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Cambridge IV 2022

2022-06-01 · BP

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The field

Average

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

72 teams (This edition)

Motions

Cambridge IV 2022 (2022)10 motionsCA: 🇭🇷 Tin P., 🇬🇧 Jason X., 🇷🇸 Marta V., 🇬🇧 Isabelle S., Harish N., 🇸🇬 Nar M.
  • Round 1THB the mainstream media should have covered the Hunter Biden emails
  • Round 2THS the antiwork movement
  • Round 3THBT Xi Jinping's consolidation of power is in the interest of the Chinese people
  • Round 4THBT the general approach of environmentally conscious large investors should be to sell their stakes in environmentally damaging companies rather than engage in shareholder activism
  • Round 5THS Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter
  • ESL SemifinalsTHB that international pro-democracy organisations should provide material support to feminist groups that aim to challenge non-democratic regimes (e.g. the Women's Organisation of Iran, Tehran Youth, Seminario de Estudios Sociólogics sobre la Mujer in Franco's Spain)
  • ESL FinalsTHP a world with rational egoism as the dominant outlook on life
  • QuarterfinalsTHBT majority liberal supreme courts should actively misinterpret constitutions in order to advance progressive rights
  • SemifinalsTHBT advanced economies should focus on rapid increases in growth, even at the expense of significantly higher rates of inequality
  • Grand FinalTH supports Iran’s extension of the Sharia principle of “an eye for an eye” to the victims of acid attacks

What gets set here

Law & Crime20%
Media10%
Social & Identity10%
Politics10%
Environment10%
Technology10%

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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.

  • Law & Crime · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Media · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Environment · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

22% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 80.2.

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
  • ESL break8 teams

How scoring works here

77.1 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.8 and 80.4.

This is 1.4 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 83.6

Top-10 pace 81.6

Top-20 pace 80.4

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Malaysia IV 2026 (76.3)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇬🇧 Max R.DPMTHBT the general approach of environmentally conscious large investors should be to sell their stakes in environmentally damaging companies rather than engage in shareholder activism85
🇨🇦 Naomi P.PMTHBT the general approach of environmentally conscious large investors should be to sell their stakes in environmentally damaging companies rather than engage in shareholder activism85
🇺🇸 Jubayer H.DLOTHBT the general approach of environmentally conscious large investors should be to sell their stakes in environmentally damaging companies rather than engage in shareholder activism84
🇬🇧 Max R.GWTHBT Xi Jinping's consolidation of power is in the interest of the Chinese people84
🇺🇸 Ye H.DPMTHBT Xi Jinping's consolidation of power is in the interest of the Chinese people84
🇺🇸 Matti T.LOTHBT the general approach of environmentally conscious large investors should be to sell their stakes in environmentally damaging companies rather than engage in shareholder activism84
🇦🇹 Miri M.GWTHS the antiwork movement84
🇧🇬 Rumen M.PMTHS the antiwork movement84
🇺🇸 Ted C.DLOTHBT Xi Jinping's consolidation of power is in the interest of the Chinese people84
🇨🇦 Naomi P.MGTHBT Xi Jinping's consolidation of power is in the interest of the Chinese people84
🇺🇸 Isaac C.LOTHS the antiwork movement84
🇺🇸 Matti T.PMTHBT Xi Jinping's consolidation of power is in the interest of the Chinese people84

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