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Bristol Pro Am 2025

Nov 29, 2025 · BP

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The field

Below Average

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

50 teams (This edition), 33 teams (2024), 54 teams (2023)

Motions

Bristol Pro Am 2025 (2025)8 motions
  • Round 1This House, as an average university fresher, would take active steps to pursue a romantic relationship.
  • Round 2This House opposes the vilification of bureaucracy.
  • Round 3This House believes that the current UK government approach to immigration is in the interests of the Labour Party.
  • Round 4This House would nationalise the railways.
  • Round 5This House regrets the narrative that people should find their dream job.
  • Grand FinalThis House prefers Banksy’s ‘Royal Courts of Justice’ to Ai Weiwei’s ‘Sunflower Seeds’.
  • Silver FinalsThis House, as a young aspiring politician in the United States today, would adopt the political philosophy of Hamilton as opposed to that of Burr.
  • Bronze FinalsThis House, as a victor, would vote for the final Hunger Games.

What gets set here

Politics38%
Social & Identity25%
Economics13%
Arts & Culture13%
Fiction13%

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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 · 38% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Arts & Culture · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Fiction · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

24% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 75.7.

Last edition: 12 of 50 teams broke.

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How scoring works here

73.7 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 71.2 and 76.2.

This is 0.3 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 79.0

Top-10 pace 76.8

Top-20 pace 75.8

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.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇬🇧 Yorgo K.DPMThis House opposes the vilification of bureaucracy.83
🇬🇧 Saim K.DPMThis House believes that the current UK government approach to immigration is in the interests of the Labour Party.82
🇬🇧 Krish S.MGThis House believes that the current UK government approach to immigration is in the interests of the Labour Party.81
🇬🇧 Yorgo K.MGThis House believes that the current UK government approach to immigration is in the interests of the Labour Party.81
Zach F.MGThis House regrets the narrative that people should find their dream job.81
Tejas C.PMThis House believes that the current UK government approach to immigration is in the interests of the Labour Party.81
🇬🇧 Eleanor M.PMThis House regrets the narrative that people should find their dream job.81
Abhishek G.PMThis House opposes the vilification of bureaucracy.81
Zach F.DLOThis House would nationalise the railways.80
Dougal S.MGThis House opposes the vilification of bureaucracy.80
Ryan L.GWThis House opposes the vilification of bureaucracy.80
🇬🇧 Parsa H.LOThis House would nationalise the railways.80

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