HUDC 2023

2023 · BP

The field

Below Average

A smaller or newer tournament. Good for building confidence and getting reps.

42 teams (This edition)

Motions

HUDC 2023 (2023)8 motions

Round 1THW cease to exist.
Round 1THW join Bluelock.
Round 1THW ban children based reality TV competitions (i.e. dance moms, honey boo-boo, sa-re-ga-ma-pa lil champs)
Round 1THR the rise of multiverses in movies
Round 1TH, as the feminist movement, Supports the potrayal of Bimbo Feminism in popular culture (the upcoming Barbie movie, Legally Blonde, Jeniffer's Body, etc).
Round 1TH, as a parent, would make an active decision to tell their child that they're extraordinary.
Round 1In nacient democracies, THP Keynesian protectionism to Neoliberalism.
Round 1TH, as a young priest would choose to attempt preaching religion as something rational as oppose to divine power.

What gets set here

Media38%

Social & Identity25%

Comedy & Novelty13%

Pop Culture13%

Economics13%

Religion13%

Practice Media motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›

You vs this tournament

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

Media · 38% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Social & Identity · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Comedy & Novelty · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Pop Culture · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Economics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Religion · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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 Media motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Media 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: THW ban children based reality TV competitions (i.e. dance moms, honey boo-boo, sa-re-ga-m...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Media motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: Social & IdentityPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

43% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 73.6.

Last edition: 18 of 42 teams broke.

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How scoring works here

73.9 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.0 and 75.7.

This is 0.9 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 78.8

Top-10 pace 75.8

Top-20 pace 74.8

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

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
Marziya R.	MG	THW cease to exist.	81
🇵🇰 Zaid A.	OW	—	80
Sarmad A.	GW	THW cease to exist.	80
Ali A.	MG	—	80
🇵🇰 Zaid A.	PM	—	80
Sarmad A.	DLO	—	79
🇵🇰 Zaid A.	LO	—	79
Syed S.	GW	—	79
Marziya R.	MO	—	79
Sarmad A.	OW	—	79
Hamzah A.	OW	—	79
🇵🇰 Zaid A.	GW	—	79

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