Norman Cheng

1977

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories 15 4 - - - 19
Losses 31 9 - - - 40
Win Ratio 32.6% 30.8% - - - 32.2%
Pool Victories 14 4 - - - 18
Pool Losses 24 7 - - - 31
Pool Win Ratio 36.8% 36.4% - - - 36.7%
DE Victories 1 - - - - 1
DE Losses 7 2 - - - 9
DE Win Ratio 12.5% 0.0% - - - 10.0%

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† 8 - - - - 8
Easy wins as % of wins 53.3% 0.0% - - - 42.1%
Close wins‡ 2 3 - - - 5
Close wins as % of all wins 13.3% 75.0% - - - 26.3%
Close losses‡ 3 1 - - - 4
Close losses as % of all losses 9.7% 11.1% - - - 10.0%
Big losses† 17 5 - - - 22
Big losses as % of all losses 54.8% 55.6% - - - 55.0%

† 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 2 - - - 9
Tournaments 6 2 - - - 8

Competition History

Division 1/Para Championships + April NAC

Veteran Men's Foil (A2/B3, VET), April 13, 2025
Place 62 of 74, Seed 62, Not ranked, Rating U, Maximum Fencing Club / Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 4:5 BHATT Jay 43 D24 45 West Berkeley Fencing Club / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1765 1499 18.3 33%
Pool D 4:5 VALENTINE Iain 26 C24 49 Salle Auriol Seattle 2118 1480 9.0 15%
Pool D 2:5 MINOTT Nicolas D. 70 U 33 Valkyrie Fencing Club 1747 1471 17.2 33%
Pool D 1:5 LEBLANC Gerald (Jerry) A. 19 B22 22 Elite Fencing Club 2364 1454 4.5 7%
Pool V 5:3 FROST Talon 49 E25 61 Epic Fencing Club 1614 1450 30.2 40%
Pool D 0:5 CHO Michael 4 A22 6 Renaissance Fencing Club 2767 1480 1.4 2%
T128 V 10:5 RUSANOV Oleg 46 D22 67 Royal Fencing Academy 1960 959 408.0 8%
T64 D 7:10 JAN Stephen 1 A25 5 3477 1367 0.7 < 1%

Division 1/Para Championships + April NAC

Vet-40 Men's Foil (A2, V40), April 12, 2025
Place 29 of 33, Seed 32, Not ranked, Rating U, Maximum Fencing Club / Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 1:5 KREIDMAN Michael J. 12 19 C24 8 Polaris Fencing Center 2867 1512 1.5 2%
Pool V 5:3 RODRIGUEZ VINCENT 19 12 E24 31 San Diego Fencing Center 1484 1511 28.2 52%
Pool D 2:5 BUCHNER William 29 U 20 2797 1539 3.9 8%
Pool D 2:5 CHOY Benedict W. 21 E24 23 South Coast Fencing Center / Swordplay LA 1438 1535 31.7 56%
Pool D 0:5 PAI Dong-Ying 2 2 A25 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2815 1503 1.4 2%
Pool D 1:5 WOOD Alexander W. 9 25 B25 2 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2602 1502 3.0 4%
T32 D 2:10 MILLER Douglas S. 3 3 C25 6 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2520 969 9.9 2%

PFA Cup Senior Mixed Foil A2 / B2

Senior Mixed Foil (B2, SNR), March 23, 2025
Place 29 of 35, Seed 29, Not ranked, Rating U, Maximum Fencing Club / Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 0:5 SOHN Christopher 10 C23 5 Prime Fencing Academy / Massialas Foundation (M Team) 3331 1578 0.3 < 1%
Pool D 3:5 BURLINGAME Owen 30 U 14 Prime Fencing Academy 1354 1577 42.8 64%
Pool V 5:1 JUNG Aaron 22 U 31 Prime Fencing Academy 1180 1535 18.1 70%
Pool D 4:5 AGARWAL Savya 19 E24 22 Prime Fencing Academy 1552 1553 30.7 50%
Pool D 0:5 DESAI Nalin H. 2 A23 13 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 2749 1522 2.1 2%
Pool D 0:5 WONG Evan 9 C24 9 Prime Fencing Academy 2279 1520 7.7 11%
T32 D 3:15 BILKO ILLIA 35 U 3 Prime Fencing Academy 2500 996 26.4 9%

The Fencing Center Div2/VET ROC

Veteran Men's Foil (E1, VET), February 28, 2025
Place 5 of 10, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating U, Maximum Fencing Club / Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:0 HE Mel 9 U 8 Bay Area Fencing Club 2500 1468 43.3 16%
Pool V 5:4 BUCHWALD Alan 2 C21 6 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) / Hawaii Island Fencing Assoc. 2015 1511 64.0 21%
Pool D 3:5 BHATT Jay 3 D24 1 West Berkeley Fencing Club / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1786 1575 26.1 37%
Pool V 5:0 KARLSON Eric 6 U 10 1581 1549 28.5 48%
T8 D 5:10 EPSTEIN Jason 4 D23 3 2435 1016 20.7 4%

AFM Super Regional SYC/RJCC/ROC Div1A/Vet

Veteran Men's Foil (B1, VET), October 26, 2024
Place 10 of 19, Seed 19, Not ranked, Rating U, Maximum Fencing Club / Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:0 WILLIAMS Brian 18 U 19 AZ United Fencing Club 1076 1284 34.4 62%
Pool D 2:5 BHATT Jay 7 D22 6 West Berkeley Fencing Club / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1939 1319 16.6 16%
Pool V 5:2 BUCHWALD Alan 6 C21 13 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) / Hawaii Island Fencing Assoc. 2055 1302 93.3 11%
Pool V 5:1 GU zhiwei 13 U 18 606 1396 11.0 88%
Pool D 1:5 DEW Eric 1 B24 1 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2750 1407 2.0 2%
Pool V 5:4 ZEISS Gary M. 14 U 8 Elite Fencing Club 1823 1405 63.6 25%
T16 D 6:10 ZEISS Gary M. 14 U 8 Elite Fencing Club 2035 1068 51.1 10%

Fortune ROC/RJCC/RYC

Veteran Men's Foil (C2, VET), August 31, 2024
Place 20 of 27, Seed 27, Not ranked, Rating U, Maximum Fencing Club / Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 0:5 RODRIGUEZ VINCENT 9 E23 8 San Diego Fencing Center 1459 1287 51.2 39%
Pool D 3:5 MISTRETTA Alex 15 U 13 LA International Fencing 1621 1236 33.4 29%
Pool D 2:5 CHOY Benedict W. 10 E22 6 South Coast Fencing Center / Swordplay LA 1396 1202 44.0 38%
Pool V 5:1 GU zhiwei 17 U 27 771 1158 29.1 71%
Pool D 1:5 KISSINGFORD John F. 1 B24 1 Denver Fencing Center 2546 1187 2.6 2%
Pool V 5:2 ZEISS Gary M. 21 U 23 Elite Fencing Club 1836 1185 99.8 15%
T32 D 5:10 MISTRETTA Alex 15 U 13 LA International Fencing 2130 1126 58.5 12%

TFC August Fence-a-thon

Senior Men's Foil (D1, SNR), August 18, 2024
Place 9 of 15, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating U, Maximum Fencing Club / Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:1 SANTILLANO Simeon “Cole” 11 U 12 2500 1222 104.9 11%
Pool D 1:5 SCHEUERMANN Andrew G. 1 D24 1 The Fencing Center / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2448 1327 8.9 4%
Pool V 5:2 GU zhiwei 7 U 15 1271 1318 57.4 52%
Pool D 2:5 BHANOT Arjun 6 U 6 Bay Area Fencing Club 1176 1376 89.0 62%
T16 D 2:15 LEHTINEN Axel 4 E24 8 The Fencing Center 1697 1307 181.0 31%

Bastille Day

Senior Men's Foil (D1, SNR), July 14, 2024
Place 11 of 19, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating U, Maximum Fencing Club / Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 0:5 YORK Lucas 6 E22 3 Swordplay LA / United Fencing Academy 1581 902 57.6 17%
Pool V 5:3 WEBER Elias 19 U 10 1499 845 240.6 18%
Pool V 5:4 MONOLAKIS Steven 15 U 17 1628 1085 193.5 22%
Pool D 2:5 WILLEY Emerson 7 U 14 The Fencing Center 1167 1279 114.3 57%
Pool D 1:5 SCHEUERMANN Andrew G. 1 D24 1 The Fencing Center / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2435 1164 7.0 3%
Pool V 5:4 LO Ernest 13 U 16 Prime Fencing Academy 939 1157 65.1 63%
T16 D 1:15 MEYERS Maxwell 18 U 6 2414 1392 85.4 12%

June Fenceathon

Senior Men's Foil (C2, SNR), June 9, 2024
Place 19 of 26, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating U, Maximum Fencing Club / Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 2:5 BECKER Ethan 5 E24 7 West Berkeley Fencing Club / Golden State Fencing Academy 1510 2500 1015.5 83%
Pool V 5:4 BENAVIDEZ Victor 21 U 16 372 1485 74.5 90%
Pool D 0:5 ZHOU Ryan 4 D23 1 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 2074 1559 157.5 26%
Pool D 1:5 BURLINGAME Owen 15 U 15 Prime Fencing Academy 1116 1402 286.4 64%
Pool D 4:5 BHANOT Arjun 13 U 17 Bay Area Fencing Club 1002 1115 212.9 56%
T32 D 10:15 COONAN Seamus 26 U 14 Bay Area Fencing Club 1311 2500 1107.6 88%