Fencers

Maximo ZAFFT

🇺🇸 USA · Marx Fencing Academy · Right-handed

Men’s Épée, 2014–2023

About this fencer

FIE 53704 · USA 100173451

USA Fencing rating: Épée A2023 · Foil Unrated (U) · Sabre Unrated (U)

USA Fencing classifications run from A to E; U means unrated. A year after the letter is the year that classification was earned.

Record and rankings

Counts cover published results recorded here. Verified source copies count once; other source records remain separate.

Results
157
Podiums
48
Competitions won
18
FIE ranking
342nd Junior Épée · 2021–22
Best finish
1st of 170, National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC
Where they finished in each field, over time A result A podium
Winner1stTop quarter¼Halfway½LastLast 31st of 267, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals), 2023-06-30 21st of 247, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, Division 1 Championships/April NAC, 2023-04-21 1st of 142, Senior Division IA Men’s Épée, Goldfinch ROC D1A, Vet, RJCC and chair fencing, 2023-03-25 41st of 422, Junior Men’s Épée, Junior Olympics, February 2023, 2023-02-17 1st of 90, Senior Division IA Men’s Épée, Duel of the East Coast ROC/RJCC, 2023-01-28 2nd of 77, Junior Men’s Épée, Duel of the East Coast ROC/RJCC, 2023-01-28 78th of 362, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, January NAC, January 2023, 2023-01-06 34th of 300, Junior Men’s Épée, January NAC, January 2023, 2023-01-06 27th of 260, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, December NAC, December 2022, 2022-12-09 20th of 324, Junior Men’s Épée, December NAC, December 2022, 2022-12-09 2nd of 102, Senior Division IA Men’s Épée, Boston Fencing Club ROC, October 2022, 2022-10-29 29th of 291, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, October NAC, October 2022, 2022-10-07 17th of 122, Senior Division IA Men’s Épée, Neil Lazar Div1A/Div2/Veteran ROC, New Haven, CT, 2022-09-24 5th of 43, Junior Men’s Épée, Star Cup RYC/RJCC, Taunton, MA, 2022-09-17 9th of 84, Junior Men’s Épée, Boston Fencing Club RJCC, September 2022, 2022-09-03 40th of 234, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge, July 2022, 2022-07-02 33rd of 415, Junior Men’s Épée, USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge, July 2022, 2022-07-02 66th of 328, Junior Men’s Épée, Division I and Parafencing Nat'l Championships & April NAC, 2022-04-21 45th of 280, Junior Men’s Épée, Junior Olympic Championships, February 2022, 2022-02-18 84th of 300, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, January NAC, January 2022, 2022-01-07 19th of 324, Junior Men’s Épée, January NAC, January 2022, 2022-01-07 29th of 260, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, December NAC, December 2021, 2021-12-09 36th of 343, Junior Men’s Épée, December NAC, December 2021, 2021-12-09 69th of 199, Junior Men’s Épée, FIE Junior World Cup, Luxembourg 2021, 2021-12-05 5th of 41, Senior Men’s Épée, New York Open - Senior Men's Epee, November 2021, 2021-11-28 32nd of 251, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, October NAC, October 2021, 2021-10-29 20th of 218, Junior Men’s Épée, July Challenge & Parafencing Nat'l Championships, 2021-07-22 109th of 282, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC, 2021-07-03 1st of 170, Senior Division IA Men’s Épée, National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC, 2021-07-03 14th of 301, Junior Men’s Épée, National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC, 2021-07-03 11th of 49, Senior Men’s Épée, 2021 Pomme De Terre - EPEE, 2021-06-11 29th of 235, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, June NAC, 2021-06-04 8th of 216, Junior Men’s Épée, June NAC, 2021-06-04 1st of 40, Junior Men’s Épée, Boston Fencing Club RJCC Reg Opens 4/12, 2021-05-29 26th of 151, Junior Men’s Épée, May NAC, 2021-05-06 53rd of 161, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, May NAC, 2021-05-06 3rd of 25, Senior Men’s Épée, NSFC Vladimir Gofman Memorial Senior M/W EPEE, May 2021, 2021-05-02 2nd of 70, Open Men’s Épée, WAY Epic Epee: Men's A4 cometh & Women's Div 3, 2021-03-21 2nd of 34, Open Men’s Épée, WAY Epee: Men's A2 possible, 2021-02-21 8th of 156, Junior Men’s Épée, USA Fencing Baltimore SJCC Tournament, 2020-02-28 25th of 439, Junior Men’s Épée, Junior Olympic Championships, February 2020, 2020-02-14 97th of 425, Cadet Men’s Épée, Junior Olympic Championships, February 2020, 2020-02-14 36th of 83, Senior Division IA Men’s Épée, Boston Fencing Club ROC, February 2020, 2020-02-01 2nd of 32, Junior Men’s Épée, Gold Finch ROC (D1, D2 and Vet) and Non-Regional Junior and Cadet, 2020-01-25 2nd of 163, Cadet Men’s Épée, Capitol Clash SYC, RCC, Veteran ROC & Y8, 2020-01-18 210th of 294, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, January NAC, January 2020, 2020-01-03 93rd of 331, Junior Men’s Épée, January NAC, January 2020, 2020-01-03 12th of 80, Junior Men’s Épée, USA Fencing Salt Lake City SJCC Tournament, 2019-12-13 3rd of 78, Cadet Men’s Épée, USA Fencing Salt Lake City SJCC Tournament, 2019-12-13 73rd of 215, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, December NAC, December 2019, 2019-12-06 29th of 388, Cadet Men’s Épée, November NAC, November 2019, 2019-11-08 63rd of 402, Junior Men’s Épée, November NAC, November 2019, 2019-11-08 9th of 94, Senior Division IA Men’s Épée, THRUST FALL ROC/RYC w/Veterans and Y8, 2019-11-02 90th of 231, Cadet Men’s Épée, October NAC, October 2019, 2019-10-18 222nd of 255, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, October NAC, October 2019, 2019-10-18 2nd of 40, Cadet Men’s Épée, Integrity RJCC CUP, 2019-08-24 9th of 45, Senior Mixed Épée, War of the Roses at NWFC (Open Epee, Y14 Epee), August 2019, 2019-08-10 117th of 254, Senior Division IA Men’s Épée, USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge, June 2019, 2019-06-28 130th of 359, Cadet Men’s Épée, USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge, June 2019, 2019-06-28 83rd of 500, Junior Men’s Épée, USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge, June 2019, 2019-06-28 27th of 108, Senior Men’s Épée, NEUSFA 2019 Pomme De Terre Individual, 2019-06-15 46th of 304, Cadet Men’s Épée, Junior Olympic National Championships, February 2019, 2019-02-15 126th of 341, Junior Men’s Épée, Junior Olympic National Championships, February 2019, 2019-02-15 1st of 112, Cadet Men’s Épée, Capitol Clash SYC & RCC with Non-Regional Veteran and Y8, 2019-02-01 189th of 329, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, January NAC, January 2019, 2019-01-04 88th of 364, Junior Men’s Épée, January NAC, January 2019, 2019-01-04 74th of 155, Senior Division IA Men’s Épée, January NAC, January 2019, 2019-01-04 47th of 111, Senior Division IA Men’s Épée, December NAC, December 2018, 2018-12-14 200th of 255, Senior Division I Men’s Épée, December NAC, December 2018, 2018-12-14 1st of 15, Junior Men’s Épée, Connecticut Division Junior Olympic Qualifiers, Danbury, CT, November 2018, 2018-11-17 53rd of 336, Cadet Men’s Épée, November NAC, November 2018, 2018-11-09 105th of 353, Junior Men’s Épée, November NAC, November 2018, 2018-11-09 1st of 11, Senior Division IA Men’s Épée, Flower City ROC RJCC Vet Challenge, 2018-10-26 1st of 6, Cadet Men’s Épée, Flower City ROC RJCC Vet Challenge, 2018-10-26 72nd of 203, Cadet Men’s Épée, October NAC, October 2018, 2018-10-12 2nd of 21, Junior Men’s Épée, Neil Lazar RYC/Vet ROC, 2018-09-22 2nd of 46, Cadet Men’s Épée, Neil Lazar RYC/Vet ROC, 2018-09-22 22nd of 254, Y14 Men’s Épée, USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge, 2018-06-28 240th of 322, Junior Men’s Épée, USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge, 2018-06-28 70th of 213, Cadet Men’s Épée, USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge, 2018-06-28 65th of 112, Senior Men’s Épée, NEUSFA 2018 Pomme De Terre Individual, 2018-06-16 37th of 53, Senior Division IA Men’s Épée, Jeff Wolfe Long Island Challenge ROC 2018, 2018-04-28 5th of 10, Open Mixed Sabre, Tri-Club Unsanctioned Saber, April 2018, 2018-04-13 2nd of 25, U16 Men’s Épée, Boston Fencing Club Region 3 RJCC, April 2018, 2018-04-07 14th of 50, U19 Men’s Épée, Boston Fencing Club Region 3 RJCC, April 2018, 2018-04-07 32nd of 198, Y14 Men’s Épée, March NAC, March 2018, 2018-03-09 14th of 27, Senior Men’s Épée, Boston Fencing Club D1A/D2/Bill Hall Vet ROC, March 2018, 2018-03-02 101st of 324, Junior Men’s Épée, Junior Olympic National Championships, February 2018, 2018-02-16 192nd of 266, Cadet Men’s Épée, Junior Olympic National Championships, February 2018, 2018-02-16 16th of 126, Cadet Men’s Épée, Capitol Clash SYC and Cadet RCC 2018, 2018-01-13 7th of 130, Y14 Men’s Épée, Capitol Clash SYC and Cadet RCC 2018, 2018-01-13 16th of 65, Junior Men’s Épée, East Coast Challenge, 2017-12-09 17th of 44, Cadet Men’s Épée, East Coast Challenge, 2017-12-09 2nd of 57, Senior Division II (C and under) Men’s Épée, December NAC, 2017-12-08 16th of 65, Junior Men’s Épée, East Coast Challenge RJCC (Region 3), 2017-12-02 17th of 44, Cadet Men’s Épée, East Coast Challenge RJCC (Region 3), 2017-12-02 3rd of 16, Senior Mixed Épée, The Turkey Stab Open & "E" and Under, November 2017, 2017-11-25 7th of 12, Junior Men’s Épée, Connecticut Junior Olympic Qualifiers-Junior, November 2017, 2017-11-19 54th of 94, Y14 Men’s Épée, November NAC, 2017-11-10 121st of 225, Cadet Men’s Épée, November NAC, 2017-11-10 9th of 24, Cadet Men’s Épée, Ben Gutenberg Memorial SYC & Cadet, October 2017, 2017-10-27 5th of 41, Y14 Men’s Épée, Ben Gutenberg Memorial SYC & Cadet, October 2017, 2017-10-27 14th of 59, Cadet Men’s Épée, Mission RJCC, 2017-10-07 25th of 69, Junior Men’s Épée, Mission RJCC, 2017-10-07 2nd of 31, Cadet Men’s Épée, Neil Lazar RYC / Y8/Cadet / Junior/ Veteran, 2017-09-23 2nd of 40, Y14 Men’s Épée, Neil Lazar RYC / Y8/Cadet / Junior/ Veteran, 2017-09-23 1st of 8, Cadet Men’s Épée, Charter Oak Regional Youth Circuit (RYC) / Cadet, 2017-09-09 1st of 15, Y14 Men’s Épée, Charter Oak Regional Youth Circuit (RYC) / Cadet, 2017-09-09 10th of 45, Y14 Men’s Épée, Boston Fencing Club SYC, 2017-09-01 2nd of 40, Senior E and under Men’s Épée, NEUSFA, 2017 Pomme De Terre Individual, 2017-06-17 1st of 20, Senior E and under Mixed Épée, Five Weapon E Meet, June 2017, 2017-06-03 8th of 45, Y14 Men’s Épée, Fairfax Challenge SYC, 2017-04-28 21st of 92, Senior Division III (D and under) Men’s Épée, 2017 DV1/TM & CHR Natl CHM & April NAC (DV2/3, VET/TM), 2017-04-21 68th of 86, Senior Division II (C and under) Men’s Épée, 2017 DV1/TM & CHR Natl CHM & April NAC (DV2/3, VET/TM), 2017-04-21 1st of 4, Y14 Men’s Épée, CT Division Summer National Div 2-3/Y14/Vet Quals, 2017-04-09 3rd of 16, Senior Division II (C and under) Men’s Épée, CT Division Summer National Div 2-3/Y14/Vet Quals, 2017-04-09 5th of 31, Senior Division II (C and under) Men’s Épée, Boston Fencing Club D1A/D2/Bill Hall Vet ROC, March 2017, 2017-03-17 5th of 31, Senior Division II (C and under) Men’s Épée, Boston Fencing Club ROC/Bill Hall Veteran Challeng, 2017-03-17 60th of 106, Senior Division II (C and under) Men’s Épée, March NAC 2017 (DV2, YOUTH, 14TM), 2017-03-10 118th of 155, Y14 Men’s Épée, March NAC 2017 (DV2, YOUTH, 14TM), 2017-03-10 21st of 48, Senior Men’s Épée, NEUSFA Tom Gorman Beanpot Open, 2017-01-29 79th of 130, Cadet Men’s Épée, Capitol Clash SYC & RCC, 2017-01-14 79th of 133, Cadet Men’s Épée, Capitol Clash SYC and Cadet RCC 2017, 2017-01-14 5th of 121, Y14 Men’s Épée, Capitol Clash SYC & RCC, 2017-01-14 5th of 123, Y14 Men’s Épée, Capitol Clash SYC and Cadet RCC 2017, 2017-01-14 24th of 55, Cadet Men’s Épée, Cobra Challenge Super Youth (SYC) and Cadet, 2016-11-25 5th of 72, Y14 Men’s Épée, Cobra Challenge Super Youth (SYC) and Cadet, 2016-11-25 11th of 48, Y14 Men’s Épée, Ben Gutenberg Memorial SYC & Cadet, October 2016, 2016-10-28 11th of 47, Y14 Men’s Épée, Ben Gurenburg Memorial SYC, 2016-10-28 1st of 21, Senior Unrated Men’s Épée, NEUSFA 6 Weapon Unclassified, September 2016, 2016-09-24 6th of 38, Y14 Men’s Épée, The Neil Lazar RYC / Cadet / Veteran ROC, 2016-09-17 10th of 62, Y14 Men’s Épée, Thrust Fall Super Youth Circuit (SYC), 2016-09-10 1st of 21, Y14 Mixed Épée, Boston Fencing Club RYC 1 Region III, 2016-08-20 1st of 2, Y12 Men’s Épée, Nutmeg State Games Fencing, July 2016, 2016-07-23 1st of 5, Y14 Men’s Épée, Nutmeg State Games Fencing, July 2016, 2016-07-23 3rd of 15, Y12 Unrated Mixed Épée, Boston Fencing Club Youth Tournament Series 4, Boston, MA, 2016-06-04 7th of 9, Y14 Unrated Mixed Épée, Boston Fencing Club Youth Tournament Series 4, Boston, MA, 2016-06-04 2nd of 11, Y14 Mixed Épée, Boston Fencing Club Youth Tournament Series 3, Waltham, MA, 2016-02-27 1st of 15, Y12 Mixed Épée, Boston Fencing Club Youth Tournament Series 3, Waltham, MA, 2016-02-27 6th of 17, Y12 Mixed Épée, Boston Fencing Club RYC II Region III, 2016-01-02 21st of 41, Y12 Men’s Épée, COBRA Challenge Super Youth (SYC) and Cadet, 2015-11-27 7th of 11, Y14 Mixed Épée, Boston Fencing Club Youth Tournament Series 2, 2015-11-07 2nd of 16, Y12 Mixed Épée, Boston Fencing Club Youth Tournament Series 2, 2015-11-07 14th of 27, Y12 Men’s Épée, Daugherty Youth Cup SYC, 2015-10-17 2nd of 21, Y12 Mixed Épée, Boston Fencing Club Youth Tournament Series 1, 2015-10-03 1st of 2, Y12 Mixed Épée, Nutmeg State Games Fencing, July 2015, 2015-07-18 3rd of 9, Y12 Mixed Épée, Boston Fencing Club Youth Tournament Series 4, Waltham, MA, 2015-05-09 3rd of 7, Y14 Unrated Men’s Foil, Worcester FC Novice Youth Foil & Epee, 2015-05-02 7th of 9, Y12 Mixed Épée, Boston Fencing Club RYC Region III, April 2015, 2015-04-25 7th of 9, Y12 Men’s Épée, RYC Boston Fencing Club (Reg 3), April 2015, 2015-04-25 3rd of 11, Y12 Mixed Épée, Boston Fencing Club Youth Tournament Series 3, 2015-03-07 3rd of 6, Y12 Mixed Épée, Boston Fencing Club Youth Tournament Series 2, Waltham, MA, 2014-12-20 3rd of 11, Y12 Men’s Épée, RYC Boston Fencing Club (Reg 3), October 2014, 2014-10-05 3rd of 11, Y12 Mixed Épée, BFC Regional Youth Circuit Region III, October 2014, 2014-10-05 3rd of 7, Y10 Mixed Foil, Nutmeg State Games Fencing, July 2014, 2014-07-19 3rd of 11, Y12 Mixed Foil, IFC Youth Tournament, West Roxbury, MA, 2014-06-08 5th of 9, Y12 Mixed Foil, FVFA C & Under Foil/Epee and Youth Mixed Foil, 2014-06-07

Results

Results: 157

WhenCompetitionEventPlace
7 Jan 2022January NAC, January 2022AskFREDJunior Men’s Épée19th of 324
9 Dec 2021December NAC, December 2021AskFREDSenior Division I Men’s Épée29th of 260
9 Dec 2021December NAC, December 2021AskFREDJunior Men’s Épée36th of 343
5 Dec 2021FIE Junior World Cup, Luxembourg 2021FIEJunior Men’s Épée69th of 199
28 Nov 2021New York Open - Senior Men's Epee, November 2021AskFREDSenior Men’s Épée5th of 41
29 Oct 2021October NAC, October 2021AskFREDSenior Division I Men’s Épée32nd of 251
22 Jul 2021July Challenge & Parafencing Nat'l ChampionshipsAskFREDJunior Men’s Épée20th of 218
3 Jul 2021National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NACAskFREDSenior Division I Men’s Épée109th of 282
3 Jul 2021National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NACAskFREDSenior Division IA Men’s Épée1st of 170
3 Jul 2021National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NACAskFREDJunior Men’s Épée14th of 301
11 Jun 20212021 Pomme De Terre - EPEEAskFREDSenior Men’s Épée11th of 49
4 Jun 2021June NACAskFREDSenior Division I Men’s Épée29th of 235
4 Jun 2021June NACAskFREDJunior Men’s Épée8th of 216
29 May 2021Boston Fencing Club RJCC Reg Opens 4/12AskFREDJunior Men’s Épée1st of 40
6 May 2021May NACAskFREDJunior Men’s Épée26th of 151
6 May 2021May NACAskFREDSenior Division I Men’s Épée53rd of 161
2 May 2021NSFC Vladimir Gofman Memorial Senior M/W EPEE, May 2021AskFREDSenior Men’s Épée3rd of 25
21 Mar 2021WAY Epic Epee: Men's A4 cometh & Women's Div 3AskFREDOpen Men’s Épée2nd of 70
21 Feb 2021WAY Epee: Men's A2 possibleAskFREDOpen Men’s Épée2nd of 34
28 Feb 2020USA Fencing Baltimore SJCC TournamentAskFREDJunior Men’s Épée8th of 156

Head to head

Against left-handers 0–1 · right-handers 5–1, where the FIE says which hand they fence with. Left and right

Everyone they’ve met in events whose bouts are kept here, the most met first. Each goes to their bouts together.

AgainstWonLostLast met
Benedict SCHENKENGEL015 Dec 2021
Enrico PIATTI015 Dec 2021
Ian-Etienne KOLDITZ105 Dec 2021
Jan PAKULA105 Dec 2021
Lazare CAVADINI105 Dec 2021
Everyone they’ve met (2 more)
AgainstWonLostLast met
Philip DOBSON105 Dec 2021
Simon QVISTGAARD105 Dec 2021

Figures

rating, ranking and how they fence

Over time

fency ELO each season Épée Foil Sabre
190016501400 Épée 1519, 2014–15 Épée 1596, 2015–16 Épée 1646, 2016–17 Épée 1667, 2017–18 Épée 1660, 2018–19 Épée 1693, 2019–20 Épée 1747, 2020–21 Épée 1763, 2021–22 Épée 1810, 2022–23 Foil 1507, 2013–14 Foil 1510, 2014–15 Sabre 1499, 2017–18
Their FIE ranking each season, 1st at the top Junior Épée
1st10th100th Junior Épée 342nd, 2021–22
As a table
SeasonWeaponfency ELOFIE ranking
2022–23Épée1,810
2021–22Épée1,763342nd Junior
2020–21Épée1,747
2019–20Épée1,693
2018–19Épée1,660
2017–18Sabre1,499
2017–18Épée1,667
2016–17Épée1,646
2015–16Épée1,596
2014–15Foil1,510
2014–15Épée1,519
2013–14Foil1,507

How fency ELO works · the best now

How they fence

StageWon–lostAn average boutBy one touch
Pools5–1 83%4.5–3.23–1
Tables0–1 0%9–150–0