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Francisco Birk

1989
Northwest Fencing Center
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 6 7 8 5 - 26
Losses 7 19 46 15 - 87
Win ratio 46.2% 26.9% 14.8% 25.0% - 23.0%
Pool victories 5 6 8 3 - 22
Pool losses 5 15 36 12 - 68
Pool win ratio 50.0% 28.6% 18.2% 20.0% - 24.4%
DE victories 1 1 - 2 - 4
DE losses 2 4 10 3 - 19
DE win ratio 33.3% 20.0% 0.0% 40.0% - 17.4%

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† 1 - 3 2 - 6
Easy wins % 16.7% 0.0% 37.5% 40.0% - 23.1%
Close wins‡ 3 4 2 1 - 10
Close wins % 50.0% 57.1% 25.0% 20.0% - 38.5%
Close losses‡ - 5 7 2 - 14
Close losses % 0.0% 26.3% 15.2% 13.3% - 16.1%
Big losses† 3 7 19 8 - 37
Big losses % 42.9% 36.8% 41.3% 53.3% - 42.5%

† 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 - 1 - - - 1
Victories % 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% - 3.8%
Losses - - - - - -
Losses % 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - 0.0%
Total - 1 - - - 1
Total % 0.0% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% - 0.9%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events 2 4 10 4 - 20
Tournaments 2 4 8 3 - 17

Competition history

20 competitions, 113 bouts

NWFC Open (Senior Foil & Epee)

Senior Mixed Épée A1, SNR September 20, 2025

Place 10 of 17 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating E25 Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 CASONI Calder 13 - U 16 Northwest Fencing Center 889 1353 14.4 77%
Pool
D 2:5 MATHES Caleb 7 - C25 5 Northwest Fencing Center 2414 1367 3.6 4%
Pool
V 5:4 CRETEN joachim 16 - U 14 Oregon Fencing Alliance 2183 1363 48.9 13%
Pool
D 2:5 CRANOR Erich L. 1 - A25 7 Northwest Fencing Center 2703 1412 1.6 2%
Pool
V 5:4 ST.CLAIRE-KING Tenzin 6 - C25 8 Pacific University Fencing Federation / Orion Fencing 1811 1411 43.1 26%
T16
D 9:15 BREILING Niklas 4 - B25 1 Northwest Fencing Center 2585 1756 21.9 10%

NWFC Unrated #1 (Senior Foil & Epee)

Unrated Men's Foil E1, U September 6, 2025

Place 7 of 12 Seed 10 Not ranked Rating U Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 CHO Yejin 2 - U 12 Northwest Fencing Center 630 442 64.2 40%
Pool
V 5:3 COLLINS Mason Missing ID 12 - U 10 Orion Fencing - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 HOLCOMB Michael 3 - U 5 Northwest Fencing Center 966 506 27.6 23%
Pool
D 3:5 HO Christopher 6 - U 1 Rain City Fencing Center 1556 479 6.4 4%
Pool
D 1:5 DEISHER Wesley 7 - U 3 Northwest Fencing Center 882 472 28.3 26%
T16
V 15:8 COLLINS Mason Missing ID 12 - U 10 Orion Fencing - - - -
T8
D 3:15 PAINTER Zachary 11 - U 2 Northwest Fencing Center 1564 822 52.1 15%

The Portland ROC

Div II Men's Épée C2, DV2 March 23, 2025

Place 24 of 25 Seed 23 Not ranked Rating E23 Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 GOWDA Suyog 17 - D24 25 Northwest Fencing Center 1905 1384 16.0 20%
Pool
D 4:5 BACON Corban 21 - E25 19 Rain City Fencing Center 1066 1368 50.1 69%
Pool
D 4:5 MCLAREN Mason 1 - C25 13 Maximum Fencing Club 1537 1318 24.8 36%
Pool
V 5:4 BENTLEY-INOUYE Evan 19 - D23 18 2210 1293 78.4 7%
Pool
D 4:5 OLSON Kevin 8 - C24 10 Kaizen Academy LLC 1973 1372 11.5 16%
Pool
D 1:5 JAN Timothy 7 - C24 12 Boise Fencing Club 2143 1360 7.6 11%
T32
D 7:15 ZANKOWSKI Brendan 11 - D25 14 High Desert Fencing Alliance 2012 1833 76.6 39%

NWFC Open #2 (Senior Foil & Epee)

Senior Mixed Épée E1, SNR November 2, 2024

Place 11 of 13 Seed 10 Not ranked Rating E23 Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 BREILING Niklas 2 - B24 2 Northwest Fencing Center 2195 1387 9.6 10%
Pool
D 3:5 KING Richard (Dick) M. 6 - C23 10 Northwest Fencing Center 1995 1378 14.4 16%
Pool
D 2:5 DESSAUER Tobyn M. 3 - B24 1 Northwest Fencing Center / PDX Fencing 2414 1363 4.8 5%
Pool
V 4:2 BREILING Sebastian 13 - U 12 Northwest Fencing Center 1175 1358 29.6 62%
Pool
D 4:5 KROGH Daniel (Dan) M. 7 - C21 6 Northwest Fencing Center 2497 1388 4.0 4%
T16
D 11:15 BAXTER Daniel J. 4 - B24 7 Northwest Fencing Center 2867 1849 16.8 6%

NWFC Unrated & Div2 #1 (Senior Foil & Epee)

Div II Mixed Épée E1, DV2 October 27, 2024

Place 3 of 6 Seed 4 Not ranked Rating E23 Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 CRAIG Whitman 2 - E24 5 Northwest Fencing Center 2417 1328 108.5 6%
Pool
D 1:5 CLAYTON Byron 5 - U 3 Northwest Fencing Center 2077 1436 16.6 17%
Pool
V 5:2 WALLACE Alexander 6 - U 6 Northwest Fencing Center 1238 1420 29.1 59%
Pool
D 2:5 MATHES Caleb 1 - D24 1 Northwest Fencing Center 2159 1449 13.2 13%
Pool
D 3:5 ST CLAIR Soren 3 - E24 2 Northwest Fencing Center 1339 1435 48.2 56%
T8
V 15:14 CRAIG Whitman 2 - E24 5 Northwest Fencing Center 2731 1711 204.3 12%
T4
D 8:15 MATHES Caleb 1 - D24 1 Northwest Fencing Center 2289 1915 65.9 29%

NWFC Monday Night Unrated #1 (Senior Foil & Epee)

Unrated Mixed Foil E1, U September 23, 2024

Place 5 of 6 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 HOLCOMB Michael 6 - U 3 Camas Fencing Academy 917 342 122.9 18%
Pool
D 3:5 GOWDA Suyog 3 - U 3 Northwest Fencing Center 1359 464 13.7 10%
Pool
D 1:5 CLAYTON Byron 4 - U 1 Northwest Fencing Center 2584 451 2.0 2%
Pool
D 2:5 WILCOX Stephen 2 - U 2 Northwest Fencing Center 1608 449 6.6 4%
Pool
V 5:4 CLAYTON Evelyn 1 - U 6 Northwest Fencing Center - - - -
T8
D 14:15 HOLCOMB Michael 6 - U 3 Camas Fencing Academy 1166 963 140.6 39%

Pacific Northwest Cup - Y10, Y12, Y14, Unrated

Unrated Mixed Foil E1, U May 11, 2024

Place 10 of 10 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating U Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 DEISHER Wesley 8 - U 6 Camas Fencing Academy 575 496 72.2 45%
Pool
D 3:5 BROWN Ethan 5 - U 5 Northwest Fencing Center 2531 423 2.9 2%
Pool
D 2:5 ENOS Vincent 4 - U 8 315 420 78.9 56%
Pool
D 4:5 CLAYTON Evelyn 1 - U 9 Northwest Fencing Center - - - -
T16
D 7:15 HOLCOMB Michael 6 - U 3 Camas Fencing Academy 1091 1209 246.3 56%

Pacific Northwest Open - Open

Senior Mixed Épée A1, SNR March 23, 2024

Place 9 of 15 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating E23 Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 SMITH Timothy 14 - U 13 2500 1134 78.7 10%
Pool
D 4:5 ROBERTS Peter 6 - B24 8 Northwest Fencing Center 2215 1213 8.7 6%
Pool
D 1:5 DU SHUNYU K. 1 - A24 6 Northwest Fencing Center 2249 1204 7.4 5%
Pool
V 5:4 BREILING Niklas 7 - B24 3 Northwest Fencing Center 2140 1197 130.7 7%
T16
D 10:15 DESSAUER Tobyn M. 10 - C23 2 Northwest Fencing Center / PDX Fencing 2802 1731 20.3 6%

Portland ROC

Div II Men's Épée B2, DV2 March 10, 2024

Place 22 of 28 Seed 22 Not ranked Rating E23 Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 ST CLAIR Soren 27 - U 27 Northwest Fencing Center 1003 985 84.4 49%
Pool
D 2:5 OLSON Kevin 11 - D24 13 Kaizen Academy LLC 1953 1069 16.0 9%
Pool
V 5:1 PAINTER Noah 20 - E23 14 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1716 1053 140.8 15%
Pool
D 2:5 REED David 6 - C23 21 Rain City Fencing Center 1587 1194 36.7 27%
Pool
D 1:5 DANIELS Jonah 3 - B23 5 Bozeman Fencing Association, Llc 2168 1157 9.2 6%
Pool
D 2:5 MALLON Jaxson 15 - D23 9 Bozeman Fencing Association, Llc 1990 1148 13.7 9%
T32
D 11:15 OLSON Kevin 11 - D24 13 Kaizen Academy LLC 2008 1854 123.1 41%

Pacific Northwest Open - Div2

Div II Mixed Épée D1, DV2 February 10, 2024

Place 10 of 16 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating E23 Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 NEICE William 7 - E23 2 Northwest Fencing Center 1964 962 18.8 7%
Pool
V 5:1 MONKUS Ryder 13 - U 15 Northwest Fencing Center 1007 943 98.3 47%
Pool
D 3:5 KING Richard (Dick) M. 1 - C23 9 Northwest Fencing Center 2027 1041 15.9 7%
Pool
D 2:5 BOASE Emerson 16 - U 6 Northwest Fencing Center 1544 1026 40.8 22%
Pool
V 5:3 ANDREWS Katherine 12 - U 16 Northwest Fencing Center - - - -
T16
D 4:15 GOWDA Suyog 8 - E23 7 Northwest Fencing Center 2125 2009 154.4 44%

Pacific Northwest Open - Open

Senior Mixed Épée A2, SNR October 21, 2023

Place 20 of 25 Seed 18 Not ranked Rating E23 Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 CRANOR Erich L. 2 - A23 7 Northwest Fencing Center 2770 995 1.7 < 1%
Pool
V 5:4 SHIN Soorim 25 - U 23 Northwest Fencing Center - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 BAXTER Daniel J. 7 - B21 9 Northwest Fencing Center 2530 994 4.2 1%
Pool
D 2:5 BARTELS Marc 10 - C23 10 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club / Kaizen Academy LLC 2017 989 18.5 6%
Pool
D 3:5 DAZO Steven (Steve) P. 15 - D21 8 Northwest Fencing Center 2300 971 9.0 3%
T32
D 5:15 DESSAUER Tobyn M. 9 - C23 13 Northwest Fencing Center / PDX Fencing 2865 2073 64.0 14%

Pacific Northwest Cup - Y10, Y12, Unrated

Unrated Mixed Foil E1, U October 7, 2023

Place 9 of 10 Seed 10 Not ranked Rating U Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 CHOI Elliot 6 - U 2 Northwest Fencing Center 794 586 83.3 38%
Pool
D 0:5 SUNDSTROM Wren 2 - U 3 Northwest Fencing Center / Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club 1162 503 35.4 16%
Pool
D 0:5 MCCARTHY Seamus 7 - U 5 Northwest Fencing Center 1186 468 29.8 15%
Pool
V 5:0 ENOS Vincent 3 - U 10 179 438 57.7 64%
T16
D 8:15 WALCOTT Nicolas T. 9 - U 8 Eugene Fencers Club 2841 1236 27.0 6%

Rain City Fall RJCC+Div II ROC

Div II Men's Épée C2, DV2 September 17, 2023

Place 24 of 25 Seed 14 Not ranked Rating E23 Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 CHUNG Ethan Sheng Xuan 3 - C22 2 2120 1223 41.6 10%
Pool
D 4:5 PALACIOS Francisco 24 - U 22 Kaizen Academy LLC 1799 1182 64.4 20%
Pool
D 3:5 OLSON Kevin 7 - D23 9 Kaizen Academy LLC 1941 1117 38.7 12%
Pool
D 2:5 CHAMBERLAIN Ian 21 - U 18 Rain City Fencing Center 1593 1079 62.0 25%
Pool
D 1:5 WU Alistair 11 - E23 1 Rain City Fencing Center 2032 1017 21.2 7%
T32
D 4:15 DESSAUER Tobyn M. 2 - C23 3 Northwest Fencing Center / PDX Fencing 2860 2161 88.0 18%

Rain City Fall RJCC+Div II ROC

Div II Men's Foil C2, DV2 September 16, 2023

Place 31 of 31 Seed 30 Not ranked Rating U Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 ROSSMAN Brock 13 - D22 15 Rain City Fencing Center 1818 654 14.9 4%
Pool
D 0:5 HUANG Jonathan 11 - D23 6 2275 639 3.2 1%
Pool
D 2:5 BERTONE Charles A. 28 - U 27 Spokane Fencers Unlimited 1526 635 31.9 14%
Pool
D 0:5 CHEN Charlie Tian-You 5 - C23 5 2577 604 0.8 < 1%
Pool
D 0:5 FECAROTTA Ryan 19 - E23 17 Salle Auriol Seattle 1720 603 15.0 5%
Pool
D 0:5 CHUNG Yeongbin 6 - C22 8 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 2390 588 1.4 < 1%
T32
D 2:15 HUANG Jonathan 11 - D23 6 2365 1291 55.0 9%

Orion Star Series: Foil

Senior Mixed Foil E1, SNR August 4, 2023

Place 8 of 8 Seed 7 Not ranked Rating U Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
T8
D 5:15 CROSKREY Stephen 2 - U 2 Orion Fencing 1493 1630 338.2 56%

Orion Star Series: Foil

Senior Mixed Foil D1, SNR August 4, 2023

Place 15 of 16 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating U Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 HAGGLUND Ian 6 - U 9 Northwest Fencing Center / Worcester Polytechnic Inst 1749 863 45.5 12%
Pool
D 3:5 MASKARINEC Lee 7 - U 11 Studio Of American Fencing - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 CROSKREY Stephen 14 - U 10 Orion Fencing 1362 817 73.8 23%
Pool
D 3:5 SPITZER Isaac 16 - U 12 Orion Fencing 1097 744 87.4 31%
Pool
D 2:5 YORK Andrew 1 - D23 3 Orion Fencing 2475 656 2.6 1%
T16
D 3:15 GOWDA Sumeru 9 - U 3 Northwest Fencing Center 1777 2500 870.5 76%

Orion Star Series: Épée

Senior Mixed Épée E1, SNR July 28, 2023

Place 1 of 7 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating U Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
T4
V 15:7 FRANCO Dvorak I. 4 - D21 3 Orion Fencing 1592 1610 260.3 51%
T2
V 15:11 SPITZER Isaac 7 - U 2 Orion Fencing 2267 1870 290.5 34%

Orion Star Series: Épée

Senior Mixed Épée D1, SNR July 28, 2023

Place 9 of 15 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating U Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 HOLZGRAFE Nathaniel C. 7 - U 3 Orion Fencing 1817 1005 74.4 16%
Pool
V 5:3 WINTER Carson 12 - U 11 Orion Fencing 1739 931 301.0 18%
Pool
V 5:1 NESTI Aubrey 13 - U 13 Orion Fencing - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 HUANG Thomas 1 - A23 1 Orion Fencing 2763 1232 8.5 2%
T16
D 9:15 HARWOOD James A. 10 - U 8 Orion Fencing 2570 1751 140.8 22%

Pacific Northwest Cup (Div 3 Foil)

Div III Mixed Foil E1, DV3 June 10, 2023

Place 8 of 8 Seed 8 Not ranked Rating U Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 PARKS Melinda 5 - U 6 - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 KNOCH Calliope 4 - U 7 - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 MEMMOTT Ben 2 - E22 5 Northwest Fencing Center 1584 2500 975.9 81%
Pool
D 2:5 WALCOTT Nicolas T. 3 - U 3 1849 1524 218.0 36%
Pool
D 1:5 NIRGUDE Siddhi 1 - E23 1 Northwest Fencing Center - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 BREILING Niklas 6 - U 3 Northwest Fencing Center 1203 1306 284.5 55%
Pool
D 1:5 GOWDA Sumeru 7 - U 2 Northwest Fencing Center 1230 1022 158.6 39%
T8
D 6:15 NIRGUDE Siddhi 1 - E23 1 Northwest Fencing Center - - - -

Pacific Northwest Cup (Div 3 Epee)

Div III Mixed Épée E1, DV3 May 13, 2023

Place 12 of 15 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating U Northwest Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 KLING Kai 7 - U 6 High Desert Fencing Club 1385 2500 1044.9 86%
Pool
D 3:5 FORBES Ike 10 - U 9 Northwest Fencing Center 1507 1455 255.7 48%
Pool
V 5:4 BROWN Trish M. 9 - U 14 Northwest Fencing Center - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 BHUPATHIRAJU Pradeep 4 - U 10 Northwest Fencing Center 1484 1199 194.3 36%
T16
D 5:15 MIN Alexander 13 - U 3 Northwest Fencing Center 1911 2500 749.3 71%