Tournaments
St Andrews Pre-EUDC Part 1
What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.
Sat 25 Apr 2026
From 1 tab, newest St Andrews Pre-EUDC Part 1 2026.
How many points did it take?
11points were safe
in 2026
The last team in averaged 79.4 speaks in 2026.
What will they set?
- International Relations2 of 9
- Politics2 of 9
- Social & Identity2 of 9
- Philosophy2 of 9
Out of 9 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.
Practise International Relations motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
8of 47 teams made the open break
in 2026
Field strength: Ultra Premier in 2026, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Past motions
1 edition with motions on record, newest first.
St Andrews Pre-EUDC Part 1 20269 motions
- Round 0This house supports open borders.Practise this motion
- Round 1This house regrets the significant long-term increase in negative emotional language in English-language popular music lyrics.Practise this motion
- Round 2This house opposes businesses’ growing use of tiered loyalty programs.Practise this motion
- Round 3This house opposes the stigma against consensual romantic or sexual age-gap relationships between adults who are both at least in their mid-twenties.Practise this motion
- Round 4This house predicts that, a decade from now, freedom of expression at universities in the United Kingdom will be stronger, rather than weaker, than it is today.Practise this motion
- Round 5This house supports open borders.Practise this motion
- Open SemifinalsThis house believes that feminists in Peru should prioritize seeking accountability for Peru’s forced sterilization campaign (e.g., reparations for victims and their families, prosecutions of former senior government officials) over campaigning for other major contemporary sexual and reproductive rights reforms (e.g., expanded abortion access, comprehensive sex education).Practise this motion
- ESL FinalThis house regrets the rise of Pentecostalism in Latin America.Practise this motion
- Grand Final[Redacted]Practise this motion
The break, year by year
The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.
Every break in 2026
- Open break8 teams
- ESL break5 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 77.2
- where most speakers land
- 75.5 to 78.9
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 77.2
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker80.8
- 10th speaker79.4
- 20th speaker78.6
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Vienna Pre-EUDC 202677.2
- LSE Open 202178.3