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Brenden Nelka

2009
Royal Fencing Academy
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 1 10 1 - - 12
Losses 14 45 31 - - 90
Win ratio 6.7% 18.2% 3.1% - - 11.8%
Pool victories 1 10 1 - - 12
Pool losses 12 38 26 - - 76
Pool win ratio 7.7% 20.8% 3.7% - - 13.6%
DE victories - - - - - -
DE losses 2 7 5 - - 14
DE win ratio 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† - 3 - - - 3
Easy wins % 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% - - 25.0%
Close wins‡ - 3 - - - 3
Close wins % 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% - - 25.0%
Close losses‡ - 3 2 - - 5
Close losses % 0.0% 6.7% 6.5% - - 5.6%
Big losses† 7 27 21 - - 55
Big losses % 50.0% 60.0% 67.7% - - 61.1%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Bouts with time expired

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - - - -
Victories % 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0%
Losses - 1 - - - 1
Losses % 0.0% 2.2% 0.0% - - 1.1%
Total - 1 - - - 1
Total % 0.0% 1.8% 0.0% - - 1.0%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events 2 9 6 - - 17
Tournaments 2 6 6 - - 14

Competition history

17 competitions, 102 bouts

Capitol Division Summer National Qualifiers

Div II Men's Foil E1, DV2 April 19, 2026

Place 7 of 8 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 MISHRA Kartikaye 2 - E23 2 Royal Fencing Academy 807 750 32.6 46%
Pool
D 3:5 LEE Jet 3 - U 1 1274 718 14.0 19%
Pool
D 2:5 WARE Chase 8 - U 6 1413 704 10.0 13%
Pool
D 1:5 PAREKH Neil 5 - U 5 766 694 28.7 46%
Pool
V 5:3 WENZEL Stephen 4 - U 8 872 665 39.6 37%
Pool
D 2:5 RESENDE BONIFACIUK Lucas 7 - U 4 1013 705 19.3 31%
Pool
D 1:5 JEROME Trevor 1 - D25 3 1163 686 14.0 22%
T8
D 6:15 MISHRA Kartikaye 2 - E23 2 Royal Fencing Academy 1123 715 85.4 29%

River City Regional Rumble RYC/RJCC/Y8

Cadet Men's Saber C2, CDT October 25, 2025

Place 38 of 40 Seed 33 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 JAVIER Xavier 36 - U 24 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1371 1085 25.2 32%
Pool
D 3:5 GOLART Dylan 35 - U 23 Miracle Fencing Club 1135 1060 32.7 45%
Pool
D 3:5 BALU Aedan 4 - C25 3 Research Triangle Fencing 1835 1027 8.3 10%
Pool
D 1:5 MOORE Blaise 28 - U 30 Forge Fencing Teams DUR 1093 1019 31.1 45%
Pool
D 2:5 ALLEN Asa 9 - E25 16 Richmond Fencing Club 1399 988 17.8 25%
Pool
D 1:5 SLAVNOV Anton 16 - E25 9 Capital Fencing Academy 1778 970 7.5 9%
T64
D 8:15 PERRIN Leo 12 - E25 2 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2056 939 24.2 6%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Men's Saber C3, DV3 July 7, 2025

Place 116 of 141 Seed 134 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 WONG Reagan 37 - D25 54 Manhattan Fencing Center / Manhattan Fencing of Englewood 1601 1043 18.7 19%
Pool
D 0:5 SINGHAL Armaan 48 - D24 72 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 1676 1025 14.9 15%
Pool
V 5:2 WOODE Charles (CJ) 79 - E25 114 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1987 1010 102.1 6%
Pool
D 0:5 GONG Gavin 6 - C25 27 Sigma Fencing Academy 1875 1112 10.5 11%
Pool
D 1:5 CORDIE David R. 121 - U 75 Madison Fencing Academy / Caliburn Fencing Club 1654 1101 16.2 19%
T128
D 6:15 CHEN Kevin 72 - E25 20 Globus Fencing Academy 1900 981 41.9 10%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Men's Foil C3, DV3 July 6, 2025

Place 219 of 223 Seed 209 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 TAM Kyle 56 - D25 58 Moe Fencing Club LLC 1935 809 4.0 3%
Pool
D 2:5 WITZ Brandon 188 - E22 159 Madison Fencing Academy 1959 805 3.8 3%
Pool
D 2:5 LEE Thomas 122 - E25 21 East Coast Fencing Club 1594 801 9.6 10%
Pool
D 1:5 LEONG Wilson Hua 144 - E25 80 Golden State Fencing Academy 1346 791 15.8 19%
Pool
D 0:5 LIN Lucas 11 - D25 20 Future Stars Fencing 1463 776 11.7 13%
Pool
D 3:5 HOPKINS Dylan 76 - D25 195 Center for Blade Arts 1376 764 13.4 16%

The Cherry Blossom - D1A/VET ROC

Div I-A Men's Foil A3, D1A March 29, 2025

Place 70 of 70 Seed 66 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 GRIEB Oliver 47 - C24 54 OnTarget Fencing Club 1931 820 4.3 4%
Pool
D 0:5 TIKHAEV Alexander 21 - B24 8 AIC Fencing Club 2511 816 0.5 < 1%
Pool
D 4:5 PRUT Anton 52 - D25 47 Apex Fencing Academy 1877 815 4.9 4%
Pool
D 0:5 DIAZ Julio P. 9 - A22 45 Invictus Fencing 2540 811 0.4 < 1%
Pool
D 0:5 GRIFFITH MCALLISTER Thomas 33 - C25 9 Peter Westbrook Foundation / Fencers Club Inc. 2363 810 0.9 1%
Pool
D 0:5 AKYAMAC Bora 29 - B24 2 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 2511 809 0.5 < 1%

Fairfax Challenge SYC/RJCC

Cadet Men's Saber C2, CDT March 22, 2025

Place 65 of 69 Seed 46 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 HU Harry 35 - E23 30 Nellya Fencers 1736 1254 29.3 22%
Pool
D 3:5 HUCHWAJDA Alex 15 - C24 5 Research Triangle Fencing 2065 1224 13.2 9%
Pool
D 1:5 PIPKE Garrett 69 - U 50 Nova Fencing Club 1028 1211 69.7 61%
Pool
D 2:5 MELE Gianni 26 - E25 19 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 1477 1141 32.1 30%
Pool
D 1:5 PEREIRA Beckham 6 81 C24 6 International Fencing Club 1812 1109 15.2 13%
Pool
D 4:5 BROOKS Isaac 55 - U 55 Capital Fencing Academy 1053 1094 50.7 53%
T128
D 11:15 SIMMONS Evan 65 - U 64 Jacksonville Fencing Club 1008 1236 254.8 62%

Capitol Division Summer National Qualifiers

Div II Men's Saber U, DV2 March 16, 2025

Place 4 of 5 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 SAFAI Tejav 4 - U 5 Royal Fencing Academy 819 1419 31.2 81%
Pool
D 0:5 KLEBS Robert 1 - D24 1 Royal Fencing Academy / Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2046 1450 29.6 18%
Pool
D 3:5 HEIMOV Brennan 3 - U 3 Capital Fencing Academy 688 1421 137.2 86%
Pool
D 1:5 REHM Liam 2 - E24 2 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1786 1283 29.8 21%
T4
D 2:15 REHM Liam 2 - E24 2 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1869 1377 141.5 26%

Capitol Division Summer National Qualifiers

Div II Men's Foil U, DV2 March 16, 2025

Place 4 of 5 Seed 4 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 WU Geoffrey 5 - U 2 OnTarget Fencing Club 1533 584 119.3 7%
Pool
V 5:2 YOUNG Ryan 2 - E22 3 Royal Fencing Academy 1293 703 74.3 19%
Pool
V 5:2 ANDERSON-TORRES Graydon 3 - U 5 Royal Fencing Academy 982 777 49.6 38%
Pool
D 1:3 SCHWARTZ Douglas 1 - E23 1 Royal Fencing Academy 1814 827 6.8 7%
T4
D 4:15 WU Geoffrey 5 - U 2 OnTarget Fencing Club 1413 783 68.6 21%

Capitol Clash SYC/RCC & Y8

Cadet Men's Foil A2/B3, CDT January 20, 2025

Place 95 of 111 Seed 86 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 MAZAHERI Fletcher 11 96 B24 15 Bluegrass Fencers' Club 2244 552 0.8 < 1%
Pool
D 2:5 SION Andrew 75 - E24 69 Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club 1611 551 7.2 5%
Pool
D 0:5 YU William 42 - C24 13 AIC Fencing Club 1937 544 2.4 1%
Pool
D 0:5 HAYES Stewart 22 132 C24 17 2247 542 0.7 < 1%
Pool
V 5:1 BROWN Jerome 105 - U 109 Homewood Fencing Club 673 541 58.8 42%
Pool
D 3:5 YANG David H. 54 - D24 73 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 1294 600 16.2 13%
T128
D 1:15 KOVACS Harrison 63 - E24 38 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 1774 824 41.0 9%

Capitol Clash SYC/RCC & Y8

Cadet Men's Saber B2/C3, CDT January 19, 2025

Place 112 of 134 Seed 79 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 LAU Kyrus 131 - U 80 Aura Fencing Academy 1493 1851 229.4 69%
Pool
D 2:5 BROENING-CHAI Jonas 45 - D24 37 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 1991 1621 79.6 29%
Pool
D 3:5 PORTER Dupree 36 - C24 23 Scarsdale Fencing Center / Fencers Club Inc. 2054 1542 56.1 22%
Pool
V 5:0 BUKZIN Alan 76 - U 126 Nova Fencing Club 1440 1486 100.5 53%
Pool
D 0:5 NGO Maximus 5 58 B24 1 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 2269 1586 32.4 15%
Pool
D 2:5 KOHLER Vaughn 124 - U 98 Nellya Fencers 1165 1554 134.9 72%
T128
D 4:15 LIU Ethan 70 - E24 21 Nellya Fencers 1785 1679 301.6 45%

River City Regional Rumble - RYC/RJCC and Y8

Cadet Men's Saber B2, CDT September 21, 2024

Place 22 of 39 Seed 27 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 BREUER Daniel 6 108 E24 24 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1682 2500 249.6 79%
Pool
V 5:3 CHAWLA Abhishek 29 - U 36 Capital Fencing Academy 1187 2750 53.7 95%
Pool
D 2:5 LIN Felix 7 - C24 5 Miracle Fencing Club 2070 2803 688.8 79%
Pool
V 5:4 HENRY Cadel 19 - E24 8 Forge Fencing Teams DUR 1746 2114 169.4 68%
Pool
D 2:5 BENE Andrew 18 - E24 11 Miracle Fencing Club 1434 2284 433.2 87%
T32
D 1:15 BIALIK Noah 20 - E23 13 Triple Threat Fencing Academy 1876 2500 821.4 73%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Y-14 Men's Foil A3, Y14 July 5, 2024

Place 348 of 355 Seed 291 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 YAO Bradley 16 18 B24 7 Star Fencing Academy 2485 620 0.4 < 1%
Pool
D 0:5 LIM EUNSEONG 119 138 U 141 Auburn Fencing Club 1835 620 5.3 3%
Pool
D 1:5 MARISI Gabriel 87 97 C24 128 Lang Fencing Academy 1979 614 3.2 2%
Pool
D 0:5 HARROCH Faustin 189 - D24 84 Rain City Fencing Center 1900 611 4.1 2%
Pool
D 2:5 YOUNG Jack 220 - E24 288 Iowa City Fencing Center 979 607 36.0 28%
Pool
D 3:5 BOWLES Kevin 324 - U 195 Apex Fencing Academy 1257 571 18.9 14%

NoVA Knights RYC/RJCC& NON-REGIONAL VET

Y-14 Men's Foil U, Y14 April 21, 2024

Place 28 of 29 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 HUANG Anthony 15 - U 22 AIC Fencing Club 972 750 58.4 37%
Pool
D 2:5 KOE Beckett 5 204 E23 1 Fioretto Fencing Academy 1691 691 11.5 6%
Pool
D 1:5 HARWOOD Gray 6 - D23 3 Greensboro Fencing Academy 1468 680 18.7 11%
Pool
D 1:5 XIANG Wangzhi 25 - U 11 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 1009 661 41.0 30%
T32
D 9:15 GRACEY Gavin 24 - U 7 OnTarget Fencing Club 1576 905 80.6 19%

Cherry Blossom ROC

Div I-A Men's Foil A2, D1A April 13, 2024

Place 46 of 48 Seed 40 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 XU Dinghui Ryan 30 - D22 34 Homewood Fencing Club / OnTarget Fencing Club 1689 811 20.1 9%
Pool
D 1:5 XIE Buster 18 - C24 6 2160 791 4.8 2%
Pool
D 1:5 BAYER John P. 26 - D24 38 Chesapeake Fencing Club 1726 786 16.3 8%
Pool
D 1:5 SHEPHERD Conner M. 12 - B23 20 Cleveland State Univ. NCAA / Jovanovic Fencing 2577 770 0.8 < 1%
Pool
D 1:5 BHARGAVA Aayush 45 - U 27 Fencing Academy Of Westchester 1643 769 19.3 10%
Pool
D 0:5 LEE Aidan 3 - A23 2 AIC Fencing Club 3141 750 0.0 < 1%
T64
D 3:15 SHEPHERD Conner M. 12 - B23 20 Cleveland State Univ. NCAA / Jovanovic Fencing 2762 909 4.3 1%

Capitol Division Summer National Qualifiers

Y-14 Men's Foil U, Y14 April 7, 2024

Place 2 of 2 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
T2
D 3:15 PARMAR Veer 2 - U 1 Royal Fencing Academy 1154 1136 227.2 49%

Capitol Clash SYC/RCC & Y8

Y-14 Men's Foil B2/C3, Y14 January 14, 2024

Place 164 of 170 Seed 106 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 KINGSLEY Griffin 147 - U 41 1415 1251 131.3 41%
Pool
D 0:5 PAN Ethan 53 147 U 53 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 1575 1119 73.5 25%
Pool
D 1:5 NOLAN Tyler 168 - U 134 Apex Fencing Academy / Research Triangle Fencing 1133 1046 110.1 45%
Pool
D 4:5 CONVERSO-PARSONS Alexander 95 - U 139 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North / Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 1076 936 90.1 42%
Pool
D 1:5 FOGELSON Hugh 45 126 U 82 Manhattan Fencing Center 1545 846 31.9 14%
Pool
D 2:5 WONG Jackson 6 28 C23 23 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) / Fencers Club Inc. 2391 814 2.5 1%
T256
D 2:15 ULYSSE Jacob 120 - U 95 Candlewood Fencing Center 1659 1367 230.4 36%

River City Regional Rumble RJCC / RYC & Y8

Y-14 Men's Foil C2, Y14 September 23, 2023

Place 34 of 41 Seed 28 Not ranked Rating U Royal Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 FEDELI Francesco 8 92 C22 14 Epic Fencing Club / SCAD- Atlanta Fencing 2054 2500 741.7 67%
Pool
V 5:2 HUANG Anthony 38 - U 39 AIC Fencing Club 946 1758 130.0 83%
Pool
D 2:5 MARISI Gabriel 18 - U 11 1723 1888 339.7 58%
Pool
D 4:5 JIANG Bohan 31 - U 25 AIC Fencing Club 1354 1549 263.0 60%
Pool
D 1:5 VADEN Oliver 6 57 D23 9 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2284 1286 34.8 8%
T64
D 5:15 TSENG Lucas 13 - U 31 AIC Fencing Club 1254 2500 1133.3 89%