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Australian British Parliamentary Debating Championship (ABPDC)

The Australian BP championship. Distinct from Asian BP (ABP).

Editions

Field strength over the years

How strong each edition’s field was, on the cross-tournament strength scale.

Older editions predate a lot of the rating data we hold, so early years can read lower than they really were.

  • 2022Premier
  • 2023Above Average
  • 2024Premier
  • 2025Average

What gets set here

The topic mix across 4 analysed editions. Tap a year to see that edition alone.

34 categorised motions across all editions.

Social & Identity29%
Economics24%
Politics12%
International Relations12%
Technology9%
Law & Crime6%
Grand final motions, year by year
  • 2025This House predicts that gender inequality in the West will worsen, rather than improve, in the next 10 years · Social & Identity
  • 2024This House supports the feminist movement embracing sex positivity · Social & Identity
  • 2023This House believes that young people raised in social democracies will trend towards conservatism · Politics
  • 2022THR the decline of Spain's universal jurisdiction regime · Law & Crime

What it takes to break here

  • 20229 pts · 79.0 speaks8/21 broke
  • 202312 pts · 78.2 speaks16/54 broke
  • 202411 pts · 77.7 speaks16/56 broke
  • 202512 pts · 79.9 speaks17/68 broke

12 points has guaranteed the break in 2 of 4 editions with break data.

How scoring works here

Field average 77.1 across 4 scored editions.

  • Top speaker pace81.8
  • Top-10 pace80.0
  • Top-20 pace78.8

Median average speaks at each finishing position, across 4 editions.

Records

  • Best speaker average82.7 🇦🇺 Elinor S., 2025
  • Biggest field68 teams 2025
  • Strongest field2024 Premier

Top speakers in this series

The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.

  1. 1🇦🇺 Elinor S.82.7
  2. 2🇦🇺 Charlie R. · 3 editions82.5
  3. 3🇦🇺 Sophie S. · 3 editions82.2
  4. 4🇦🇺 Eugene B. · 3 editions81.8
  5. 5🇦🇺 Isabella F. · 2 editions81.7
  6. 6🇦🇺 Conna L. · 3 editions81.7
  7. 7🇦🇺 Mikey X.81.4
  8. 8🇦🇺 Matthew T. · 2 editions81.3
  9. 9🇦🇺 Ellie S.81.3
  10. 10🇦🇺 Daniel Y.81.2
  11. 11🇦🇺 Sam D. · 3 editions81.2
  12. 12🇦🇺 Oscar C.81.2
  13. 13🇳🇿 Harper S.81.2
  14. 14🇦🇺 Dhruv H.81.2
  15. 15🇦🇺 Sam T. · 3 editions81.0