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Waterloo IV 2025

Jun 21, 2025 · BP

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The field

Average

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

32 teams (This edition)

Motions

Waterloo IV 2025 (2025)8 motions
  • Round 1THBT the feminist movement should prioritize advocacy against the manosphere
  • Round 2THS the creation of refugee camps in developed nations
  • Round 3THR the fall off of Conscious Hip-hop
  • Round 4THP a world where large US cities were governed in unaffiliated multi-party political systems
  • Round 5THS the downfall of American universities
  • SemifinalsTH predicts that China’s AI strategy will be more successful than the US’s by 2050
  • Novice FinalsTHS the implementation of a government-run Sacriphthsisis program
  • Grand FinalTHW travel to the war as a journalist embedded into a Canadian army unit

What gets set here

Media25%
Social & Identity13%
International Relations13%
Politics13%
Education13%
Technology13%

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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.

  • Media · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

25% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.7.

Last edition: 8 of 32 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
  • Novice break4 teams

How scoring works here

76.1 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.7 and 78.5.

This is 1.3 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.7

Top-10 pace 78.3

Top-20 pace 77.7

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

Comparable: Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3), Munich Open 2026 (73.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇨🇦 Adam B.DLOTHP a world where large US cities were governed in unaffiliated multi-party political systems84
🇨🇦 Ethan C.DLOTHR the fall off of Conscious Hip-hop84
Emily S.LOTHP a world where large US cities were governed in unaffiliated multi-party political systems83
🇨🇦 Adam B.DLOTHS the creation of refugee camps in developed nations83
🇨🇦 Andrew L.OWTHS the creation of refugee camps in developed nations82
🇨🇦 Ethan C.GWTHS the creation of refugee camps in developed nations82
Emily S.LOTHS the creation of refugee camps in developed nations82
🇨🇦 George M.MGTHS the downfall of American universities82
Emily S.MOTHR the fall off of Conscious Hip-hop81
🇨🇦 Sherry S.MGTHP a world where large US cities were governed in unaffiliated multi-party political systems81
🇨🇦 Annika F.DPMTHP a world where large US cities were governed in unaffiliated multi-party political systems81
🇨🇦 Kevin C.PMTHS the creation of refugee camps in developed nations81

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