North American Universities Debating Championship (NAUDC)
The North American university championship.
Editions
- NAUDC2027
- NAUDC 2026202681 teamsUltra Premiercut 14 pts
- NAUDC 20252025114 teamsPremier
- NAUDC 2024202479 teamsPremier
- NAUDC 2023202383 teamsAverage
- NAUDC 2022Add
- McGill NAUDC 2021202180 teamsAbove Average
- NAUDC 2020Add
- NAUDC 20192019
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.
- 2021Above Average
- 2023Average
- 2024Premier
- 2025Premier
- 2026Ultra Premier
What gets set here
The topic mix across 1 analysed edition. Tap a year to see that edition alone.
11 categorised motions across all editions.
Grand final motions, year by year
- 2026This house prefers plot-driven musicals to melodic-driven musicals. · Arts & Culture
What it takes to break here
- 202614 pts · 78.7 speaks18/81 broke
14 points has guaranteed the break in 1 of 1 editions with break data.
How scoring works here
Field average 76.3 across 1 scored edition.
- Top speaker pace81.3
- Top-10 pace80.0
- Top-20 pace79.4
Median average speaks at each finishing position, across 1 edition.
Records
- Best speaker average81.3 🇺🇸 Will R., 2026
- Biggest field114 teams 2025
- Strongest field2026 Ultra Premier
Top speakers in this series
The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.
- 1🇺🇸 Will R.81.3
- 2🇺🇸 Rahul K.80.9
- 3🇺🇸 Amy C.80.9
- 4🇺🇸 Clement T.80.9
- 5Anders W.80.6
- 6Sheryar F.80.6
- 7Stephanie C.80.4
- 8🇺🇸 Kaustubh J.80.3
- 9Benjamin T.80.1
- 10🇺🇸 Darshanik A.80.0
- 11🇨🇦 Vijay T.80.0
- 12🇨🇦 Adam B.79.9
- 13🇺🇸 Maria X.79.7
- 14🇨🇦 Karel B.79.7
- 15🇺🇸 Richard C.79.7
Who chairs it
Adjudication-core members from the editions where we know the panel.
- Yarn S.1 edition
- 🇺🇸 Gwen S.1 edition
- 🇺🇸 Sam H.1 edition
- 🇺🇸 Aditya D.1 edition
- 🇨🇦 Ruth S.1 edition
We only know the panel for 1 of 7 editions. Know who chaired another year?