Nihal Pakulath

2007

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - 11 27 4 - 42
Losses - 8 21 8 - 37
Win Ratio - 57.9% 56.2% 33.3% - 53.2%
Pool Victories - 5 19 4 - 28
Pool Losses - 6 15 6 - 27
Pool Win Ratio - 45.5% 55.9% 40.0% - 50.9%
DE Victories - 6 8 - - 14
DE Losses - 2 6 2 - 10
DE Win Ratio - 75.0% 57.1% 0.0% - 58.3%

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† - 3 14 2 - 19
Easy wins as % of wins - 27.3% 51.9% 50.0% - 45.2%
Close wins‡ - 4 4 1 - 9
Close wins as % of all wins - 36.4% 14.8% 25.0% - 21.4%
Close losses‡ - 2 10 2 - 14
Close losses as % of all losses - 25.0% 47.6% 25.0% - 37.8%
Big losses† - 1 3 2 - 6
Big losses as % of all losses - 12.5% 14.3% 25.0% - 16.2%

† 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.

Bouts with Time Expired

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - 1 1 - - 2
Victories as % of all victories - 9.1% 3.7% 0.0% - 4.8%
Losses - 1 - - - 1
Losses as % of all losses - 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% - 2.7%
Total - 2 1 - - 3
Total as % of all bouts - 10.5% 2.1% 0.0% - 3.8%

Events

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events - 2 6 2 - 10
Tournaments - 2 5 1 - 8

Competition History

14th Annual Yellow Jacket Open

Div III Mixed Épée (D1, DV3), March 3, 2024
Place 32 of 88, Seed 24, Not ranked, Rating E23
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 MIHILL Margaret 29 E23 71 Premier Fencing Alliance
Pool L 1:5 HWANG Aidan 77 U 13 Olympic Fencers Club 1893 1593 19.8 32%
Pool L 2:5 MUNAGAPATI Vishwa 49 U 25 Olympic Fencers Club 2158 1573 11.6 22%
Pool W 3:2 WILLIAMS Eli 3 D24 57 Huntsville Fencing Club / University of Alabama in Huntsville fencing club 2101 1562 52.7 19%
Pool L 2:5 OTERO Ethan 54 U 35 Tampa Bay Fencers Inc. / University of South Florida Fencing Club 1908 1614 17.8 33%
Pool L 3:5 BARRETT John 64 U 62 1454 1597 28.2 58%
T128 W 15:10 IYER Arjun 88 U 65 Olympic Fencers Club 1397 1933 25.1 74%
T64 W 15:14 OTERO Ethan 54 U 35 Tampa Bay Fencers Inc. / University of South Florida Fencing Club 2378 1959 71.0 29%
T32 L 12:15 HUGHES Eric 31 E22 8 2692 2030 19.5 18%

Athens Winter Challenge 2024

E & Under Mixed Épée (D1, E), February 25, 2024
Place 2 of 30, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating E23, Georgia Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 KNOX Aidan 16 U 24 Fencing Club at Auburn University 1731 1513 39.4 38%
Pool W 5:3 BUREAU Logan 24 U 17 Athens Fencing Club 1985 1552 45.9 27%
Pool W 5:0 RIGSBEE Rachel 23 U 21 Olympic Fencers Club
Pool L 2:4 ARZT Nicholas 6 E23 10 Foothills Fencing Academy 1634 1598 31.6 48%
Pool W 5:3 MACKEVICIUS Nykolas 15 U 8 1436 1567 26.5 58%
T32 W 15:7 VALENZUELA Elijah 27 U 27 Fencing Club at Auburn University 1832 1803 56.6 49%
T16 W 15:14 LE Daniel 22 U 13 Georgia Fencing Academy 2791 1860 94.0 17%
T8 W 15:7 REDDY Daksh 2 E24 7 Olympic Fencers Club 1810 1954 57.9 59%
T4 W 15:14 HAWKINS Sophia 8 E21 3 Georgia Tech University Yellow Jacket Fencing Club / Olympic Fencers Club
T2 L 14:15 KRIEGER Jack 4 E23 1 Olympic Fencers Club / University of Georgia Fencing Club 1848 2012 78.4 60%

“Over” The Rainbow! USAFENCING Senior & Vet Epee

Senior Men's Épée (C1, SNR), March 19, 2023
Place 8 of 17, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 COTTEN Justin 14 U 16 1092 1510 20.9 73%
Pool L 3:5 BRUCE Roman 6 E19 2 Foothills Fencing Academy 2932 1531 2.3 2%
Pool W 5:3 RODRIGUEZ Tyler 12 U 14 lowcountry fencers 1277 1529 25.2 64%
Pool L 4:5 DAILEY John 7 U 6 College of Charleston 1596 1554 34.6 47%
Pool L 3:5 ROMERO KURI Carlos Alexander 1 B22 1 2437 1519 6.5 7%
T16 W 15:12 NICOLAU Isaac 17 U 9 2167 1724 109.8 29%
T8 L 8:15 BRUCE Roman 6 E19 2 Foothills Fencing Academy 2460 1834 30.6 23%

Leprechaun Leap! AAU Youth Tournament

Y-14 Men's Épée (U, Y14), March 18, 2023
Place 3 of 21, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating U, Georgia Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 AVELAR Lucas 8 U 12 Georgia Fencing Academy 1043 1392 25.6 69%
Pool W 5:0 ANGULO Julian 21 U 17 Georgia Fencing Academy
Pool W 5:1 RANGEL Gabriel 11 U 10 lowcountry fencers 2701 1418 64.4 9%
Pool W 5:0 PULLA Jonatán 2 U 11 lowcountry fencers 951 1482 18.1 78%
Pool W 5:2 NOBLE Reed 5 U 16 lowcountry fencers 640 1500 10.0 88%
Pool W 5:1 YANG Yuchun 14 U 19 lowcountry fencers
T16 W 15:1 HOOD Joseph 9 U 15 lowcountry fencers 1373 1674 73.1 66%
T8 W 15:10 MCCOLLAM Isaac 6 U 7 lowcountry fencers 1374 1747 59.8 69%
T4 L 13:15 CASWELL Colten 17 U 2 lowcountry fencers 1880 1807 82.9 46%

GHSFL Round 6 Pinecrest

Senior Men's Épée (E1, SNR), January 14, 2023
Place 26 of 73, Seed 41, Not ranked, Rating None, Wheeler
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 BAKER Tyler 66 44 Walton
Pool W 5:1 YANG Chris 19 50 20 Lambert
Pool W 5:0 CONNOLLY Liam 63 70 Decatur
Pool L 3:5 WHEELER Noah 26 42 Alpharetta
Pool L 0:5 TAM Ethan 4 10 14 Pinecrest 1994 1410 18.1 18%
T64 W 15:8 O'NEILL Dylan 62 40 Decatur
T32 L 11:15 YANG Alan 5 11 9 Northview

2022 OFC High Standard Epee Tournament

Y-14 Mixed Épée (U, Y14), October 16, 2022
Place 3 of 21, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 KIM Ian 12 U 14 Olympic Fencers Club 971 1257 37.0 66%
Pool W 3:2 DANDRIDGE Laila 19 U 16 Olympic Fencers Club
Pool W 5:3 TWEMLOW Sacha 1 E22 6 Olympic Fencers Club / Atlanta Fencers Club Foundation Inc. 1783 1294 92.0 22%
Pool W 5:1 JIANG Harry 18 U 12 Elite Fencing Academy (GA) 1271 1386 42.4 57%
Pool L 3:5 RAVI Arjun 7 U 3 Olympic Fencers Club 2049 1428 17.7 19%
Pool W 5:0 NOE Hyeyoon(Lucy) 13 U 20 Olympic Fencers Club
T16 W 15:8 COFFEY Sebastian 2 U 13 Olympic Fencers Club 1232 1427 107.4 59%
T8 W 15:9 CHOI Kayden 20 U 5 Olympic Fencers Club 2358 1535 217.8 17%
T4 L 12:15 YANAMANDRA Sidhansh 15 U 1 Olympic Fencers Club 2107 1753 78.7 31%

2022 OFC High Standard Epee Tournament

Div III Mixed Épée (D1, DV3), October 15, 2022
Place 29 of 34, Seed 35, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 ARUN Vikhyat 6 E22 5 Elite Fencing Academy (GA) 2021 1293 24.4 13%
Pool L 2:5 RIDGELL John 15 U 13 Charlotte Fencing Academy / Olympic Fencers Club
Pool W 5:4 YANAMANDRA Sidhansh 26 U 15 Olympic Fencers Club 1774 1268 128.3 22%
Pool L 4:5 KIM Sangone 17 U 25 Olympic Fencers Club 1201 1397 81.8 62%
Pool L 4:5 COFFEY Sebastian 25 U 27 Olympic Fencers Club 1570 1315 42.5 35%
Pool L 1:5 ZHANG Eric 5 D22 10 Olympic Fencers Club 2047 1272 15.8 11%
T32 L 10:15 ATON Dave 1 D22 9 Olympic Fencers Club 1020 1757 329.7 82%

Athens Fencing Open 2022

Div III Men's Épée (D1, DV3), October 1, 2022
Place 8 of 28, Seed 27, Not ranked, Rating U, Georgia Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 STONE Nicholas 16 U 22 Kennesaw State University Fencing Club 1321 1474 96.4 57%
Pool L 4:5 MAI Ryan 18 U 17 University of Georgia Fencing Club 1433 1570 136.2 58%
Pool L 4:5 CORDOVA Colin 11 U 11 Birmingham Fencing Club 1662 1434 79.3 37%
Pool W 5:0 JARMAN Robert 7 U 26 Emory University Fencing Club 846 1355 45.9 75%
Pool L 4:5 ILENRE Roni 23 U 9 Olympic Fencers Club 1455 1400 84.4 47%
Pool L 4:5 SWARTZ Emile 2 E22 3 Athens Fencing Club 2105 1316 23.3 13%
T32 W 15:11 JONES Austin 19 U 19 Olympic Fencers Club 1832 1383 306.0 33%
T16 W 15:11 ILENRE Roni 23 U 9 Olympic Fencers Club 1030 1689 98.6 78%
T8 L 14:15 SWARTZ Emile 2 E22 3 Athens Fencing Club 3025 1788 30.6 6%

Battle In Athens AAU Open

Y-14 Mixed Épée (U, Y14), June 19, 2022
Place 12 of 18, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating U, Georgia Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 TOHMA Kerem 14 U 11 Georgia Fencing Academy
Pool W 5:4 TWEMLOW Sacha 8 U 6 Epic Fencing Club Atlanta / Atlanta Fencers Club Foundation Inc. 1623 1335 290.8 35%
Pool L 1:5 ROMERO KURI Alexander 2 C22 2 Sword Masters Club, Orlando / Georgia Fencing Academy 2300 1626 65.9 17%
Pool L 4:5 TIKHONOV Daniel 4 D22 10 Charlotte Fencing Academy 1998 1560 86.0 27%
Pool W 5:2 SHARIF Cate 18 U 18 lowcountry fencers
T16 L 13:15 LIU Kevin 5 E22 5 Florida Fencing Academy 1639 1795 411.5 57%

Battle In Athens AAU Open

Mixed Épée (U), June 18, 2022
Place 22 of 36, Seed 28, Not ranked, Rating U, Georgia Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 EVANS Grant 7 C21 6 Olympic Fencers Club / Georgia Southern University Fencing Club 2171 2500 686.1 63%
Pool L 2:5 ROMERO KURI Alexander 6 C22 8 Sword Masters Club, Orlando / Georgia Fencing Academy 2301 1814 206.9 28%
Pool W 5:1 LAWSON Cavin 18 U 28 Athens Fencing Club
Pool L 2:5 BLYDEN Jordan 19 U 11 Sword Masters Club, Orlando 1591 1607 272.2 51%
Pool W 5:0 SHARIF Cate 22 U 36 lowcountry fencers
T32 L 9:15 BLYDEN Jordan 19 U 11 Sword Masters Club, Orlando 1935 2500 705.3 69%