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9th VUBP

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The field

Average

A standard open. Solid competition with a mix of experience levels.

40 teams (This edition)

Motions

9th VUBP (2026)10 motions
  • Round 1THBT debate communities should raise debaters to actively "pay it forward" to their local circuits
  • Round 1As the government of a developing country, THW prioritize establishing branch campuses of prominent foreign universities versus prioritizing local investments in improving tertiary institutions
  • Round 1THW implement a graduated minimum wage system in the Philippines
  • Round 1THS the decreasing presence of religious themes and subtexts in Filipino coming-of-age stories
  • Round 1TH, as the scientific community, regrets the publication of Dr. Halassy's self-experiment in Vaccines
  • Round 1TH, as the Philippine feminist movement, celebrates the rise of vocal Filipina personalities (e.g. Toni Fowler, Nadine Lustre, and Lea Salonga)
  • Round 1TH, as the Nobel Committee, would revoke Machado's Nobel Peace Prize
  • Round 1TH rejects the centrality of pursuing desire to the trans identity
  • Round 1TH, as Bongbong Marcos, would prioritize domestic job creation over policies that expand overseas labor deployment
  • Round 1THO the rapid trend of reclamation projects in the Visayas region (e.g. Dumaguete, Leyte, and Cebu)

What gets set here

Meta-Debate10%
Education10%
Economics10%
Social & Identity10%

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You vs this tournament

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

  • Social & Identity · 30% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Philosophy · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Meta-Debate · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Health & Medicine · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

30% of teams break

Break on speaks? Average at least 75.4.

Last edition: 12 of 40 teams broke.

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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

  • College break12 teams
  • High School break12 teams

How scoring works here

75.3 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.7 and 76.8.

This is 0.6 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 78.3

Top-10 pace 77.5

Top-20 pace 76.3

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

Comparable: Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3), Munich Open 2026 (73.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Francis J.PM—79
Speaker A.DPM—79
Speaker A.OW—79
🇵🇭 Fiel L.OW—79
Haleigh M.MO—79
Del C.MO—79
Del C.PMTHBT debate communities should raise debaters to actively "pay it forward" to their local circuits79
Speaker A.MO—79
Adrian M.DLO—79
Sam B.OW—78
Carl B.LOTHBT debate communities should raise debaters to actively "pay it forward" to their local circuits78
Sam B.DPM—78

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