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Sydney Mini
The Sydney Mini, a high-strength Australasian invitational.
Editions
- Sydney Mini 2025202524 teamsPremiercut 9 pts
- Sydney Mini 2024202444 teamsUltra Premiercut 9 pts
- Sydney Mini 2023202336 teamsUltra Premiercut 10 pts
- Sydney Mini 2022202235 teamsPremiercut 10 pts
- Sydney Mini 2021Add
- Sydney Mini 2020Add
- Sydney Mini 2019201942 teamsUltra Premiercut 27 pts
- Sydney Mini 2018201840 teamsAbove Averagecut 9 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.
- 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%
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🇦🇺 Imogen H. · 2 editions83.8
- 2🇦🇺 James S.83.6
- 3🇦🇺 Matthew T. · 3 editions83.4
- 4🇦🇺 Charlie R.83.0
- 5Benjamin J. · 2 editions82.8
- 6🇦🇺 Ellie S.82.8
- 7Daniel K.82.6
- 8🇦🇺 Bostan N. · 2 editions82.6
- 9🇦🇺 Connor O.82.4
- 10🇦🇺 Jehiel P. · 2 editions82.4
- 11🇦🇺 Eden B. · 2 editions82.2
- 12🇦🇺 Sam T. · 3 editions82.2
- 13🇦🇺 Thomas S. · 2 editions82.0
- 14🇦🇺 Udai K. · 6 editions82.0
- 15🇦🇺 Sophie S. · 4 editions82.0