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Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open 2025

Dec 20, 2025 · BP

Part of the Vienna Pre-WUDC series →

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The field

Premier

One of the strongest fields in the circuit. Multiple nationally-ranked teams attend.

164 teams (This edition), 133 teams (2024), 122 teams (2022)

Motions

Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open 2025 (2025)15 motionsCA: 🇺🇸 Pranav A., 🇦🇹 Paula B., 🇬🇧 Andrew C., 🇵🇭 Bea L., 🇺🇸 Mukudzeiishe M.
  • Round 0This House believes that we are more likely to live in a simulation than a naturalistic universe (one that was not created by some being).
  • Round 1This House would make secondary school (ages 12 to 18) mathematics education focus on statistics (e.g. probability, data analysis) as opposed to calculus (e.g. algebra, functions, differentiation).
  • Round 2This House would break up and redistribute the collections of major metropolitan museums (e.g. the British Museum, the Louvre, the Met, etc).
  • Round 3This House regrets Rogernomics.
  • Round 4This House opposes the increasing influence of customary authorities in African politics.
  • Round 5This House prefers a world where people do not care about what others think about them.
  • OctofinalsThis House, as the anti-abortion movement, would prioritise secular as opposed to religious advocacy.
  • ESL Partial QuartersThis House believes that post-colonial states should prioritise reformist as opposed to revolutionary values in nation-building.
  • Novice Partial SemisThis House supports the glorification of 'authentic' tourist experiences that aim to reflect local life and culture.
  • QuarterfinalsThis House would partition Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • ESL SemifinalsThis House believes that we are more likely to live in a simulation than a naturalistic universe (one that was not created by some being).
  • Novice FinalsThis House supports Bulgarians being optimistic as opposed to pessimistic about the future.
  • SemifinalsThis House prefers a world where most film is neo-realist.
  • ESL FinalThis House regrets the slowdown in EU expansion post 2007.
  • Grand FinalThis House believes that Angela Merkel's Chancellorship did more harm than good.

What gets set here

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

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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.

  • Politics · 27% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 27% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Philosophy · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Arts & Culture · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

21% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 80.0.

Last edition: 35 of 164 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break35 teams
  • ESL break22 teams
  • Novice break12 teams

How scoring works here

77.2 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.9 and 79.4.

This is 0.7 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 83.0

Top-10 pace 81.4

Top-20 pace 80.2

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

Comparable: St Andrews Pre-EUDC Part 1 (77.2), UCLA IV 2025 (76.7)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇦🇺 Udai K.MOThis House opposes the increasing influence of customary authorities in African politics.90
🇦🇺 Jack S.OWThis House opposes the increasing influence of customary authorities in African politics.89
🇬🇧 Max R.DLOThis House opposes the increasing influence of customary authorities in African politics.86
Aidan W.LOThis House would break up and redistribute the collections of major metropolitan museums (e.g. the British Museum, the Louvre, the Met, etc).86
🇩🇰 Alisa P.MOThis House would break up and redistribute the collections of major metropolitan museums (e.g. the British Museum, the Louvre, the Met, etc).86
🇬🇧 Tanush A.DLOThis House would break up and redistribute the collections of major metropolitan museums (e.g. the British Museum, the Louvre, the Met, etc).85
🇺🇸 Muzamil G.OWThis House would break up and redistribute the collections of major metropolitan museums (e.g. the British Museum, the Louvre, the Met, etc).84
🇩🇰 Daniyar B.OWThis House would break up and redistribute the collections of major metropolitan museums (e.g. the British Museum, the Louvre, the Met, etc).84
🇬🇧 Max P.DLOThis House prefers a world where people do not care about what others think about them.84
🇨🇳 Ricky J.MOThis House would break up and redistribute the collections of major metropolitan museums (e.g. the British Museum, the Louvre, the Met, etc).84
🇬🇧 Sophie H.LOThis House opposes the increasing influence of customary authorities in African politics.84
🇬🇧 Max R.DPMThis House would break up and redistribute the collections of major metropolitan museums (e.g. the British Museum, the Louvre, the Met, etc).84

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