Ruben Nikolov

2009

Southwest Fencing Club / Phoenix Fencing Academy

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 34 29 - - - 63
Losses 24 45 - - - 69
Win Ratio 58.6% 39.2% - - - 47.7%
Pool Victories 23 21 - - - 44
Pool Losses 17 34 - - - 51
Pool Win Ratio 57.5% 38.2% - - - 46.3%
DE Victories 11 8 - - - 19
DE Losses 7 11 - - - 18
DE Win Ratio 61.1% 42.1% - - - 51.4%

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† 14 11 - - - 25
Easy wins as % of wins 41.2% 37.9% - - - 39.7%
Close wins‡ 5 8 - - - 13
Close wins as % of all wins 14.7% 27.6% - - - 20.6%
Close losses‡ 4 7 - - - 11
Close losses as % of all losses 16.7% 15.6% - - - 15.9%
Big losses† 9 20 - - - 29
Big losses as % of all losses 37.5% 44.4% - - - 42.0%

† 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 8 11 - - - 19
Tournaments 6 4 - - - 10

Competition History

Arizona Summer Nationals Qualifier

Div II Men's Saber (None, DV2), April 21, 2024
Place 2, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating E24, Southwest Fencing Club / Phoenix Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 ZAYAS Devin A. 3 E24 1 Phoenix Fencing Academy 2655 1366 2.9 9%
Pool W 5:2 BODMER Erik 15 U 13 Phoenix Fencing Academy / Kaizen Academy LLC 397 1363 3.6 93%
Pool W 5:4 COPELAND Jackson 10 U 11 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1279 1367 18.3 56%
Pool W 5:2 MADALA Amogh 9 U 9 1367 1385 17.9 51%
T16 W 15:13 COPELAND Jackson 10 U 11 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1739 1821 45.8 55%
T8 W 15:10 SILVA Joaquin 5 E23 6 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1634 1867 35.3 64%
T4 W 15:13 JOHNSON Kai 6 E23 3 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1653 1902 32.9 65%
T2 L 7:15 ZAYAS Devin A. 3 E24 1 Phoenix Fencing Academy 2783 1935 12.2 18%

PFA Spring Open

Senior Mixed Saber (C1, SNR), April 20, 2024
Place 6, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating E24, Southwest Fencing Club / Phoenix Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 EYRE Braden 14 E22 9 Phoenix Fencing Academy 3378 1286 0.3 < 1%
Pool W 5:2 HICHA Paul R. 4 C23 13 Arizona State University Fencing Club 2266 1286 56.1 5%
Pool L 2:5 BECKER Dylan J. 3 B20 5 Phoenix Fencing Academy 2666 1342 1.0 2%
Pool W 5:3 ENRIGHT Isaac 17 U 16 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1489 1341 25.3 41%
Pool W 5:1 PATIL Jyothi 15 U 17 Phoenix Fencing Academy
T16 W 15:7 JOHNSON Kai 11 E23 11 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1593 1783 42.7 62%
T8 L 4:15 HJERPE Wade H. 2 A23 2 Phoenix Fencing Academy 3054 1825 4.1 3%

Arizona Summer Nationals Qualifier

Y-14 Men's Foil (U, Y14), April 20, 2024
Place 4, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club / Phoenix Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 FU Owen 2 U 3 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 SHARDONOFSKY Keelan 1 D24 2 AZ United Fencing Club / Still Point Fencing
Pool L 0:5 JACOB Ezra 4 U 1 Massialas Foundation (M Team) / Still Point Fencing
T4 L 2:15 JACOB Ezra 4 U 1 Massialas Foundation (M Team) / Still Point Fencing

Arizona Summer Nationals Qualifier

Y-14 Men's Épée (U, Y14), April 20, 2024
Place 9, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating E23, Southwest Fencing Club / Phoenix Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 BINDER Ayven 4 U 1 Southwest Fencing Club 1789 1150 134.3 19%
Pool L 3:5 SANDIRI Shanmukh Rishith 12 U 5 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 790 1284 125.2 77%
Pool L 4:5 COLE Perrin 8 U 3 EWA Fencing LLC 1774 1159 26.7 19%
Pool W 5:2 NICHOLAS Malakai 13 U 13 EWA Fencing LLC 1331 1133 65.2 40%
Pool L 2:5 WELLING Cohen 9 U 2 EWA Fencing LLC 1096 1198 70.4 56%
Pool W 5:3 LARSEN Max 6 U 12 German Fencing Academy 1199 1127 58.9 46%
T16 L 11:15 WELLING Cohen 9 U 2 EWA Fencing LLC 1655 1756 169.6 56%

2024 South Coast Mary Rafanelli RYC/RJC

Y-14 Men's Saber (C2, Y14), January 13, 2024
Place 42, Seed 25, Rank 149, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club / Phoenix Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 QI Jeremy 69 U 61 West Coast Fencing Academy 1310 1271 25.6 47%
Pool L 1:5 LI Howard 1 17 B23 1 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 2494 1297 1.8 3%
Pool W 5:1 LIU Ryan 45 U 65 Laguna Fencing Center 835 1295 11.5 77%
Pool W 5:1 LEE Alexander 44 U 55 Laguna Fencing Center 745 1307 9.3 82%
Pool L 4:5 WINTERSET Mason 70 U 24 South Bay Fencing Academy 1459 1316 18.8 41%
Pool L 0:5 ZENG Vito 21 125 U 13 Spartak 1759 1297 10.8 22%
T64 L 13:15 EKAMBARAM Nikhil 65 U 15 San Diego Fencing Center 1436 1879 96.7 75%

AFM Super Regional SYC/RJCC/ROC Div1A/Vet

Y-14 Men's Saber (B2, Y14), October 7, 2023
Place 31, Seed 88, Not ranked, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club / Phoenix Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 LI AYDEN 10 42 U 9 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 1956 1245 8.1 12%
Pool W 5:3 VENKATRAMAN Sushil 71 U 92 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1128 1237 23.8 57%
Pool L 2:5 WANG Tiger 22 89 U 23 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1809 1261 11.0 19%
Pool L 2:5 VO Landon 102 U 33 Premier Fencing Academy 1478 1250 18.9 36%
Pool W 5:3 QI Jeremy 40 U 87 West Coast Fencing Academy 1329 1231 28.9 44%
Pool W 5:0 BRADIC Andreja 51 U 94 Spartak 786 1260 11.7 78%
T128 W 15:8 SRIVATSAV Anay 55 U 83 Cardinal Fencing Club 1696 1671 78.1 49%
T64 W 15:14 TANI Tino 9 39 E22 34 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 2533 1749 153.0 11%
T32 L 10:15 KANG Jeremy 17 65 U 14 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2550 1902 22.6 15%

PFA Open 2023

Div III Mixed Saber (D1, DV3), September 24, 2023
Place 7, Seed 8, Not ranked, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club / Phoenix Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 SILVA Joaquin 2 E23 3 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1321 1278 28.7 47%
Pool W 5:2 SAYED Rania 17 U 15
Pool L 2:5 CHAN Elliott 5 E22 5 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1379 1250 24.7 42%
Pool W 5:0 HALL Twyla 11 U 17 Phoenix Fencing Academy / Arizona State University Fencing Club
Pool W 5:1 CHAVEZ Ruben 14 U 10 Phoenix Fencing Academy 998 1225 19.9 64%
T16 W 15:9 CHAVEZ Ruben 14 U 10 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1773 1683 83.8 45%
T8 L 6:15 SILVA Joaquin 2 E23 3 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1622 1767 96.3 58%

PFA Open 2023

Y-14 Mixed Saber (U, Y14), September 23, 2023
Place 1, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club / Phoenix Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 YI Noah 3 U 5 Phoenix Fencing Academy 855 1220 17.8 69%
Pool W 5:0 RHODES Bryce 11 U 15 Phoenix Fencing Academy 517 1238 10.0 85%
Pool W 5:1 PATIL Jyothi 15 U 11
Pool W 5:1 SINGH Swaran 14 U 14 Phoenix Fencing Academy 688 1248 13.0 80%
Pool W 5:3 WALKER Camden 8 U 8 Phoenix Fencing Academy 900 1261 17.6 70%
T16 W 15:3 BOLTON Faith 6 U 16 Phoenix Fencing Academy
T8 W 15:6 QIN Ningnie 7 U 7 Phoenix Fencing Academy
T4 W 15:8 MUTYALA Kavin 13 U 3 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1256 1446 87.1 60%
T2 W 15:14 ENRIGHT Isaac 1 U 2 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1913 1534 149.7 29%

PFA Spring Open

Y-14 Mixed Saber (U, Y14), May 14, 2023
Place 5, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 WARD Carter 7 U 9 Phoenix Fencing Academy 955 1187 25.9 64%
Pool W 5:1 RHODES Hayden 13 U 12 Phoenix Fencing Academy
Pool L 2:5 CONTRACTOR Cyrus 1 E23 1 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1723 1212 15.6 20%
Pool W 5:2 YI Noah 11 U 13 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1043 1197 23.1 58%
T16 W 15:2 RHODES Hayden 13 U 12 Phoenix Fencing Academy
T8 L 11:15 ENRIGHT Isaac 3 U 3 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1824 1533 86.3 34%

PFA Spring Open

Senior Mixed Épée (A1, SNR), May 14, 2023
Place 20, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating E23, Southwest Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 HANSEN Lars 3 A20 2 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2621 1246 6.0 2%
Pool L 2:5 SAUCEDO Fernando 14 E22 10 EWA Fencing LLC / Arizona State University Fencing Club 2072 1240 25.6 11%
Pool L 2:5 WALLIS Wyatt 18 U 17 Still Point Fencing / Wildcat Fencing-University of Arizona 1593 1214 55.0 29%
Pool L 2:5 MUNOZ Humberto 6 B22 7 No Fear Fencing / Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 2336 1159 9.0 4%
T32 L 14:15 CONWAY Collin 10 D22 13 Arizona State University Fencing Club / EWA Fencing LLC 1590 2039 282.2 72%

PFA Spring Open

Unrated Mixed Saber (E1, U), May 13, 2023
Place 6, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 BODMER Erik 10 U 10 Phoenix Fencing Academy / Kaizen Academy LLC 718 1178 20.0 74%
Pool L 4:5 SILVA Joaquin 2 U 1 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1205 1198 40.2 50%
Pool L 3:5 GARCIA Evan 3 U 5 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1621 1158 19.1 23%
Pool W 5:2 COPELAND Jackson 6 U 7 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1344 1139 47.6 37%
T16 W 15:2 ROSENDAHL Connor 11 U 11 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1691 1402 130.9 38%
T8 L 7:15 LABRECQUE Savannah 4 U 3 Phoenix Fencing Academy

2023 Arizona Summer Nationals Qualifiers

Y-14 Men's Saber (U, Y14), April 16, 2023
Place 4, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 COPELAND Jackson 5 U 2 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1393 1203 42.0 38%
Pool L 2:5 CHAN Elliott 1 E22 3 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1284 1161 44.2 42%
Pool L 1:5 GARCIA Evan 2 U 1 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1588 1116 23.9 24%
Pool W 5:4 MUTYALA Kavin 4 U 6 Phoenix Fencing Academy 794 1093 30.6 68%
Pool W 5:2 TEE Benjamin 3 U 7 Phoenix Fencing Academy 506 1123 17.0 81%
Pool W 5:0 WARD Carter 7 U 5 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1038 1140 38.1 56%
T8 W 15:8 MUTYALA Kavin 4 U 6 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1138 1366 129.6 61%
T4 L 9:15 GARCIA Evan 2 U 1 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1873 1495 93.3 31%

2023 Arizona Summer Nationals Qualifiers

Y-14 Men's Épée (U, Y14), April 16, 2023
Place 2, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 WOOLCOCK Cash 2 U 5 Ewa Fencing 895 1560 65.0 82%
Pool W 5:3 SATISHKUMAR Pranav 5 U 4 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 843 1625 47.8 85%
Pool L 2:5 WELLING Cohen 3 U 1 EWA Fencing LLC 754 1673 293.0 90%
Pool L 2:5 PUTTAMRAJU Nikhil 1 U 3 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 1234 1380 134.2 58%
T8 W 15:13 WOOLCOCK Cash 2 U 5 Ewa Fencing 1333 2294 96.7 86%
T4 W 15:11 PUTTAMRAJU Nikhil 1 U 3 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 1533 2391 94.9 85%
T2 L 11:15 WELLING Cohen 3 U 1 EWA Fencing LLC 1530 2486 447.2 86%

2023 Arizona Summer Nationals Qualifiers

Div II Men's Saber (D1, DV2), April 15, 2023
Place 22, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 SILVA Joaquin 7 U 9 Phoenix Fencing Academy 943 1277 114.0 69%
Pool L 2:5 REBELLO Derek 2 D23 2 Phoenix Fencing Academy 2100 1163 13.7 7%
Pool L 1:5 JOHNSON Tre 25 U 11 Village Fencing Club 1756 1149 27.5 19%
Pool L 1:5 WRIGHT Spencer 15 U 24 Village Fencing Club 960 1122 78.7 60%
Pool W 5:1 KIM Tae 13 U 16 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1166 1043 62.4 43%
Pool W 5:4 RITCHIE Phillip 26 U 17 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 2087 1105 97.4 11%
T32 L 4:15 JOHNSON Tre 25 U 11 Village Fencing Club 1332 1589 223.3 61%

2023 Arizona Summer Nationals Qualifiers

Div II Men's Foil (C1, DV2), April 15, 2023
Place 21, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 WILLIAMS Colton 6 E23 12 Salle D'Escrime Of Prescott 1425 2500 863.2 82%
Pool L 2:5 AJAYI Phil 17 U 17 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 1791 1637 277.8 44%
Pool L 0:5 SAUCEDO Fernando 10 E22 11 EWA Fencing LLC / Arizona State University Fencing Club 1394 1359 295.5 48%
Pool L 0:5 KETTELLE John 3 D23 1 Massialas Foundation (M Team) / Still Point Fencing 2139 1064 49.2 8%
T32 L 5:15 BORDIER Timeo 21 U 13 Southwest Fencing Club 1213 2500 1035.6 88%

2023 Arizona Summer Nationals Qualifiers

Div II Men's Épée (C2, DV2), April 15, 2023
Place 32, Seed 28, Not ranked, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 THORNE Casey B. 1 C23 2 Southwest Fencing Club / East Bay Fencers Gym 2640 2500 481.2 45%
Pool L 3:5 MAGNIN Lance 29 U 12 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 2777 2019 157.8 25%
Pool W 5:4 LAURSEN Logan 14 E22 27 EWA Fencing LLC 1540 1861 239.9 65%
Pool L 4:5 CUEVAS Tom 15 E21 34 Still Point Fencing 1666 2101 386.1 71%
Pool L 4:5 STEVENS Jacob 36 U 21 Wildcat Fencing-University of Arizona 1883 1715 154.6 41%
T64 W 15:12 ALLRED Byron 17 U 35 Southwest Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T32 L 2:15 PACK Tanner 4 C22 3 Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club / Atlanta Fencers Club 2209 2921 626.3 75%

Sebastian Ramirez Amaya Memorial

Div III Mixed Saber (D1, DV3), March 19, 2023
Place 13, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 GIRARD Mikaela 19 U 22 Phoenix Fencing Academy
Pool L 3:5 POLEYUMPTEWA Connor 7 U 5 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1593 1417 87.6 40%
Pool L 3:5 CALDERON CORTES Cintia 6 U 2 Phoenix Fencing Academy / (none)
Pool W 5:4 LABRECQUE Savannah 12 U 14 Phoenix Fencing Academy
Pool L 3:5 GARCIA Evan 13 U 12 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1239 1330 100.2 55%
Pool L 4:5 HICHA Paul R. 1 D21 3 Phoenix Fencing Academy / Arizona State University Fencing Club 2282 1229 13.0 5%
Pool W 5:1 ROSENDAHL Connor 20 U 20 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1062 1216 60.4 58%
T32 W 15:6 ROSENDAHL Connor 20 U 20 Phoenix Fencing Academy 2500 1543 410.9 21%
T16 L 5:15 POLEYUMPTEWA Connor 7 U 5 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1622 1953 364.6 65%

Sebastian Ramirez Amaya Memorial

Y-14 Mixed Saber (U, Y14), March 18, 2023
Place 5, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 CONTRACTOR Cyrus 1 E23 1 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1487 1324 195.9 42%
Pool W 5:2 COOPER Harry 9 U 9 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1979 1128 320.6 15%
Pool W 5:1 MUTYALA Kavin 12 U 8 Village Fencing Club 798 1449 62.5 82%
Pool W 5:3 QIN Ningnie 8 U 11 Phoenix Fencing Academy
Pool W 5:4 WARD Carter 5 U 11 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1053 1511 76.4 74%
Pool L 3:5 COPELAND Jackson 4 U 2 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1279 1588 170.7 67%
T16 W 15:7 QIN Ningnie 8 U 11 Phoenix Fencing Academy
T8 L 6:15 CHAN Elliott 2 E22 3 Phoenix Fencing Academy 1536 2500 957.5 82%

TFC Fall Fest 2022

Div III Mixed Saber (E1, DV3), November 20, 2022
Place 10, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating U, Southwest Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 WHEELER Nathaniel C. 1 D21 1 2738 2500 421.9 41%
Pool L 1:5 IYER Arushi 5 U 7 Bay Area Fencing Club / The Fencing Center
Pool W 5:3 OOI Elise 9 U 11 The Fencing Center
Pool L 1:5 VENKATRAMAN Sudhir 11 U 3 The Fencing Center 1767 2078 523.1 63%
Pool L 0:5 KHAYAT Ziad N. 10 U 3 The Fencing Center 1545 1555 230.8 50%
T16 L 6:15 IYER Arushi 5 U 7 Bay Area Fencing Club / The Fencing Center