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Maxim Somov

2014
Nazlymov Fencing Foundation
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 10 9 6 7 1 33
Losses 9 41 11 25 5 91
Win ratio 52.6% 18.0% 35.3% 21.9% 16.7% 26.6%
Pool victories 9 6 5 6 1 27
Pool losses 6 34 10 19 4 73
Pool win ratio 60.0% 15.0% 33.3% 24.0% 20.0% 27.0%
DE victories 1 3 1 1 - 6
DE losses 3 7 1 6 1 18
DE win ratio 25.0% 30.0% 50.0% 14.3% 0.0% 25.0%

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 - - 2 - 6
Easy wins % 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 18.2%
Close wins‡ 1 4 3 1 - 9
Close wins % 10.0% 44.4% 50.0% 14.3% 0.0% 27.3%
Close losses‡ 1 6 1 7 - 15
Close losses % 11.1% 14.6% 9.1% 28.0% 0.0% 16.5%
Big losses† 4 21 9 12 2 48
Big losses % 44.4% 51.2% 81.8% 48.0% 40.0% 52.7%

† 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 7 2 6 1 19
Tournaments 3 6 2 5 1 17

Competition history

19 competitions, 124 bouts

Emik Kaidanov Memorial Tournament

Y-12 Mixed Saber U, Y12 May 9, 2026

Place 9 of 24 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 GREENHOUSE Harper 16 - U 12 Nova Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 ROSENBLATT-HOERST Simon 23 - U 10 Nova Fencing Club 324 597 10.1 67%
Pool
V 5:0 NEWMAN Effie 8 - U 23 Nova Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 PINKERTON Hedy Colleen 18 - U 21 Nova Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 WONG Abby 1 - U 14 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation - - - -
T16
D 4:15 KWON Joon 19 - U 8 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1596 1347 43.7 35%

Nazlymov Y10, Y12 & Y14 Mixed Saber

Y-14 Mixed Saber U, Y14 February 22, 2026

Place 11 of 11 Seed 8 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 FLORY Gaia 5 - U 10 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 BROOKS Theo 1 - D26 1 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1608 604 2.1 5%
Pool
D 2:5 QUILLIAM Ophelia 10 - U 5 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 ZHANG Weihang 4 - E25 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1284 602 4.7 13%
Pool
D 3:5 JEON Kristen 7 - U 7 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation - - - -
T16
D 0:15 GISCHLER Mila 9 - U 6 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation - - - -

The Sledgehammer 2025 RYC | RJCC

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 November 23, 2025

Place 9 of 29 Seed 20 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 TIAN Michael 9 - U 28 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 630 532 18.7 44%
Pool
V 5:3 SWORDS Frank 12 - U 22 DC Fencers Club 942 551 25.4 26%
Pool
D 3:5 GILBERT Ari 2 39 U 5 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. / Alle Fencing Club 1337 576 4.1 10%
Pool
V 5:3 LEE Augustine 29 - U 20 Nova Fencing Club 530 572 14.9 53%
Pool
V 5:0 HUANG Joseph 27 - U 21 Capital Fencing Academy 635 587 16.7 47%
T32
V 15:12 TIAN Michael 9 - U 28 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1011 1354 41.9 69%
T16
D 14:15 KWON Joon 17 - U 8 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1615 1396 48.8 37%

Northern Virginia Knights RYC/RJCC

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 May 4, 2025

Place 29 of 39 Seed 19 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 JAVIER Xavier 6 70 U 15 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1486 558 2.9 6%
Pool
D 2:5 YU Ronen 31 - U 11 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 870 555 10.9 30%
Pool
D 1:5 CAO HAOTIAN 7 83 U 3 Alpha Fencing Academy 1318 544 4.3 10%
Pool
V 5:2 HUANG Joseph 28 - U 34 Capital Fencing Academy 581 539 18.1 47%
Pool
D 3:5 ZHAO Evan 18 - U 35 Miracle Fencing Club 176 558 25.6 73%
T64
V 15:11 LEE Augustine 23 - U 36 Nova Fencing Club 1416 1308 75.4 44%
T32
D 4:15 CAO HAOTIAN 7 83 U 3 Alpha Fencing Academy 1980 1384 29.2 18%

Capitol Clash SYC/RCC & Y8

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 January 20, 2025

Place 128 of 133 Seed 86 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 SHAPIRO Leo 28 55 U 35 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 1408 592 4.1 9%
Pool
D 1:5 CIECIEREGA MATTHEW 68 - U 72 Manhattan Fencing Center 1267 587 5.6 13%
Pool
D 0:5 SONG Jerry 127 - U 77 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City 1050 582 8.6 22%
Pool
D 2:5 BERGAN Chase 49 - U 86 Nova Fencing Club 1020 573 8.9 23%
Pool
D 0:5 KAUL Ishaan 11 24 U 14 Nellya Fencers 1629 564 2.0 4%
Pool
D 0:5 LAI Mars 103 - U 31 1302 562 4.7 11%
T256
V 15:12 MAZAHERI Theodore 91 - U 129 Bluegrass Fencers' Club 1338 1254 84.6 46%
T128
D 2:15 CHANG Ethan 8 19 U 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1983 1339 30.6 16%

Capitol Clash SYC/RCC & Y8

Y-10 Men's Saber U, Y10 January 18, 2025

Place 68 of 73 Seed 28 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 LAN Jasper 17 31 U 12 Capital Fencing Academy 1133 600 8.2 19%
Pool
D 2:5 MANGINI Lorenzo 50 - U 53 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 1144 591 7.8 18%
Pool
V 5:3 THORNTON Jackson 39 - U 61 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 957 584 26.8 28%
Pool
D 1:5 WANG Daniel 58 - U 44 Nellya Fencers 1023 610 9.6 27%
Pool
D 0:5 CHEN Luca 71 - U 11 1758 601 2.3 5%
Pool
D 3:5 LUO Gavin 6 11 U 15 The Fencing Center 1186 598 7.0 17%
T128
D 8:10 THORNTON Jackson 39 - U 61 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 1503 1321 66.5 41%

Nazlymov Y14, Y10 & Y12 Mixed Saber

Y-12 Mixed Saber U, Y12 January 12, 2025

Place 13 of 15 Seed 13 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 SEALE Nathaniel 4 - U 3 DC Fencers Club 1105 610 9.5 22%
Pool
D 0:5 JAVIER Xavier 5 - U 1 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1455 601 4.2 8%
Pool
V 5:4 KASSAYE Abi 1 - U 11 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 767 597 24.6 39%
Pool
V 5:3 LI Karina 7 - U 14 Capital Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 BOURAR Ayman 8 - U 12 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 919 621 12.6 32%
Pool
D 1:5 BERTIN Kiran 9 - U 9 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1101 609 8.9 23%
Pool
D 2:5 BRAUN Victoria 12 - U 6 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation - - - -
T16
D 11:15 SEALE Nathaniel 4 - U 3 DC Fencers Club 1879 1370 49.2 24%

Cobra Challenge SYC/RCC/Y8

Y-10 Men's Saber U, Y10 November 30, 2024

Place 54 of 72 Seed 54 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 RINALDI Benigno 11 18 U 27 Capital Fencing Academy 1299 645 7.4 14%
Pool
D 3:5 IP Hunter 12 18 U 11 Manhattan Fencing Center 1403 638 5.7 11%
Pool
D 3:5 LEE Weston 56 - U 36 Boston Fencing Club 602 632 22.6 52%
Pool
V 5:4 XU Jayden 34 - U 56 Excel Fencing Academy 124 609 9.9 78%
Pool
D 4:5 YUAN Mason 33 - U 47 Scarsdale Fencing Center 1152 619 9.0 20%
T64
D 8:10 MOTOV Max 43 - U 7 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 1973 1420 50.3 21%

DCFC Youth Saber Challenge

Y-12 Mixed Saber U, Y12 October 19, 2024

Place 16 of 19 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 TAK Sion 15 - U 8 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 693 717 25.0 52%
Pool
V 5:3 BRAUN Victoria 4 - U 11 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 POHLMAN Jesse 16 - U 13 DC Fencers Club 912 692 17.2 36%
Pool
D 2:5 URQUILLA Devin 3 - U 6 National Capital Fencers Club 837 675 18.5 40%
Pool
D 0:5 BONGIORNO Redding 10 - U 5 DC Fencers Club 1101 656 11.4 23%
T32
V 15:13 KASSAYE Abi 6 - U 17 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1611 1350 160.5 37%
T16
D 8:15 BONGIORNO Redding 10 - U 5 DC Fencers Club 1762 1511 90.4 36%

River City Regional Rumble - RYC/RJCC and Y8

Y-10 Men's Saber U, Y10 September 22, 2024

Place 20 of 21 Seed 21 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 ARTETA-CHEVALIER Ulysse 3 12 U 2 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1251 814 13.9 24%
Pool
D 4:5 CHEN Remsen 13 - U 19 Miracle Fencing Club 485 800 31.9 67%
Pool
D 2:5 ALLEN Parker 10 - U 12 Nellya Fencers 2698 768 1.1 2%
Pool
D 4:5 THORNTON Jackson 9 - U 14 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 980 767 16.6 39%
Pool
D 0:5 LI Derek 20 - U 11 Capital Fencing Academy 813 750 23.1 46%
Pool
D 1:5 RINALDI Benigno 4 13 U 9 Capital Fencing Academy 1290 727 10.0 18%
T32
D 4:10 THORNTON Jackson 9 - U 14 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2500 1383 33.2 15%

Capitol Clash SYC/RCC & Y8

Y-10 Men's Saber U, Y10 January 13, 2024

Place 69 of 81 Seed 59 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 LU Simon 13 23 U 9 Lone Star Fencing Center 1309 851 15.1 23%
Pool
D 1:5 LAI Mars 12 19 U 15 1157 835 18.6 30%
Pool
D 1:5 BURCH III Andrew 80 - U 23 Cobra Fencing Club LLC 1427 817 10.7 17%
Pool
V 5:3 SAFAI Bardia 36 - U 62 Royal Fencing Academy 684 806 23.1 57%
Pool
D 1:5 TIAN Alex 37 - U 66 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 1194 829 15.8 29%

Nazlymov Y10 & Y12 Mixed Saber

Y-12 Mixed Saber U, Y12 September 17, 2023

Place 7 of 11 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 HURTADO Joaquin Missing ID 11 - U 5 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 LAWLOR Ryan 8 - U 9 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2500 833 57.3 5%
Pool
D 0:5 LEVY Daniel 10 - U 2 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1178 891 24.3 32%
Pool
D 1:5 YI Andrew 2 - U 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1356 866 16.5 22%
Pool
D 0:5 PERRIN Leo 4 - U 1 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1365 850 15.3 21%
Pool
D 3:5 MCCULLOCH Jack 3 - U 6 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1574 835 9.4 12%
Pool
V 5:3 ARTETA-CHEVALIER Ulysse 9 - U 8 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1257 825 48.8 26%
Pool
V 5:4 PETACCHI Lorena 1 - U 11 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 KWON Sebastian Missing ID 5 - U 10 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 ZHANG Weihang 7 - U 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1087 874 23.4 37%
T16
V 15:9 KWON Sebastian Missing ID 5 - U 10 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation - - - -
T8
D 3:15 YI Andrew 2 - U 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2358 1421 37.3 10%

Nazlymov Mixed Youth Sabre

Y-12 Mixed Saber U, Y12 June 10, 2023

Place 9 of 9 Seed 8 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
T16
D 6:15 TAK Kion 9 - U 8 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1918 1518 97.5 32%

Nazlymov Mixed Youth Sabre

Y-12 Mixed Saber U, Y12 June 10, 2023

Place 13 of 17 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 BLAKE Rex 8 - U 12 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2500 837 3.5 5%
Pool
D 3:5 AHLUWALIA Vera 11 - U 7 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 PISTILLI James 2 - U 9 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1306 833 19.0 25%
Pool
V 5:3 TAK Sion 14 - U 17 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 509 814 23.7 67%
Pool
D 1:5 JOHNSON Leland 4 - U 1 DC Fencers Club 1911 838 4.5 4%
T16
D 6:15 ZOLOTUKHINA Adel 12 - U 5 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation - - - -

Fairfax Challenge Spring RYC/RJCC/ROC

Y-10 Men's Saber U, Y10 April 15, 2023

Place 23 of 25 Seed 15 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 CHOU Qianhao 7 43 U 2 Forge Fencing Teams 1389 984 27.1 26%
Pool
D 1:5 BRISENO Ethan 2 32 U 6 Nellya Fencers 1431 957 23.0 23%
Pool
D 1:5 RINALDI Benigno 10 74 U 12 Capital Fencing Academy 1348 934 24.6 26%
Pool
D 4:5 MAUREL Louis 20 - U 19 Capital Fencing Academy 773 909 50.6 58%
Pool
D 4:5 BROOKS Isaac 24 - U 13 Capital Fencing Academy 1266 859 22.1 27%
T32
D 2:10 FAVO Christopher 4 39 U 8 Elite Fencing Academy (GA) 1372 1834 316.2 72%

Fairfax Challenge Y8

Y-8 Men's Saber U, Y8 April 14, 2023

Place 5 of 8 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 YI Andrew 8 - U 1 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1407 924 129.0 23%
Pool
V 5:1 RINALDI Benigno 2 - U 2 Capital Fencing Academy 1334 1053 95.6 33%
Pool
D 2:5 ARTETA-CHEVALIER Ulysse 4 - U 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1750 1148 24.8 23%
Pool
D 4:5 LEE Aiden 3 - U 6 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 708 1123 91.8 73%
Pool
D 4:5 TAK Kion 6 - U 7 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1136 1032 44.0 44%
Pool
V 5:2 TAK Sion 5 - U 8 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 799 988 37.6 60%
Pool
D 2:5 CARD Ewan 7 - U 3 Miracle Fencing Club 1176 1025 41.4 41%
T8
D 2:10 ARTETA-CHEVALIER Ulysse 4 - U 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2500 1939 105.1 31%

River City Regional Rumble RYC/RJCC

Y-10 Men's Saber U, Y10 February 12, 2023

Place 23 of 23 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 YI Andrew 21 - U 14 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1636 1160 55.4 24%
Pool
D 4:5 JAVIER Xavier 13 - U 13 Nova Fencing Club 1376 1105 66.5 35%
Pool
D 3:5 PERKINS, JR LeVar 23 - U 10 National Capital Fencers Club 1182 1038 74.4 42%
Pool
D 0:5 GRABOWSKI Alexander 4 33 U 3 Capital Fencing Academy 1462 964 40.4 22%
T32
D 0:10 LIU Jayden 6 53 U 12 Capital Fencing Academy 1924 2309 369.7 66%

DCFC Youth Saber Challenge

Y-10 Mixed Saber U, Y10 November 5, 2022

Place 5 of 15 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 POHLMAN Jesse 3 - U 10 DC Fencers Club 2500 987 246.6 8%
Pool
V 5:1 JOHNSON Leyton 9 - U 15 DC Fencers Club 1022 1234 111.2 61%
Pool
D 4:5 FIET Henrik 4 - U 11 DC Fencers Club 1205 1345 118.6 56%
Pool
D 2:5 ZHANG Weihang 13 - U 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1644 1227 66.2 28%
T16
V 10:7 SEALE Nathaniel 1 - U 12 2500 2079 424.5 37%
T8
D 3:10 BONGIORNO Redding 8 - U 1 DC Fencers Club 3045 2504 194.8 29%

DCFC Youth Challenge #2

Y-10 Mixed Saber U, Y10 February 6, 2022

Place 11 of 13 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating U Nazlymov Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 JOHNSON Leyton 3 - U 10 DC Fencers Club 1458 2500 194.2 83%
Pool
D 1:5 DONNELL Cillian 11 - U 3 DC Fencers Club 1628 2694 799.6 85%
Pool
D 2:5 ABREU ACKER Joaquin 13 - U 9 DC Fencers Club 1986 1895 259.8 46%
Pool
D 2:5 JACOBS Faris 10 - U 5 DC Fencers Club 1280 1635 313.6 66%
Pool
D 2:5 JOOS-MAHONEY Felix 5 - U 12 DC Fencers Club 595 1321 333.9 81%
T16
D 0:10 BUSQUETS Diego 6 - U 6 DC Fencers Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%