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Statistics Profile

Finn Salmi-Bydalek

2016
Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 7 6 - - - 13
Losses 40 19 - - - 59
Win ratio 14.9% 24.0% - - - 18.1%
Pool victories 6 5 - - - 11
Pool losses 33 15 - - - 48
Pool win ratio 15.4% 25.0% - - - 18.6%
DE victories 1 1 - - - 2
DE losses 7 4 - - - 11
DE win ratio 12.5% 20.0% - - - 15.4%

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† 2 - - - - 2
Easy wins % 28.6% 0.0% - - - 15.4%
Close wins‡ 3 2 - - - 5
Close wins % 42.9% 33.3% - - - 38.5%
Close losses‡ 2 - - - - 2
Close losses % 5.0% 0.0% - - - 3.4%
Big losses† 28 14 - - - 42
Big losses % 70.0% 73.7% - - - 71.2%

† 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 7 4 - - - 11
Tournaments 4 3 - - - 7

Competition history

11 competitions, 72 bouts

March NAC

Y-10 Men's Foil D1, Y10 March 9, 2026

Place 98 of 108 Seed 75 Not ranked Rating U Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 HUANG Dalynn 11 11 E25 28 East Coast Fencing Club 1518 222 1.4 2%
Pool
D 1:5 DONG YIKUN 90 - U 57 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 782 220 10.3 18%
Pool
D 1:5 TURBAT Travis 22 22 U 19 Precision Athletics Fencing Club 1386 210 2.1 3%
Pool
D 1:5 HUANG Lucas 55 75 U 45 The Fencers Academy 1169 208 3.9 6%
Pool
D 2:5 XU Daniel 44 51 U 32 SoCAL Fencing Center 1078 204 4.9 8%
Pool
V 5:4 CHURAVY Emmett 87 - U 105 Cyranos Place 954 199 51.7 11%
T128
D 0:10 ZHANG alex 47 59 U 36 SoCAL Fencing Center 1350 884 44.8 24%

March NAC

Y-12 Men's Foil B2/C3, Y12 March 8, 2026

Place 227 of 229 Seed 155 Not ranked Rating U Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 XU Ethan 20 20 E25 20 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 1548 258 1.5 2%
Pool
D 1:5 KOSCIK-AQUINO Nicholas 180 - U 162 Cleveland Fencing Academy East LLC 826 256 10.8 18%
Pool
D 2:5 LALONDE Oscar 218 - U 137 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 763 245 11.7 20%
Pool
D 1:5 MENG Andy 115 133 U 111 Golubitsky Fencing Center 1025 234 6.3 10%
Pool
D 0:5 ZHONG Yi 47 50 U 14 1787 227 0.6 1%
Pool
D 0:5 WU Yulen 87 98 U 119 Star Fencing Academy 1112 227 4.9 7%
T256
D 1:15 RYU Dae Hyeon 81 89 U 23 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 2013 896 12.1 5%

Midwest SYC/RCC

Y-10 Men's Foil U, Y10 February 1, 2026

Place 32 of 46 Seed 30 Not ranked Rating U Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 SHUKLA Arjoon 41 - U 15 Fencing Center Of Chicago 936 279 10.3 14%
Pool
D 1:5 PALMERKLEIN Justin 13 55 U 11 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 954 268 9.4 13%
Pool
D 2:5 PARK Jackson 27 - U 30 Prime Fencing Academy 771 259 13.3 20%
Pool
V 5:3 VASYLYSHYN Vadym 46 - U 45 Eminence Fencing Academy 318 246 31.7 45%
Pool
D 3:5 YUAN Vincent 16 68 U 20 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 674 277 15.5 26%
Pool
D 1:5 LIU Bradley 2 16 U 12 1231 262 4.2 6%
T64
V 10:3 ZMUDA Brady 33 - U 33 West Michigan Fencing Academy 960 811 121.6 42%
T32
D 4:10 LIU Bradley 2 16 U 12 1568 933 36.5 17%

Midwest SYC/RCC

Y-12 Men's Foil C2, Y12 January 31, 2026

Place 68 of 85 Seed 75 Not ranked Rating U Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 ZHAI Alex 3 19 D25 2 East Coast Fencing Club 1795 287 0.9 1%
Pool
D 0:5 LIU Bradley 22 90 U 38 1250 286 5.4 6%
Pool
D 4:5 BROD Baylin 46 - U 56 Space City Fencing Academy 605 281 21.2 30%
Pool
D 4:5 XU Jason 25 106 U 14 Renaissance Fencing Club 1270 260 4.5 5%
Pool
D 0:5 HO Kasper 63 - U 29 Prime Fencing Academy 1074 255 7.5 9%
Pool
V 5:4 VALERI Ryan 51 - U 78 Eminence Fencing Academy 236 248 31.1 51%
T128
D 9:15 STEPHAN Tyler 70 - U 61 724 945 134.1 61%

Fencing Center of Chicago RYC / RJC

Y-12 Men's Foil U, Y12 December 7, 2025

Place 45 of 48 Seed 47 Not ranked Rating U Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 HWANG Jasper 24 - U 12 Iowa City Fencing Center 763 421 24.7 29%
Pool
D 2:5 WILLIAMS Thomas 9 - U 8 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 871 396 19.0 22%
Pool
D 1:5 ZHAI Noah 8 - U 27 Renaissance Fencing Club 1083 377 12.4 19%
Pool
D 0:5 LIM Cayden 25 - U 13 Bluegrass Fencers' Club 689 365 23.4 30%
Pool
D 1:5 NETESA Lukian 40 - U 41 Eminence Fencing Academy -43 342 54.5 73%
T64
D 5:15 KALINA Levi 10 - U 16 Iowa City Fencing Center 1250 1051 105.3 39%

Fencing Center of Chicago RYC / RJC

Y-10 Men's Foil U, Y10 December 6, 2025

Place 11 of 22 Seed 19 Not ranked Rating U Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 FOX Blake 16 - U 10 Fencing Center Of Chicago 2500 332 1.7 2%
Pool
V 5:4 BOGACZ Elliott 22 - U 18 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 415 330 51.3 45%
Pool
V 5:1 ZMUDA Brady 8 - U 12 West Michigan Fencing Academy 25 381 27.0 71%
Pool
D 0:5 PALMERKLEIN Justin 2 48 U 2 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 996 408 17.0 17%
Pool
V 5:3 LAMY Brandt 6 - U 22 Eminence Fencing Academy 211 391 29.7 60%
T16
D 2:10 SHUKLA Arjoon 18 - U 6 Fencing Center Of Chicago 1610 1132 80.9 26%

Motor City SYC/RCC

Y-10 Men's Foil U, Y10 September 21, 2025

Place 31 of 32 Seed 24 Not ranked Rating U Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 PALMERKLEIN Justin 14 - U 11 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 807 429 32.7 27%
Pool
D 3:5 GRIFFITH West 16 - U 27 Queen City Fencers Club LLC 1324 396 12.7 13%
Pool
D 1:5 ZHANG Bryson 31 - U 13 794 383 27.8 28%
Pool
D 1:5 MOON Nolan 4 19 U 8 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) 1088 356 14.7 12%
Pool
D 1:5 KANAN Noland 7 34 U 7 Renaissance Fencing Club 1255 341 9.3 7%
T32
D 0:10 MAZAHERI John 1 4 U 5 Bluegrass Fencers' Club 1733 1221 89.7 24%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Y-10 Men's Foil D1, Y10 July 7, 2025

Place 152 of 174 Seed 94 Not ranked Rating U Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 CHOU Ryland 143 - U 132 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 286 633 123.5 70%
Pool
D 2:5 SONG Enoch 7 9 E25 29 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 1497 510 12.7 6%
Pool
D 1:5 ANTIPOV Maxim 156 - U 142 Eminence Fencing Academy 292 497 90.5 62%
Pool
D 0:5 TAN benjamin 43 61 U 38 LA International Fencing 1058 407 23.9 15%
Pool
D 1:5 GU Evan 55 80 U 41 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 857 383 31.9 23%
Pool
V 5:2 OH Timothy 105 - U 109 Rain City Fencing Center 561 351 77.9 37%
T256
D 5:10 ZENG Cayden 115 - U 105 Bay Area Fencing Club 1152 1553 331.2 70%

Midwest RYC/RJCC

Y-8 Men's Foil U, Y8 February 9, 2025

Place 7 of 12 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating U Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 KOSGI Kartik 12 - U 5 866 621 90.8 37%
Pool
V 5:2 VASYLYSHYN Vadym 4 - U 9 Eminence Fencing Academy 2921 530 276.0 1%
Pool
D 1:5 LIU Charles 10 - U 1 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 871 806 97.5 46%
Pool
D 3:5 ANTIPOV Maxim 9 - U 12 Eminence Fencing Academy 993 709 57.6 36%
Pool
D 0:5 KANAN Noland 7 - U 3 Renaissance Fencing Club 1599 651 18.0 9%
T16
V 10:8 KANG Marcus 11 - U 10 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1654 1750 265.3 54%
T8
D 1:10 BASIUK Daniel 2 - U 3 Renaissance Fencing Club 1134 2016 463.1 82%

Midwest RYC/RJCC

Y-10 Men's Foil U, Y10 February 8, 2025

Place 18 of 23 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating U Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 LIU Charles 22 - U 16 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 941 1134 240.8 59%
Pool
D 3:5 TANG Ethan 5 - U 6 The Fencers Academy 1212 1375 216.4 57%
Pool
D 0:5 MADDES Gage 4 86 U 2 Renaissance Fencing Club 1026 1158 229.5 57%
Pool
D 0:5 HARRIS Locke 23 - U 17 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 167 929 307.5 85%
T32
D 5:10 LIU Charles 22 - U 16 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 1984 2500 749.7 69%

YELFC New Years Open

Y-12 Mixed Foil U, Y12 December 29, 2024

Place 13 of 17 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating U Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 CHO Yuna 7 - U 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 LUO Natalie Missing ID 13 - U 12 South YEL Fencing Alliance - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 CRONK Trevor 1 - U 2 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 870 2500 1366.2 94%
Pool
V 5:3 VELAZQUEZ Isaiah Missing ID 14 - U 16 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 CHAN Chloe Missing ID 6 - U 8 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club - - - -
T16
D 5:15 CHO Yuna 7 - U 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club - - - -