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Brandon Michalski

2008
Nova Fencing Club
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 5 11 4 - - 20
Losses 31 50 28 - - 109
Win ratio 13.9% 18.0% 12.5% - - 15.5%
Pool victories 5 9 3 - - 17
Pool losses 25 41 23 - - 89
Pool win ratio 16.7% 18.0% 11.5% - - 16.0%
DE victories - 2 1 - - 3
DE losses 6 9 5 - - 20
DE win ratio 0.0% 18.2% 16.7% - - 13.0%

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† 1 5 1 - - 7
Easy wins % 20.0% 45.5% 25.0% - - 35.0%
Close wins‡ 2 1 2 - - 5
Close wins % 40.0% 9.1% 50.0% - - 25.0%
Close losses‡ 7 3 2 - - 12
Close losses % 22.6% 6.0% 7.1% - - 11.0%
Big losses† 15 33 19 - - 67
Big losses % 48.4% 66.0% 67.9% - - 61.5%

† 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.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events 6 9 5 - - 20
Tournaments 5 8 4 - - 17

Competition history

20 competitions, 129 bouts

Fairfax Challenge ROC, RJCC, RYC

Div II Men's Saber C2, DV2 January 4, 2026

Place 29 of 29 Seed 23 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 DOARES Andrew 6 - C24 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation / Stoccata Fencing Academy & Club 2762 773 0.0 < 1%
Pool
D 0:5 SZULIM Rad 15 - E25 20 Capital Fencing Academy 1833 773 2.1 4%
Pool
D 3:5 MATTINGLY Ian 18 - E25 19 1500 771 5.0 11%
Pool
D 0:5 YADAV Ajay 25 - U 26 Jacksonville Fencing Club 806 766 16.9 47%
Pool
D 0:5 PARCELL Colby 4 - C25 7 Miracle Fencing Club 1828 749 1.9 4%
T32
D 1:15 RINALDI Savio 2 - C25 2 Capital Fencing Academy 2188 1017 5.4 3%

Fairfax Challenge ROC, RJCC, RYC

Junior Men's Saber B1, JNR January 4, 2026

Place 23 of 24 Seed 22 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 SU Landon 1 64 A25 2 Miracle Fencing Club 2706 785 0.1 < 1%
Pool
D 1:5 D'AMELJ Edoardo 9 - C25 12 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1566 785 4.4 10%
Pool
D 2:5 TOSCANO Sebastian 17 - D25 14 Jacksonville Fencing Club 1637 780 3.6 8%
Pool
D 4:5 PERRIN Leo 16 - D25 13 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1729 777 2.8 6%
Pool
D 1:5 JI Johnson 8 - C25 10 American Institute Of Fencing 2101 774 0.8 1%
T32
D 8:15 LEUNG Arthur 24 - U 11 Scarsdale Fencing Center 1575 1043 26.4 22%

The Sledgehammer 2025 RYC | RJCC

Junior Men's Saber C2, JNR November 22, 2025

Place 23 of 25 Seed 21 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 BUKZIN Alan 5 - D25 9 Nova Fencing Club 1650 773 3.7 7%
Pool
D 2:5 BROOKS Theo 13 - E25 8 Capital Fencing Academy 1546 770 4.7 10%
Pool
V 5:4 YEAZEL Colin 12 - E25 14 Forge Fencing Teams DUR 1242 765 32.3 22%
Pool
D 2:5 WANG Ziyao 22 - U 18 Miracle Fencing Club 1227 797 9.5 24%
Pool
D 4:5 CHANG Ethan 4 - C25 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1719 788 3.0 6%
T32
D 3:15 HENRY Cadel 3 - C25 12 Forge Fencing Teams DUR 2309 1047 4.3 2%

Thanksgiving Throwdown

Senior Mixed Saber E1, SNR November 15, 2025

Place 5 of 12 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 MUSICK Takoda 7 - U 9 College of William & Mary Fencing Club 1124 658 28.9 26%
Pool
V 5:3 EVELYN Wyatt 3 - U 11 Miracle Fencing Club 764 687 22.7 45%
Pool
V 5:0 HOWERTON Beckett 6 - U 3 Miracle Fencing Club 1184 710 34.5 22%
Pool
V 5:3 FELTS Parker 10 - U 8 Richmond Fencing Club 1388 744 36.9 15%
Pool
D 4:5 ALLEN Asa 2 - E25 2 Richmond Fencing Club 1340 781 7.7 18%
T8
D 11:15 HOWERTON Beckett 6 - U 3 Miracle Fencing Club 1490 1082 35.1 27%

Capital Czajkowski Cup #1

Senior Mixed Saber B2, SNR November 1, 2025

Place 37 of 38 Seed 22 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 RINALDI Savio 6 - C25 14 Capital Fencing Academy 1959 682 1.3 2%
Pool
D 2:5 MILLS Matthew 18 - E23 16 Capital Fencing Academy 1367 681 6.8 13%
Pool
D 0:5 VALENCIA Jose 7 - C25 3 Capital Fencing Academy 1929 674 1.3 2%
Pool
D 3:5 BROOKS Isaac 30 - U 17 Capital Fencing Academy 1246 673 8.5 17%
Pool
D 3:5 LU Charles 33 - U 27 Capital Fencing Academy 1379 664 6.3 13%
T64
D 13:15 BUYUCCAN Jonah 20 - U 28 University of Maryland Baltimore County 1568 1115 32.6 28%

VA Division 2025/26 Junior Olympic Qualifiers

Junior Men's Saber E1, JNR October 19, 2025

Place 6 of 6 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 MOON Noah 3 - U 3 Nova Fencing Club 1395 746 8.0 14%
Pool
D 4:5 BUKZIN Alan 5 - U 1 Nova Fencing Club 1564 738 5.2 9%
Pool
D 1:5 KANE Kiran 6 - U 2 Nova Fencing Club 1307 732 9.1 17%
Pool
D 4:5 LEE Ezra 4 - U 4 Nova Fencing Club 815 723 20.4 44%
Pool
D 4:5 PROSPER Nathaniel 2 - U 5 Nova Fencing Club 773 703 20.6 45%
T8
D 7:15 KANE Kiran 6 - U 2 Nova Fencing Club 1783 1140 25.4 16%

Emik Kaidanov Memorial Tournament

Men's Saber B1 May 31, 2025

Place 17 of 17 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 RINALDI Savio 3 - C25 5 Capital Fencing Academy 1935 752 1.9 3%
Pool
D 2:5 BEATY Chad 4 - C24 1 Forge Fencing Teams DUR 2682 750 0.1 < 1%
Pool
D 3:5 CATLETT Robert 11 - E25 11 Nova Fencing Club 2244 750 0.7 1%
Pool
D 3:5 MARKOWITZ Jonathan 10 - E25 12 Nova Fencing Club 1710 749 3.7 6%
T32
D 5:15 ALDANA Jeffery 17 - U 16 Nova Fencing Club 1156 1208 67.6 53%

Northern Virginia Knights RYC/RJCC

Junior Men's Saber C1, JNR May 3, 2025

Place 21 of 21 Seed 19 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 MARKOWITZ Jonathan 13 - E25 7 Nova Fencing Club 1713 781 4.2 6%
Pool
D 2:5 YAN William 1 108 A25 1 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2532 777 0.2 < 1%
Pool
D 1:5 MALAITHONG Nathagorn 6 - C24 2 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2209 777 0.9 1%
Pool
D 2:5 LIAO Sirui 12 - E25 16 Miracle Fencing Club 1408 776 8.7 15%
Pool
D 4:5 BARRY Dave 18 - U 17 Sigma Fencing Academy 1238 767 11.8 22%
Pool
D 1:5 BALU Aedan 7 - C24 12 Research Triangle Fencing 1741 755 3.5 5%
T32
D 4:15 VLASENKO Bohdan 11 - D25 13 Nova Fencing Club 2017 1229 21.3 12%

Fairfax Challenge SYC/RJCC

Junior Men's Saber C2, JNR March 23, 2025

Place 47 of 49 Seed 48 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 WANG Max 10 - C24 3 Capital Fencing Academy 1833 798 3.2 5%
Pool
D 1:5 WANG Alex 24 - D24 40 Globus Fencing Academy 1714 794 4.5 7%
Pool
D 2:5 KIARA Kinoti 35 - E25 9 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 1968 790 2.1 3%
Pool
D 3:5 YADAV Lakshya 19 - D25 6 Jacksonville Fencing Club 2050 788 1.5 2%
Pool
D 2:5 KOGAN Nikita 40 - E24 11 2034 786 1.6 2%
Pool
D 2:5 FENG Brendan 5 - C25 33 Miracle Fencing Club 1798 785 3.4 5%
T64
D 5:15 BENSON Jacob 22 - D25 13 Nova Fencing Club 1894 1260 30.8 17%

Capital Czajkowski Cup #3

Senior Mixed Saber A2, SNR March 15, 2025

Place 17 of 27 Seed 22 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 ZHANG Simon 20 - U 16 Advance Fencing and Fitness Academy 1032 771 37.3 34%
Pool
V 5:4 MOMBERG Diane 25 - U 23 Twin Cities Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 CHAWLA Abhishek 14 - E25 11 Capital Fencing Academy 1343 809 11.2 19%
Pool
V 5:3 BENDER Jeannine M. 11 - C24 26 Capital Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 WEI JoyAnn 3 - A24 6 Capital Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 YUCEL Emine 6 - B23 5 Capital Fencing Academy - - - -
T32
D 7:15 ZHANG Simon 20 - U 16 Advance Fencing and Fitness Academy 1153 1376 115.9 63%

Capital Czajkowski Cup #2

Senior Mixed Saber A2, SNR January 25, 2025

Place 32 of 35 Seed 28 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 SULLIVAN Anna 34 - U 22 - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 ROBLES Julio C. 4 - B24 12 Capital Fencing Academy 2230 810 1.0 1%
Pool
D 1:5 VALENCIA Jose 7 - C24 5 Capital Fencing Academy 1957 809 2.6 3%
Pool
D 1:5 JIN Adam 24 - U 26 806 807 27.6 50%
Pool
D 0:5 PIHLSTROM Richie 14 - D23 16 Georgetown University Fencing Club / Center for Blade Arts 1777 779 4.1 6%
Pool
D 2:5 RINALDI Savio 16 - E24 10 Capital Fencing Academy 1798 775 3.6 5%
T64
V 15:1 MEHROTRA Sid 30 - U 33 Georgetown University Fencing Club 2500 1250 129.1 12%
T32
D 3:15 ARIAS Cesar A 17 - E23 3 Nova Fencing Club 2962 1380 3.5 1%

Capitol Clash SYC/RCC & Y8

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

Place 134 of 134 Seed 109 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 HENDERSON Lucas 12 89 C25 2 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club / Axis Fencing Club 2011 859 2.8 3%
Pool
D 1:5 TRZEPLA Max 52 - E24 58 Durkan Fencing Academy / National Fencing Alliance-LLC 1580 856 8.9 12%
Pool
D 3:5 MEHTA Yash 91 - U 96 Research Triangle Fencing 1405 848 12.4 18%
Pool
D 0:5 WEST-BEY Ahmad 127 - U 110 National Capital Fencers Club 1173 835 18.1 29%
Pool
D 1:5 IYER Neil 29 144 D24 30 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1802 817 4.3 5%
Pool
D 0:5 SALDARINI Glenn 69 - E24 20 Cobra Fencing Club LLC 1974 813 2.5 3%
T256
D 4:15 NG Nathaniel 101 - U 123 Cobra Fencing Club LLC 1717 1310 59.8 28%

We're on a Casse-roll! - Nova FC Only

Senior Mixed Saber E1, SNR November 23, 2024

Place 3 of 8 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 JOHNSON Waldron 1 - E23 1 Nova Fencing Club 1652 814 8.2 9%
Pool
V 5:1 GILLIN Enzo Missing ID 8 - U 7 - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 PIPKE Garrett 7 - U 2 Nova Fencing Club 999 806 27.4 38%
Pool
V 5:3 NGUYEN Anna 2 - U 3 Nova Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 PROSPER Nathaniel 4 - U 5 Nova Fencing Club 811 778 35.8 48%
Pool
V 5:1 DUCKETT Thomas 3 - U 8 Nova Fencing Club 782 814 28.1 52%
Pool
V 5:2 TEPLESKY Sasha 6 - U 6 Nova Fencing Club 438 842 17.0 73%
T8
V 15:5 TEPLESKY Sasha 6 - U 6 Nova Fencing Club 1557 1211 133.5 34%
T4
D 7:15 JOHNSON Waldron 1 - E23 1 Nova Fencing Club 2125 1345 34.4 14%

VA Division 2024/2025 Junior Olympic Qualifiers

Cadet Men's Saber U, CDT November 2, 2024

Place 5 of 5 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 STRUMLAUF Jacob 2 - U 4 Blue Ridge Fencing Center 2221 796 93.6 3%
Pool
D 1:5 BUKZIN Alan 3 - U 1 Nova Fencing Club 1377 890 19.1 22%
Pool
D 0:5 LEE Thomas 4 - U 2 Nova Fencing Club 1039 871 31.2 39%
Pool
D 1:5 MOON Noah 1 - U 3 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 1096 839 25.6 34%
T8
D 12:15 STRUMLAUF Jacob 2 - U 4 Blue Ridge Fencing Center 2138 1247 36.2 15%

VA Division 2024/2025 Junior Olympic Qualifiers

Junior Men's Saber E1, JNR November 2, 2024

Place 6 of 6 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 LEE Thomas 6 - U 5 Nova Fencing Club 992 909 45.3 45%
Pool
D 0:5 MARKOWITZ Jonathan 3 - E24 1 Nova Fencing Club 1687 863 11.1 9%
Pool
D 0:5 PARCELL Colby 1 - D24 2 Miracle Fencing Club 1726 852 9.6 8%
Pool
D 1:5 BENE Andrew 4 - E24 4 Miracle Fencing Club 1479 843 16.1 16%
Pool
D 0:5 BENE Paul 2 - E24 3 Miracle Fencing Club 1088 827 30.5 34%
T8
D 4:15 BENE Andrew 4 - E24 4 Miracle Fencing Club 1756 1330 83.0 28%

NoVA Knights RYC/RJCC& NON-REGIONAL VET

Junior Men's Saber D1, JNR April 20, 2024

Place 29 of 29 Seed 20 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 VLASENKO Bohdan 11 - E24 19 Nova Fencing Club 1916 1000 11.6 8%
Pool
D 1:5 PATEL Rayn 1 73 B24 2 Capital Fencing Academy 2434 989 2.2 1%
Pool
D 1:5 SHIM Tristan 9 - E24 10 Forge Fencing Teams 1298 986 36.6 32%
Pool
D 0:5 AKST Elliot 21 - U 18 DC Fencers Club 1539 950 21.5 18%
Pool
D 1:5 KIRCHMAIER Charlie 24 - U 15 Miracle Fencing Club 1542 928 19.6 17%
T32
D 5:15 SADHU Neiyam 14 - E24 5 Platinum Fencing Academy 2047 1396 65.1 18%

George Mason University Patriot Open 2024

Div III Mixed Saber D1, DV3 March 23, 2024

Place 27 of 40 Seed 32 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 CATLETT III Robert 35 - U 17 Nova Fencing Club 2268 877 4.6 2%
Pool
D 0:5 PARCELL Colby 33 - U 1 Miracle Fencing Club 1573 873 25.2 14%
Pool
D 1:5 PIHLSTROM Richie 4 - D23 22 1904 848 10.8 6%
Pool
V 5:2 JIN Adam 9 - U 39 751 837 61.3 55%
Pool
V 5:4 SMITH ` Tyler M. 22 - U 31 Liberty University Fencing Club 1446 898 115.5 20%
Pool
D 4:5 MITCHELL Matthew 16 - U 14 George Mason University Fencing Club / National Capitol Fencers Club 1895 1013 13.3 9%
T64
V 15:8 JIN Adam 9 - U 39 1663 1136 301.1 26%
T32
D 4:15 SEMP Brannon A. 2 - D24 6 Virginia Tech Fencing Club 2380 1437 41.3 10%

Fairfax Challenge ROC/RJCC/RYC & Y8

Junior Men's Saber C2, JNR January 21, 2024

Place 31 of 32 Seed 27 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 PARCELL Colby 21 - U 25 Miracle Fencing Club 1489 983 46.2 22%
Pool
D 1:5 WALKE Devin 14 - E23 22 Capital Fencing Academy 1845 937 18.6 8%
Pool
D 0:5 FRUTH Evan 17 - E23 24 Forge Fencing Teams 1588 918 29.9 15%
Pool
D 1:5 CHEN Jonathan 7 - D23 12 Advance Fencing And Fitness Academy 2260 888 4.4 2%
Pool
D 3:5 TSAO Oliver 4 - D23 5 Manhattan Fencing Center / Nellya Fencers 2136 884 6.4 3%
T32
D 6:15 SLEP Solomon 16 - E23 9 Forge Fencing Teams 1914 1242 105.9 20%

Fairfax Challenge ROC/RJCC/RYC & Y8

Cadet Men's Saber C2, CDT January 20, 2024

Place 38 of 44 Seed 24 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 PAUL James 37 - U 36 Capital Fencing Academy 1326 836 85.0 24%
Pool
D 2:5 KOGAN Yelisey L. 9 - D23 30 Advance Fencing And Fitness Academy 1747 751 27.9 8%
Pool
D 2:5 FENG Brendan 16 - E23 25 Miracle Fencing Club 1532 724 38.8 12%
Pool
V 5:4 HALL Noah 6 - C23 18 Triple Threat Fencing Academy 1856 685 339.1 4%
Pool
D 3:5 BREUER Daniel 42 - U 6 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1637 1024 41.2 18%
T64
D 5:15 RINALDI Savio 38 - U 29 Capital Fencing Academy 1684 1514 272.7 42%

Capitol Clash SYC/RCC & Y8

Cadet Men's Saber C3, CDT January 14, 2024

Place 162 of 171 Seed 125 Not ranked Rating U Nova Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 LIU Ethan 118 - U 140 Nellya Fencers 1231 2500 1163.0 89%
Pool
D 1:5 GUREVICH Benjamin 27 - C23 17 Alle Fencing Club / Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 1938 1337 153.0 23%
Pool
D 0:5 NOTOPRADONO Nicholas 24 145 D23 15 Advance Fencing And Fitness Academy / West Coast Fencing Academy 1910 1184 100.3 17%
Pool
D 4:5 YANG Byron 77 - E23 133 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 1290 1084 175.5 39%
Pool
D 1:5 FRUTH Evan 74 - E23 83 Forge Fencing Teams 1580 908 71.9 18%
T256
D 3:15 PAVLENISHVILI Luke 142 - U 31 Scarsdale Fencing Center 1534 2500 985.7 82%