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Canadian Universities Debating Championships 2025

What it took to break here, the topics that come up, and every past motion.

Nov 22, 2025BP1 edition with resultsField: Average

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Breaking here

of teams broke in 2025 (16 of 62)
26%
safe on
10 pts
average speaks of the last team in, 2025
78.0
teams in 2025
62

Your break chance here

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Break categories, 2025

  • Open break16 teams
  • Novice break4 teams

What gets set here

Share of 9 categorised motions across 1 edition. Bars run to 100%.

Practise Social & Identity motionsRead: Generating arguments

Your average on each of these topics

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Past motions

2025Canadian Universities Debating Championships 20259 motions
  1. Round 1THW implement "ungrading" in schools from grade 1 to grade 9.
  2. Round 2THBT the LGBT+ movement should prioritize promoting a narrative of reinterpretation of religions, rather than promoting a narrative against religions.
  3. Round 3THP a Soft Cap to a Hard Cap in North American Professional Sports (NBA, NFL, MLB etc.)
  4. Round 4THS norms of maximum transparency (e.g. sharing phone passwords, location sharing, emotional transparency, etc.) in close relationships
  5. Round 5THP a world where islamic banking became the worldwide standard of banking
  6. QuarterfinalsTHW disallow anonymous posts in the Facebook group.
  7. Novice FinalsTHW drink from the pond.
  8. SemifinalsTHBT the United States should implement the Canadian mortgage system
  9. Grand FinalTHBT the USA should engage in military intervention against the RSF

Who sets the motions

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The field and the judges

Field

  • Field strengthAverage
  • Teams, 202562
  • Teams, 202464

How speakers score here

average speaker score, 1 edition
75.0
where most speakers land
71.4 to 78.6
average at tournaments of similar strength
75.2

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker82.2
  • 10th speaker79.2
  • 20th speaker78.0

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.

Similar-strength tournaments

  • Meta Open 202674.8
  • Munich Open 202673.6

Top speeches

The highest speaker scores at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇨🇦 Urfaan S.OOLOTHS norms of maximum transparency (e.g. sharing phone passwords, location sharing, emotional transparency, etc.) in close relationships85
🇨🇦 Anders W.COMOTHW implement "ungrading" in schools from grade 1 to grade 9.85
🇨🇦 Anders W.OODLOTHP a world where islamic banking became the worldwide standard of banking84
Hidden debater · 2dm6COOWTHW implement "ungrading" in schools from grade 1 to grade 9.84
🇨🇦 Eve P.COMOTHBT the LGBT+ movement should prioritize promoting a narrative of reinterpretation of religions, rather than promoting a narrative against religions.83
🇨🇦 Vijay T.COOWTHBT the LGBT+ movement should prioritize promoting a narrative of reinterpretation of religions, rather than promoting a narrative against religions.83
🇨🇦 Vijay T.OODLOTHP a Soft Cap to a Hard Cap in North American Professional Sports (NBA, NFL, MLB etc.)83
Eloic M.OODLOTHS norms of maximum transparency (e.g. sharing phone passwords, location sharing, emotional transparency, etc.) in close relationships83
Tony C.CGMGTHBT the LGBT+ movement should prioritize promoting a narrative of reinterpretation of religions, rather than promoting a narrative against religions.83
🇨🇦 Andrew L.COOWTHW implement "ungrading" in schools from grade 1 to grade 9.83
🇨🇦 Kevin C.CGGWTHBT the LGBT+ movement should prioritize promoting a narrative of reinterpretation of religions, rather than promoting a narrative against religions.83
Hidden debater · 2dm6OGPMTHP a Soft Cap to a Hard Cap in North American Professional Sports (NBA, NFL, MLB etc.)83

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