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Vienna Pre-WUDC

The Vienna Pre-WUDC, a recurring warm-up for the world championship.

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.

  • 2022Premier
  • 2024Premier
  • 2025Premier

What gets set here

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

15 categorised motions across all editions.

Politics27%
Social & Identity27%
Philosophy13%
Arts & Culture13%
Education7%
Economics7%

It changes when you break

Outrounds here lean Social & Identity: 33% of outround motions, against 17% in the inrounds.

Grand final motions, year by year
  • 2025This House believes that Angela Merkel's Chancellorship did more harm than good. · Politics

What it takes to break here

  • 202510 pts · 80.0 speaks35/164 broke

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

How scoring works here

Field average 77.2 across 1 scored edition.

  • Top speaker pace83.0
  • Top-10 pace81.4
  • Top-20 pace80.2

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

Records

  • Best speaker average83.0 🇦🇺 Jack S., 2025
  • Biggest field164 teams 2025
  • Strongest field2024 Premier

Top speakers in this series

The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.

  1. 1🇦🇺 Jack S.83.0
  2. 2🇦🇺 Udai K.82.8
  3. 3🇬🇧 Max R.82.4
  4. 4🇬🇧 Sophie H.82.2
  5. 5🇬🇧 Leo M.82.2
  6. 6🇬🇧 Max P.82.2
  7. 7Aidan W.82.0
  8. 8🇬🇧 Tanush A.82.0
  9. 9🇺🇸 Muzzi G.82.0
  10. 10Victor B.81.4
  11. 11🇺🇸 Amitai P.81.2
  12. 12Stephanie C.81.0
  13. 13🇺🇸 Molly C.81.0
  14. 14🇦🇺 Zaakir Z.81.0
  15. 15🇩🇰 Alisa P.80.8

Who chairs it

Adjudication-core members from the editions where we know the panel.

  • 🇬🇧 Andrew C.2 editions
  • 🇺🇸 Pranav A.2 editions
  • Njuguna M.1 edition
  • 🇬🇧 Lucie S.1 edition
  • Katharina J.1 edition
  • Jeremiah E.1 edition
  • 🇮🇪 Oisín B.1 edition
  • 🇮🇱 Annie S.1 edition
  • Jack S.1 edition
  • 🇦🇹 Marina K.1 edition
  • 🇦🇹 Paula B.1 edition
  • 🇵🇭 Bea L.1 edition