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Vlad Dechev

2011
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - 18 23 2 - 43
Losses - 19 21 10 - 50
Win ratio - 48.6% 52.3% 16.7% - 46.2%
Pool victories - 15 20 2 - 37
Pool losses - 14 15 8 - 37
Pool win ratio - 51.7% 57.1% 20.0% - 50.0%
DE victories - 3 3 - - 6
DE losses - 5 6 2 - 13
DE win ratio - 37.5% 33.3% 0.0% - 31.6%

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† - 6 9 - - 15
Easy wins % - 33.3% 39.1% 0.0% - 34.9%
Close wins‡ - 4 5 - - 9
Close wins % - 22.2% 21.7% 0.0% - 20.9%
Close losses‡ - 2 3 2 - 7
Close losses % - 10.5% 14.3% 20.0% - 14.0%
Big losses† - 9 7 3 - 19
Big losses % - 47.4% 33.3% 30.0% - 38.0%

† 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.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - 5 6 2 - 13
Tournaments - 5 5 2 - 12

Competition history

13 competitions, 93 bouts

BBFC Duel in the Desert SYC, RCC & Y8

Y-14 Men's Saber C2, Y14 May 4, 2025

Place 49 of 94 Seed 88 Not ranked Rating U Premier Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 LIU Daniel 38 180 E25 47 San Diego Fencing Center 1506 1289 21.2 36%
Pool
D 1:5 BRIMMER Robert (Trey) 10 50 D25 3 Las Vegas Fencing Academy / Cardinal Fencing Club 2043 1310 4.3 11%
Pool
V 5:3 OU Rigel 68 - U 60 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1599 1305 22.5 31%
Pool
D 3:5 CHEN Jack 18 72 D24 13 1822 1328 7.0 21%
Pool
V 5:3 ELSAYED Yahia 47 - U 78 Halberstadt Fencers' Club / Cozmx Fencing 973 1321 9.1 72%
Pool
D 4:5 ZHOU Ruibo 66 - U 75 Phoenix Fencing Academy 887 1330 25.0 77%
T128
V 15:3 WALKER Camden 52 - U 80 Phoenix Fencing Academy 791 1449 20.2 83%
T64
D 2:15 LI Ayden 1 9 C25 21 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 2432 1469 9.3 6%

COZMX RYC/RCC

Y-14 Men's Saber C2, Y14 March 15, 2025

Place 18 of 43 Seed 15 Not ranked Rating U Premier Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 KANG Matthew 1 17 C24 3 Premier Fencing Academy 2162 1258 3.1 7%
Pool
V 5:2 LIANG Preston 43 - U 35 South Bay Fencing Academy 1193 1255 16.2 54%
Pool
V 5:3 FISCHER Noel 13 - U 19 Las Vegas Fencing Academy 1393 1271 20.1 42%
Pool
V 5:1 ELSAYED Yahia 31 - U 30 Halberstadt Fencers' Club / Cozmx Fencing 950 1291 10.1 71%
Pool
V 5:1 DUFF Michael 40 - U 41 The Fencing Center / Rebel Fencing Club 1160 1302 13.8 59%
Pool
D 4:5 YAYLI Alp 14 - U 31 Cardinal Fencing Club 804 1315 26.7 79%
T32
D 6:15 VAN ROY Ray 9 156 U 8 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1555 1506 57.4 47%

COZMX Fencing ROC/RJCC/RYC

Y-14 Men's Saber U, Y14 November 3, 2024

Place 13 of 33 Seed 26 Not ranked Rating U Premier Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 TAN Daniel 12 - U 27 The Fencing Center 993 1225 13.7 65%
Pool
V 5:0 SUN William 21 - U 33 383 1238 3.9 91%
Pool
V 5:2 VENKATRAMAN Sushil 20 - U 22 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1231 1242 18.4 51%
Pool
D 1:5 LI Linze 1 24 D24 9 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1951 1261 5.5 13%
Pool
D 0:5 LIU Daniel 10 - E23 5 San Diego Fencing Center 1368 1255 15.6 43%
Pool
V 5:3 BRASS Harris 24 - U 19 Sacramento Saber Fencing LLC 1456 1240 18.5 38%
T32
V 15:12 LIU Clarence 33 - U 21 Laguna Fencing Center 1544 1508 73.8 48%
T16
D 11:15 LIU Daniel 10 - E23 5 San Diego Fencing Center 1483 1581 75.4 56%

AFM Super Regional SYC/RJCC/ROC Div1A/Vet

Y-14 Men's Saber C2, Y14 October 26, 2024

Place 74 of 126 Seed 74 Not ranked Rating U Premier Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 LI AYDEN 3 9 C24 12 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 2078 1208 4.1 8%
Pool
D 1:5 LI Yidong A. 38 126 E24 15 Laguna Fencing Center 1815 1204 7.5 16%
Pool
V 5:4 VAN ROY Ray 69 - U 27 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1188 1196 20.3 51%
Pool
D 2:5 SHEN Hudson 112 - U 62 West Coast Fencing Academy / Harvard-Westlake Wolverines 1184 1217 20.7 52%
Pool
V 5:1 HE zhixuan 109 - U 118 994 1196 14.7 63%
Pool
V 5:3 SHEN Alaric 75 - U 106 Sabio Fencing Academy / Lone Star Fencing Center 1035 1211 14.3 61%
T128
D 6:15 VO Blake 118 - U 56 Premier Fencing Academy 1918 1555 46.9 29%

Challenge by the Bay RYC/RCC/Y8

Y-14 Men's Saber U, Y14 October 14, 2024

Place 29 of 37 Seed 31 Not ranked Rating U Premier Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 KANG Jeremy 6 70 U 7 Premier Fencing Academy 1976 1259 6.6 12%
Pool
D 0:5 SRIVATSAV Ishaan 7 75 U 5 Cardinal Fencing Club 1612 1252 13.4 28%
Pool
D 3:5 LI Ryan 30 - U 16 Laguna Fencing Center 1407 1239 17.8 39%
Pool
D 2:5 XU Ethan 18 - U 30 Bay Area Fencing Club 820 1221 34.6 74%
Pool
V 5:4 VAN ROY Ray 34 - U 24 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1179 1187 21.2 51%
T64
V 15:5 BOSSOW Grant 14 - U 36 Bay Area Fencing Club 1473 1534 73.3 53%
T32
D 9:15 SRIVATSAV Ishaan 7 75 U 5 Cardinal Fencing Club 1948 1607 52.8 30%

PFA Open

Y-12 Mixed Saber U, Y12 June 2, 2024

Place 5 of 9 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating U Premier Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 DUFF Michael 4 - U 7 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 917 1258 16.6 71%
Pool
V 5:2 HRISTOV Nickolas 7 - U 3 Premier Fencing Academy 1594 1275 39.0 30%
Pool
D 2:5 KANG Jeremy 5 - U 1 Premier Fencing Academy 1905 1314 9.8 17%
Pool
D 4:5 VO Blake 1 - U 3 Premier Fencing Academy 1442 1304 21.1 41%
Pool
V 5:1 DUFF Caitlin 6 - U 8 Halberstadt Fencers' Club - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 RAMBHIA Smit 8 - U 6 Premier Fencing Academy 1138 1283 29.7 59%
Pool
D 0:5 GRIGORIEV Roman 3 - U 2 Premier Fencing Academy 1755 1253 10.8 21%
Pool
V 5:0 LEE Kyle Sung Ju 2 - U 9 Premier Fencing Academy 999 1243 16.5 65%
T8
D 11:15 HRISTOV Nickolas 7 - U 3 Premier Fencing Academy 2069 1583 49.0 23%

PFA Open

Y-14 Mixed Saber U, Y14 June 2, 2024

Place 12 of 13 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating U Premier Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 VO Blake 3 - U 11 Premier Fencing Academy 1443 1310 38.0 41%
Pool
D 3:5 KANG Jeremy 13 - U 3 Premier Fencing Academy 1929 1348 12.0 17%
Pool
D 0:5 AIKMAN Kai 7 - U 6 Premier Fencing Academy 1225 1336 33.7 57%
Pool
D 3:5 LUC Linkin 2 - E24 2 Premier Fencing Academy 1649 1302 17.5 29%
Pool
D 3:5 GRAEHL Ian 11 - U 10 Hangtown Saber Club 1350 1285 26.1 46%
T16
D 7:15 KANG Jeremy 13 - U 3 Premier Fencing Academy 2472 1608 24.7 10%

Challenge by the Bay RYC/RCC

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 March 30, 2024

Place 13 of 37 Seed 10 Not ranked Rating U Premier Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 ORLINO Sam 18 - U 22 Premier Fencing Academy 840 1266 19.1 74%
Pool
D 0:5 YUEN Caleb 3 26 U 6 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1523 1285 25.8 35%
Pool
V 5:3 YU Joshua 21 - U 35 Bay Area Fencing Club / Globus Fencing Academy 507 1260 9.4 89%
Pool
V 5:2 YUE Ivan 34 - U 12 Cardinal Fencing Club 1210 1269 31.2 54%
Pool
V 5:4 SCHILLA Max 25 - U 28 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 571 1300 9.6 87%
T32
V 15:5 GOTTSCHALK Theodore 13 - U 20 United Fencers of Oakland 1602 1580 130.1 49%
T16
D 10:15 LI Ryan 6 91 U 5 Laguna Fencing Center 1823 1710 102.4 43%

March NAC

Y-12 Men's Saber D1, Y12 March 3, 2024

Place 89 of 192 Seed 129 Not ranked Rating U Premier Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 KOZLOV Lucas 41 44 U 45 Durkan Fencing Academy 1894 1252 17.0 15%
Pool
D 4:5 GONZALEZ Paul 97 - U 82 Spartak 768 1235 77.1 77%
Pool
V 5:2 ZHANG Weihang 184 - U 168 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1192 1158 45.8 48%
Pool
V 5:2 NELSON Henry 155 - U 174 Salle Auriol Seattle 882 1204 25.7 69%
Pool
D 3:5 HWANG Hagan 16 16 U 18 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1884 1230 13.5 15%
Pool
V 5:3 TITOV Zachary 73 94 U 108 Stamford Fencing Center, LLC 1423 1216 50.0 37%
T256
V 15:6 GU Dean 142 - U 172 1410 1490 142.5 54%
T128
D 9:15 HU Harry 42 46 E23 27 Nellya Fencers 2331 1633 52.7 16%

Treasure Chest RYC

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 January 13, 2024

Place 13 of 41 Seed 35 Not ranked Rating U Premier Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 YUE Ivan 38 - U 19 Cardinal Fencing Club 1150 1274 72.7 58%
Pool
V 5:1 YU Joshua 31 - U 34 Bay Area Fencing Club 607 1201 23.2 81%
Pool
V 5:2 BOSSOW Grant 20 - U 39 Bay Area Fencing Club 766 1224 26.7 72%
Pool
V 5:4 MOORE Greyson 7 59 U 20 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1191 1251 50.1 54%
Pool
D 2:5 SOULES-ONO Makoa 6 56 U 3 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1344 1301 48.8 47%
T32
V 15:12 MOORE Greyson 7 59 U 20 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1789 1173 386.0 23%
T16
D 2:15 GRIGORIEV Roman 4 25 U 2 Premier Fencing Academy 2279 1559 69.0 16%

Back to School RYC/RCC

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 October 13, 2023

Place 17 of 42 Seed 33 Not ranked Rating U Premier Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 BRADIC Andreja 24 - U 28 Spartak 778 969 77.0 61%
Pool
V 5:1 LI Sky 14 - U 40 Bay Area Fencing Club 434 1046 35.3 81%
Pool
D 0:5 KANG Jeremy 1 5 U 3 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2069 1081 14.3 6%
Pool
V 5:0 GOTTSCHALK Theodore 12 - U 28 United Fencers of Oakland 1100 1067 80.7 48%
Pool
V 5:4 BELHE Hridhaan 36 - U 24 Cardinal Fencing Club 991 1148 60.8 60%
Pool
V 5:1 YUE Ivan 25 - U 14 Cardinal Fencing Club 1177 1209 65.3 52%
T32
D 13:15 WESTMORELAND-BROWN Cole 30 - U 16 Sacramento Saber Fencing LLC 1461 1459 285.3 50%

Bay Cup at PFA: M & W Sabre: Y10, Y12, Y14

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 April 30, 2023

Place 10 of 11 Seed 10 Not ranked Rating U Premier Fencing Academy Llc

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 WONG David 11 - U 6 Premier Fencing Academy Llc 2500 863 15.9 6%
Pool
D 3:5 BEKDJANOV Arthur 4 - U 3 Premier Fencing Academy Llc 1725 847 36.0 11%
Pool
V 5:2 VO Blake 5 - U 11 Premier Fencing Academy Llc 1368 811 222.7 21%
Pool
D 1:5 KANG Matthew 1 - U 1 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2008 1034 20.9 7%
Pool
D 3:5 IYER Neil 8 - U 3 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1609 1013 43.9 19%
T16
D 9:15 BURDE Braylen 9 - U 7 Hangtown Saber Club 2500 1572 113.1 22%

Silicon Valley RYC/RCC

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 March 10, 2023

Place 19 of 24 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating U Premier Fencing Academy LLC

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 AU Elliot 8 - U 16 United Fencers of Oakland 819 2500 1319.8 94%
Pool
D 1:5 KANG Matthew 1 20 U 1 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1921 1180 129.1 18%
Pool
D 4:5 WEI preston 17 - U 10 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1045 1051 266.5 50%
Pool
D 2:5 VAN ROY Ray 14 - U 12 Cardinal Fencing Club 1081 785 144.8 35%
Pool
V 5:3 THOMAS Liam 20 - U 21 The Fencing Center 939 640 223.2 35%
T32
D 10:15 SOULES-ONO Makoa 16 - U 14 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1586 2500 928.4 81%