Vanderbilt 2024

Feb 2, 2024 · BP

The field

Below Average

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

72 teams (This edition)

Motions

Vanderbilt 2024 (2024)11 motions

Round 1TH, as an individual, would quit social media.
Round 2TH, as the DNC, would NOT support the reelection of Joe Biden.
Round 3THW not allow parents to make medical decisions for their children that contradict the medical consensus
Round 4TH supports the nationalization of Internet infrastructure
Round 5THW reallocate public school funding to create a voucher program for the poorest 10% of Americans
Round 6THW embrace a life free of enhancements
QuarterfinalsTHW NOT LEAVE BARBIELAND
SemifinalsTH, as the USFG, would strengthen its military presence in South Korea.
Grand FinalTHW prefer an AI presidential candidate
Novice SemifinalsTHW NOT LEAVE BARBIELAND
Novice FinalsTH, as the USFG, would strengthen its military presence in South Korea.

What gets set here

Social & Identity18%

Technology18%

Fiction18%

International Relations18%

Politics9%

Health & Medicine9%

Practice Social & Identity 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.

Social & Identity · 18% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Technology · 18% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Fiction · 18% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
International Relations · 18% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Politics · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Health & Medicine · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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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: TH, as an individual, would quit social media.Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Social & Identity motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: TechnologyPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

22% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 12 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 76.4.

Last edition: 16 of 72 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

Open break16 teams
Novice break8 teams

How scoring works here

74.7 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.0 and 76.4.

This is 0.4 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 78.7

Top-10 pace 76.8

Top-20 pace 76.2

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

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), QMUL Open 2026 (72.9)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
Sean B.	MG	THW reallocate public school funding to create a voucher program for the poorest 10% of Americans	83
Ebenezer A.	OW	THW embrace a life free of enhancements	82
Grace A.	MO	THW embrace a life free of enhancements	82
Ebenezer A.	OW	THW not allow parents to make medical decisions for their children that contradict the medical consensus	81
🇺🇸 Daewon H.	OW	TH supports the nationalization of Internet infrastructure	80
Makayla F.	GW	THW reallocate public school funding to create a voucher program for the poorest 10% of Americans	80
Grace A.	MO	THW not allow parents to make medical decisions for their children that contradict the medical consensus	80
Jack Y.	MO	TH supports the nationalization of Internet infrastructure	80
🇺🇸 Bella W.	OW	THW not allow parents to make medical decisions for their children that contradict the medical consensus	79
🇺🇸 Hans G.	LO	TH, as an individual, would quit social media.	79
🇺🇸 Hans G.	MO	THW not allow parents to make medical decisions for their children that contradict the medical consensus	79
🇺🇸 Bradey Y.	MG	THW not allow parents to make medical decisions for their children that contradict the medical consensus	79

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