UQ ABPDC 2026

33 days away · In person, Brisbane, Australia · BP

Above Average

A competitive tournament. Good preparation ground for larger events.

Based on the 2025 edition. This year’s field isn’t rated yet.

68 teams (2025), 56 teams (2024), 54 teams (2023), 21 teams (2022)

Round 1This House supports the Albanese government’s social media age restrictions
Round 2This House believes that Australia should create a separate democratically-elected legislature with sole authority to create policy and determine spending on energy
Round 3This House prefers the narrative that you can never really know yourself, over the narrative that emphasises the need to "find yourself"
Round 4At the conclusion of the Russo-Ukrainian War, this House believes that it is in the interests of the EU to publicly guarantee and subsequently grant Ukraine EU membership within 5 years
Round 5This House prefers that Brazilian feminists oppose, rather than support, cosmetic surgery culture
Round 6This House believes that top academic journals should publish by selecting and formally reviewing drafts from preprint servers
QuarterfinalsThis House prefers water trading systems to riparian water rights systems
SemifinalsThis House believes that the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic should accept the Western Sahara Autonomy Proposal
Grand FinalThis House predicts that gender inequality in the West will worsen, rather than improve, in the next 10 years

Social & Identity33%

International Relations22%

Technology11%

Politics11%

Education11%

Economics11%

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

Built from what this tournament sets most. Import more tabs and this plan tunes itself to your weak spots.

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Social & Identity motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Social & Identity motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: This House prefers the narrative that you can never really know yourself, over the narrati...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Social & Identity motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: International RelationsPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

25% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 12 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.9.

Last edition: 17 of 68 teams broke.

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77.3 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.7 and 79.8.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 82.7

Top-10 pace 80.5

Top-20 pace 80.0

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

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Same kind of motions, same kind of field. Worth running through their past motion sets too.