Brandon Shih

2016

Win/Loss Statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Victories 31 10 - - - 41
Losses 26 8 - - - 34
Win Ratio 54.4% 55.6% - - - 54.7%
Pool Victories 27 7 - - - 34
Pool Losses 18 6 - - - 24
Pool Win Ratio 60.0% 53.8% - - - 58.6%
DE Victories 4 3 - - - 7
DE Losses 8 2 - - - 10
DE Win Ratio 33.3% 60.0% - - - 41.2%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Easy wins† 13 2 - - - 15
Easy wins as % of wins 41.9% 20.0% - - - 36.6%
Close wins‡ 8 2 - - - 10
Close wins as % of all wins 25.8% 20.0% - - - 24.4%
Close losses‡ 4 1 - - - 5
Close losses as % of all losses 15.4% 12.5% - - - 14.7%
Big losses† 13 1 - - - 14
Big losses as % of all losses 50.0% 12.5% - - - 41.2%

† 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

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Events 8 3 - - - 11
Tournaments 8 3 - - - 11

Competition History

Challenge by the Bay RYC/RCC/Y8

Y-10 Men's Saber (U, Y10), April 4, 2026
Place 10 of 21, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating U, Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
V 5:0 YAN Kaysen 2 21 U 12 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 564 769 18.7 63%
Pool
V 5:3 ARVIND Dhruv 11 U 9 Premier Fencing Academy 556 788 17.2 64%
Pool
D 1:5 LEE Caleb 5 51 U 13 ORO Fencing Club 378 805 38.5 76%
Pool
D 1:5 HULETTE Kirin 17 U 10 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 151 767 41.7 83%
Pool
V 5:4 POLASA Viraj 19 U 7 Sacramento Saber Fencing LLC 193 725 9.4 79%
Pool
D 4:5 XU Jacob 8 U 19 High Desert Fencing Alliance 71 734 41.2 85%
T16
D 6:10 PICACHE Merrick 10 U 6 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1014 1106 72.3 56%

Maximum SABER Challenge UNSANCTIONED

Y-10 Mixed Saber (U, Y10), March 29, 2026
Place 9 of 19, Seed 19, Not ranked, Rating U, Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
V 5:3 FANG Kaitlyn 17 U 12 Bay Area Fencing Club
Pool
V 5:4 VAN ROY Petra 13 U 8 Halberstadt Fencers' Club
Pool
V 5:3 KIM Jude 7 U 16 Bay Area Fencing Club 2540 698 44.5 3%
Pool
V 5:4 EKANAYAKE Bodhi 1 U 3 Cardinal Fencing Club 219 742 11.1 77%
Pool
V 5:2 MACCARRA Thomas 11 U 10 ORO Fencing Club 466 753 16.3 67%
T16
D 4:10 EKANAYAKE Bodhi 1 U 3 Cardinal Fencing Club 1199 1158 51.6 48%

Saratoga Open Youth Saber Tournament UNSANCTIONED

Y-10 Mixed Saber (U, Y10), March 15, 2026
Place 6 of 12, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating U, Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
V 5:0 GIMELFARB Ethan 9 U 7 San Francisco Sabre School / ORO Fencing Club 237 688 14.8 76%
Pool
V 5:1 LIU Andrew 5 U 12 Cardinal Fencing Club 1016 702 29.3 35%
Pool
D 2:5 SEVERT David 12 U 2 ORO Fencing Club 576 732 34.9 60%
Pool
V 5:2 PAK Louis 4 U 8 Saratoga Fencing Club 608 697 24.2 56%
Pool
D 1:5 NOWAKOWSKI Zachary 11 U 1 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 823 721 23.4 43%
T16
V 10:0 QUAN Hailey 7 U 11 ORO Fencing Club
T8
D 3:10 SEVERT David 12 U 2 ORO Fencing Club 1013 1259 101.3 65%

Saratoga Open Youth Saber Tournament

Y-10 Mixed Saber (None, Y10), January 25, 2026
Place 10 of 21, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 0:5 NOWAKOWSKI Zachary 10 U 3 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 653 648 33.0 50%
Pool
V 5:0 QUAN Hailey 8 U 16 ORO Fencing Club
Pool
D 0:5 XU Chenxi 20 U 5 Cardinal Fencing Club
Pool
V 5:0 YUNG Jordan 11 U 13 1201 615 48.6 20%
Pool
V 5:0 REICH Emily 15 U 20 Elite Zone Fencing Academy
Pool
V 5:3 CHEN Brian 21 U 8 Maximum Fencing Club 478 664 23.6 62%
T16
D 6:10 SEVERT David 14 U 7 ORO Fencing Club 899 1404 144.3 78%

Treasure Chest RYC/Y8

Y-10 Men's Saber (None, Y10), January 4, 2026
Place 14 of 25, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating U, Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 2:5 ZHENG Matt 1 22 U 1 The Fencing Center 943 560 23.8 27%
Pool
D 0:5 YUNG Nathan 8 57 U 3 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1022 536 19.1 22%
Pool
V 5:4 SHKALIKOV Denys 19 U 22 Maximum Fencing Club 1337 517 77.9 11%
Pool
V 5:2 GIMELFARB Ethan 14 U 16 San Francisco Sabre School / ORO Fencing Club 1438 595 60.1 14%
Pool
D 2:5 LI Nathan 7 56 U 8 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 715 655 33.0 46%
Pool
V 5:0 KOSUGI PALOCSAY Alexander 18 U 21 Premier Fencing Academy 468 622 26.3 59%
T32
V 10:4 WU Vincent 17 U 20 Cardinal Fencing Club 669 1468 29.9 87%
T16
D 3:10 ZHENG Matt 1 22 U 1 The Fencing Center 1521 1498 94.3 49%

AFM Super Regional SYC/RJCC/ROC Div1A/Vet

Y-10 Men's Saber (U, Y10), November 2, 2025
Place 39 of 43, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating U, Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 3:5 SEVERT David 32 U 12 ORO Fencing Club 263 936 115.4 85%
Pool
D 3:5 TAM Ethan 17 U 28 West Coast Fencing Academy 402 820 83.5 74%
Pool
D 1:5 JIAO Lawrence 26 U 11 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 769 737 47.7 48%
Pool
D 4:5 JUNG Diego 43 U 35 Laguna Fencing Center -221 689 109.1 92%
Pool
D 3:5 LEE Hubert Junhu 4 9 U 3 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 1082 580 20.0 21%
T64
D 4:10 LEE Caleb 23 U 8 ORO Fencing Club 1187 1662 194.3 76%

Saratoga Open Youth Saber Tournament

Y-10 Mixed Saber (U, Y10), September 7, 2025
Place 3 of 12, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating U, Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
V 5:0 CHAE Ahwon 10 U 12 Bay Area Fencing Club
Pool
V 5:0 KRASNOV Julia 3 U 10 Bay Area Fencing Club
Pool
V 5:3 LAN Rory 2 U 8 Saratoga Fencing Club 831 861 48.2 51%
Pool
D 0:5 CHEN Chelsea 11 U 1 Maximum Fencing Club
Pool
V 5:4 SEVERT David 6 U 3 Cardinal Fencing Club 368 909 26.8 80%
T8
V 10:4 ZHANG Leon 8 U 6 Saratoga Fencing Club 1484 1768 97.4 63%
T4
D 9:10 GALANG Aiden 5 U 2 Bay Area Fencing Club 1445 1866 203.2 72%

3V 3W Tri-Valley Tri-Weapons @ Bay Area Fencing Club

Y-10 Mixed Saber (U, Y10), August 17, 2025
Place 3 of 8, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
V 5:4 FANG Kaitlyn 6 U 1 Bay Area Fencing Club
Pool
V 5:4 SEVERT David 8 U 2 Cardinal Fencing Club 306 590 52.2 67%
Pool
D 0:5 XU Chenxi 4 U 5 Maximum Fencing Club
Pool
D 3:5 CHEN Chelsea 7 U 3 Maximum Fencing Club
Pool
V 5:2 VAN ROY Petra 3 U 7 Halberstadt Fencers' Club
Pool
V 5:4 PAK Louis 1 U 8 Saratoga Fencing Club 817 642 67.2 41%
Pool
V 5:2 ZHANG Leon 2 U 6 Saratoga Fencing Club 2925 709 151.4 1%
T8
V 10:5 VAN ROY Petra 3 U 7 Halberstadt Fencers' Club
T4
D 8:10 FANG Kaitlyn 6 U 1 Bay Area Fencing Club

COZMX RYC/RCC

Y-8 Men's Saber (U, Y8), March 16, 2025
Place 1 of 5, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating U, Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 3:5 SEVERT David 1 U 3 Cardinal Fencing Club 283 1240 291.7 92%
Pool
D 2:5 GOURJI Roman 2 U 3 Maximum Fencing Club -33 948 231.5 92%
Pool
D 4:5 NILANGE Karun 4 U 2 Maximum Fencing Club 83 716 154.4 82%
Pool
V 5:1 YANG Kaleb 5 U 5 Halberstadt Fencers' Club -115 562 28.0 85%
T4
V 10:9 SEVERT David 1 U 3 Cardinal Fencing Club 596 1492 54.8 87%
T2
V 10:7 NILANGE Karun 4 U 2 Maximum Fencing Club 2151 1547 221.2 26%

Treasure Chest RYC/Y8

Y-8 Mixed Saber (U, Y8), January 12, 2025
Place 3 of 11, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
V 5:2 NILANGE Karun 10 U 10 Maximum Fencing Club 2500 599 311.0 4%
Pool
V 5:1 GOURJI Roman 1 U 11 2509 910 250.8 7%
Pool
V 5:3 JIAO Lawrence 8 U 3 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 621 1160 68.8 78%
Pool
V 5:3 CORD Serena 4 U 6 Premier Fencing Academy
Pool
V 5:2 YANG Kaleb 11 U 9 Halberstadt Fencers' Club -118 1229 10.4 97%
T8
V 10:9 LI Nathan 7 U 7 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 2504 1509 519.6 17%
T4
D 1:10 LEE Caleb 6 U 2 Maximum Fencing Club 1165 2029 536.3 86%

November All Weapon Tournament - PART 2- Epee & Sabre - New Venue

Y-10 Mixed Saber (U, Y10), November 24, 2024
Place 7 of 9, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating U, Bay Area Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool
V 5:3 LIN Rongcheng Noah 4 U 8 Bay Area Fencing Club 302 2500 28.6 98%
Pool
D 3:5 ZHENG Matt 7 U 3 Bay Area Fencing Club 1067 2529 1180.8 92%
Pool
D 3:5 MALLARD Arthur 1 U 2 Cardinal Fencing Club 541 1348 580.9 84%
Pool
D 2:5 GALANG Aiden 5 U 1 Bay Area Fencing Club 950 767 168.3 41%
T8
D 6:10 WU Aiden 3 U 3 Bay Area Fencing Club 1350 2500 990.9 85%