Liwen Cheng

2008

ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 8 10 - - - 18
Losses 30 64 - - - 94
Win Ratio 21.1% 13.5% - - - 16.1%
Pool Victories 8 8 - - - 16
Pool Losses 24 52 - - - 76
Pool Win Ratio 25.0% 13.3% - - - 17.4%
DE Victories - 2 - - - 2
DE Losses 6 12 - - - 18
DE Win Ratio 0.0% 14.3% - - - 10.0%

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 - - - 2
Easy wins as % of wins 0.0% 20.0% - - - 11.1%
Close wins‡ 3 7 - - - 10
Close wins as % of all wins 37.5% 70.0% - - - 55.6%
Close losses‡ 5 12 - - - 17
Close losses as % of all losses 16.7% 18.8% - - - 18.1%
Big losses† 8 32 - - - 40
Big losses as % of all losses 26.7% 50.0% - - - 42.6%

† 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

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 1 2 - - - 3
Victories as % of all victories 12.5% 20.0% - - - 16.7%
Losses 1 - - - - 1
Losses as % of all losses 3.3% 0.0% - - - 1.1%
Total 2 2 - - - 4
Total as % of all bouts 5.3% 2.7% - - - 3.6%

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 6 12 - - - 18
Tournaments 4 8 - - - 12

Competition History

California State High School Fencing Championships

High School Women's Epee (C2), April 21, 2024
Place 24, Seed 28, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake / ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 LAY Apollonia 6 D24 11 Immaculate Heart / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2988 1079 0.5 1%
Pool L 1:5 CHANG Celine A. 2 C24 2 Foothill High School (NoCal) / Las Positas Fencing Center 2262 1078 1.3 3%
Pool L 2:5 GONG Zixi 10 U 14 Brentwood High School / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1798 1077 4.8 12%
Pool W 5:3 IACCINO Lauren 18 U 16 Chaminade 1498 1072 26.5 25%
Pool L 3:5 BARDAKOS Katherine 15 U 20 Dos Pueblos / Presidio Fencing Club 1304 1098 11.9 37%
Pool L 4:5 SHETTY Nandita 26 U 15 Vistamar / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1395 1087 10.4 31%
T32 L 10:15 STOMMEL-DIAZ Charly 3 C23 8 Immaculate Heart / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2128 1211 13.8 8%

SoCal Junior Olympic Qualifiers and Y-12

Cadet Women's Épée (E1, CDT), December 10, 2023
Place 11, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating U, ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 KANE Chloe 3 E23 1 Ace Fencing Academy 1818 1102 5.2 12%
Pool W 5:2 GALLUP Elise 11 U 10 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1356 1097 24.4 34%
Pool L 3:5 SHERMAN Olivia 6 U 3 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1565 1121 8.8 23%
Pool L 2:5 YOUSSEF Caroline 2 E23 7 La International Fencing 1478 1112 10.1 27%
Pool L 4:5 UEMURA Lyllia 7 U 12 La International Fencing 826 1102 23.8 67%
T16 L 14:15 OKUNYAN Anna 13 U 6 United Fencing Academy 1490 1259 48.1 38%

SoCal Junior Olympic Qualifiers and Y-12

Junior Women's Épée (D1, JNR), December 10, 2023
Place 12, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating U, ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 KANE Chloe 4 E23 8 Ace Fencing Academy 1833 1095 5.2 11%
Pool L 2:5 RUVOLO Arwen 15 U 3 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1439 1090 11.2 28%
Pool W 4:2 TSUI Zoe 17 U 17 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1394 1079 27.1 30%
Pool L 1:5 BROWN Riley 3 D23 1 La International Fencing 1951 1106 3.8 8%
T16 L 10:15 BROWN Riley 3 D23 1 La International Fencing 2183 1275 15.5 8%

SoCal Scholastic League Individual Epee/Saber #1

Junior Women's Épée (D1, JNR), October 22, 2023
Place 18, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake / ValorUSA Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 TSUI Zoe 31 U 15 Brentwood High School / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1392 975 34.1 25%
Pool W 5:3 MOHEBI Neeka 6 E22 11 El Camino Real / Ace Fencing Academy 1687 1010 42.0 13%
Pool L 4:5 POON Desiree 7 E22 6 Homestead High School / Academy of Fencing Masters 1842 1052 4.8 10%
Pool W 5:4 KAYE Amy 42 U 27 Foothill High School / South Coast Fencing Center 1276 1047 23.1 37%
Pool W 5:2 ZHOU Ivy 36 U 39 Immaculate Heart / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 804 1070 11.8 64%
Pool W 5:4 DASHEVSKY Jordan 19 U 29 Chaminade / United Fencing Academy 866 1082 13.4 63%
T32 L 13:14 MOORE Christiahn 40 U 16 El Camino Real / United Fencing Academy 2921 1281 6.4 4%

Fortune Fencing RYC/RJCC/ROC(D1A, DV2, VET) & Y8

Junior Women's Épée (A2/B3, JNR), September 3, 2023
Place 77, Seed 59, Not ranked, Rating U, ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 CHANG Celine A. 11 134 C23 43 Las Positas Fencing Center 2275 995 1.2 2%
Pool L 3:5 UM KIM Hyun Hee Lorena 63 U 58 TeamK Fencing / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1371 993 12.3 27%
Pool L 2:5 SALISTRA Emilia 35 D23 42 The Fencing Center 1946 981 3.2 6%
Pool L 0:5 SYKES Elynor 38 D23 3 South Denver Fencing Academy 2368 978 0.8 1%
Pool L 2:5 LIANG Jingjing 14 150 C22 44 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2157 977 1.7 3%
T128 L 8:15 SCANLAN Claire 56 U 52 Team Touche Fencing Center 1772 1324 42.7 25%

Fortune Fencing RYC/RJCC/ROC(D1A, DV2, VET) & Y8

Cadet Women's Épée (A2/C3, CDT), September 2, 2023
Place 75, Seed 58, Not ranked, Rating U, ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 BENNETT Vienne 54 U 29 Fresno Fencing Club 1633 1039 8.7 17%
Pool L 3:5 CHIOU-WILLIAMS Matea 37 U 56 East Bay Fencers Gym 1505 1030 10.8 22%
Pool L 1:5 KUKVA Taisiya 14 89 C23 36 Las Vegas Fencing Academy 2362 1019 1.0 1%
Pool L 2:5 PHUKAN Indra 9 62 B23 13 Swords Fencing Studio 2338 1018 1.1 2%
Pool L 2:5 ZHUANG Lauren 31 E23 22 Maximum Fencing Club 1744 1017 6.3 12%
Pool L 3:5 LEE Emma 75 U 43 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1242 1011 16.0 35%
T128 L 8:15 ZHAO Yanning 42 U 54 Yang Fencing Club 1697 1382 58.0 32%

2022-23 SoCal Division Summer National Qualifiers

Y-14 Women's Épée (U, Y14), April 15, 2023
Place 4, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating U, ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 CHENG Yiwen 1 U 5 ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines 1194 1046 29.8 41%
Pool L 3:5 SHERMAN Olivia 3 U 1 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1683 1076 9.0 17%
Pool L 1:5 YOUSSEF Caroline 5 U 2 La International Fencing 1412 1067 14.4 29%
Pool L 4:5 RUVOLO Arwen 2 U 3 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1416 1052 13.6 28%
T8 W 15:14 CHENG Yiwen 1 U 5 ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines 1689 1243 152.4 26%
T4 L 4:15 SHERMAN Olivia 3 U 1 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2499 1395 13.8 6%

2022-23 SoCal Division Summer National Qualifiers

Div II Women's Épée (E1, DV2), April 15, 2023
Place 7, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating U, ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 PINCHUK Meghan 2 D21 1 Ace Fencing Academy 2433 1107 2.5 4%
Pool L 1:5 YOUSSEF Caroline 5 U 4 La International Fencing 1390 1104 18.2 32%
Pool L 1:5 PRIMES Amanda M. 3 D21 3 La International Fencing 2197 1086 2.7 3%
Pool L 2:5 UM KIM Hyun Hee Lorena 6 U 5 Teamk Fencing / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1345 1084 18.1 34%
Pool L 3:5 TSUI Zoe 4 U 6 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1431 1065 15.0 28%
Pool L 1:5 BROWN Riley 1 D23 2 La International Fencing 1937 1051 4.8 7%
T8 L 2:15 PINCHUK Meghan 2 D21 1 Ace Fencing Academy 2185 1271 27.9 14%

Fortune Fencing ROC(DV1A, DV2, VET), RJCC

Junior Women's Épée (B2, JNR), April 9, 2023
Place 44, Seed 38, Not ranked, Rating U, ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 CHANG Celine A. 5 126 C22 23 Las Positas Fencing Center 2258 1134 2.8 3%
Pool L 3:5 HSIU Elizabeth 10 C23 15 Fortune Fencing 2232 1131 3.0 4%
Pool L 1:5 ENRILE Erica 19 C22 22 Maximum Fencing Club 2158 1128 3.7 5%
Pool L 1:5 CHANG Abigail 25 D23 18 True Focus Sports Academy 1775 1124 9.5 14%
Pool L 2:5 POON Desiree 33 E22 34 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1837 1115 8.0 12%
T64 L 7:15 XU Celina 23 D23 16 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1980 1314 42.9 16%

Fortune Fencing ROC(DV1A, DV2, VET), RJCC

Cadet Women's Épée (C2, CDT), April 8, 2023
Place 37, Seed 29, Not ranked, Rating U, ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 CHANG Abigail 17 D23 9 True Focus Sports Academy 1692 1190 14.3 21%
Pool L 0:5 HANKINS Morgan 21 E23 18 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2176 1175 4.3 5%
Pool L 4:5 MAGYARI-KOPE Ingrid 33 U 28 Las Positas Fencing Center 1185 1171 29.4 49%
Pool L 1:5 MENDOZA zoie 9 98 D22 10 LA International Fencing 2153 1142 4.0 5%
Pool L 2:5 ENRILE Erica 4 60 C22 15 Maximum Fencing Club 2159 1138 3.9 5%
T64 L 12:15 MAGYARI-KOPE Ingrid 33 U 28 Las Positas Fencing Center 1351 1452 138.4 55%

Fortune Fencing SYC/RJCC

Cadet Women's Épée (B2/C3, CDT), March 26, 2023
Place 62, Seed 61, Not ranked, Rating U, ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 LEE Natasha 1 15 B23 2 Las Vegas Fencing Academy / TeamK Fencing 2801 1265 0.8 1%
Pool L 2:5 MARTYNOVA Diana 21 C22 18 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2243 1264 5.3 6%
Pool L 4:5 YANG Arianna 40 U 59 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1005 1259 45.2 66%
Pool L 3:5 LI Azalea 56 U 28 2092 1214 6.6 8%
Pool L 1:5 CHUANG Ramona 44 U 38 Fencing Center Of Chicago 1749 1207 13.6 19%
Pool L 2:5 HSIU Elizabeth 20 C22 19 Fortune Fencing 2251 1194 3.8 4%
T64 L 2:15 GUO Luxi 9 57 B23 9 Yang Fencing Club 2484 1479 26.5 7%

SoCal Scholastic League Individual Epee/Saber #2

Women's High School Epee (C2), February 5, 2023
Place 29, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake / ValorUSA Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 DANKO Siena 23 U 22 Chaminade 1534 1355 30.4 39%
Pool L 2:5 SHETTY Nandita 14 U 21 Vistamar / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1544 1325 28.0 36%
Pool L 3:5 BROWN Riley 4 D22 6 Viewpoint HS / LAIFC 1862 1297 14.9 18%
Pool L 2:5 PEI Audrey 31 U 8 Brentwood High School / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2049 1282 9.5 11%
Pool L 0:5 DRYSDALE Lita 7 E22 3 Le Lycee Francais de LA / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2144 1272 7.2 8%
T32 L 4:15 DRYSDALE Lita 7 E22 3 Le Lycee Francais de LA / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2411 1516 37.6 10%

South Coast Mary Rafanelli RYC/RJC

Y-14 Women's Épée (C1, Y14), January 15, 2023
Place 20, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating U, ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 MASSARO Ava 16 U 12 Las Vegas Fencing Academy 1495 1290 35.8 38%
Pool L 2:5 XU Celina 8 119 D22 5 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1730 1255 22.8 22%
Pool W 4:3 CHEONG Chloe 11 U 16 Ace Fencing Academy 2145 1232 89.5 10%
Pool L 1:5 GUO Luxi 1 29 C22 2 Yang Fencing Club 2201 1321 8.6 8%
Pool W 5:4 YOUSSEF Caroline 20 U 22 LA International Fencing 1317 1313 42.3 50%
T32 L 3:15 BROWN Riley 7 116 D22 8 LA International Fencing 2192 1590 74.1 20%

South Coast Mary Rafanelli RYC/RJC

Junior Women's Épée (C2, JNR), January 14, 2023
Place 33, Seed 37, Not ranked, Rating U, ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 MUN Brianna K. 5 C22 11 Fortune Fencing 2572 1229 3.2 2%
Pool W 5:1 RUIZ Lusciana 33 U 35 1747 1226 101.0 21%
Pool L 1:5 CHANG Celine A. 10 C22 23 Las Positas Fencing Center 2241 1327 10.1 7%
Pool L 1:5 OPERARIO Abigail Z. 17 D21 5 Las Vegas Fencing Academy 2280 1317 8.6 6%
Pool L 1:5 DALEY Keira 19 E22 22 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1964 1308 17.5 15%
T64 L 9:15 NOYES Haley Mariam 34 U 32 Bridgeport Fencers Club 1591 1804 213.9 60%

RYC/RJC of the Rockies

Y-14 Women's Épée (U, Y14), December 31, 2022
Place 15, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating U, ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 JORDAN Zoe 6 U 6 NMFC/Duke City Fencing 1829 1412 42.0 26%
Pool L 4:5 FREEMAN Kate 2 46 D22 2 Denver Fencing Center 1775 1370 40.2 26%
Pool L 2:5 XU Jessica 13 U 8 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1622 1330 45.1 32%
Pool L 1:5 WANG Emma 8 U 9 South Denver Fencing Academy 1371 1285 56.1 45%
T16 L 8:15 XU Serena 3 72 E22 3 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2251 1987 182.3 37%

RYC/RJC of the Rockies

Junior Women's Épée (B1, JNR), December 31, 2022
Place 15, Seed 14, Not ranked, Rating U, ValorUSA Fencing Club LLC / Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 LEEDER Elizabeth 4 C22 6 Front Range Fencing Club 2224 1514 30.3 14%
Pool L 2:5 CHI Chelsea 3 B22 1 Denver Fencing Center 2368 1483 19.4 9%
Pool L 1:5 SAINT-PHARD Shana 9 D21 10 Denver Fencing Center 2187 1464 26.4 13%
Pool L 3:5 LUMINATI Kathryn 10 E22 9 NMFC/Duke City Fencing 2164 1438 25.4 15%
T16 L 3:15 CHI Chelsea 3 B22 1 Denver Fencing Center 2456 2239 252.5 40%

SoCal Scholastic Novice Foil, Epee and Saber

Women's High School Epee (U), December 4, 2022
Place 7, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake / ValorUSA Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 HITZ Iona 14 U 5 Oakwood High School / Oakwood School 2500 1696 53.6 23%
Pool L 4:5 RUVOLO Arwen 3 U 2 Santa Monica HS / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2921 1642 27.5 10%
Pool W 5:4 MENDEZ-ELFMAN Audrey 2 U 11 VAPA #9 2175 1614 168.1 28%
Pool L 2:5 KIM Chaepin 5 U 8 Immaculate Heart 1459 1783 173.0 67%
Pool W 5:4 GONSALVES Scarlett 7 U 6 Immaculate Heart / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1716 1610 123.4 44%
Pool L 4:5 SUAREZ Grace 9 U 3 Immaculate Heart / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 726 1733 219.3 91%
T16 W 14:13 MENDEZ-ELFMAN Audrey 2 U 11 VAPA #9 2500 2079 424.5 37%
T8 L 8:15 SCHMELZER Elizabeth 10 U 1 Santa Monica HS / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2500 2504 264.7 50%

SoCal Scholastic League Individual Epee/Saber #1

Women's High School Epee (E1), October 23, 2022
Place 19, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 GONG Zixi 14 U 8 Brentwood High School / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1930 2500 788.5 71%
Pool L 4:5 WALL Sophia 20 U 3 Chaminade 2265 1711 184.2 26%
Pool W 5:1 HERNANDEZ-SEGURA Yajaira 4 U 31 VAPA #9 1369 1527 204.1 57%
Pool L 4:5 SHETTY Nandita 24 U 10 Vistamar / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1836 1731 208.5 45%
Pool W 5:2 VILLALTA Olivia 7 U 24 Immaculate Heart / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1542 1523 172.8 49%
T32 L 7:15 KIM Chaepin 26 U 14 Immaculate Heart 2500 2500 420.5 50%