85.0 83%
Pool L 4:5 CAO Leon M. 3 B19 2 The Ohio State University Ncaa / Queen City Fencers Club LLC 3270 2524 86.4 17%
T32 W 15:10 BISWAS Aneel 20 U 22 2079 2500 331.8 63%
T16 L 9:15 MAO Rebecca J. 9 D21 7 Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Olde Town Fencing Club