Michael Soto

1982

Win/Loss Statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Victories 10 53 - - - 63
Losses 16 51 - - - 67
Win Ratio 38.5% 51.0% - - - 48.5%
Pool Victories 9 40 - - - 49
Pool Losses 12 36 - - - 48
Pool Win Ratio 42.9% 52.6% - - - 50.5%
DE Victories 1 13 - - - 14
DE Losses 4 15 - - - 19
DE Win Ratio 20.0% 46.4% - - - 42.4%

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† 3 11 - - - 14
Easy wins as % of wins 30.0% 20.8% - - - 22.2%
Close wins‡ 1 23 - - - 24
Close wins as % of all wins 10.0% 43.4% - - - 38.1%
Close losses‡ 5 19 - - - 24
Close losses as % of all losses 31.2% 37.3% - - - 35.8%
Big losses† 6 11 - - - 17
Big losses as % of all losses 37.5% 21.6% - - - 25.4%

† 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 4 15 - - - 19
Tournaments 2 12 - - - 14

Competition History

2026 TCFC April Challenges

Veteran Mixed Épée (E1, VET), April 12, 2026
Place 3 of 6, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating D25, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 4:5 ROBBINS Christopher (Chris) W. 1 B26 2 Rochester Youth Fencers 1920 1709 10.4 36%
Pool D 4:5 OZANNE Jeffrey S. 2 C23 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2011 1699 8.7 30%
Pool V 5:3 HONEK Kyle 3 D26 3 Center for Blade Arts 1743 1690 14.7 47%
Pool V 5:1 JORGENSEN Rebekah 6 E25 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club
Pool V 5:3 RUBIN Joshua 5 D25 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1402 1705 8.7 69%
T4 D 5:10 ROBBINS Christopher (Chris) W. 1 B26 2 Rochester Youth Fencers 2399 1735 13.0 14%

2026 TCFC April Challenges

Senior Mixed Épée (B2, SNR), April 12, 2026
Place 11 of 34, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating D25, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:0 ZIEGLER Quinn Missing ID 33 U 34 Twin Cities Fencing Club
Pool V 5:2 JOHNSON Annie Missing ID 29 U 30 DMACC Fencing Club / Central Iowa Fencing Academy
Pool V 5:2 TAKATA Benjamin 9 C25 5 Center for Blade Arts 2152 1677 24.8 22%
Pool D 2:5 PREIDL Matthias 21 E26 9 Center for Blade Arts 1817 1702 11.8 43%
Pool V 5:1 ROBBINS Christopher (Chris) W. 4 B26 22 Rochester Youth Fencers 1933 1690 19.1 34%
T32 V 15:14 RUBIN Joshua 17 D25 28 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1512 1716 30.9 62%
T16 D 7:15 TAKATA Benjamin 9 C25 5 Center for Blade Arts 2460 1747 12.0 13%

2025 TCFC September Challenges

Veteran Mixed Épée (E1, VET), September 21, 2025
Place 6 of 7, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating D25, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 2:5 MANSKE Niul 1 A22 3 Still Point Fencing 2604 1703 2.7 7%
Pool D 4:5 JORGENSEN Rebekah 5 E25 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club
Pool V 5:2 RUBIN Joshua 7 U 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1349 1700 8.9 72%
Pool D 3:5 ROBBINS Christopher Missing ID 2 C24 1 Rochester Youth Fencers
Pool D 4:5 STONE Ken 6 E23 7 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1248 1709 25.0 78%
Pool D 4:5 GLENNON Michael 3 C24 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2118 1684 7.5 24%
T8 D 3:10 MANSKE Niul 1 A22 3 Still Point Fencing 3046 1718 2.4 2%

2025 TCFC September Challenges

Senior Mixed Épée (B2, SNR), September 21, 2025
Place 26 of 32, Seed 14, Not ranked, Rating D25, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 3:5 LI Ziyue 23 U 13 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1289 1755 21.0 74%
Pool V 5:2 MIEST Davis 26 U 30 1508 1734 9.1 61%
Pool D 2:5 SCHROEDER Karl 7 C25 8 1920 1744 12.2 39%
Pool D 1:5 ROWLAND Marsden 4 B24 3 Center for Blade Arts 2037 1731 9.9 31%
Pool D 1:5 MOHAMED Sabir 17 E22 14 1568 1721 18.3 60%
T32 D 4:15 SIEDOW William 3 B25 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club 2164 1742 23.3 25%

Wanglei Fencing Epee Youth & Senior Summer Challenge

Senior Mixed Épée (A1, SNR), July 19, 2025
Place 7 of 15, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating D25, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 4:5 CHO Adrian 10 D25 10 Arena Fencing Academy LLC 1377 1731 25.7 72%
Pool D 0:5 HU Robert J. 3 A25 3 Medeo Fencing Club / WangLei International Fencing Club 2314 1705 6.0 16%
Pool V 5:4 ZHANG Yujian 5 A24 6 WangLei International Fencing Club 2839 1699 46.9 3%
Pool V 5:1 NOOL Gary 14 U 15 WangLei International Fencing Club 1388 1746 9.2 71%
T16 V 15:13 CHO Adrian 10 D25 10 Arena Fencing Academy LLC 1798 1698 54.0 44%
T8 D 8:15 CHEN Zhengyang (Allen) 1 A25 3 WangLei International Fencing Club / Swords Fencing Studio 2575 1752 10.4 9%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Men's Épée (C3, DV3), July 5, 2025
Place 131 of 170, Seed 49, Not ranked, Rating D25, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:3 OLSON Mac Missing ID 152 U 156 Kaizen Academy LLC
Pool D 1:5 SI Anderson 102 E25 119 Tiger Fencing Club 1314 1824 32.7 80%
Pool V 5:4 NUGENT Curtis 149 U 84 Lionheart Fencing Academy/Coeur Du Lion Fencing Cl 1207 1791 6.9 83%
Pool D 2:5 ZHOU alex 2 B25 67 Olympic Fencers Club 1690 1798 20.7 57%
Pool D 4:5 REID Wesley 98 E25 71 South Denver Fencing Academy 1578 1778 22.6 63%
Pool D 4:5 COHEN Joshua 52 D25 8 Battle Born Fencing Club 1479 1755 24.0 67%
T256 D 12:15 NUNEZ Jorge 107 E25 126 Fencers Club Inc. 1747 1745 47.2 50%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-40 Men's Épée (A4, V40), July 1, 2025
Place 49 of 66, Seed 45, Not ranked, Rating D25, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 0:5 CONKLIN Jim 37 C25 8 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2448 1837 7.0 16%
Pool D 3:5 DEPAUW Devan 17 59 A25 20 Traverse City Fencing Club 2212 1830 10.8 27%
Pool D 1:5 MACZIK Adam W. 4 4 A25 5 Marx Fencing Academy 2996 1819 1.5 3%
Pool V 5:2 OLSON McGee 57 74 U 65 Kaizen Academy LLC 1038 1817 4.7 90%
Pool V 5:4 VRUBEL Nathan 64 U 57 Brazosport Fencing / Dragon Heart Fencing 1324 1822 8.6 79%
Pool D 4:5 COX Matthew T. 24 37 B23 25 2467 1831 6.4 15%
T64 D 5:10 MANDOKI Sandor I. 2 2 A25 19 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 3408 1746 0.8 < 1%

2025 TCFC June Challenges

Veteran Mixed Épée (E1, VET), June 8, 2025
Place 3 of 8, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating D25, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:3 RUBIN Joshua 6 U 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1315 1825 9.4 79%
Pool V 5:3 BLAT Robert 7 U 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1608 1834 13.8 62%
Pool D 2:5 OZANNE Jeffrey S. 2 C23 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2055 1848 15.5 37%
Pool V 5:4 HARRISKING Josh 8 U 8 Center for Blade Arts 1517 1833 11.1 66%
Pool V 5:4 STONE Ken 4 E23 7 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1275 1844 7.9 82%
Pool D 0:5 GLENNON Michael 1 C24 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2045 1852 15.1 38%
Pool D 3:5 JORGENSEN Rebekah 5 U 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club
T8 V 10:8 JORGENSEN Rebekah 5 U 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club
T4 D 5:10 OZANNE Jeffrey S. 2 C23 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2140 1777 31.1 29%

2025 TCFC June Challenges

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), June 8, 2025
Place 17 of 30, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating D25, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:1 SIEDOW William 5 B25 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club 2029 1773 31.8 34%
Pool D 4:5 BLAT Robert 25 U 22 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1740 1805 17.2 53%
Pool V 5:2 CULVER Hannah 16 D25 28 Center for Blade Arts
Pool V 5:4 HORAN Sean T. 6 B24 8 2716 1787 52.4 7%
Pool D 4:5 YATES Graeme 28 U 21 Center for Blade Arts 1987 1840 14.8 42%
T32 D 13:15 STONE Ken 24 E23 16 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1010 1897 119.6 90%

2025 TCFC May Challenges

Veteran Mixed Épée (U, VET), May 18, 2025
Place 2 of 5, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating D25, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:4 OZANNE Jeffrey S. 1 C23 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2014 1710 37.8 31%
Pool D 3:5 RUBIN Joshua 5 U 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1297 1748 41.0 76%
Pool V 5:1 MCCHESNEY Colin J. 2 C23 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2241 1707 39.4 21%
Pool V 5:4 HONEK Kyle 3 D25 5 Center for Blade Arts 1825 1747 26.2 45%
T4 V 10:2 RUBIN Joshua 5 U 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1179 1929 19.0 86%
T2 D 6:10 OZANNE Jeffrey S. 1 C23 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2081 1948 50.8 42%

2025 TCFC May Challenges

Senior Mixed Épée (B2, SNR), May 18, 2025
Place 13 of 28, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating D25, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:4 FRALEY Orion 13 D24 11 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1557 1715 24.2 60%
Pool D 3:5 WILLER Ryan 22 U 19 Center for Blade Arts 1014 1739 58.2 87%
Pool V 5:3 OBERLY Nicholas 4 B23 3 Center for Blade Arts 2273 1681 48.6 18%
Pool V 5:2 NOOR Hamdi 21 U 25
Pool D 4:5 MINGO Ron 23 U 17
Pool D 2:5 SCHROEDER Karl A. 5 C24 3 1973 1730 19.1 35%
T32 V 15:3 STENZEL Henry 20 U 21 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1202 1948 21.7 84%
T16 D 9:15 ROWLAND Marsden 3 B24 2 Center for Blade Arts 2315 1970 41.2 30%

Minnesota Division Summer National Qualifiers 2025

Div II Men's Épée (E1, DV2), April 27, 2025
Place 7 of 12, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating D24, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:4 LIMER Avi 2 C24 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2247 1697 66.0 19%
Pool D 4:5 CAVEN Henry 10 U 9 1283 1763 56.9 77%
Pool V 5:3 SMITH Bram 12 U 12 Center for Blade Arts 1274 1706 17.4 76%
Pool V 5:3 FRALEY Orion 7 D24 4 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1561 1724 25.8 60%
Pool D 2:5 TAHA Raymond 3 C24 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1681 1749 34.5 54%
T16 V 15:9 SANFORD Wesley 9 E24 11 Center for Blade Arts 1252 2046 22.3 88%
T8 D 13:15 TAHA Raymond 3 C24 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1634 2069 120.5 75%

UMFC Frazzini Open 2025

Mixed Épée (C2), April 13, 2025
Place 3 of 32, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating D24, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:1 SETHRE Traci 19 U 22 Fargo-Moorhead Fencing Club / Twin Cities Fencing Club
Pool V 5:1 CAVEN Emerald 31 U 17
Pool V 5:2 MANSUETO Meredith 22 U 32 DMACC Fencing Club
Pool V 5:2 MINGO Ron 25 U 20
Pool D 1:5 ROWLAND Marsden 2 B24 1 Center for Blade Arts 2039 1696 24.4 29%
Pool V 5:2 SANFORD Wesley 12 E24 13 Center for Blade Arts 1375 1672 25.1 68%
T32 V 15:7 STENZEL Henry 29 U 28 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1291 1917 42.3 79%
T16 V 15:13 SANFORD Wesley 12 E24 13 Center for Blade Arts 1310 1959 38.1 82%
T8 V 15:9 PERLENFEIN Tyler J. 11 E25 5 Fargo-Moorhead Fencing Club 2125 1997 96.6 43%
T4 D 5:15 TOLLEFSON Zachary 1 A24 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2523 2094 47.1 26%

2025 TCFC March Challenges

Senior Mixed Épée (B2, SNR), March 23, 2025
Place 16 of 29, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating D24, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 4:5 FRALEY Orion 15 D24 21 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1522 1775 62.8 65%
Pool D 2:5 NARANJO David E. 27 U 18 Twin Cities Fencing Club / Center for Blade Arts 1560 1712 38.3 57%
Pool D 3:5 ROBBINS Christopher (Chris) W. 6 C24 8 2133 1674 21.8 23%
Pool V 5:4 TAHA Raymond 5 C24 10 Minnetonka fencing club 1695 1652 44.7 47%
T32 V 15:13 SCHLIEP Anna J. 19 E24 17 Center for Blade Arts
T16 D 13:15 TAKATA Ben 8 C24 3 Center for Blade Arts 2673 1955 38.2 15%

Ataba Fencing Club December Challenge

Senior Mixed Épée (C1, SNR), December 14, 2024
Place 3 of 23, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating U, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:1 AMICH Steve J. 15 E23 20 1575 1892 39.6 69%
Pool D 2:5 SCHERG Caleb 7 D24 6 Sheboygan Fencing Club 2104 1931 46.3 39%
Pool D 2:5 MURALIDARAN Rishab 17 U 17 2264 1885 28.9 32%
Pool D 4:5 SWANSON Dave 2 B21 8 Ataba Fencing Club 2173 1856 34.1 31%
Pool D 3:5 DELA CRUZ Noel 10 E24 7 Ataba Fencing Club 1829 1822 47.3 50%
T32 V 15:9 MURALIDARAN Rishab 17 U 17 2500 1189 309.2 12%
T16 V 15:13 CURTY Jack 4 C24 9 Ataba Fencing Club 2154 1498 352.2 19%
T8 V 15:10 DELA CRUZ Noel 10 E24 7 Ataba Fencing Club 2993 1850 246.8 11%
T4 D 12:15 ALI Adam 9 D23 2 Ataba Fencing Club / Skyward Fencing 2039 2097 142.4 53%

2024 TCFC November Challenges

Senior Mixed Épée (C1, SNR), November 24, 2024
Place 11 of 16, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating U, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 4:5 OZANNE Jeffrey S. 2 C23 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2023 1949 74.6 45%
Pool D 3:5 SCHROEDER Karl A. 5 D22 1 1973 1874 64.8 44%
Pool V 5:1 FERGUSON Edward 8 U 16 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1380 1809 33.6 70%
Pool V 5:3 HARRIS Michael 16 U 12 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1663 1843 48.9 60%
T16 D 12:15 TAHA Raymond 3 D24 7 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1682 1380 191.5 35%

The Margherita Guzzi Vincenti Cup

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), November 16, 2024
Place 18 of 47, Seed 41, Not ranked, Rating U, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:4 SERAFYM Damian 5 B24 5 Advance Fencing 2132 2015 160.6 43%
Pool D 3:5 SHIRLEY Patrick 19 C23 23 Madison Fencing Academy 1773 2176 175.7 72%
Pool V 5:1 CHEEVER Katie 35 U 45 Skyward Fencing
Pool V 5:4 HULL Ilsa 24 E24 32 Ataba Fencing Club
Pool D 2:5 SAHA Sayan 33 E22 11 Ataba Fencing Club 1717 2000 138.6 66%
Pool V 5:4 SHARPSWAIN Tennyson 10 B23 28 Madison Fencing Academy 1912 1861 87.2 47%
T32 D 9:15 EVERS Ethan 12 C24 15 2110 1548 167.4 26%

UMFC Gopher Open 2024

Mixed Épée (B2), November 3, 2024
Place 16 of 39, Seed 28, Not ranked, Rating U, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 3:5 GLENNON Michael 8 C24 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2435 1575 89.7 16%
Pool D 4:5 HARRIS Michael 20 U 31 Twin Cities Fencing Club 3250 1485 19.7 4%
Pool V 5:3 ROWLAND Marsden 5 B24 7 Center for Blade Arts 2005 1466 379.7 24%
Pool V 5:4 SANFORD Wesley 32 U 30 Center for Blade Arts 876 1845 41.1 90%
Pool V 5:4 FITZGERALD Thomas R. 17 E23 21 Central Iowa Fencing Academy 1693 1886 128.6 61%
T32 V 15:14 JORGENSEN Kjirsten 13 D24 17 Twin Cities Fencing Club
T16 D 7:15 ROBBINS Christopher (Chris) W. 12 C23 3 2496 1708 159.9 19%

2024 TCFC October Challenges

Senior Mixed Épée (E1, SNR), October 20, 2024
Place 5 of 9, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, Twin Cities Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:3 RUBIN Joshua 2 U 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1015 2500 113.8 91%
Pool V 5:4 MATCHINSKI Alex 7 U 8 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1038 2614 76.6 94%
Pool D 2:5 FRALEY Orion 3 U 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1110 2690 1115.4 95%
T8 D 12:15 RUBIN Joshua 2 U 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1578 2500 792.2 78%