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Statistics Profile

Michael Soto

Verified
1982
Twin Cities Fencing Club

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%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† 3 11 - - - 14
Easy wins % 30.0% 20.8% - - - 22.2%
Close wins‡ 1 23 - - - 24
Close wins % 10.0% 43.4% - - - 38.1%
Close losses‡ 5 19 - - - 24
Close losses % 31.2% 37.3% - - - 35.8%
Big losses† 6 11 - - - 17
Big losses % 37.5% 21.6% - - - 25.4%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events 4 15 - - - 19
Tournaments 2 12 - - - 14

Competition history

19 competitions, 130 bouts

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 Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 ROBBINS Christopher (Chris) W. 1 - B26 2 Rochester Youth Fencers 1921 1710 10.4 36%
Pool
D 4:5 OZANNE Jeffrey S. 2 - C23 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2011 1700 8.7 30%
Pool
V 5:3 HONEK Kyle 3 - D26 3 Center for Blade Arts 1743 1691 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 1736 13.1 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 Win
Chance
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 1678 24.8 22%
Pool
D 2:5 PREIDL Matthias 21 - E26 9 Center for Blade Arts 1818 1703 11.8 43%
Pool
V 5:1 ROBBINS Christopher (Chris) W. 4 - B26 22 Rochester Youth Fencers 1934 1691 19.1 34%
T32
V 15:14 RUBIN Joshua 17 - D25 28 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1513 1717 30.9 62%
T16
D 7:15 TAKATA Benjamin 9 - C25 5 Center for Blade Arts 2460 1748 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 Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 MANSKE Niul 1 - A22 3 Still Point Fencing 2604 1704 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 1350 1701 8.8 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 1710 25.1 78%
Pool
D 4:5 GLENNON Michael 3 - C24 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2118 1685 7.5 24%
T8
D 3:10 MANSKE Niul 1 - A22 3 Still Point Fencing 3046 1719 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 Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 LI Ziyue 23 - U 13 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1289 1757 21.0 74%
Pool
V 5:2 MIEST Davis 26 - U 30 1508 1736 9.1 61%
Pool
D 2:5 SCHROEDER Karl 7 - C25 8 1919 1745 12.2 39%
Pool
D 1:5 ROWLAND Marsden 4 - B24 3 Center for Blade Arts 2038 1732 9.9 31%
Pool
D 1:5 MOHAMED Sabir 17 - E22 14 1569 1723 18.3 60%
T32
D 4:15 SIEDOW William 3 - B25 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club 2164 1743 23.4 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 Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 CHO Adrian 10 - D25 10 Arena Fencing Academy LLC 1382 1732 25.6 72%
Pool
D 0:5 HU Robert J. 3 - A25 3 Medeo Fencing Club / WangLei International Fencing Club 2315 1706 6.0 16%
Pool
V 5:4 ZHANG Yujian 5 - A24 6 WangLei International Fencing Club 2839 1700 46.9 3%
Pool
V 5:1 NOOL Gary 14 - U 15 WangLei International Fencing Club 1389 1747 9.2 71%
T16
V 15:13 CHO Adrian 10 - D25 10 Arena Fencing Academy LLC 1804 1699 54.4 43%
T8
D 8:15 CHEN Zhengyang (Allen) 1 - A25 3 WangLei International Fencing Club / Swords Fencing Studio 2576 1753 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 Win
Chance
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 1316 1825 32.7 80%
Pool
V 5:4 NUGENT Curtis 149 - U 84 Lionheart Fencing Academy/Coeur Du Lion Fencing Cl 1207 1792 6.9 83%
Pool
D 2:5 ZHOU alex 2 - B25 67 Olympic Fencers Club 1692 1799 20.7 57%
Pool
D 4:5 REID Wesley 98 - E25 71 South Denver Fencing Academy 1578 1779 22.6 63%
Pool
D 4:5 COHEN Joshua 52 - D25 8 Battle Born Fencing Club 1479 1756 24.0 68%
T256
D 12:15 NUNEZ Jorge 107 - E25 126 Fencers Club Inc. 1748 1746 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 Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 CONKLIN Jim 37 - C25 8 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2448 1838 7.1 16%
Pool
D 3:5 DEPAUW Devan 17 59 A25 20 Traverse City Fencing Club 2211 1831 10.8 27%
Pool
D 1:5 MACZIK Adam W. 4 4 A25 5 Marx Fencing Academy 2996 1820 1.5 3%
Pool
V 5:2 OLSON McGee 57 74 U 65 Kaizen Academy LLC 1038 1818 4.7 90%
Pool
V 5:4 VRUBEL Nathan 64 - U 57 Brazosport Fencing / Dragon Heart Fencing 1324 1823 8.6 79%
Pool
D 4:5 COX Matthew T. 24 37 B23 25 2467 1832 6.4 15%
T64
D 5:10 MANDOKI Sandor I. 2 2 A25 19 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 3407 1747 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 Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 RUBIN Joshua 6 - U 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1316 1826 9.4 79%
Pool
V 5:3 BLAT Robert 7 - U 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1609 1836 13.8 63%
Pool
D 2:5 OZANNE Jeffrey S. 2 - C23 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2055 1849 15.6 37%
Pool
V 5:4 HARRISKING Josh 8 - U 8 Center for Blade Arts 1517 1834 11.1 66%
Pool
V 5:4 STONE Ken 4 - E23 7 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1275 1845 7.9 82%
Pool
D 0:5 GLENNON Michael 1 - C24 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2045 1853 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 1778 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 Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 SIEDOW William 5 - B25 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club 2030 1774 31.7 34%
Pool
D 4:5 BLAT Robert 25 - U 22 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1741 1806 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 1789 52.4 7%
Pool
D 4:5 YATES Graeme 28 - U 21 Center for Blade Arts 1987 1841 14.8 42%
T32
D 13:15 STONE Ken 24 - E23 16 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1009 1897 119.7 91%

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 Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 OZANNE Jeffrey S. 1 - C23 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2014 1712 37.8 31%
Pool
D 3:5 RUBIN Joshua 5 - U 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1297 1750 41.1 77%
Pool
V 5:1 MCCHESNEY Colin J. 2 - C23 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2241 1709 39.3 21%
Pool
V 5:4 HONEK Kyle 3 - D25 5 Center for Blade Arts 1825 1748 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 50.9 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 Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 FRALEY Orion 13 - D24 11 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1557 1717 24.1 60%
Pool
D 3:5 WILLER Ryan 22 - U 19 Center for Blade Arts 1014 1741 58.3 87%
Pool
V 5:3 OBERLY Nicholas 4 - B23 3 Center for Blade Arts 2272 1683 48.5 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 1972 1731 19.2 35%
T32
V 15:3 STENZEL Henry 20 - U 21 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1202 1949 21.7 84%
T16
D 9:15 ROWLAND Marsden 3 - B24 2 Center for Blade Arts 2316 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 Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 LIMER Avi 2 - C24 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2247 1699 65.9 19%
Pool
D 4:5 CAVEN Henry 10 - U 9 1283 1765 57.0 77%
Pool
V 5:3 SMITH Bram 12 - U 12 Center for Blade Arts 1275 1708 17.3 76%
Pool
V 5:3 FRALEY Orion 7 - D24 4 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1561 1726 25.7 60%
Pool
D 2:5 TAHA Raymond 3 - C24 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1681 1751 34.6 55%
T16
V 15:9 SANFORD Wesley 9 - E24 11 Center for Blade Arts 1252 2047 22.3 88%
T8
D 13:15 TAHA Raymond 3 - C24 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1635 2069 120.6 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 Win
Chance
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 2040 1699 24.4 29%
Pool
V 5:2 SANFORD Wesley 12 - E24 13 Center for Blade Arts 1376 1674 25.0 68%
T32
V 15:7 STENZEL Henry 29 - U 28 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1291 1918 42.2 79%
T16
V 15:13 SANFORD Wesley 12 - E24 13 Center for Blade Arts 1309 1960 38.0 82%
T8
V 15:9 PERLENFEIN Tyler J. 11 - E25 5 Fargo-Moorhead Fencing Club 2125 1998 96.6 43%
T4
D 5:15 TOLLEFSON Zachary 1 - A24 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2523 2094 47.2 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 Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 FRALEY Orion 15 - D24 21 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1522 1777 62.9 65%
Pool
D 2:5 NARANJO David E. 27 - U 18 Twin Cities Fencing Club / Center for Blade Arts 1560 1714 38.3 57%
Pool
D 3:5 ROBBINS Christopher (Chris) W. 6 - C24 8 2133 1676 21.8 23%
Pool
V 5:4 TAHA Raymond 5 - C24 10 Minnetonka fencing club 1695 1654 44.5 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 2674 1956 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 Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 AMICH Steve J. 15 - E23 20 1582 1894 39.9 68%
Pool
D 2:5 SCHERG Caleb 7 - D24 6 Sheboygan Fencing Club 2107 1934 46.3 39%
Pool
D 2:5 MURALIDARAN Rishab 17 - U 17 2265 1888 28.9 32%
Pool
D 4:5 SWANSON Dave 2 - B21 8 Ataba Fencing Club 2173 1859 34.3 31%
Pool
D 3:5 DELA CRUZ Noel 10 - E24 7 Ataba Fencing Club 1831 1825 47.4 50%
T32
V 15:9 MURALIDARAN Rishab 17 - U 17 2500 1190 309.2 12%
T16
V 15:13 CURTY Jack 4 - C24 9 Ataba Fencing Club 2157 1499 353.0 18%
T8
V 15:10 DELA CRUZ Noel 10 - E24 7 Ataba Fencing Club 2994 1852 246.9 11%
T4
D 12:15 ALI Adam 9 - D23 2 Ataba Fencing Club / Skyward Fencing 2037 2099 143.0 54%

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 Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 OZANNE Jeffrey S. 2 - C23 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2023 1952 75.0 46%
Pool
D 3:5 SCHROEDER Karl A. 5 - D22 1 1972 1877 65.2 44%
Pool
V 5:1 FERGUSON Edward 8 - U 16 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1380 1812 33.4 70%
Pool
V 5:3 HARRIS Michael 16 - U 12 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1664 1846 48.8 60%
T16
D 12:15 TAHA Raymond 3 - D24 7 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1683 1382 192.0 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 Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 SERAFYM Damian 5 - B24 5 Advance Fencing 2133 2016 160.7 43%
Pool
D 3:5 SHIRLEY Patrick 19 - C23 23 Madison Fencing Academy 1803 2176 171.3 71%
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 1713 2005 140.0 67%
Pool
V 5:4 SHARPSWAIN Tennyson 10 - B23 28 Madison Fencing Academy 1915 1865 87.2 47%
T32
D 9:15 EVERS Ethan 12 - C24 15 2116 1548 166.1 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 Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 GLENNON Michael 8 - C24 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2435 1575 89.6 16%
Pool
D 4:5 HARRIS Michael 20 - U 31 Twin Cities Fencing Club 3250 1486 19.7 4%
Pool
V 5:3 ROWLAND Marsden 5 - B24 7 Center for Blade Arts 2006 1466 380.1 24%
Pool
V 5:4 SANFORD Wesley 32 - U 30 Center for Blade Arts 877 1846 41.2 90%
Pool
V 5:4 FITZGERALD Thomas R. 17 - E23 21 Central Iowa Fencing Academy 1693 1887 128.4 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 160.0 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 Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 RUBIN Joshua 2 - U 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1016 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 1111 2690 1115.2 95%
T8
D 12:15 RUBIN Joshua 2 - U 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1579 2500 792.1 78%