Michael DiFrank

1989

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories 3 12 4 - - 19
Losses 4 29 18 - - 51
Win Ratio 42.9% 29.3% 18.2% - - 27.1%
Pool Victories 3 10 4 - - 17
Pool Losses 3 24 14 - - 41
Pool Win Ratio 50.0% 29.4% 22.2% - - 29.3%
DE Victories - 2 - - - 2
DE Losses 1 5 4 - - 10
DE Win Ratio 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% - - 16.7%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Easy wins† 1 4 2 - - 7
Easy wins as % of wins 33.3% 33.3% 50.0% - - 36.8%
Close wins‡ - 6 2 - - 8
Close wins as % of all wins 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% - - 42.1%
Close losses‡ - 2 4 - - 6
Close losses as % of all losses 0.0% 6.9% 22.2% - - 11.8%
Big losses† 1 19 9 - - 29
Big losses as % of all losses 25.0% 65.5% 50.0% - - 56.9%

† 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

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events 1 6 4 - - 11
Tournaments 1 6 4 - - 11

Competition History

August Banana

Senior Mixed Foil (C2, SNR), August 16, 2024
Place 18 of 28, Seed 23, Not ranked, Rating U, Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 NELSON Noah 17 E23 25 Fargo Park District Fencing Club 2025 833 72.8 4%
Pool W 5:2 PERLENFEIN Tyler 16 E24 23 Fargo-Moorhead Fencing Club 2145 906 63.1 5%
Pool L 0:5 SEZER Kaya 1 A22 1 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / New York Athletic Club 3056 969 0.0 < 1%
Pool W 5:1 LEGGETT Emilia 28 U 24 South YEL Fencing Alliance
Pool L 2:5 KANG Marian 8 D24 6 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool L 3:5 SHELTON Olivia 9 E24 5 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
T32 L 10:15 WOJTALEWICZ Aiden 24 U 16 South YEL Fencing Alliance 1164 1034 106.4 43%

YELFC Thursday Pools

Mixed Foil (U), June 20, 2024
Place 15 of 31, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating U, Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 MARTIN Carolyn 16 U 16 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool L 2:5 DIFRANK Tae 14 U 9 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1079 926 28.3 40%
Pool L 3:5 LINEBERRY Caden 9 U 13 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1182 898 22.3 32%
Pool L 3:5 SALMI-BYDALEK Ada 15 U 10 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 AHNEMANN Leif 12 U 14 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Minnetonka fencing club 1148 875 21.5 34%
Pool L 0:5 BULLARD Sydney 10 E24 12 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 RUBY Asher 13 U 11 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1137 854 20.9 32%

May Banana

Senior Mixed Foil (B2, SNR), May 7, 2024
Place 15 of 26, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating U, Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 MCKINLEY Luke 6 D24 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1752 930 8.8 9%
Pool L 2:5 TOEWS Jackson 11 E24 10 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Mounds View Fencing Club 1449 921 16.2 20%
Pool W 5:4 FEEHAN Conor 15 U 20 South YEL Fencing Alliance 630 905 24.5 67%
Pool W 5:3 RIES Celina 20 U 23 Twin Cities Fencing Club
Pool L 0:5 HOWLAND Jonas 3 B24 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 2062 929 3.4 3%
T32 W 15:12 KWAN Victor 16 U 18 Mounds View Fencing Club / Twin Cities Fencing Club 1250 819 222.3 28%
T16 L 6:15 SINHA Verdhaan 4 C24 5 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Fencing Center of Chicago 2472 1042 7.6 2%

February Banana

Senior Mixed Foil (C2, SNR), February 6, 2024
Place 29 of 29, Seed 21, Not ranked, Rating U, Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 FEEHAN Conor 20 U 23 South YEL Fencing Alliance 404 1038 79.0 84%
Pool L 0:5 SEZER Kaya 1 A22 1 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / New York Athletic Club 3065 959 0.1 < 1%
Pool L 1:5 TOEWS Jackson 25 U 7 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1371 959 21.5 26%
Pool L 0:5 KANG Marian 10 E23 15 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool L 0:5 CROOM Tucker 11 E23 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1822 937 7.7 8%
T32 L 7:15 WAKEHAM Paul 14 E23 6 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 2106 837 17.1 4%

January Banana

Senior Mixed Foil (C2, SNR), January 2, 2024
Place 21 of 25, Seed 22, Not ranked, Rating U, Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 BULLARD Sydney 14 U 13 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool W 5:4 MADSEN Lindsey 20 U 24 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool L 0:5 CHEZ Nolan 3 D23 1 University of Incarnate Word Fencing NCAA / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 2056 1070 7.0 6%
Pool L 1:5 BERSCHEID Arthur 11 E23 9 Center for Blade Arts 1680 1063 16.4 16%
Pool L 2:5 TAN Xinlai 6 D23 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1934 1047 8.6 8%
T32 L 12:15 MCKINLEY Luke 5 D23 8 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 2183 852 15.6 3%

Real December Banana

Senior Mixed Foil (D1, SNR), December 5, 2023
Place 11 of 21, Seed 20, Not ranked, Rating U, Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 CRUZ Cole 8 U 20 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 915 1090 39.8 60%
Pool W 5:1 JERNEY Agustina 17 U 17 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool L 2:5 LOCKWOOD Jacob 5 E23 5 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Minnetonka fencing club 1685 1130 22.2 19%
Pool L 0:5 OLSON Emerson 2 D22 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1957 1108 11.3 9%
Pool L 3:5 LOCKWOOD Jereme 14 U 9 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1064 1096 49.1 52%
Pool W 5:0 BOMGARDNER Ben 11 U 16 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 584 1047 23.0 76%
T16 L 5:15 WAKEHAM Timothy 7 E22 6 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1786 902 49.8 12%

Glorious Banana III

Senior Mixed Foil (D1, SNR), September 5, 2023
Place 15 of 27, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating U, Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 ROMENESKO Bryce 23 U 27 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 683 995 42.4 68%
Pool L 4:5 KANG Marian 9 U 19 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 HOWLAND Jonas 8 E23 9 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1586 1037 27.2 19%
Pool W 5:3 ROLDAN-LEVCHENKO Nikita 12 U 8 University of Minnesota Fencing Club
Pool L 0:5 SEZER Kaya 1 A22 1 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 3089 1010 0.1 < 1%
Pool W 5:4 DIFRANK Avery 15 U 16 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1252 1010 79.8 35%
T32 W 15:13 SHUSTA Lily 13 U 18 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
T16 L 4:15 SEZER Kaya 1 A22 1 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 3028 903 1.3 < 1%

June Banana Tournament

Senior Mixed Foil (C1, SNR), June 13, 2023
Place 17 of 21, Seed 14, Not ranked, Rating U, Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 LOCKWOOD Jereme 18 U 14 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 718 1086 110.9 69%
Pool W 5:1 HILL Elliott 12 U 21 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 2500 975 119.2 7%
Pool L 2:5 ISHANOVA Sofia 8 E22 12 Twin Cities Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 LOCKWOOD Jacob 6 E23 10 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Minnetonka fencing club 1469 1094 45.6 28%
Pool L 4:5 WEISS Quintin 20 U 9 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1272 1049 53.4 36%
Pool L 0:5 SEZER Kaya 1 A22 1 Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 3091 995 0.2 < 1%
T32 L 14:15 HUANG Kai 16 U 16 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1348 1030 126.3 36%

February Banana Tournament

Senior Mixed Foil (D1, SNR), February 7, 2023
Place 11 of 15, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating U, Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 LOCKWOOD Jacob 12 U 7 Minnetonka fencing club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1147 1235 133.9 55%
Pool L 0:5 WILKINS Mateo 1 D22 1 SEMN YEL 2237 1101 12.9 4%
Pool W 5:1 NEELIMANDHU Sahil 7 U 13 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 559 1088 46.7 76%
Pool L 1:5 CUNNIFF Joe 6 U 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Center for Blade Arts 1600 1134 48.6 25%
T16 L 5:15 LOCKWOOD Jacob 12 U 7 Minnetonka fencing club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1425 1229 199.2 40%

November Banana Tournament

Div III Mixed Foil (None, DV3), November 1, 2022
Place 12 of 15, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U, Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 WEISS Quintin 15 U 13 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 894 1347 100.0 73%
Pool L 2:5 WAKEHAM Paul 3 E22 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / YEL/Eden Prairie 1668 1447 121.1 38%
Pool L 1:5 MARTIN William 9 U 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1639 1326 91.4 33%
Pool L 1:5 VELAZQUEZ Rosa 4 E19 8 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
T16 L 9:15 LOCKWOOD Jacob 5 U 5 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Minnetonka fencing club 1249 1668 439.0 68%

October Banana Tournament

Div III Mixed Foil (E1, DV3), October 4, 2022
Place 13 of 17, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating U, Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 WEISS Quintin 15 U 12 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 958 2500 1251.1 93%
Pool W 5:4 CUNNIFF Joe 10 U 10 Center for Blade Arts 1682 1249 423.5 31%
Pool L 4:5 MADSEN Lindsey 9 U 9 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool L 0:5 HOWLAND Jonas 3 U 5 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1336 1672 325.2 67%
T16 L 7:15 BUENAFLOR Jeffrey 16 U 7 Twin Cities Fencing Club / Salle Auriol Seattle 1826 2500 832.3 74%