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Pan-African Universities Debating Championship (PAUDC)

The pan-African university championship.

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.

  • 2021Average
  • 2022Average
  • 2023Average
  • 2024Average
  • 2025Average

What gets set here

The topic mix across 1 analysed edition. Tap a year to see that edition alone.

13 categorised motions across all editions.

International Relations31%
Social & Identity23%
Economics15%
Sport8%
Media8%
Philosophy8%
Grand final motions, year by year
  • 2025TH, as an average 20-year-old African person, would enter the Waka-Trix. · Comedy & Novelty

What it takes to break here

  • 202517 pts · 77.6 speaks24/107 broke

17 points has guaranteed the break in 1 of 1 editions with break data.

How scoring works here

Field average 75.2 across 1 scored edition.

  • Top speaker pace80.1
  • Top-10 pace79.4
  • Top-20 pace78.4

Median average speaks at each finishing position, across 1 edition.

Records

  • Best speaker average80.1 Joel A., 2025
  • Biggest field107 teams 2025
  • Strongest field2023 Average

Top speakers in this series

The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.

  1. 1Joel A.80.1
  2. 2🇰🇪 Becky A.80.0
  3. 3Michelle A.79.9
  4. 4Jedidiah B.79.8
  5. 5🇬🇭 Henaku O.79.7
  6. 6Ann D.79.7
  7. 7Nakita S.79.7
  8. 8Sthembiso M.79.6
  9. 9Kattah K.79.4
  10. 10Wisden N.79.4
  11. 11Cheyenne P.79.4
  12. 12Desmond D.79.3
  13. 13Molemo M.79.3
  14. 14Zion W.79.2
  15. 15🇿🇼 Augustine M.78.7