Finn Salmi-Bydalek

2016

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%

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

† 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.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Events 7 4 - - - 11
Tournaments 4 3 - - - 7

Competition History

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 Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 1:5 HUANG Dalynn 11 11 E25 28 East Coast Fencing Club 1519 221 1.4 2%
Pool
D 1:5 DONG YIKUN 90 U 57 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 781 220 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 1349 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 Chance of
Victory
Pool
D 0:5 XU Ethan 20 20 E25 20 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 1548 257 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 1024 233 6.3 10%
Pool
D 0:5 ZHONG Yi 47 50 U 14 1786 227 0.6 1%
Pool
D 0:5 WU Yulen 87 98 U 119 Star Fencing Academy 1112 226 4.9 7%
T256
D 1:15 RYU Dae Hyeon 81 89 U 23 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 2012 896 12.1 5%

Midwest SYC/RCC

Y-10 Men's Foil (None, 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 Chance of
Victory
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 770 259 13.3 21%
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 662 277 15.8 27%
Pool
D 1:5 LIU Bradley 2 16 U 12 1230 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 1565 933 36.7 17%

Midwest SYC/RCC

Y-12 Men's Foil (None, 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 Chance of
Victory
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 1249 286 5.4 6%
Pool
D 4:5 BROD Baylin 46 U 56 Space City Fencing Academy 604 281 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 1073 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 Chance of
Victory
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 870 396 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 Chance of
Victory
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 Chance of
Victory
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 13 793 383 27.9 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 Chance of
Victory
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 Chance of
Victory
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 Chance of
Victory
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 Chance of
Victory
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