Connections IV 2025

Aug 30, 2025 · BP

The field

Premier

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

27 teams (This edition)

Motions

Connections IV 2025 (2025)7 motions

Round 1THP common good constitutionalism to liberal constitutionalism
Round 2This House Opposes the rise of Universes Beyond inside of Magic: the Gathering
Round 3THS the international seabed authority expediting the finalization of deep sea mining rules
Round 4THO the decline of marriage
Round 5THBT the European Union should abandon its fiscal rules (i.e., debt and deficit limits) in favor of growth-first national economic policies
SemifinalsTHBT societies should embrace many coexisting narratives (multicultural pluralism) over promote a shared meta-narrative (France’s "laïcité" or Singapore’s communitarian story)
Grand FinalTH Hopes for a rise in prioritization of voluntary human engineering in addressing environmental/climate concerns (e.g.drugs reducing meat cravings, modifying humans to have smaller ecological footprints etc.)

What gets set here

Social & Identity29%

Law & Crime14%

Pop Culture14%

International Relations14%

Economics14%

Environment14%

Practice Social & Identity motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›

You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

Social & Identity · 29% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Law & Crime · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Pop Culture · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
International Relations · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Economics · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Environment · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Social & Identity motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-6Work through "Linear flow"Foundations for Law & Crime motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Social & Identity motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: THP common good constitutionalism to liberal constitutionalismMotion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Social & Identity motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: Law & CrimePull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

30% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.7.

Last edition: 8 of 27 teams broke.

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How scoring works here

76.5 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.1 and 79.0.

This is 0.0 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 79.6

Top-10 pace 78.2

Top-20 pace 76.2

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

Comparable: Warwick Pre-EUDC 2025 (76.6), GME Pra-KDMI 2025 (76.0)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
🇦🇹 Marina K.	MG	THS the international seabed authority expediting the finalization of deep sea mining rules	83
🇦🇹 Anton G.	GW	THS the international seabed authority expediting the finalization of deep sea mining rules	82
🇺🇸 Eamin A.	LO	This House Opposes the rise of Universes Beyond inside of Magic: the Gathering	82
🇺🇸 Soren J.	DLO	This House Opposes the rise of Universes Beyond inside of Magic: the Gathering	82
🇺🇸 Elizabeth L.	OW	THO the decline of marriage	82
Kohli	DPM	This House Opposes the rise of Universes Beyond inside of Magic: the Gathering	81
Kinshuk V.	LO	THS the international seabed authority expediting the finalization of deep sea mining rules	81
Kohli	DLO	THS the international seabed authority expediting the finalization of deep sea mining rules	81
Joshua S.	MG	This House Opposes the rise of Universes Beyond inside of Magic: the Gathering	80
🇨🇦 Sherry S.	MO	THP common good constitutionalism to liberal constitutionalism	80
🇬🇧 William S.	GW	This House Opposes the rise of Universes Beyond inside of Magic: the Gathering	80
🇨🇦 Tessa S.	MG	THS the international seabed authority expediting the finalization of deep sea mining rules	80

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