2023 Final X - Newark

Final X By The Numbers

Final X By The Numbers

Dig into the numbers of where the Final X contestants come from, how they've gotten here and the staggering number of World medalists on this year's card.

Jun 9, 2023 by Andy Hamilton
Final X By The Numbers

Final X is finally here again — and it’s back with a new one-day, one-location format. 

The culminating event of USA Wrestling’s World Team selection process takes place Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., where many of the top stars from the first three chapters of Final X continue building their legacies and a new wave of American stars begin forging their futures on the Senior level. 

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Here’s a Final X breakdown by the numbers: 

Average Age Of This Year’s Final X Card 

Women’s Freestyle — 24.7

Men’s Freestyle — 27.2 

Greco-Roman — 27.5 

Final X Participants By Home State 

1. California — 11 

T-2. Illinois — 5

T-2. New York — 5

T-4. Indiana — 4

T. 4. Minnesota — 4 

Final X Participants By College 

1. Penn State — 5

T-2. Cornell — 4

T-2. Northern Michigan — 4 

4. Simon Fraser — 3 

T-5. Arizona State — 2

T-5. Illinois — 2 

T-5. King — 2 

T-5. Michigan — 2 

T-5. Minnesota — 2 

T. 5. Nebraska — 2 

Previous Final X Appearances By Style 

Men’s freestyle — 29 

Women’s freestyle — 23 

*Greco-Roman — 18 

*Greco-Roman was not part of the first Final X in 2018. 

Most Career Final X Matches (match record) 

8 — Jordan Burroughs (6-2) 

8 — Kayla Miracle (5-3) 

8 — Forrest Molinari (5-3) 

8 — Mallory Velte (4-4) 

7 — J’den Cox (6-1) 

7 — Thomas Gilman (5-2) 

7 — Jacarra Winchester (6-1) 

6 — Kyle Dake (6-0)

6 — Sarah Hildebrandt (6-0) 

6 — Pat Smith (3-3) 

6 — Kyle Snyder (6-0) 

6 — Tamyra Mensah Stock (6-0) 

Total Senior-Level World And Olympic Medals Won By This Year’s Participants (high) 

Men’s Freestyle — 40 (Burroughs — 10)

Women’s Freestyle — 29 (Adeline Gray — 9) 

Greco-Roman — 2 — (Adam Coon, Aliaksandr Kikinou — 1) 

Age-Group World Team Appearances By This Year’s Participants (high) 

Women’s Freestyle — 50 (Miracle — 8) 

Greco-Roman — 34 (Cohlton Schultz — 7) 

Men’s Freestyle — 25 (Gable Steveson — 4) 

Age-Group World Medals Won By This Year’s Participants (high) 

Women’s Freestyle — 25 (Amit Elor — 5) 

Men’s Freestyle — 15 (Steveson — 3) 

Greco-Roman — 5 (Schultz, Coon — 2) 

Age-Group World Titles Won By This Year’s Participants (high) 

Men’s Freestyle — 9 (Steveson — 3) 

Women’s Freestyle — 8 (Elor — 4)

Greco-Roman — 3 (Schultz, Coon, Kamal Bey — 1) 

Senior/Age-Group World Champions On This Year’s Final X Card 

Men’s Freestyle — 11 (Burroughs, Aaron Brooks, Cox, Dake, Yianni Diakomihalis, Gilman, Mason Parris, Zain Retherford, Snyder, Steveson, David Taylor) 

Women’s Freestyle — 8 (Kennedy Blades, Elor, Katie Gomez, Gray, Macey Kilty, Maroulis, Dominique Parrish, Winchester) 

Greco-Roman — 3 (Bey, Coon, Schultz) 

Other Final X Facts, Figures And Notable Numbers 

0 — Points allowed by Sarah Hildebrandt in six career Final X matches. 

0 — Points allowed by Helen Maroulis in four career Final X matches 

4 — Points allowed by Kyle Snyder in six career Final X matches. 

45 — Points scored by Hildebrandt in her six Final X matches. 

42 — Points scored by Maroulis in her four Final X matches. 

56 — Points scored by Snyder in his six Final X matches. 

3 — Weights Zahid Valencia has wrestled at in three trips to Final X (79 kg, 86 kg, 92 kg) 

5 — Teenagers on this year’s Final X card (Audrey Jimenez, Katie Gomez, Amit Elor, Kennedy Blades and Robert Perez III).  

2 — Times a Final X series has had every match determined by criteria (Nick Gwiazdowski over Gable Steveson in 2019; Max Nowry over Brady Koontz in 2022).  

4 — Times a Final X series had a clinching match end on criteria (Hayden Zillmer over Gwiazdowski in 2022, Nowry over Koontz in 2022, Gwiazdowski over Steveson in 2019, Erin Clodgo over Rachel Watters in 2018).  

9 — Times a Final X series went to a third bout in 2022.

19 — Times a series has gone to a third bout since the inception of Final X.  

10 — Times a wrestler lost the first match of a Final X series and came back to win the series. 

6 — Hodge Trophy winners on this year’s card (Jordan Burroughs, Kyle Dake, Mason Parris, Zain Retherford, Gable Steveson, David Taylor).  

11 — Times Final X 60-kilogram Greco contestants Ildar Hafizov and Dalton Roberts have squared off in competition since 2018. 

16 — NCAA champions on the men’s freestyle Final X card.

10 — College national champions on the Final X women’s freestyle card. 

20 — Most total points scored in a Final X match (Yianni Diakomihalis dec. Evan Henderson 11-9 in 2022). 

39 — Most points scored in a Final X series (Nahshon Garrett vs. Joe Colon in 2018). 

17 — Age of the youngest competitor in this year’s field (Audrey Jimenez) 

43 — Age of the oldest competitor in this year’s field (Aliaksandr Kikinou) 

1996 — The year Kikinou placed fourth at the Cadet World Championships for Belarus. 

1998 — The year Kamal Bey — Kikinou’s Final X opponent — was born. 

25 — States that have a native on this year’s Final X card.  

Final X is the Beat the Streets New York Benefit

It is the second straight year Final X will serve as the Beat the Streets New York Annual Benefit. This year’s event will be the 13th BTSNY Annual Benefit. These unique and electrifying annual events help BTSNY raise more than $1 million each year to support local youth wrestling programs which empower young people in New York City. The BTSNY Annual Benefit after-party will follow the conclusion of Final X. Benefit tickets and sponsorship packages (Final X plus exclusive after-party celebration access), that also provide the best wrestling-event seats, are available at give.btsny.org/beatthestreetsbenefit2023. For more information on ticket packages, email Katrin Pokalyukhin at katrin@btsny.org. Event-only tickets for Final X without access to the BTSNY after-party celebration are available on Ticketmaster.