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Michael (Trace) Platt

2011
Nova Fencing Club
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - 20 23 2 - 45
Losses - 21 29 11 - 61
Win ratio - 48.8% 44.2% 15.4% - 42.5%
Pool victories - 17 20 1 - 38
Pool losses - 15 22 9 - 46
Pool win ratio - 53.1% 47.6% 10.0% - 45.2%
DE victories - 3 3 1 - 7
DE losses - 6 7 2 - 15
DE win ratio - 33.3% 30.0% 33.3% - 31.8%

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† - 4 8 2 - 14
Easy wins % - 20.0% 34.8% 100.0% - 31.1%
Close wins‡ - 6 5 - - 11
Close wins % - 30.0% 21.7% 0.0% - 24.4%
Close losses‡ - 3 9 1 - 13
Close losses % - 14.3% 31.0% 9.1% - 21.3%
Big losses† - 10 10 1 - 21
Big losses % - 47.6% 34.5% 9.1% - 34.4%

† 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 - 6 8 2 - 16
Tournaments - 4 6 2 - 12

Competition history

16 competitions, 106 bouts

Emik Kaidanov Memorial Tournament

Y-14 Mixed Saber U, Y14 May 31, 2025

Place 6 of 14 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 TEPLESKY Sasha 7 - U 13 Nova Fencing Club 428 1240 3.2 90%
Pool
V 5:2 BERGAN Chase 6 - U 8 Nova Fencing Club 1046 1243 10.5 63%
Pool
V 5:3 GUO YUEXI 11 - U 9 Forge Fencing Teams DUR - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 TIAN Ariana 9 - U 7 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 HENRY Cadel 2 - D24 1 Forge Fencing Teams DUR 1599 1254 8.2 28%
Pool
D 4:5 JAVIER Xavier 12 - U 11 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1427 1246 10.6 38%
T16
V 15:5 TEPLESKY Sasha 7 - U 13 Nova Fencing Club 992 1542 20.6 77%
T8
D 10:15 MAJEWSKA Maria 1 - D25 3 Nova Fencing Club - - - -

Fairfax Challenge ROC(DV1A, DV2, VET), RJCC, RYC & PARA

Cadet Men's Saber C2, CDT May 10, 2025

Place 25 of 38 Seed 22 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 CHANG Ethan 15 - E25 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1681 1242 7.4 23%
Pool
V 5:4 HUANG Anthony 32 - U 31 Bergen Fencing Club 788 1234 7.2 77%
Pool
D 1:5 EVELYN Wyatt 27 - U 34 Miracle Fencing Club 725 1242 24.2 79%
Pool
D 2:5 HENRY Cadel 9 - D24 13 Forge Fencing Teams DUR 1588 1217 8.1 27%
Pool
V 5:4 VALENCIA Jose 4 - C25 3 Capital Fencing Academy 1977 1209 31.0 10%
T32
D 6:15 VALENCIA Jose 4 - C25 3 Capital Fencing Academy 2223 1559 17.1 15%

Fairfax Challenge ROC(DV1A, DV2, VET), RJCC, RYC & PARA

Y-14 Men's Saber U, Y14 May 9, 2025

Place 11 of 27 Seed 18 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 ALLEN Asa 12 - U 14 Richmond Fencing Club 1325 1184 18.7 41%
Pool
V 5:1 PAUL Jimmy 1 87 E25 10 Capital Fencing Academy 1545 1203 23.1 29%
Pool
V 5:3 EVELYN Wyatt 24 - U 21 Miracle Fencing Club 788 1226 7.6 75%
Pool
D 3:5 D'AMELJ Edoardo 8 215 U 7 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1589 1234 8.8 28%
Pool
V 5:2 HUANG KIMBALL 25 - U 26 Hills Fencing Institute 585 1225 5.0 85%
Pool
V 5:3 BONGIORNO Redding 17 - U 18 DC Fencers Club 1068 1230 11.9 61%
T16
D 8:15 D'AMELJ Edoardo 8 215 U 7 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2021 1587 27.9 25%

Northern Virginia Knights RYC/RJCC

Cadet Men's Saber C2, CDT May 4, 2025

Place 14 of 29 Seed 19 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 LIAO Sirui 11 - E25 24 Miracle Fencing Club 1412 1158 22.5 34%
Pool
D 2:5 BROOKS Isaac 20 - U 12 Capital Fencing Academy 1130 1180 17.4 53%
Pool
V 5:4 CHAWLA Abhishek 10 - E25 11 Capital Fencing Academy 1327 1163 19.7 39%
Pool
D 1:5 MALAITHONG Nathagorn 1 60 C24 2 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2242 1182 1.8 4%
Pool
V 5:0 KHOSLA Shya 27 - U 29 Forge Fencing Teams DUR 395 1181 3.9 90%
T32
V 15:12 WANG Ziyao 28 - U 19 Miracle Fencing Club / Richmond Fencing Club 1412 1552 47.5 59%
T16
D 6:15 MALAITHONG Nathagorn 1 60 C24 2 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2449 1600 12.7 10%

Northern Virginia Knights RYC/RJCC

Y-14 Men's Saber U, Y14 May 3, 2025

Place 30 of 37 Seed 21 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 PAUL Jimmy 4 85 E25 2 Capital Fencing Academy 1508 1197 11.3 30%
Pool
D 2:5 JAVIER Xavier 13 241 U 17 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1475 1185 11.6 32%
Pool
D 3:5 DONNELL Cillian 28 - U 24 DC Fencers Club 998 1174 21.6 61%
Pool
V 5:3 SCHWARTZMAN Jakub 16 - U 31 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1194 1152 17.9 47%
Pool
D 1:5 CHOU Franklin 35 - U 13 Forge Fencing Teams DUR 1379 1170 12.5 37%
T64
V 15:5 PAREEK Ishaan 33 - U 35 Nittany Fencing Academy 2500 1512 71.8 17%
T32
D 1:15 SLAVNOV Anton 5 85 U 5 Capital Fencing Academy 2033 1584 31.4 24%

Fairfax Challenge SYC/RJCC

Y-14 Men's Saber C2, Y14 March 21, 2025

Place 69 of 96 Seed 72 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 TAKEBE Ren 91 - U 62 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1351 1198 23.6 40%
Pool
D 4:5 SAYAR Luke 44 - E25 18 American Institute Of Fencing 1409 1222 14.7 38%
Pool
V 5:3 ZHANG Caleb 70 - U 78 Globus Fencing Academy 986 1207 13.7 64%
Pool
D 0:5 SO Morgan 13 77 U 43 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 1429 1221 13.7 37%
Pool
D 0:5 HENRY Cadel 41 - D24 16 Forge Fencing Teams DUR 1586 1207 10.2 27%
T128
D 8:15 LI Lucas 90 - U 60 Advance Fencing And Fitness Academy 1409 1595 82.7 61%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Y-12 Men's Saber C2, Y12 July 5, 2024

Place 111 of 230 Seed 183 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 YPHANTIDES Alexander 157 - U 95 San Diego Fencing Center 1590 1137 36.6 23%
Pool
D 3:5 VO Blake 90 101 U 113 Premier Fencing Academy 1458 1173 14.1 32%
Pool
V 5:4 SIDDAMSHETTY Ishaan 115 140 U 62 Globus Fencing Academy 1542 1159 32.5 27%
Pool
D 1:5 PERRIN Leo 47 52 U 54 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1733 1192 8.5 19%
Pool
D 4:5 XIAO Brayden 22 23 E24 29 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1738 1183 8.1 18%
Pool
V 5:4 GUERRA Corey 223 - U 211 Cobra Fencing Club LLC 1286 1175 22.9 43%
T256
V 15:6 MALEK Zak 166 - U 147 Boston Fencing Club 1823 1492 112.6 31%
T128
D 7:15 CHAMBERS Miles 2 2 E24 17 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2649 1605 9.9 5%

NoVA Knights RYC/RJCC& NON-REGIONAL VET

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 April 21, 2024

Place 10 of 34 Seed 23 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 HEMANI Bowen 28 - U 34 Nova Fencing Club 2500 1039 34.7 8%
Pool
V 5:3 WANG Ziyao 13 - U 27 Miracle Fencing Club / Richmond Fencing Club 1005 1073 21.8 54%
Pool
D 4:5 JOHNSON Leland 8 122 U 3 DC Fencers Club 1903 1095 5.5 9%
Pool
V 5:4 LIU Jayden 6 102 U 16 Capital Fencing Academy 1346 1090 32.3 34%
Pool
V 5:2 ARTETA-CHEVALIER Ulysse 31 - U 20 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1194 1122 25.1 45%
Pool
D 4:5 PERRIN Leo 3 78 U 6 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1636 1147 10.3 21%
T32
V 15:12 ZHANG Weihang 32 - U 23 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1745 1399 136.1 30%
T16
D 7:15 LI Andrew 4 99 U 7 Miracle Fencing Club 1978 1535 43.2 27%

NoVA Knights RYC/RJCC& NON-REGIONAL VET

Y-14 Men's Saber U, Y14 April 20, 2024

Place 37 of 41 Seed 32 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 YAO Zachary 39 - U 19 Sigma Fencing Academy 970 1148 36.6 61%
Pool
D 4:5 LAWLOR Ryan 36 - U 38 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 583 1111 48.2 80%
Pool
V 5:3 BROOKS Isaac 18 - U 32 Capital Fencing Academy 939 1063 23.0 58%
Pool
D 0:5 RINALDI Savio 5 188 U 3 Capital Fencing Academy 1545 1086 13.0 23%
Pool
D 0:5 FENG Brendan 8 200 E23 9 Miracle Fencing Club 1575 1073 11.7 21%
Pool
D 4:5 BONGIORNO Wesley 20 - U 24 DC Fencers Club 1156 1061 22.4 44%
T64
D 9:15 OTT William 12 - U 30 Miracle Fencing Club 1324 1521 122.0 61%

Fairfax Challenge ROC/RJCC/RYC & Y8

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 January 21, 2024

Place 25 of 37 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 URQUILLA Devin 13 - U 32 National Capital Fencers Club 441 1193 9.5 88%
Pool
D 2:5 HENRY Cadel 35 - U 1 Forge Fencing Teams 1620 1202 17.9 25%
Pool
D 2:5 SLAVNOV Anton 1 50 U 21 Capital Fencing Academy 1558 1184 18.8 27%
Pool
D 4:5 TAKEBE Ren 24 - U 17 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1658 1165 14.7 21%
Pool
V 5:3 PETACCHI Leonardo 32 - U 30 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 770 1151 17.1 72%
Pool
D 4:5 LIAO Sirui 25 - U 3 Miracle Fencing Club 1454 1168 20.1 32%
T32
D 14:15 LI Andrew 33 - U 9 Miracle Fencing Club 1960 1588 66.8 31%

Fairfax Challenge ROC/RJCC/RYC & Y8

Y-14 Men's Saber U, Y14 January 19, 2024

Place 17 of 19 Seed 10 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 CHANG Ethan 15 - U 10 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1592 1232 24.0 28%
Pool
D 1:5 RINALDI Savio 3 155 U 3 Capital Fencing Academy 1492 1209 26.1 32%
Pool
D 2:5 XU Ivan 4 - D23 2 Miracle Fencing Club 1763 1182 14.7 17%
Pool
D 3:5 JOHNSON Leland 9 - U 9 DC Fencers Club 1859 1168 11.3 13%
Pool
V 5:3 BENE Andrew 18 - U 16 Miracle Fencing Club 1186 1156 36.2 48%
T32
D 6:15 BENE Andrew 18 - U 16 Miracle Fencing Club 1482 1735 147.3 63%

Capitol Clash SYC/RCC & Y8

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 January 15, 2024

Place 65 of 148 Seed 142 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 MAI Ryan 54 - U 101 Lone Star Fencing Center 781 925 46.7 59%
Pool
V 5:1 DY Azriel 120 - U 123 Excel Fencing Academy 672 972 34.3 68%
Pool
V 5:2 MOORE Blaise 99 - U 72 Forge Fencing Teams 1139 1006 57.0 42%
Pool
V 5:1 LEE Brendan 35 75 U 50 1653 1063 87.4 18%
Pool
V 5:2 VALIYEV Aslan 79 - U 146 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 587 1151 18.2 80%
Pool
V 5:3 KANIA Alexander 10 24 U 38 Midwest Fencing Club 1507 1169 63.5 29%
T128
D 8:15 MOELLER Felix 94 - U 32 Sigma Fencing Academy 1843 1896 160.6 53%

The Southern RYC/RJCC/ROC (VET/D1A/DV2/TEAM)

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 December 18, 2023

Place 1 of 3 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 RINALDI Benigno 1 - U 2 Capital Fencing Academy 1144 756 103.1 27%
Pool
V 5:0 GORDON Ezekiel 3 - U 3 Nellya Fencers 924 859 66.1 46%
T2
V 15:7 RINALDI Benigno 1 - U 2 Capital Fencing Academy 1854 1666 229.2 40%

The Bull City RJCC, RYC & Y8

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 October 15, 2023

Place 23 of 30 Seed 17 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 CAO HAOTIAN 26 - U 11 Elite Fencing Academy (GA) 1130 771 61.8 30%
Pool
V 5:3 LEVY Daniel 25 - U 21 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation / Royal Fencing Academy 1264 709 162.8 20%
Pool
D 1:5 MOELLER Felix 16 - U 10 Sigma Fencing Academy 1368 872 38.9 22%
Pool
D 4:5 KOHLER Vaughn 7 - U 22 Nellya Fencers 1085 833 53.8 35%
Pool
D 3:5 CORPUZ Dylan 5 - U 12 Triple Threat Fencing Academy 1472 779 22.9 14%
T32
D 9:15 CORPUZ Dylan 5 - U 12 Triple Threat Fencing Academy 2226 1801 134.5 29%

Fairfax Challenge Spring RYC/RJCC/ROC

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 April 16, 2023

Place 31 of 38 Seed 31 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 LEVY Daniel 12 - U 26 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation / Royal Fencing Academy 1265 816 119.5 28%
Pool
D 2:5 FENG Brendan 1 57 U 1 Miracle Fencing Club 1456 697 60.4 15%
Pool
V 5:0 BONGIORNO Redding 13 - U 38 DC Fencers Club 1273 636 291.9 19%
Pool
D 2:5 GRABOWSKI Alexander 35 - U 11 Capital Fencing Academy 1562 928 51.8 18%
Pool
D 2:5 RINALDI Savio 19 - U 2 Capital Fencing Academy 1296 876 67.6 27%
Pool
D 3:5 BRISENO Ethan 37 - U 12 Nellya Fencers 1494 809 38.0 15%
T64
V 15:7 GONZALEZ Leo 38 - U 34 National Capital Fencers Club 2500 1830 380.5 29%
T32
D 11:15 VALENCIA Jose 11 - U 3 Capital Fencing Academy 1771 2210 409.0 69%

DCFC Youth Saber Challenge

Y-12 Mixed Saber U, Y12 November 5, 2022

Place 14 of 16 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 KANE Kiran 14 - U 3 Nova Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
D 4:5 HEATH Isabella 16 - U 11 DC Fencers Club - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 BONGIORNO Wesley 8 - U 5 DC Fencers Club 1109 2079 833.1 84%
Pool
D 3:5 DUNSKY Nicholas 2 - U 10 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 687 1246 430.2 75%
T16
D 7:15 D'AMELJ Edoardo 11 - U 2 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2181 2500 670.4 62%