Brandon Michalski

2008

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories 7 4 - - - 11
Losses 13 28 - - - 41
Win Ratio 35.0% 12.5% - - - 21.2%
Pool Victories 6 3 - - - 9
Pool Losses 10 23 - - - 33
Pool Win Ratio 37.5% 11.5% - - - 21.4%
DE Victories 1 1 - - - 2
DE Losses 3 5 - - - 8
DE Win Ratio 25.0% 16.7% - - - 20.0%

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† 4 1 - - - 5
Easy wins as % of wins 57.1% 25.0% - - - 45.5%
Close wins‡ - 2 - - - 2
Close wins as % of all wins 0.0% 50.0% - - - 18.2%
Close losses‡ 1 2 - - - 3
Close losses as % of all losses 7.7% 7.1% - - - 7.3%
Big losses† 12 19 - - - 31
Big losses as % of all losses 92.3% 67.9% - - - 75.6%

† 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 3 5 - - - 8
Tournaments 2 4 - - - 6

Competition History

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 Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 JOHNSON Waldron 1 E23 1 Nova Fencing Club 1652 813 8.2 9%
Pool W 5:1 GILLIN Enzo 8 U 7
Pool L 1:5 PIPKE Garrett 7 U 2 Nova Fencing Club 995 805 27.5 38%
Pool W 5:3 NGUYEN Anna 2 U 3 Nova Fencing Club
Pool W 5:1 PROSPER Nathaniel 4 U 5 Nova Fencing Club 810 778 35.8 48%
Pool W 5:1 DUCKETT Thomas 3 U 8 Nova Fencing Club 790 813 28.4 51%
Pool W 5:2 TEPLESKY Sasha 6 U 6 Nova Fencing Club 439 842 17.1 73%
T8 W 15:5 TEPLESKY Sasha 6 U 6 Nova Fencing Club 1556 1210 133.4 34%
T4 L 7:15 JOHNSON Waldron 1 E23 1 Nova Fencing Club 2125 1344 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 Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 STRUMLAUF Jacob 2 U 4 Blue Ridge Fencing Center 2221 796 93.7 3%
Pool L 1:5 BUKZIN Alan 3 U 1 Nova Fencing Club 1377 889 19.1 22%
Pool L 0:5 LEE Thomas 4 U 2 Nova Fencing Club 1038 870 31.2 39%
Pool L 1:5 MOON Noah 1 U 3 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 1093 839 25.7 35%
T8 L 12:15 STRUMLAUF Jacob 2 U 4 Blue Ridge Fencing Center 2137 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 Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 LEE Thomas 6 U 5 Nova Fencing Club 992 908 45.3 45%
Pool L 0:5 MARKOWITZ Jonathan 3 E24 1 Nova Fencing Club 1687 863 11.1 9%
Pool L 0:5 PARCELL Colby 1 D24 2 Miracle Fencing Club 1725 852 9.6 8%
Pool L 1:5 BENE Andrew 4 E24 4 Miracle Fencing Club 1477 842 16.2 16%
Pool L 0:5 BENE Paul 2 E24 3 Miracle Fencing Club 1088 826 30.5 34%
T8 L 4:15 BENE Andrew 4 E24 4 Miracle Fencing Club 1750 1330 83.7 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 Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 VLASENKO Bohdan 11 E24 19 Nova Fencing Club 1916 1000 11.6 8%
Pool L 1:5 PATEL Rayn 1 73 B24 2 Capital Fencing Academy 2434 988 2.2 1%
Pool L 1:5 SHIM Tristan 9 E24 10 Forge Fencing Teams 1298 986 36.6 32%
Pool L 0:5 AKST Elliot 21 U 18 DC Fencers Club 1539 949 21.4 18%
Pool L 1:5 KIRCHMAIER Charlie 24 U 15 Miracle Fencing Club 1542 928 19.6 17%
T32 L 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 Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 CATLETT III Robert 35 U 17 Nova Fencing Club 2268 877 4.6 2%
Pool L 0:5 PARCELL Colby 33 U 1 Miracle Fencing Club 1573 873 25.2 14%
Pool L 1:5 PIHLSTROM Richie 4 D23 22 1901 847 10.9 6%
Pool W 5:2 JIN Adam 9 U 39 751 837 61.3 55%
Pool W 5:4 SMITH ` Tyler M. 22 U 31 Liberty University Fencing Club 1442 898 115.0 20%
Pool L 4:5 MITCHELL Matthew 16 U 14 George Mason University Fencing Club / National Capitol Fencers Club 1895 1013 13.2 9%
T64 W 15:8 JIN Adam 9 U 39 1663 1136 301.1 26%
T32 L 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 Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 PARCELL Colby 21 U 25 Miracle Fencing Club 1489 983 46.2 22%
Pool L 1:5 WALKE Devin 14 E23 22 Capital Fencing Academy 1845 936 18.6 8%
Pool L 0:5 FRUTH Evan 17 E23 24 Forge Fencing Teams 1588 918 29.9 15%
Pool L 1:5 CHEN Jonathan 7 D23 12 Advance Fencing And Fitness Academy 2260 888 4.4 2%
Pool L 3:5 TSAO Oliver 4 D23 5 Manhattan Fencing Center / Nellya Fencers 2136 884 6.4 3%
T32 L 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 Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 PAUL James 37 U 36 Capital Fencing Academy 1326 836 85.0 24%
Pool L 2:5 KOGAN Yelisey L. 9 D23 30 Advance Fencing And Fitness Academy 1746 751 27.9 8%
Pool L 2:5 FENG Brendan 16 E23 25 Miracle Fencing Club 1532 723 38.8 12%
Pool W 5:4 HALL Noah 6 C23 18 Triple Threat Fencing Academy 1856 685 339.1 4%
Pool L 3:5 BREUER Daniel 42 U 6 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1637 1024 41.2 18%
T64 L 5:15 RINALDI Savio 38 U 29 Capital Fencing Academy 1684 1514 272.6 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 Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 LIU Ethan 118 U 140 Nellya Fencers 1231 2500 1163.0 89%
Pool L 1:5 GUREVICH Benjamin 27 C23 17 Alle Fencing Club / Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 1938 1337 153.0 23%
Pool L 0:5 NOTOPRADONO Nicholas 24 145 D23 15 Advance Fencing And Fitness Academy / West Coast Fencing Academy 1910 1184 100.3 17%
Pool L 4:5 YANG Byron 77 E23 133 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 1290 1084 175.5 39%
Pool L 1:5 FRUTH Evan 74 E23 83 Forge Fencing Teams 1580 908 71.8 18%
T256 L 3:15 PAVLENISHVILI Luke 142 U 31 Scarsdale Fencing Center 1534 2500 985.7 82%