Victor Burkardt

2008

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories 17 10 1 - - 28
Losses 21 24 13 - - 58
Win Ratio 44.7% 29.4% 7.1% - - 32.6%
Pool Victories 16 9 1 - - 26
Pool Losses 16 19 11 - - 46
Pool Win Ratio 50.0% 32.1% 8.3% - - 36.1%
DE Victories 1 1 - - - 2
DE Losses 5 5 2 - - 12
DE Win Ratio 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% - - 14.3%

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 2 - - - 5
Easy wins as % of wins 17.6% 20.0% 0.0% - - 17.9%
Close wins‡ 4 6 1 - - 11
Close wins as % of all wins 23.5% 60.0% 100.0% - - 39.3%
Close losses‡ 2 2 - - - 4
Close losses as % of all losses 9.5% 8.3% 0.0% - - 6.9%
Big losses† 14 15 9 - - 38
Big losses as % of all losses 66.7% 62.5% 69.2% - - 65.5%

† 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 7 5 2 - - 14
Tournaments 4 4 2 - - 10

Competition History

Jubilee D & Under

Div III Mixed Épée (E1, DV3), May 25, 2025
Place 5 of 6, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:2 BURKARDT Mark 3 U 6 Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club / Corsair Fencing School 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool D 2:5 FRIEDMAN Andres 1 D25 1 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1490 2921 1087.0 94%
Pool D 0:5 HERTZEL Lucas 6 U 3 Corsair Fencing School 1316 1834 365.1 73%
Pool D 3:5 BOLTON Lucas R. 2 D23 2 Corsair Fencing School 3164 1468 10.6 2%
Pool D 1:5 FRIEDMAN Benjamin 4 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1091 1458 270.2 68%
T8 D 6:15 HERTZEL Lucas 6 U 3 Corsair Fencing School 1742 2500 730.2 74%

Jubilee D & Under

Div III Mixed Foil (E1, DV3), May 25, 2025
Place 6 of 9, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating U, Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 3:5 JIANG Zhanyu 6 U 3 Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club 1056 1098 32.1 53%
Pool V 5:0 BURKARDT Mark 5 U 9 Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club / Corsair Fencing School 468 1066 11.8 80%
Pool D 1:5 GIANOGLIO Will 1 U 1 Corsair Fencing School 1273 1077 21.8 38%
Pool D 2:5 CARELLI Nathaniel 8 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1050 1056 29.4 50%
Pool V 5:3 WOOD Phineas 9 U 8 1034 1026 24.9 50%
Pool V 5:4 FRIEDMAN Andres 4 U 7 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 915 1051 21.1 58%
Pool D 4:5 KREUTEL Harrison 7 U 2 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1014 1072 28.9 54%
Pool D 1:5 WANG David 2 U 5 Corsair Fencing School 1254 1043 19.4 37%
T8 D 13:15 JIANG Zhanyu 6 U 3 Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club 1532 1381 118.5 43%

Lil Yinzers Youth and Junior Tournament

Junior Mixed Foil (U, JNR), May 18, 2025
Place 1 of 2, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:3 KABUS Ethan 1 U 2 Corsair Fencing School / Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club 753 1078 19.5 68%

Murphy's Irish City Open 9 and Unrated Foil

Senior Mixed Saber (U, SNR), March 23, 2025
Place 3 of 3, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:4 LITTWIN Korra 3 U 2 Corsair Fencing School / Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club
Pool D 1:5 SHINN-CUNNINGHAM Barbara 1 C23 1 Corsair Fencing School / Carnegie Mellon University Fencing Club

Murphy's Irish City Open 9 and Unrated Foil

Senior Mixed Foil (D1, SNR), March 22, 2025
Place 9 of 15, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating U, Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 1:5 KIM Yoonsoo 2 D25 2 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1454 985 18.7 22%
Pool V 5:3 NOSIK Gabriel 6 E23 6 Corsair Fencing School / Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club 1428 966 61.6 23%
Pool D 1:5 HOLSTEIN Ariel 5 E24 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2104 1028 4.2 4%
Pool V 5:1 KOBLE Peter 12 U 12 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club 746 1023 23.1 67%
Pool V 5:4 ERSOZ Yasemin 8 E23 15 Pittsburgh Fencers Club / Pine-Richland Fencing Club
Pool V 5:2 MERRIFIELD Todd 14 U 11 West Virginia University Fencing Club 1059 1046 31.8 49%
T16 D 4:15 LITTWIN Korra 9 E22 8 Corsair Fencing School / Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club

Murphy's Irish City Open 9 and Unrated Foil

Unrated Mixed Foil (E1, U), March 22, 2025
Place 6 of 14, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:3 DRIVER Holden 13 U 9 Corsair Fencing School 945 848 51.6 44%
Pool V 5:2 DESOUSA BALLESTEROS Fabian 4 U 14 Corsair Fencing School 836 900 40.3 54%
Pool V 5:2 VANHO Michael 8 U 13 Kiraly Fencing Academy 993 940 34.7 47%
Pool V 5:0 KABUS Ethan 1 U 11 Corsair Fencing School / Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club 852 975 31.4 57%
Pool D 0:5 APANPA Simeon 9 U 3 United States Military Academy Fencing Club 1893 1006 8.6 9%
Pool D 0:5 HANOVER Augustine 14 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1679 997 12.8 15%
T16 V 15:12 KABUS Ethan 1 U 11 Corsair Fencing School / Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club 1526 1262 197.0 39%
T8 D 4:15 HANOVER Augustine 14 U 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2063 1459 77.8 21%

Season Kickoff

Senior Mixed Foil (D1, SNR), September 15, 2024
Place 11 of 16, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U, Fox Chapel Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:2 LI RunLin 4 E24 5 Steel City Fencers Club / Corsair Fencing Club 1699 770 134.0 7%
Pool D 3:5 CHANG Xavier 16 U 12 AIC Fencing Club 936 904 49.0 48%
Pool V 5:2 ERSOZ Yasemin 8 E23 15 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club / Pine-Richland Fencing Club
Pool D 1:5 KAPLAN Maxwell 3 D23 1 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1858 855 7.2 6%
T16 D 4:15 KOSCIK-AQUINO Emily 14 U 6 Cleveland Fencing Academy East LLC

Murphy's Irish City Open 8

Senior Mixed Saber (U, SNR), March 24, 2024
Place 2 of 4, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Steel City Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:1 READ Sarah 3 U 3 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool V 5:4 POLLETTA Julie 4 U 3 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool D 3:5 SHINN-CUNNINGHAM Barbara 1 C23 1 Corsair Fencing Club
T4 V 15:14 POLLETTA Julie 4 U 3 Corsair Fencing Club
T2 D 2:15 SHINN-CUNNINGHAM Barbara 1 C23 1 Corsair Fencing Club

Murphy's Irish City Open 8

Senior Mixed Foil (D1, SNR), March 24, 2024
Place 11 of 15, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating U, Steel City Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 2:5 FREDERICK David 8 E23 3 Two Ravens Fencing School / Wadsworth Fencing Club 1493 841 23.0 20%
Pool D 0:5 GELLAD Luke 4 E24 6 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1555 819 18.1 12%
Pool V 5:3 POLLETTA Julie 10 E23 14 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool D 2:5 HOLSTEIN Ariel 5 E24 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2173 800 3.2 2%
Pool D 0:5 BOLTON Lucas R. 1 B23 1 Corsair Fencing Club 3068 797 0.1 < 1%
Pool D 3:5 HERTZEL Lucas 9 E23 10 Bethel Park Fencing Club 1314 797 26.7 21%
Pool V 5:1 NOSIK Stanislav 12 U 15 Corsair Fencing Club
T16 D 2:15 GELLAD Luke 4 E24 6 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2022 1360 98.6 19%

For the Love of Fencing

Senior Mixed Foil (C1, SNR), February 11, 2024
Place 18 of 22, Seed 20, Not ranked, Rating U, Steel City Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 1:5 SUN Henry 6 D23 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1660 723 16.1 7%
Pool D 0:5 WEI Angela 1 C23 5 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club / Star Fencing Academy
Pool D 1:5 POWELL Sean 7 E24 8 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1537 707 19.9 10%
Pool D 0:5 BINET Nicolas 12 E23 10 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1741 687 11.0 5%
Pool V 5:4 KOBLE Peter 22 U 21 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club 958 676 84.5 36%
Pool D 1:5 TARCHICHI Robby 13 E23 9 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1742 760 11.8 6%
Pool V 5:4 FITZGERALD Drew 18 U 20 1200 749 92.8 27%
T32 D 8:15 LYON Claire 14 E23 15 Corsair Fencing Club

Luau Open

Senior Mixed Foil (C2, SNR), January 28, 2024
Place 19 of 27, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating U, Steel City Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 1:5 ZHANG Jinliang 24 U 15 Steel City Fencers Club / Fox Chapel High School Fencing Club 1089 678 58.6 28%
Pool D 4:5 LYON Claire 9 E23 12 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool D 3:5 MOORE Samuel 19 U 11 Epic Fencing Club Atlanta / All-American Fencing Academy 2079 619 4.8 2%
Pool D 4:5 KENNEDY Christo 1 D23 2 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1896 614 7.4 3%
Pool V 5:4 POLLETTA Julie 8 E23 16 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool V 5:3 DRIVER Jonah 16 U 26 Corsair Fencing Club 839 607 115.9 37%
T32 D 5:15 GELLAD Luke 23 U 8 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2064 1501 140.6 24%

PFC Winter Invitational

Senior Mixed Foil (C2, SNR), December 3, 2023
Place 22 of 25, Seed 24, Not ranked, Rating U, Steel City Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 2:5 KING Emily 12 E23 17 Tiger Fencing Club / Peters Township Fencing Club
Pool D 0:5 LINDOW Connor 3 D23 11 1585 738 30.6 11%
Pool V 5:4 XU Rachel 20 U 25 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool D 0:5 HOLSTEIN Ariel 6 E23 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1914 707 12.9 4%
Pool D 2:5 TARCHICHI Robby 13 E23 10 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1763 694 16.4 6%
T32 D 7:15 SUN Henry 4 D23 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1978 1812 310.8 42%

Lil Yinzers Youth Cadet & Junior Tournament

Junior Mixed Foil (C2, JNR), May 21, 2023
Place 33 of 34, Seed 29, Not ranked, Rating U, Steel City Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 1:5 MILLER Opal 30 U 29 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Pool D 1:5 NOSIK Gabriel 21 U 20 Corsair Fencing Club 836 1106 222.0 64%
Pool D 0:5 MCCORD Clark 1 C22 5 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2823 884 1.5 < 1%
Pool D 1:5 SUN Henry 11 E23 12 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1529 883 56.7 18%
Pool D 1:5 HANLON Lucy 10 E23 8 Central Pennsylvania Fencing Association / Nittany Fencing Academy
Pool D 3:5 ROSS Benjamin 20 U 22 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1049 826 88.1 39%
T64 D 8:15 ZAHALSKY Ezra 23 U 32 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club

Irish City Open 7

E & Under Mixed Foil (D1, E), March 18, 2023
Place 24 of 28, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U, Steel City Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:4 LEE Hans 23 U 17 OnTarget Fencing Club 1217 2500 140.8 89%
Pool D 3:5 MAIOLI Daniel 26 U 21 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1180 2641 1106.0 93%
Pool D 3:5 EVERSON Benjamin 18 U 14 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1764 1535 214.4 39%
Pool D 3:5 KARNAVAS Bill 2 E23 9 Forge Fencing Teams 1688 1320 146.5 32%
Pool D 1:5 RIALE Toren 15 U 13 Corsair Fencing Club 1931 1174 68.0 18%
Pool D 1:5 POLLETTA Julie 7 E21 5 Corsair Fencing Club
T32 D 4:15 KARNAVAS Bill 2 E23 9 Forge Fencing Teams 2068 2500 688.3 66%