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Budapest Pre-EUDC Fundraiser 2025

Jun 21, 2025 · BP

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The field

Premier

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

33 teams (This edition)

Motions

Budapest Pre-EUDC Fundraiser 2025 (2025)8 motionsCA: Maj H., Oana N., 🇦🇹 Victor B.
  • Round 1THP the use of gender mainstreaming in academia over having dedicated gender or feminist courses and academic institutes
  • Round 2Assuming a minimum baseline of benefits provided, THP the Danish system of union benefits
  • Round 3In member states experiencing democratic backsliding, THBT the EU should actively adopt a partisan strategy (i.e. publicly supporting opposition parties, boycotting heads of state who disregard the rule of law, etc.)
  • Round 4THBT social movements should adopt symbolic politics rather than traditional activism
  • Round 5THP a world in which the pursuit of AGI is abandoned
  • SemifinalsThis house believes that the LGBTQ+ community should actively combat the stereotype of queer hypersexuality
  • Grand FinalThis house prefers a progressive epistemic approach over a conservative epistemic approach
  • ESL FinalsThis house would require all people to regularly enter the switcheroo

What gets set here

Social & Identity25%
Education13%
Economics13%
Politics13%
Technology13%
Philosophy13%

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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 · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Philosophy · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

24% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.0.

Last edition: 8 of 33 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break8 teams
  • ESL break6 teams

How scoring works here

76.5 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.4 and 78.6.

This is 0.2 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.4

Top-10 pace 78.6

Top-20 pace 77.0

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Warwick Pre-EUDC 2025 (76.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇬🇧 Amy S.GWTHP a world in which the pursuit of AGI is abandoned84
🇬🇧 Zoe M.MGTHP a world in which the pursuit of AGI is abandoned84
🇷🇸 Novak C.DLOTHBT social movements should adopt symbolic politics rather than traditional activism84
🇺🇸 Rahul K.DLOTHP a world in which the pursuit of AGI is abandoned83
George K.DPMTHP a world in which the pursuit of AGI is abandoned82
🇺🇸 Rahul K.MGIn member states experiencing democratic backsliding, THBT the EU should actively adopt a partisan strategy (i.e. publicly supporting opposition parties, boycotting heads of state who disregard the rule of law, etc.)82
🇬🇧 Alishba I.OWTHP the use of gender mainstreaming in academia over having dedicated gender or feminist courses and academic institutes82
🇬🇧 Wurdaan K.MGTHBT social movements should adopt symbolic politics rather than traditional activism82
🇷🇸 Katarina L.LOTHBT social movements should adopt symbolic politics rather than traditional activism82
Esther K.DLOAssuming a minimum baseline of benefits provided, THP the Danish system of union benefits81
Aymaan S.LOAssuming a minimum baseline of benefits provided, THP the Danish system of union benefits81
Samuel S.OWIn member states experiencing democratic backsliding, THBT the EU should actively adopt a partisan strategy (i.e. publicly supporting opposition parties, boycotting heads of state who disregard the rule of law, etc.)81

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