Michael Meng

2007

Houston Sword Sports

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories - 4 7 - - 11
Losses - 28 15 - - 43
Win Ratio - 12.5% 31.8% - - 20.4%
Pool Victories - 3 6 - - 9
Pool Losses - 26 12 - - 38
Pool Win Ratio - 10.3% 33.3% - - 19.1%
DE Victories - 1 1 - - 2
DE Losses - 2 3 - - 5
DE Win Ratio - 33.3% 25.0% - - 28.6%

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† - 2 3 - - 5
Easy wins as % of wins - 50.0% 42.9% - - 45.5%
Close wins‡ - - 2 - - 2
Close wins as % of all wins - 0.0% 28.6% - - 18.2%
Close losses‡ - 4 2 - - 6
Close losses as % of all losses - 14.3% 13.3% - - 14.0%
Big losses† - 14 7 - - 21
Big losses as % of all losses - 50.0% 46.7% - - 48.8%

† 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 - 6 3 - - 9
Tournaments - 5 3 - - 8

Competition History

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Men's Saber (C3, DV3), July 5, 2023
Place 172, Seed 188, Not ranked, Rating U, Houston Sword Sports
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 HOTHA Nikhil 103 E23 8 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2123 1199 6.3 7%
Pool L 3:5 LESUEUR Luke J. 130 E23 96 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 2219 1193 4.7 5%
Pool L 1:5 BHASKAR Dhananjay K. 72 D21 141 Delaware Valley Fencers Club-PA 1794 1188 13.0 18%
Pool L 1:5 CHABENAT Guillaume 14 D23 85 Fencing Academy Of Denver 2117 1175 5.8 7%
Pool L 0:5 SAVOY Luca 45 D23 1 2368 1169 2.6 3%
Pool W 5:1 CENTENO Zachary 162 U 178 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 1579 1167 53.1 25%

Battle in Space City ROC/RJCC

Cadet Men's Saber (E1, CDT), April 29, 2023
Place 15, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U, Houston Sword Sports
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 KWON Kenneth 4 U 12 Frisco Fencing Academy 1565 1310 30.2 34%
Pool L 3:5 HAMMERS Neel 8 U 3 Globus Fencing Academy 1425 1280 33.9 41%
Pool L 3:5 RAMSEY Alexander 14 U 2 Globus Fencing Academy 1272 1246 37.6 48%
Pool L 1:5 XUE Leo 3 U 6 Texas Sabre Academy 1509 1209 24.5 31%
Pool W 5:2 HONG Sungwon 9 U 18 Texas Sabre Academy 617 1184 14.7 79%
T32 W 15:5 HONG Sungwon 9 U 18 Texas Sabre Academy 1785 1450 200.4 36%
T16 L 12:15 SEETHAMRAJU Pranay 6 U 3 Frisco Fencing Academy 1496 1651 198.1 58%

2023 Gulf Coast Div. Summer National Qualifiers

Div II Men's Saber (U, DV2), April 16, 2023
Place 2, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Houston Sword Sports
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 LAMOTH Jose Luis 1 E23 1 Fort Bend Fencing Academy 2944 1312 1.9 2%
T2 L 14:15 LAMOTH Jose Luis 1 E23 1 Fort Bend Fencing Academy 2813 1484 33.1 8%

March NAC and Parafencing National Championships

Cadet Men's Saber (A3, CDT), March 3, 2023
Place 187, Seed 153, Not ranked, Rating U, Houston Sword Sports
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 SHOMAN Zachary 32 41 A22 6 Manhattan Fencing Center 2834 1285 1.3 1%
Pool L 0:5 LAUB William 150 U 82 Zeta Fencing 1723 1284 26.7 24%
Pool L 1:5 CRAIG Andrew 92 E23 153 Globus Fencing Academy 1830 1258 19.9 18%
Pool L 2:5 SU Landon 29 38 B23 14 Miracle Fencing Club 2488 1238 3.3 2%
Pool W 5:2 VENKATRAMAN Sudhir 208 U 195 Cardinal Fencing Club / The Fencing Center 1766 1234 83.1 20%
Pool L 1:5 CHEEMA Hyder 89 D22 84 Oregon Fencing Alliance 2393 1318 5.2 4%

Junior Olympics

Junior Men's Saber (A4, JNR), February 18, 2023
Place 286, Seed 293, Not ranked, Rating U, Houston Sword Sports
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 GHAYALOD ansh 68 112 B22 52 Durkan Fencing Academy 2790 1324 1.9 1%
Pool L 2:5 KUSHKOV Daniel 114 B22 240 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 2471 1322 5.6 3%
Pool L 3:5 VENU Ram 158 C22 191 Salle Auriol Seattle 2062 1317 15.7 12%
Pool L 0:5 CHUNG Connor 248 E23 133 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2214 1301 10.1 7%
Pool L 0:5 HAN Edward 205 D22 132 Midwest Fencing Club 2413 1291 5.6 4%

Junior Olympics

Cadet Men's Saber (A4, CDT), February 17, 2023
Place 247, Seed 222, Not ranked, Rating U, Houston Sword Sports
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 GLOZMAN Justin 70 85 C23 32 Delaware Valley Fencers Club-PA 2517 1444 9.0 5%
Pool L 2:5 SUGIURA Samuel 147 D22 66 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2251 1435 16.8 10%
Pool L 1:5 RYABKOV Stanislav 159 D22 173 Salle Auriol Seattle 1719 1418 43.3 32%
Pool L 0:5 BERRIO Carter E. 7 9 A22 27 Alle Fencing Club 2861 1375 2.0 1%
Pool L 3:5 ZHANG Ethan W. 83 101 C21 137 Sigma Fencing Academy 2256 1373 12.8 8%
Pool L 4:5 DAWSON-TEECE Powell 235 U 233 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1717 1360 35.7 29%

Battle in Space City RYC/RJCC

Y-14 Men's Saber (U, Y14), April 9, 2022
Place 15, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating U, Houston Sword Sports
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 KWON Kenneth 19 U 13 Texas Sabre Academy 1454 1641 87.1 61%
Pool L 1:5 LO Bradley 3 63 E22 3 Globus Fencing Academy 2054 1728 63.5 31%
Pool L 0:5 KALPATHY Rohit 4 68 E22 6 Fencing Institute Of Texas 2306 1664 33.3 16%
Pool L 4:5 HUANG Caleb 9 U 14 Globus Fencing Academy / West Coast Fencing Academy 1412 1631 103.3 63%
Pool L 4:5 ZHOU William 10 U 12 Lone Star Fencing Center 1440 1528 83.8 55%
T32 W 15:7 LIU Cameron 16 U 18 Globus Fencing Academy 953 1510 156.4 74%
T16 L 9:15 LO Bradley 3 63 E22 3 Globus Fencing Academy 1968 1666 182.4 35%

HSS Spring Friendlies 2022

Senior Mixed Saber (E1, SNR), March 20, 2022
Place 7, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Houston Sword Sports
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 ZHANG Tianran 2 U 6 Houston Sword Sports 1481 2525 512.8 92%
Pool L 0:5 HEINTZ Evin Y. 1 C21 1 Houston Sword Sports 2951 2012 39.8 10%
Pool L 3:5 BROWN Toby F. 3 U 3 Houston Sword Sports 1698 1973 204.4 65%
Pool L 1:5 VAN DER WEGE Gary M. 6 U 3 VANDERWEGE Academie D'Armes 1919 1768 82.1 44%
Pool L 1:5 ADAIR John 7 U 5 Round Rock Fencing Club 2798 1686 22.0 9%
Pool L 2:5 HUFF Clayton R. 4 U 2 Round Rock Fencing Club 2686 1664 23.3 10%
T8 L 4:15 BROWN Toby F. 3 U 3 Houston Sword Sports 1716 2079 569.9 65%

HSS Winter Friendlies 2022

Senior Mixed Saber (E1, SNR), January 30, 2022
Place 5, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating U, Houston Sword Sports
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 NEWELL Maggie A. 3 U 8 Bayou City Fencing Academy / Houston Sword Sports
Pool W 5:1 POOLE James M. 5 U 3 Galveston Fencing Club / Rogue Fencers Guild 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool W 5:2 BROWN Toby F. 8 U 3 Houston Sword Sports 1682 2921 101.4 91%
Pool W 5:4 NIE Chenyu 6 U 7 Houston Sword Sports
Pool W 5:1 KELLY Dylan 4 U 6 Round Rock Fencing Club 1546 3022 66.5 92%
Pool L 1:5 HEINTZ Evin Y. 2 C21 1 Houston Sword Sports 2802 3088 437.1 62%
Pool L 2:5 PHILLIPS Kim V. 1 B19 2 Houston Sword Sports 3253 2651 126.1 22%
T8 L 11:15 POOLE James M. 5 U 3 Galveston Fencing Club / Rogue Fencers Guild 2500 2500 420.5 50%