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Kings College London Pre- EUDC 2025

May 24, 2025 · BP

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The field

Above Average

A competitive tournament. Good preparation ground for larger events.

65 teams (This edition)

Motions

Kings College London Pre- EUDC 2025 (2025)10 motions
  • Round 1TH prefers a world where the artistic norm for theatre is one of travelling rather than stationing
  • Round 2THBT the Wives should join the Underground Femaleroad resistance
  • Round 3THBT governments of developed countries should prioritise funding telemedicine services & providers over physical healthcare
  • Round 4THBT the Trump administration should encourage American firms to invest in US bonds (e.g. by offering preferential taxation to large buyers, making tariff concessions to companies that pledge to increase bond purchases by certain amounts, etc.)
  • Round 5THBT states should pursue self-defence against non-state actors, even if it means defying a host country's territorial sovereignty (e.g. India’s actions against militants stationed in Pakistan; British incursions into the Republic of Ireland against the IRA).
  • QuarterfinalsTHO the centrality of sexual liberation within the feminist movement
  • Novice FinalTH, as a young orphan, would rather be sent to foster families than to an orphanage
  • SemifinalsTHS Turkey's increased interventionism in the Middle East
  • ESL FinalTH, as Mimi, would enter San Junipero
  • Grand FinalTH prefers a world where people have full access to their records

What gets set here

Social & Identity30%
Fiction20%
International Relations20%
Arts & Culture10%
Health & Medicine10%
Economics10%

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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 · 30% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Fiction · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Arts & Culture · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Health & Medicine · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

26% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.0.

Last edition: 17 of 65 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break17 teams
  • ESL break8 teams
  • Novice break5 teams

How scoring works here

76.8 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.5 and 79.0.

This is 0.8 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.2

Top-10 pace 80.0

Top-20 pace 79.4

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
🇧🇬 Alek S.OWTHBT governments of developed countries should prioritise funding telemedicine services & providers over physical healthcare85
Joshua S.MOTHBT governments of developed countries should prioritise funding telemedicine services & providers over physical healthcare85
🇬🇧 Leo M.PMTHBT the Trump administration should encourage American firms to invest in US bonds (e.g. by offering preferential taxation to large buyers, making tariff concessions to companies that pledge to increase bond purchases by certain amounts, etc.)84
🇬🇧 Miya T.LOTHBT the Wives should join the Underground Femaleroad resistance84
🇦🇺 Jordyn G.MGTHBT the Trump administration should encourage American firms to invest in US bonds (e.g. by offering preferential taxation to large buyers, making tariff concessions to companies that pledge to increase bond purchases by certain amounts, etc.)84
🇬🇧 Miya T.MGTHBT the Trump administration should encourage American firms to invest in US bonds (e.g. by offering preferential taxation to large buyers, making tariff concessions to companies that pledge to increase bond purchases by certain amounts, etc.)84
🇬🇧 Freddy L.DLOTHBT the Wives should join the Underground Femaleroad resistance84
🇬🇧 Max P.DPMTHBT the Trump administration should encourage American firms to invest in US bonds (e.g. by offering preferential taxation to large buyers, making tariff concessions to companies that pledge to increase bond purchases by certain amounts, etc.)84
🇬🇧 Jess W.OWTHBT states should pursue self-defence against non-state actors, even if it means defying a host country's territorial sovereignty (e.g. India’s actions against militants stationed in Pakistan; British incursions into the Republic of Ireland against the IRA).84
🇮🇱 Guy W.DPMTHBT states should pursue self-defence against non-state actors, even if it means defying a host country's territorial sovereignty (e.g. India’s actions against militants stationed in Pakistan; British incursions into the Republic of Ireland against the IRA).84
🇬🇧 Judah P.MGTHBT the Wives should join the Underground Femaleroad resistance83
🇬🇧 Sachin T.DPMTHBT the Wives should join the Underground Femaleroad resistance83

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