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Pan-African Universities Debating Championship (PAUDC)
The pan-African university championship.
Editions
- Abuja PAUDC 20262026
- Jozi PAUDC 20252025107 teamsAveragecut 17 pts
- Kampala PAUDC 2024202475 teamsAverage
- Nutifafa PAUDC 2023202364 teamsAverage
- PAUDC 2022202264 teamsAverage
- PAUDC 2021202144 teamsAverage
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.
- 1Joel A.80.1
- 2🇰🇪 Becky A.80.0
- 3Michelle A.79.9
- 4Jedidiah B.79.8
- 5🇬🇭 Henaku O.79.7
- 6Ann D.79.7
- 7Nakita S.79.7
- 8Sthembiso M.79.6
- 9Kattah K.79.4
- 10Wisden N.79.4
- 11Cheyenne P.79.4
- 12Desmond D.79.3
- 13Molemo M.79.3
- 14Zion W.79.2
- 15🇿🇼 Augustine M.78.7