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Victor Burkardt

2008

Steel City Fencers Club

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 10 1 - - - 11
Losses 24 13 - - - 37
Win Ratio 29.4% 7.1% - - - 22.9%
Pool Victories 9 1 - - - 10
Pool Losses 19 11 - - - 30
Pool Win Ratio 32.1% 8.3% - - - 25.0%
DE Victories 1 - - - - 1
DE Losses 5 2 - - - 7
DE Win Ratio 16.7% 0.0% - - - 12.5%

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 20.0% 0.0% - - - 18.2%
Close wins‡ 6 1 - - - 7
Close wins as % of all wins 60.0% 100.0% - - - 63.6%
Close losses‡ 2 - - - - 2
Close losses as % of all losses 8.3% 0.0% - - - 5.4%
Big losses† 15 9 - - - 24
Big losses as % of all losses 62.5% 69.2% - - - 64.9%

† 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 5 2 - - - 7
Tournaments 4 2 - - - 6

Competition History

Murphy's Irish City Open 8

Senior Mixed Saber (U, SNR), March 24, 2024
Place 2, 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 W 5:1 READ Sarah 3 U 3 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool W 5:4 POLLETTA Julie 4 U 3 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool L 3:5 SHINN-CUNNINGHAM Barbara 1 C23 1 Corsair Fencing Club
T4 W 15:14 POLLETTA Julie 4 U 3 Corsair Fencing Club
T2 L 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, 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 L 2:5 FREDERICK David 8 E23 3 Two Ravens Fencing School / Wadsworth Fencing Club 1493 841 23.0 20%
Pool L 0:5 GELLAD Luke 4 E24 6 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1555 819 18.1 12%
Pool W 5:3 POLLETTA Julie 10 E23 14 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool L 2:5 HOLSTEIN Ariel 5 E24 3 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2173 800 3.2 2%
Pool L 0:5 BOLTON Lucas R. 1 B23 1 Corsair Fencing Club 3068 797 0.1 < 1%
Pool L 3:5 HERTZEL Lucas 9 E23 10 Bethel Park Fencing Club 1314 797 26.7 21%
Pool W 5:1 NOSIK Stanislav 12 U 15 Corsair Fencing Club
T16 L 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, 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 L 1:5 SUN Henry 6 D23 3 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1660 723 16.1 7%
Pool L 0:5 WEI Angela 1 C23 5 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club / Star Fencing Academy
Pool L 1:5 POWELL Sean 7 E24 8 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1537 707 19.9 10%
Pool L 0:5 BINET Nicolas 12 E23 10 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1741 687 11.0 5%
Pool W 5:4 KOBLE Peter 22 U 21 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club 958 676 84.5 36%
Pool L 1:5 TARCHICHI Robby 13 E23 9 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1742 760 11.8 6%
Pool W 5:4 FITZGERALD Drew 18 U 20 1200 749 92.8 27%
T32 L 8:15 LYON Claire 14 E23 15 Corsair Fencing Club

Luau Open

Senior Mixed Foil (C2, SNR), January 28, 2024
Place 19, 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 L 1:5 ZHANG Jinliang 24 U 15 Steel City Fencers Club / Fox Chapel High School Fencing Club 1089 678 58.6 28%
Pool L 4:5 LYON Claire 9 E23 12 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool L 3:5 MOORE Samuel 19 U 11 Epic Fencing Club Atlanta / All-American Fencing Academy 2079 619 4.8 2%
Pool L 4:5 KENNEDY Christo 1 D23 2 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1896 614 7.4 3%
Pool W 5:4 POLLETTA Julie 8 E23 16 Corsair Fencing Club
Pool W 5:3 DRIVER Jonah 16 U 26 Corsair Fencing Club 839 607 115.9 37%
T32 L 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, 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 L 2:5 KING Emily 12 E23 17 Tiger Fencing Club / Peters Township Fencing Club
Pool L 0:5 LINDOW Connor 3 D23 11 1585 738 30.6 11%
Pool W 5:4 XU Rachel 20 U 25 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club
Pool L 0:5 HOLSTEIN Ariel 6 E23 6 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1914 707 12.9 4%
Pool L 2:5 TARCHICHI Robby 13 E23 10 Pittsburgh Fencers' Club 1763 694 16.4 6%
T32 L 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, 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 L 1:5 MILLER Opal 30 U 29 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 NOSIK Gabriel 21 U 20 Corsair Fencing Club 836 1106 222.0 64%
Pool L 0:5 MCCORD Clark 1 C22 5 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2823 884 1.5 < 1%
Pool L 1:5 SUN Henry 11 E23 12 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1529 883 56.7 18%
Pool L 1:5 HANLON Lucy 10 E23 8 Central Pennsylvania Fencing Association / Nittany Fencing Academy
Pool L 3:5 ROSS Benjamin 20 U 22 Upper St. Clair Fencing Club 1049 826 88.1 39%
T64 L 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, 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 W 5:4 LEE Hans 23 U 17 OnTarget Fencing Club 1217 2500 140.8 89%
Pool L 3:5 MAIOLI Daniel 26 U 21 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1180 2641 1106.0 93%
Pool L 3:5 EVERSON Benjamin 18 U 14 Aquinas Academy Fencing Club / Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1764 1535 214.4 39%
Pool L 3:5 KARNAVAS Bill 2 E23 9 Forge Fencing Teams 1688 1320 146.5 32%
Pool L 1:5 RIALE Toren 15 U 13 Corsair Fencing Club 1931 1174 68.0 18%
Pool L 1:5 POLLETTA Julie 7 E21 5 Corsair Fencing Club
T32 L 4:15 KARNAVAS Bill 2 E23 9 Forge Fencing Teams 2068 2500 688.3 66%