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ANU Spring

The Australian National University Spring tournament.

Editions

Greyed years are editions we don’t have a tab for yet. Know where one is?

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.

  • 2021Ultra Premier
  • 2023Premier
  • 2025Premier

What gets set here

The topic mix across 3 analysed editions. Tap a year to see that edition alone.

28 categorised motions across all editions.

Education14%
International Relations14%
Politics14%
Law & Crime11%
Social & Identity7%
Economics7%
Grand final motions, year by year
  • 2025This house believes that the US rescue package for Argentina is in the interests of the Trump administration · International Relations
  • 2023In ethnically diverse countries, THW require all neighbourhoods to represent the ethnic makeup of that country · Social & Identity
  • 2021This house supports the use of ‘right to privacy’ arguments to advance social causes (for example, the decriminalisation of abortion and homosexuality). · Law & Crime

What it takes to break here

  • 202111 pts · 79.7 speaks16/85 broke
  • 202311 pts · 79.7 speaks8/45 broke
  • 202510 pts · 79.8 speaks11/54 broke

11 points has guaranteed the break in 2 of 3 editions with break data.

How scoring works here

Field average 77.7 across 3 scored editions.

  • Top speaker pace82.3
  • Top-10 pace80.6
  • Top-20 pace79.5

Median average speaks at each finishing position, across 3 editions.

Records

  • Best speaker average84.0 🇦🇺 Amrit A., 2021
  • Biggest field85 teams 2021
  • Strongest field2021 Ultra Premier

Top speakers in this series

The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.

  1. 1🇦🇺 Amrit A.84.0
  2. 2Dom G.83.2
  3. 3🇦🇺 Callum D.82.4
  4. 4🇦🇺 Jess M.82.4
  5. 5🇦🇺 Lachie D. · 2 editions82.3
  6. 6🇵🇭 David A.82.2
  7. 7Oliver C.82.2
  8. 8🇵🇭 Luigi A.82.0
  9. 9🇬🇧 Mark R. · 2 editions82.0
  10. 10🇦🇺 Maya A. · 2 editions82.0
  11. 11🇦🇺 Madeleine B.81.8
  12. 12🇦🇺 Ben J.81.8
  13. 13🇵🇭 Ignacio V.81.8
  14. 14🇦🇺 Udai K. · 3 editions81.8
  15. 15🇦🇺 Matthew T.81.6