Gavin Balderes

2008

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories 13 - - - - 13
Losses 20 - - - - 20
Win Ratio 39.4% - - - - 39.4%
Pool Victories 12 - - - - 12
Pool Losses 15 - - - - 15
Pool Win Ratio 44.4% - - - - 44.4%
DE Victories 1 - - - - 1
DE Losses 5 - - - - 5
DE Win Ratio 16.7% - - - - 16.7%

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 - - - - 5
Easy wins as % of wins 38.5% - - - - 38.5%
Close wins‡ 2 - - - - 2
Close wins as % of all wins 15.4% - - - - 15.4%
Close losses‡ 5 - - - - 5
Close losses as % of all losses 25.0% - - - - 25.0%
Big losses† 8 - - - - 8
Big losses as % of all losses 40.0% - - - - 40.0%

† 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 5 - - - - 5
Tournaments 5 - - - - 5

Competition History

2025 Minnesota State High School Championship

Men's Foil (U), February 22, 2025
Place 33 of 78, Seed 48, Not ranked, Rating U, Rochester Mayo
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 4:5 BASTODKAR Ved 23 U 24 Blake High School / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1016 769 42.5 35%
Pool V 5:2 BURCHILL Carter 26 E25 26 Fargo-Moorhead Fencing Club 1787 726 102.3 9%
Pool V 5:2 TUEL Jude 67 U 66 1240 829 57.6 31%
Pool D 2:5 RUBY Asher 2 E24 4 Minnetonka fencing club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1191 886 33.4 31%
Pool V 5:0 BEDARD Bennett 51 U 62 South YEL Fencing Alliance / South YEL Fencing Alliance 768 853 42.0 55%
Pool V 5:1 KEEL Ronan 71 U 69 Saint Paul Academy
T64 D 14:15 POLYZOIS Alkis 44 U 32 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 990 894 195.3 45%

2025 SPA Invitational

Unrated Junior Men's Foil (U, JNR), January 12, 2025
Place 54 of 77, Seed 50, Not ranked, Rating U, Rochester Mayo
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 2:5 HASHMI Mushaf 70 U 16 South YEL Fencing Alliance 1157 795 47.3 29%
Pool V 5:4 KHARBANDA Arjun 22 U 71 Saint Paul Academy
Pool D 0:5 LOCKWOOD Jacob 5 D24 2 Minnetonka fencing club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1863 748 8.6 4%
Pool V 5:4 IBARRA Alejandro 62 U 31 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1180 739 115.7 25%
Pool D 1:5 UNGLAUB Maxwell 29 U 45 Blake High School / Twin Cities Fencing Club 498 855 86.4 70%
T128 V 15:10 CHANEY Dhru 40 U 75 Saint Paul Academy / Twin Cities Fencing Club
T64 D 9:15 DRAWZ Chase 17 U 18 Center for Blade Arts 788 1359 464.4 75%

TheReal YELFC Winter Showdown

Junior Men's Foil (U, JNR), December 14, 2024
Place 38 of 68, Seed 28, Rank 29, Rating None, Rochester Mayo
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 0:5 AHNEMANN Leif 12 13 10 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Minnetonka fencing club 1088 819 66.3 35%
Pool V 5:2 INWARDS Levi 66 31 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool D 3:5 MOORE Angus 33 34 39 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool V 5:1 WEED Matthew 54 55 68 Holy Family Catholic High School
Pool D 0:5 JARCHO Beckett 8 9 9 Center for Blade Arts 1738 753 15.4 7%
Pool V 5:0 ESKRIDGE Rhys 48 49 50 South YEL Fencing Alliance 496 737 58.1 63%
T64 D 14:15 BELL Andrew 35 36 28 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1238 2079 720.8 80%

MN Division Junior Olympic Qualifiers 2024

Junior Men's Foil (E1, JNR), November 16, 2024
Place 9 of 10, Seed 8, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 3:5 KIM Ethen 9 U 7 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 725 471 119.6 36%
Pool V 5:1 FERRARA Asher 5 U 10 995 351 253.6 18%
Pool D 0:5 BERSCHEID Arthur 1 D24 2 Center for Blade Arts 1738 605 15.2 5%
Pool V 5:3 MENASCO Juliun 4 E23 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1333 590 229.0 14%
T16 D 14:15 FANG Ethan 6 U 8 2500 2500 420.5 50%

Fall Foil Festival

Senior Mixed Foil (D1, SNR), October 19, 2024
Place 23 of 25, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:2 LEGGETT Emilia 8 U 13 South YEL Fencing Alliance
Pool D 0:5 CHRISTIENSEN Jack 25 U 19 Twin Cities Fencing Club 966 2500 1202.2 92%
Pool D 3:5 SHELTON Olivia 1 D24 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool D 3:5 KIM Ethen 17 U 12 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 732 1298 513.3 75%
Pool D 4:5 BELL Andrew 9 U 14 Twin Cities Fencing Club 772 785 228.4 51%
Pool D 0:5 FOSTERVOLD Castiel 22 E24 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1145 556 85.1 21%
T32 D 6:15 BULLARD Sydney 6 E24 11 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club