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Aadi Desai

2006
Fencing Illini, University of Illinois
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 8 6 15 2 - 31
Losses 21 21 27 5 - 74
Win ratio 27.6% 22.2% 35.7% 28.6% - 29.5%
Pool victories 5 6 11 1 - 23
Pool losses 17 17 22 4 - 60
Pool win ratio 22.7% 26.1% 33.3% 20.0% - 27.7%
DE victories 3 - 4 1 - 8
DE losses 4 4 5 1 - 14
DE win ratio 42.9% 0.0% 44.4% 50.0% - 36.4%

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† 2 - 4 - - 6
Easy wins % 25.0% 0.0% 26.7% 0.0% - 19.4%
Close wins‡ 4 2 3 2 - 11
Close wins % 50.0% 33.3% 20.0% 100.0% - 35.5%
Close losses‡ 5 6 11 1 - 23
Close losses % 23.8% 28.6% 40.7% 20.0% - 31.1%
Big losses† 10 10 4 2 - 26
Big losses % 47.6% 47.6% 14.8% 40.0% - 35.1%

† 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 2 1 1 - - 4
Victories % 25.0% 16.7% 6.7% 0.0% - 12.9%
Losses 3 - 5 1 - 9
Losses % 14.3% 0.0% 18.5% 20.0% - 12.2%
Total 5 1 6 1 - 13
Total % 17.2% 3.7% 14.3% 14.3% - 12.4%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events 4 4 6 1 - 15
Tournaments 3 2 5 1 - 11

Competition history

15 competitions, 105 bouts

USACFC 2026 Championship

Porthos Epee A2/C3 April 11, 2026

Place 62 of 139 Seed 35 Not ranked Rating D24 Fencing Illini, University of Illinois / Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 NICKINGS Joshua 116 - U 121 Northwestern University Club Fencing - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 THAKUR Om S. 6 - A23 13 University Of Texas Fencing Club at Austin - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 WU Tianqi 85 - U 8 Boston University Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 BLOCK Solomon 126 - U 126 Swarthmore College Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 3:4 NA Ashley 75 - U 74 United States Naval Academy Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 NGUYEN Grayson 46 - E26 43 Rochester Institute of Technology Fencing Club / East Bay Fencers Gym - - - -
T128
V 15:10 REID James 66 - U 70 University of California Davis - - - -
T64
D 13:15 FEAGIN Patrick 29 - D26 22 College of William & Mary Fencing Club / Candlewood Fencing Center - - - -

March NAC

Div II Men's Épée B3, DV2 March 8, 2026

Place 128 of 175 Seed 121 Not ranked Rating D24 Fencing Illini, University of Illinois / Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 SRINIVASAN Sanat Ram 70 - D26 87 Kaizen Academy LLC 1358 1435 21.1 55%
Pool
D 1:5 ZHOU Zhi Matthew 86 - D26 61 1412 1414 18.8 50%
Pool
D 2:5 MCGRATH Sean L. 35 - C25 54 Atlantic Fencing Academy 2247 1395 3.7 8%
Pool
D 4:5 BRESLAV Asher 18 - C26 38 Olympia Fencing Center 1464 1391 16.6 45%
Pool
D 1:5 KARLEKAR Veer 138 - E25 52 Nashville Elite Fencing Club 1507 1375 15.0 41%
T256
V 9:8 ALI Adam 55 - C25 129 Skyward Fencing / Ataba Fencing Club 1979 1877 64.0 44%
T128
D 9:12 JONES Gideon 123 - E26 44 Nashville Elite Fencing Club 1459 1941 87.8 78%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Div I-A Men's Épée A4, D1A October 19, 2025

Place 83 of 90 Seed 72 Not ranked Rating D24 Fencing Illini, University of Illinois / Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 KARNAS Karol 9 - A25 3 Fencing Center of Chicago 2594 1439 1.7 3%
Pool
D 2:5 ROWLAND Marsden 34 - B24 53 Center for Blade Arts 2056 1437 7.1 15%
Pool
D 1:5 BROCK Joshua 60 - D25 49 Ataba Fencing Club 1948 1430 8.7 20%
Pool
D 1:5 POULIQUEN Nicolas J. 18 - A22 11 Kaizen Academy LLC 2703 1421 1.1 2%
Pool
V 4:3 SOKOLIK Lucas W. 89 - U 64 Lincoln Fencing Club / Omaha Fencing Club 1731 1420 26.2 32%
Pool
D 1:5 BAGDONAS Olivier 44 - C25 15 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1784 1446 11.7 29%
T128
D 8:8 SWANSON Dave 40 - C25 51 Ataba Fencing Club 2259 1913 36.6 29%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Junior Men's Épée A2, JNR October 18, 2025

Place 32 of 53 Seed 38 Not ranked Rating D24 Fencing Illini, University of Illinois / Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 LIU Adam 9 143 A25 10 Rogue Fencing Academy / The Phoenix Center 2346 1396 3.5 6%
Pool
D 2:5 WANG Kaiyan 25 - C25 31 Hooked on Fencing 1761 1392 12.5 27%
Pool
D 3:5 TIKHOMIROV Theodore 8 132 A25 3 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2384 1380 2.9 5%
Pool
V 5:3 COSGROVE Franklin 41 - E25 49 Lincoln Fencing Club 1327 1377 19.9 53%
Pool
V 5:4 ROWLAND Marsden 24 - B24 23 Center for Blade Arts 2067 1397 42.1 14%
T64
V 15:13 VUILLEMIN Gregoire 33 - C24 33 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2010 1852 82.0 40%
T32
D 6:15 DHAL Leon 5 109 A24 5 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2619 1934 20.3 14%

Windy City Fencing ROC/RJCC

Div I-A Men's Épée A2, D1A April 20, 2025

Place 41 of 52 Seed 44 Not ranked Rating D24 Fencing Illini, University of Illinois / Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 4:3 MCDOWELL Will 23 - B25 48 Ataba Fencing Club 2199 1359 53.6 8%
Pool
D 3:5 LOISEAU Eliott 27 - B23 1 Escrime Du Lac 2385 1413 3.3 6%
Pool
D 4:5 PAULSEN Zachary 40 - D25 35 Iowa City Fencing Center 2046 1409 7.6 15%
Pool
D 0:5 JOVANOVIC Jovan 10 - A24 3 Fencing Center of Chicago 2975 1402 0.4 < 1%
Pool
D 1:5 ZHENG Jerry 7 - A24 24 Guanyi Fencing Academy / Twin Cities Fencing Club 2175 1401 5.5 10%
T64
D 8:15 ZHENG Jerry 7 - A24 24 Guanyi Fencing Academy / Twin Cities Fencing Club 2431 1883 31.2 20%

Windy City Fencing ROC/RJCC

Junior Men's Épée A2, JNR April 19, 2025

Place 39 of 49 Seed 38 Not ranked Rating D24 Fencing Illini, University of Illinois / Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 LIU Quincy 33 - D25 36 Western Reserve Academy 1730 1400 15.6 30%
Pool
D 3:5 GRAVES Lawson 10 190 A24 3 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2218 1384 5.4 9%
Pool
D 1:5 BORISENKO Samuel 5 117 B25 6 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2248 1379 4.9 8%
Pool
V 5:2 YANG Junhu 48 - U 49 Indianapolis Fencing Club 717 1374 8.0 86%
Pool
D 4:5 GLEN Ethan 24 - C25 20 Fencing Center of Chicago 1700 1382 15.0 30%
Pool
D 2:5 ROWLAND Marsden 19 - B24 23 Center for Blade Arts 2021 1367 7.8 14%
T64
D 8:15 SIEDOW William 17 - B25 26 Twin Cities Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club 2146 1942 59.6 38%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Div I-A Men's Épée A4, D1A October 13, 2024

Place 70 of 105 Seed 77 Not ranked Rating D24 Fencing Illini, University of Illinois / Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 SWANSON Dave 44 - B21 67 Ataba Fencing Club 2211 1278 5.0 6%
Pool
D 2:5 DINKINS Shuayb 14 - A23 38 Orlando Fencing Sports Center LLC 2377 1273 3.1 4%
Pool
D 0:5 SHOEMAKER Oliver 74 - D24 72 University of Chicago Fencing Club / Center for Blade Arts 1533 1270 20.1 33%
Pool
V 5:3 JOHNSON Jay 47 - C24 12 Heartland Fencing Academy 2291 1250 74.9 5%
Pool
V 5:2 COSGROVE Franklin 92 - U 89 Lincoln Fencing Club 1243 1325 23.8 55%
Pool
V 5:4 MILLER Lance W. 17 - A22 73 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 1971 1349 51.1 15%
T128
D 7:15 SHARPSWAIN Tennyson 39 - B23 31 2500 1974 31.6 31%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Junior Men's Épée A2, JNR October 12, 2024

Place 50 of 56 Seed 37 Not ranked Rating D24 Fencing Illini, University of Illinois / Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 SOBESHKEVYCH ROMAN 12 - B24 3 Fencing Center of Chicago 2279 1312 5.4 6%
Pool
V 5:2 APANASEWICZ Ethan 47 - E23 48 Western Reserve Academy 1461 1306 41.4 40%
Pool
D 1:5 DHAL Leon 5 174 A24 3 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2246 1348 6.2 7%
Pool
D 0:5 CHEN Bowen 29 - D24 21 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1776 1342 16.7 24%
Pool
D 0:5 JIANG Matthew 21 - C24 14 1931 1325 11.7 16%
Pool
D 4:5 SMITH Bram 54 - U 52 Center for Blade Arts 1199 1313 35.4 57%
T64
D 9:15 FRANGER Max 17 - B24 7 Escrime Du Lac 2217 2044 70.4 40%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Men's Épée C3, DV3 July 7, 2024

Place 150 of 202 Seed 69 Not ranked Rating D24 Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 WU Steven 52 - D24 3 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1864 1252 82.9 16%
Pool
D 3:5 GEIGER Devin T. 112 - E24 134 New Orleans Fencers Club 2026 1335 12.9 14%
Pool
D 4:5 HUGHES Evan 189 - U 159 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 1533 1322 29.4 37%
Pool
D 2:5 NAZARIAN Jonah 9 - C24 45 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2141 1293 8.2 9%
Pool
V 3:2 TOEWS Jackson 172 - U 125 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1483 1285 46.1 38%
Pool
D 4:5 FAN Joshua 130 - E24 30 Las Vegas Fencing Academy 1759 1331 18.7 25%
T256
D 12:14 NGUYEN Peyton 109 - E24 110 The Fencing Center 1652 2217 173.0 80%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div II Men's Épée B3, DV2 July 5, 2024

Place 227 of 244 Seed 147 Not ranked Rating D24 Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 GANESAN Mathavan 75 - C24 14 Medeo Fencing Club 1995 1255 15.6 12%
Pool
D 3:5 MALLON Jaxson 70 - C24 13 Bozeman Fencing Association, LLC 2002 1240 14.4 11%
Pool
D 3:5 LONGSTREET Jeffrey 3 - A24 2 New York Fencing Academy 2316 1225 5.9 4%
Pool
D 2:5 WAI Andreas 214 - E24 36 Kaizen Academy LLC 1786 1219 20.7 18%
Pool
V 5:2 VEERAVALLI Vivek 219 - E23 242 Olympian Fencing Club 1588 1199 75.3 27%
Pool
D 2:5 BHATT Arjun 142 - D24 143 Davis Fencing Academy 1747 1274 22.0 22%

Illinois Division Summer National Qualifiers

Div II Men's Épée C2, DV2 April 7, 2024

Place 4 of 25 Seed 15 Not ranked Rating U Deerfield-Highland Park / Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 DURHAM Porter 2 - C23 20 Fencing Academy of Philadelphia 2127 1405 168.6 14%
Pool
D 4:5 ZOU Vincent 18 - U 14 Peoria Fencing Academy 1593 1573 71.0 49%
Pool
D 3:5 GLEN Ethan 10 - E24 13 Fencing Center of Chicago 966 1502 108.4 78%
Pool
D 4:5 LIM-SEIWERT Armand 7 - D24 17 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 1170 1394 82.6 64%
Pool
D 2:3 PATEL Aayan 25 - U 9 Illinois Fencing Academy 1345 1311 56.1 48%
T32
V 15:12 LEITNER Seth 23 - U 18 Peoria Fencing Academy 2500 1816 154.5 26%
T16
V 15:5 PAPP Mike 8 - D20 10 Rockford Fencing Club / Illinois Fencing Academy 2582 1971 238.2 20%
T8
V 15:11 CUI Franklin 24 - U 6 New Trier High School 1866 2209 71.8 68%
T4
D 7:15 BRANNON Nathan 3 - D24 2 Marian Catholic High School / Spartan Fencing Academy 2636 2281 63.6 32%

GLHSFC Championships

Men's Epee U January 27, 2024

Place 17 of 47 Seed 11 Rank 7 Rating None Deerfield-Highland Park

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 DENNIS Rodney Missing ID 32 30 - 38 Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep Academy FC - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 YANG Hongyi Missing ID 38 34 - 37 Brookfield Academy - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 SENECHAL Alexander Missing ID 18 13 - 10 Evanston Township High School - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 MCKEE Bryce Missing ID 37 33 - 42 Lhs-vhhs Fencing Team- High School - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 CORNELIUS Arthur Missing ID 26 24 - 44 University of Chicago Laboratory High School Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 KTSANES Charles Missing ID 4 3 - 11 New Trier High School - - - -
T32
D 9:12 COHEN Henry Missing ID 20 16 - 16 Deerfield-Highland Park - - - -

Burton Epee Open

Senior Men's Épée A1, SNR September 24, 2023

Place 17 of 18 Seed 14 Not ranked Rating U Deerfield-Highland Park / Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 PAPP Mike 11 - D20 15 Rockford Fencing Club / Illinois Fencing Academy 2124 1595 55.4 22%
Pool
D 2:5 TREANOR Donald K. 18 - U 9 Bermuda Fencing Federation 2021 1539 54.7 24%
Pool
D 4:5 CANCELO Jose 8 - D23 13 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2092 1485 40.0 19%
Pool
D 2:5 KARNAS Karol 2 - A23 7 Fencing Center of Chicago 2451 1445 15.4 6%
Pool
D 2:5 TIKHOMIROV Theodore 5 - B23 5 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2218 1429 24.6 11%
T32
D 8:9 TIERNEY Luke 7 - C23 16 Iowa City Fencing Center 1842 2045 228.6 61%

The Margherita Guzzi Vincenti Cup

Junior Mixed Épée B1, JNR September 16, 2023

Place 14 of 19 Seed 15 Not ranked Rating U Deerfield-Highland Park / Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:2 SERAFYM Damian 8 - C23 5 Advanced Fencing Academy Salle Stepien 2100 1532 83.4 21%
Pool
V 5:2 MCCORD Jack 11 - D22 13 Ataba Fencing Club 1726 1449 209.2 35%
Pool
V 5:4 RITTERBUSCH Abigail 17 - U 17 Ataba Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 SOBESHKEVYCH Roman 5 - C23 3 Fencing Center of Chicago 2174 1658 63.5 23%
Pool
D 4:5 DOROSHKEVICH Victoria 2 - A23 3 Fencing Center of Chicago - - - -
T32
V 15:5 KIEFER Sawyer 18 - U 19 Ataba Fencing Club / Sallemazoo 2500 2029 253.6 34%
T16
D 7:15 SOBESHKEVYCH Roman 5 - C23 3 Fencing Center of Chicago 2290 2282 237.1 50%

Illinois Division Summer National Qualifiers

Div II Men's Épée C1, DV2 April 16, 2023

Place 16 of 23 Seed 13 Not ranked Rating U Deerfield-Highland Park / Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:2 REINER Julius J. 5 - C19 3 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2546 2500 517.3 48%
Pool
D 3:5 TOLBERT Andrew L. 3 - C23 8 Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 2795 1983 147.3 23%
Pool
D 2:5 AGARWAL Adheesh 11 - E23 5 Illinois Fencing Academy 1985 1835 287.0 43%
Pool
D 1:5 MALEADY Sean 22 - U 12 H-F High School / North West Indiana fencing club 1816 1548 186.1 37%
Pool
V 5:4 LORINCE Jared 20 - U 23 Fencing Center of Chicago 1312 1362 170.2 52%
T32
V 15:12 ST. GEORGE David J. 12 - E21 17 Illinois Fencers Club / Crimson Blades Fencing Academy 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T16
D 6:15 CHEN Bowen 7 - D23 4 Windy City Fencing - Chicago 1879 2921 891.9 87%