Michael Yau

2006

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories 17 14 - - - 31
Losses 56 28 - - - 84
Win Ratio 23.3% 33.3% - - - 27.0%
Pool Victories 15 13 - - - 28
Pool Losses 44 22 - - - 66
Pool Win Ratio 25.4% 37.1% - - - 29.8%
DE Victories 2 1 - - - 3
DE Losses 12 6 - - - 18
DE Win Ratio 14.3% 14.3% - - - 14.3%

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† 5 2 - - - 7
Easy wins as % of wins 29.4% 14.3% - - - 22.6%
Close wins‡ 9 4 - - - 13
Close wins as % of all wins 52.9% 28.6% - - - 41.9%
Close losses‡ 9 3 - - - 12
Close losses as % of all losses 16.1% 10.7% - - - 14.3%
Big losses† 24 14 - - - 38
Big losses as % of all losses 42.9% 50.0% - - - 45.2%

† 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.

Bouts with Time Expired

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories 7 1 - - - 8
Victories as % of all victories 41.2% 7.1% - - - 25.8%
Losses 4 1 - - - 5
Losses as % of all losses 7.1% 3.6% - - - 6.0%
Total 11 2 - - - 13
Total as % of all bouts 15.1% 4.8% - - - 11.3%

Events

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events 12 6 - - - 18
Tournaments 10 4 - - - 14

Competition History

COZMX Fencing ROC/RJCC/RYC

Div II Men's Épée (C1, DV2), November 3, 2024
Place 20 of 21, Seed 21, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 4:3 KLINKNER Richard 7 D24 3 Maximum Fencing Club 1678 1367 23.3 30%
Pool L 3:5 SU Samuel 2 C24 5 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1514 1391 13.4 42%
Pool L 4:5 LI Sean 16 U 12 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1129 1377 21.1 66%
Pool L 1:5 JAO Aaron 10 E24 2 Bayside Fencing Club 1590 1356 11.0 35%
T32 L 6:15 WU Eric 8 E24 15 Las Positas Fencing Center 1830 1181 30.1 16%

AFM Super Regional SYC/RJCC/ROC Div1A/Vet

Junior Men's Épée (A3, JNR), October 27, 2024
Place 105 of 113, Seed 89, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:4 HUANG Ethan 98 U 88 Alliance Fencing Academy 976 1402 28.3 76%
Pool L 4:5 WANG Jiacheng 84 E24 90 Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 1573 1374 13.0 37%
Pool L 3:5 SIM Ian 58 D24 68 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1989 1361 5.8 15%
Pool L 0:5 SU Samuel 43 C24 85 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1501 1355 13.8 40%
Pool L 0:5 CHANG Andrew 9 A24 18 Bayside Fencing Club 2030 1341 5.0 13%
Pool W 3:2 SHIN Ryan 26 B24 65 LA International Fencing 1914 1336 30.8 17%
T128 L 6:15 HSU Joshua 47 C24 15 Maximum Fencing Club 2131 1197 16.7 8%

EBFG Open Senior Mix Epee, Vet Mix Epee

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), October 20, 2024
Place 20 of 26, Seed 26, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 WONG Preston 8 C24 7 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) 1886 1418 8.7 22%
Pool L 2:5 KHAYAT Ziad N. 2 A24 1 The Fencing Center 2967 1409 0.3 1%
Pool L 2:5 LEONARDINI Barry M. 15 D23 15 East Bay Fencers Gym 1616 1409 13.4 37%
Pool W 4:1 YUEN Elsie 18 U 16 East Bay Fencers Gym
Pool W 5:3 SHIU Cole 23 U 24 East Bay Fencers Gym 992 1396 9.1 72%
Pool L 1:5 HARGROVE Charles 7 B22 10 East Bay Fencers Gym 2401 1405 2.4 5%
T32 L 11:15 SRIKANTH Hariharan 25 U 13 Bayside Fencing Club 1618 1254 56.5 29%

MFA Senior Mixed Epee

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), October 18, 2024
Place 16 of 26, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 HSU Joshua 5 C24 9 Maximum Fencing Club 1717 1445 13.0 33%
Pool L 2:5 BOYCE Samuel H. 1 A23 1 The Fencing Center 2569 1432 1.7 3%
Pool W 2:1 BAUMAN Colin 16 U 24 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1146 1430 12.5 68%
Pool L 3:5 GUO Woody 8 C24 13 True Focus Sports Academy 1708 1442 12.7 33%
Pool L 2:5 SALOM BLASCO Miquel 26 U 10 Marin Fencing Academy LLC 1737 1430 11.6 31%
Pool W 5:0 BUJANOVER Maayan 24 U 23 Marin Fencing Academy LLC
T32 W 15:12 FERRER Alison 14 U 18 Halberstadt Fencers' Club
T16 L 1:15 SWANSON Carl G. 4 B24 3 2664 1259 5.4 2%

MFA Senior Mixed Epee

Senior Mixed Épée (B2, SNR), September 27, 2024
Place 33 of 38, Seed 26, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 3:2 BURGSTONE Benjamin 25 U 36 Marin Fencing Academy LLC 1432 1449 19.2 51%
Pool L 1:5 SOULAIRE Tom 1 A24 3 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2673 1468 1.5 3%
Pool L 4:5 WONG Preston 12 C24 10 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1877 1466 10.5 25%
Pool L 0:5 DEMONTIGNY Ronen 27 U 20 Chico Fencing Center 1668 1456 11.4 40%
Pool W 5:4 JACKSON Susana 35 U 38 Napa Valley Fencing Academy
Pool L 4:5 SALISTRA Emilia 10 C24 7 The Fencing Center
T64 L 9:10 MORETTI David 24 E23 32 Chico Fencing Center 1573 1333 73.6 37%

EBFG Open Senior Mix Epee, Vet Mix Epee

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), September 22, 2024
Place 34 of 38, Seed 37, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 WAGHOLIKAR Prathit 24 U 19 Maximum Fencing Club 1461 1482 22.9 51%
Pool L 1:3 ZHANG Daniel 34 U 26 1139 1459 30.8 70%
Pool L 2:5 NAIK Saininad 10 B23 7 East Bay Fencers Gym 2205 1428 5.2 10%
Pool L 3:5 YUEN Elsie 25 U 35 East Bay Fencers Gym
Pool W 5:0 GACIOCH Noah 13 C24 22 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) 1827 1423 33.2 25%
Pool L 2:5 LI Yunji (Rain) 1 A24 6 Davis Fencing Academy / True Focus Sports Academy 2063 1456 7.4 16%
T64 L 5:15 SRIKANTH Hariharan 26 U 31 Bayside Fencing Club 1603 1427 93.9 40%

TFC September Fence-a-thon

Senior Mixed Saber (U, SNR), September 21, 2024
Place 2 of 2, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 IRVINE Patrick 1 U 1 The Fencing Center 1236 2500 1160.7 89%
T2 L 7:15 IRVINE Patrick 1 U 1 The Fencing Center 1514 2500 994.5 83%

TFC September Fence-a-thon

Senior Men's Épée (U, SNR), September 21, 2024
Place 3 of 4, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 3:2 PREN Evan 2 U 2 The Fencing Center 1906 1452 38.6 23%
Pool L 3:5 VAN Tyson 4 U 1 Saratoga Fencing Club 1472 1490 23.0 51%
Pool W 2:1 ZHANG Daniel 1 U 3 1168 1467 14.5 68%
T4 L 2:15 PREN Evan 2 U 2 The Fencing Center 1771 1518 91.0 36%

MFA Senior Mixed Epee

Senior Mixed Épée (A1, SNR), August 30, 2024
Place 15 of 23, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 JACKSON Susana 23 U 18 Napa Valley Fencing Academy
Pool L 2:5 RICHARD Silas 7 B23 5 West Berkeley Fencing Club / Bayside Fencing Club 2177 1450 7.1 12%
Pool L 2:5 YUEN Nathan 9 C24 8 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) 2116 1443 7.9 14%
Pool L 1:5 COHEN Benjamin 1 A24 3 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2510 1435 2.8 4%
Pool W 5:0 LIN Shenghai 15 U 21 Davis Fencing Academy 1275 1432 19.5 60%
T32 W 15:6 JACKSON Susana 23 U 18 Napa Valley Fencing Academy
T16 L 5:15 RICHARD Silas 7 B23 5 West Berkeley Fencing Club / Bayside Fencing Club 2392 1556 38.3 11%

TFC August Fence-a-thon

Senior Men's Épée (C2, SNR), August 18, 2024
Place 26 of 27, Seed 21, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 MARTIN Zachary 18 U 24 The Fencing Center 1039 1574 54.6 81%
Pool L 2:5 YOUNG Quentin 14 E24 15 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1509 1520 30.0 51%
Pool L 2:3 ZHANG Luqi 26 U 21 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1323 1490 35.0 61%
Pool L 4:5 HERSH Benjamin 11 E24 3 1779 1455 16.9 30%
Pool L 0:5 HSU Joshua 3 C24 1 Maximum Fencing Club 1707 1438 18.2 33%
Pool W 5:3 SU Samuel 6 C24 10 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1539 1419 30.5 42%
T32 L 5:15 NAIK Saininad 2 B23 11 East Bay Fencers Gym 2439 1598 42.3 12%

TFC August Fence-a-thon

Senior Men's Foil (D1, SNR), August 18, 2024
Place 14 of 15, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 ANDRADE Cedric 3 E24 5 Bay Area Fencing Club 1329 1246 137.1 45%
Pool L 3:5 VALLADAO Derek 9 U 7 Bay Area Fencing Club 777 1109 172.9 68%
Pool L 1:5 LEHTINEN Axel 4 E24 8 The Fencing Center 1540 936 45.2 18%
Pool L 3:5 COONAN Seamus 14 U 11 Bay Area Fencing Club 1322 891 56.0 26%
T16 L 6:15 BHANOT Arjun 6 U 6 Bay Area Fencing Club 1342 1580 398.3 61%

EBFG Open Senior Mix Epee, Vet Mix Epee

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), August 11, 2024
Place 36 of 42, Seed 35, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 LI Yunji (Rain) 2 A24 4 Davis Fencing Academy / True Focus Sports Academy 2115 1564 15.1 19%
Pool L 0:5 ROBINSON Samuel 11 B24 17 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) 2110 1549 14.3 18%
Pool L 1:5 ZHAO Colin 26 D24 14 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) 1396 1535 40.9 59%
Pool L 1:5 NAIK Saininad 16 B23 25 East Bay Fencers Gym 2487 1494 4.9 6%
Pool W 5:0 ZACHES Torrey 23 C22 13 East Bay Fencers Gym 2535 1489 85.0 5%
Pool W 5:4 DENEALE Lucia 36 U 42 East Bay Fencers Gym
T64 L 5:15 GUIRAUDET Alistair 40 U 29 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) 1833 1764 166.0 46%

Sanctioned - MFA Friday Night Epee (Senior Open)

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), July 26, 2024
Place 28 of 36, Seed 29, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 WICKBOLDT Eric 4 A23 1 San Luis Highlanders Fencing Club / West Berkeley Fencing Club 2598 1438 3.9 3%
Pool W 5:4 GUO Woody 23 D24 16 True Focus Sports Academy 1760 1434 61.4 30%
Pool L 0:5 ROBINSON Samuel 16 C24 3 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2088 1495 15.2 17%
Pool W 4:3 SODHI Jaco 9 B24 12 Napa Valley Fencing Academy 2269 1480 84.3 10%
Pool L 3:5 DWIGGINS Reese 36 U 22 East Bay Fencers Gym
T32 L 5:15 SWANSON Carl G. 8 B24 9 2833 1805 40.7 9%

Ref Observational Bay Cup at HALB: XF1, XE2, XS1

Senior Mixed Épée (E1, SNR), July 21, 2024
Place 3 of 7, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 VAN Tyson 5 U 7 Saratoga Fencing Club / West Berkeley Fencing Club 1555 1437 54.1 43%
Pool L 0:5 LEE Alina 7 U 1 Massialas Foundation (m Team) / The Ohio State University NCAA
Pool L 2:5 PRICE Cory J. 6 U 2 West Berkeley Fencing Club / Gryphon Fencing 1659 1491 35.5 40%
Pool W 5:4 LI Sonya 3 U 6 Halberstadt Fencers' Club
Pool L 1:5 DEW Eric 1 C22 3 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2534 1456 5.4 4%
Pool L 1:5 LUCASEY Charles (Chuck) J. 2 C21 5 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2177 1451 12.7 12%
T8 W 15:11 LUCASEY Charles (Chuck) J. 2 C21 5 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2000 1378 426.8 22%
T4 L 10:15 LEE Alina 7 U 1 Massialas Foundation (m Team) / The Ohio State University NCAA

Bastille Day

Senior Men's Épée (B2, SNR), July 14, 2024
Place 25 of 27, Seed 26, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 ALLEGRETTI Zachary T. 9 C24 5 East Bay Fencers Gym 1897 1675 52.5 37%
Pool W 5:4 LEE Wei-Sheng 16 E24 27 Maximum Fencing Club 1259 1623 38.7 71%
Pool L 4:5 MITCHEM Paolo 25 U 13 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1037 1661 116.5 83%
Pool L 3:5 NGUYEN Peyton 17 E24 10 The Fencing Center 1549 1545 56.8 50%
Pool L 1:5 CAMPBELL Kenneth 8 C24 21 The Fencing Center 1774 1488 35.6 33%
Pool L 4:5 HICKS Zachary 1 B24 2 Davis Fencing Academy / University of California Davis 2169 1453 15.2 13%
T32 L 9:15 SIRBU Dan 10 C23 11 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1626 1784 405.8 57%

Bastille Day

Senior Men's Foil (D1, SNR), July 14, 2024
Place 12 of 19, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 LEE Linus 10 U 15 Prime Fencing Academy 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool W 5:3 SCOTT Samuel 14 U 18 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 725 2921 20.5 98%
Pool L 0:5 LEHTINEN Axel 2 E24 5 The Fencing Center 1543 2941 1048.3 94%
Pool L 1:5 ZHANG Jayden 5 E23 2 Bay Area Fencing Club 1586 1893 341.6 65%
Pool L 2:5 BHANOT Arjun 8 U 7 Bay Area Fencing Club 1065 1551 304.8 75%
T16 L 5:15 LEHTINEN Axel 2 E24 5 The Fencing Center 1687 2500 920.4 79%

NorCal Div II/III/Vet/Y14 SNQ

Div III Men's Épée (E1, DV3), May 5, 2024
Place 5 of 9, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 ABIOL Niyol 9 U 8 Golden State Fencing Academy 922 1567 65.9 79%
Pool L 1:5 SODHI Jaco 1 D24 1 Napa Valley Fencing Academy 2205 1633 67.2 21%
Pool W 5:3 KINI-DAVIS Kirin 5 U 7 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1372 1565 102.9 61%
Pool L 2:5 NGUYEN Grayson 8 U 2 East Bay Fencers Gym 1520 1668 138.8 59%
Pool L 2:5 WU Kaiser 7 U 6 East Bay Fencers Gym / Golden State Fencing Academy 1323 1530 118.6 61%
Pool W 5:3 GRIMES Calvin 3 U 4 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1968 1411 145.0 22%
Pool W 5:3 ZELAYA Raphael 6 U 3 East Bay Fencers Gym 1440 1556 67.4 57%
Pool W 5:3 NELSON Wilder 4 U 9 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1364 1623 51.8 65%
T8 L 12:15 ZELAYA Raphael 6 U 3 East Bay Fencers Gym 2402 2079 295.5 38%

NorCal Div II/III/Vet/Y14 SNQ

Div II Men's Épée (E1, DV2), May 5, 2024
Place 11 of 12, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating U, Golden State Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 DEW Eric 2 C22 1 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2523 2500 520.8 49%
Pool W 5:3 NELSON Wilder 11 U 8 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1939 1979 311.0 52%
Pool L 2:5 WILLIAMS Brett 9 U 4 East Bay Fencers Gym 2177 2290 334.1 55%
Pool L 1:3 CHEN Steve 3 C21 5 East Bay Fencers Gym 2268 1956 160.9 34%
Pool L 2:5 WU Kaiser 6 U 10 East Bay Fencers Gym / Golden State Fencing Academy 1397 1795 228.4 68%
T16 L 7:15 GRIMES Calvin 5 U 7 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%