North American Universities Debating Championship (NAUDC)
The North American university championship.
Editions
- NAUDC 2026202681 teamsUltra Premiercut 14 pts
- NAUDC 20252025114 teamsPremiercut 15 pts
- NAUDC 2024202479 teamsPremiercut 17 pts
- NAUDC 2023202383 teamsAveragecut 12 pts
- NAUDC 2022Add
- McGill NAUDC 2021202180 teamsAbove Averagecut 12 pts
- NAUDC 2020Add
- NAUDC 20192019cut 13 pts
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 6 analysed editions. Tap a year to see that edition alone.
69 categorised motions across all editions.
Grand final motions, year by year
- 2026This house prefers plot-driven musicals to melodic-driven musicals. · Arts & Culture
- 2025This House supports a rise in religious following in Western Liberal Democracies. · Religion
- 2024THBT it is in the best interest of the US to carry out military operations against drug cartels in Mexican territory. · International Relations
- 2023THP a world with community based, democratically run social media instead of company run social media · Technology
- 2021THP that billionaire-run charitable foundations engage in 'hits-based' giving rather than traditional charity work · Economics
- 2019THBT it is morally legitimate to avoid taxes in undemocratic regimes. · Law & Crime
What it takes to break here
- 201913 pts17/112 broke
- 202112 pts · 79.1 speaks17/80 broke
- 202312 pts · 79.9 speaks16/83 broke
- 202417 pts · 79.3 speaks16/79 broke
- 202515 pts · 79.1 speaks16/114 broke
- 202614 pts · 78.7 speaks18/81 broke
12 points has guaranteed the break in 2 of 6 editions with break data.
How scoring works here
Field average 76.6 across 5 scored editions.
- Top speaker pace82.2
- Top-10 pace80.3
- Top-20 pace79.5
Median average speaks at each finishing position, across 5 editions.
Records
- Best speaker average83.1 🇺🇸 Xiao-ke L., 2024
- Biggest field114 teams 2025
- Strongest field2026 Ultra Premier
Top speakers in this series
The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.
- 1🇺🇸 Xiao-ke L. · 2 editions83.1
- 2🇺🇸 Tejas S. · 3 editions82.4
- 3🇺🇸 Rahul K. · 3 editions82.3
- 4🇺🇸 Amitai P.82.3
- 5🇬🇧 Max R. · 2 editions82.1
- 6🇺🇸 Matt M. · 3 editions82.0
- 7🇺🇸 Madeleine W. · 2 editions82.0
- 8🇺🇸 Ryan L. · 2 editions82.0
- 9🇺🇸 Matt S. · 3 editions81.9
- 10🇺🇸 Greg W.81.8
- 11🇨🇦 Naomi P.81.7
- 12🇺🇸 Michael N.81.7
- 13🇨🇦 Jacob S. · 2 editions81.4
- 14🇺🇸 Elizabeth L. · 2 editions81.4
- 15🇺🇸 Will R. · 2 editions81.3
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 6 editions. Know who chaired another year?