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Sydney Mini

The Sydney Mini, a high-strength Australasian invitational.

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.

  • 2018Above Average
  • 2019Ultra Premier
  • 2022Premier
  • 2023Ultra Premier
  • 2024Ultra Premier
  • 2025Premier

What gets set here

The topic mix across 6 analysed editions. Tap a year to see that edition alone.

53 categorised motions across all editions.

Social & Identity21%
International Relations17%
Law & Crime17%
Politics17%
Economics13%
Arts & Culture6%

It changes when you break

Outrounds here lean Politics: 28% of outround motions, against 11% in the inrounds.

Grand final motions, year by year
  • 2025THBT it is in the interests of the Chinese people for China to form a security for access agreement with Venezuela · International Relations
  • 2024This house believes that the Biden administration had a more positive impact on the United States than the Obama administration · Politics
  • 2023This house supports the decline of geopolitical alliances based on cultural identity. · International Relations
  • 2022This house would give the Romani people of Europe full representation in the European Union · Politics
  • 2019Assuming feasibility, This House would allow people to sell their happiness to others. · Comedy & Novelty
  • 2018This House would constitutionally compel the President of South Africa to form governments including all major political parties, with positions in cabinet allocated proportionately to each party’s vote share. · Politics

What it takes to break here

  • 20189 pts · 79.6 speaks16/40 broke
  • 201927 pts · 79.4 speaks17/42 broke
  • 202210 pts · 79.2 speaks8/35 broke
  • 202310 pts · 79.5 speaks12/36 broke
  • 20249 pts · 79.4 speaks16/44 broke
  • 20259 pts · 80.5 speaks8/24 broke

9 points has guaranteed the break in 3 of 6 editions with break data.

How scoring works here

Field average 77.7 across 6 scored editions.

  • Top speaker pace82.6
  • Top-10 pace80.8
  • Top-20 pace79.6

Median average speaks at each finishing position, across 6 editions.

Records

  • Best speaker average83.8 🇦🇺 Imogen H., 2018
  • Biggest field44 teams 2024
  • Strongest field2024 Ultra Premier

Top speakers in this series

The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.

  1. 1🇦🇺 Imogen H. · 2 editions83.8
  2. 2🇦🇺 James S.83.6
  3. 3🇦🇺 Matthew T. · 3 editions83.4
  4. 4🇦🇺 Charlie R.83.0
  5. 5Benjamin J. · 2 editions82.8
  6. 6🇦🇺 Ellie S.82.8
  7. 7Daniel K.82.6
  8. 8🇦🇺 Bostan N. · 2 editions82.6
  9. 9🇦🇺 Connor O.82.4
  10. 10🇦🇺 Jehiel P. · 2 editions82.4
  11. 11🇦🇺 Eden B. · 2 editions82.2
  12. 12🇦🇺 Sam T. · 3 editions82.2
  13. 13🇦🇺 Thomas S. · 2 editions82.0
  14. 14🇦🇺 Udai K. · 6 editions82.0
  15. 15🇦🇺 Sophie S. · 4 editions82.0