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United Asian Debating Championship (UADC)

The pan-Asian university championship.

Editions

What gets set here

The topic mix across 7 analysed editions. Tap a year to see that edition alone.

336 categorised motions across all editions.

Philosophy32%
Social & Identity17%
Politics15%
Technology14%
International Relations13%
Law & Crime13%

It changes when you break

Outrounds here lean Philosophy: 43% of outround motions, against 23% in the inrounds.

Grand final motions, year by year
  • 2026THBT it is in ASEAN's interest to recognize the elections in Myanmar · Politics
  • 2025THP a world where the two-kingdoms doctrine was the dominant Christian worldview · Philosophy
  • 2024C: THP to be born in this world. · Philosophy
  • 2023TH prefers a world where the dominant state ideology promotes Confucianism. · Philosophy
  • 2022This house supports expanding the number of permanent members in the UN Security Council · International Relations
  • 2021This house supports the strategy of activists publicly shaming those who do not actively denounce problematic individuals · Health & Medicine
  • 2020In developing countries with weak civil-military control, THS the use of mandatory conscription. · International Relations

What it takes to break here

  • 20206 pts · 78.5 speaks29/107 broke
  • 20217 pts · 78.5 speaks28/101 broke
  • 20227 pts · 77.8 speaks35/110 broke
  • 20237 pts · 78.8 speaks32/117 broke
  • 20246 pts · 78.4 speaks16/56 broke
  • 20256 pts · 79.2 speaks16/54 broke
  • 20266 pts · 78.1 speaks28/68 broke

6 points has guaranteed the break in 4 of 7 editions with break data.

How scoring works here

Field average 77.1 across 7 scored editions.

  • Top speaker pace81.3
  • Top-10 pace79.5
  • Top-20 pace79.0

Median average speaks at each finishing position, across 7 editions.

Records

  • Best speaker average81.6 Sajid, 2020
  • Biggest field117 teams 2023

Top speakers in this series

The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.

  1. 1Sajid81.6
  2. 2🇯🇵 Kanan I. · 2 editions81.6
  3. 3🇲🇾 Ploopy81.4
  4. 4🇵🇭 Ignacio V.81.4
  5. 5🇵🇭 Mikko V. · 2 editions81.3
  6. 6Wasif81.3
  7. 7🇵🇭 David A. · 4 editions81.3
  8. 8🇸🇬 Cavan T. · 2 editions81.3
  9. 9🇲🇾 Har S.81.2
  10. 10🇵🇭 Tobi L. · 2 editions81.2
  11. 11🇯🇵 Tota T. · 3 editions81.1
  12. 12🇸🇬 Ian C. · 4 editions81.1
  13. 13Wafee80.9
  14. 14🇵🇭 Irene C. · 2 editions80.9
  15. 15🇮🇳 Jaymal L.80.8