North American Universities Debating Championship 2023
What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.
Fri 7 Apr 2023
From 3 tabs, newest NAUDC 2023.
How many points did it take?
12points were safe
in 2023
Across the last 3 editions with a figure, the middle was 12 (12, 12, 13, newest first). The last team in averaged 79.9 speaks in 2023.
What will they set?
Out of 32 past motions with a topic, from 3 editions.
Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
16of 83 teams made the open break
in 2023
Field strength: Average in 2023, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Who has set the motions?
- Yarn S.
- 馃嚭馃嚫 Gwen S.
- 馃嚭馃嚫 Sam H.
- 馃嚭馃嚫 Aditya D.
- 馃嚚馃嚘 Ruth S.
Chief adjudicators in 2021, the newest tab that lists them.
Past motions
3 editions with motions on record, newest first.
NAUDC 202311 motions
- Round 1THBT the progressive movement should integrate post-work ideology into its messaging.Practise this motion
- Round 2THBT the continued adoption of the guerrilla policy style is not in the long term interests of the CCPPractise this motion
- Round 3THP a world in which "Ask Culture" is the norm to one in which "Guess Culture" is the norm.Practise this motion
- Round 4THP a world with the dominant belief that people can transition to different religious identities throughout their lifetimePractise this motion
- Round 5 (Closed)THR the rise of student political wings of major political parties in developing countriesPractise this motion
- Round 6THB the US and Canada should ban Mandatory Binding Arbitration.Practise this motion
- QuarterfinalsTHP a world where art is submitted to and displayed in museums and galleries anonymously foreverPractise this motion
- SemifinalsTHBT the IMF should lend significant amounts of money to countries heavily indebted to China with the requirement that these countries default on all Chinese loans.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalTHO New OptimismPractise this motion
- Novice SemifinalsTHS a government madated halt of giant AI experimentsPractise this motion
- Novice FinalsTHP a world with community based, democratically run social media instead of company run social mediaPractise this motion
McGill NAUDC 202110 motions
- Round 1THBT the ubiquity of dating apps has done more harm than good.Practise this motion
- Round 2THBT the South Korean government should break up chaebols.Practise this motion
- Round 3THP a world in which humanity chooses voluntary human extinction over a world where humanity chooses continued existence.Practise this motion
- Round 4TH, as the Catholic Church, would actively fund liberation theology in Latin AmericaPractise this motion
- Round 5THBT using loan conditions and defaults to achieve political goals is bad for the long term interest of China.Practise this motion
- Round 6 (Closed)This house, as the progressive movement, would actively oppose political nihilism.Practise this motion
- QuarterfinalsTHBT the Canadian government should stop prosecuting Indigenous peoples and allow the use of Indigenous law instead in all cases.Practise this motion
- SemifinalsThis House would prefer a world where the response to the 2008 Financial Crisis focused on assigning responsibility and punishing individual instances of wrongdoing, instead of passing policies to reduce overall risk in the system moving forward (eg regulatory capital requirements, bans on proprietary trading, statutory underwriting standards for residential mortgages)Practise this motion
- Grand FinalsTHP a world where all writing is pseudonymousPractise this motion
- Novice FinalsTHP that billionaire-run charitable foundations engage in 'hits-based' giving rather than traditional charity workPractise this motion
NAUDC 201911 motions
- Round 1THW punitively tax personal homeownership.Practise this motion
- Round 2TH, given limited resources, W prioritize funding for early childhood care to the exclusion of funding of post-secondary education.Practise this motion
- Round 3THR the narrative that ideal political debate should be objective to the exclusion of emotions and subjective experiences.Practise this motion
- Round 4THBT ASEAN should adopt a common currencyPractise this motion
- Round 5THBT federal governments should suspend all funding to sub-national governments (states in the USA and Mexico, provinces in Canada) that violate religious liberties.Practise this motion
- Round 6THBT parents should teach their children that they are inherently special (e.g., in what they deserve, and/or what they are capable of achieving).Practise this motion
- Open QuarterfinalTH, as Russia, would announce that any further Israeli strikes in Syria will be met by a Russian attack on Israel.Practise this motion
- Novice SemifinalTHS the use of truth and reconciliation commissions over courts in post-conflict nations.Practise this motion
- Open SemifinalTHW allocate resources towards adapting to climate change, rather than mitigating/preventing climate change.Practise this motion
- Novice Grand FinalTH prefers a polytheistic society to a monotheistic one.Practise this motion
- Open Grand FinalTHBT it is morally legitimate to avoid taxes in undemocratic regimes.Practise this motion
The break, year by year
The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.
| Year | Safe on (points) | Last team in (speaks) | Open break |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12 | 79.9 | 16 of 83 |
| 2021 | 12 | 79.1 | 17 of 80 |
| 2019 | 13 | not recorded | 17 of 112 |
Every break in 2023
- Open break16 teams
- Novice break10 teams
Who sets the motions
Chief adjudicators by edition, where the tab lists them.
- 2021Yarn S., 馃嚭馃嚫 Gwen S., 馃嚭馃嚫 Sam H., 馃嚭馃嚫 Aditya D., 馃嚚馃嚘 Ruth S.
How speakers score here
Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.
- average speaker score, 2 editions
- 76.7
- where most speakers land
- 74.2 to 79.2
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 75.7
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker82.2
- 10th speaker80.3
- 20th speaker79.5
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 editions.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Meta Open 202674.8
- Malaysia IV 202676.3
Top speeches
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 馃嚚馃嚘 Nicholas A. | OODLO | THP a world with the dominant belief that people can transition to different religious identities throughout their lifetime | 84 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 David Z. | COMO | THR the rise of student political wings of major political parties in developing countries | 84 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 Jack Z. | COOW | THR the rise of student political wings of major political parties in developing countries | 84 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫 Madeleine W. | COOW | THBT the progressive movement should integrate post-work ideology into its messaging. | 84 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫 Millie C. | CGMG | THP a world in which "Ask Culture" is the norm to one in which "Guess Culture" is the norm. | 84 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫 Ryan L. | COMO | THBT the progressive movement should integrate post-work ideology into its messaging. | 84 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫 Dhruv B. | CGGW | THP a world in which "Ask Culture" is the norm to one in which "Guess Culture" is the norm. | 84 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫 Meg K. | COOW | THBT the progressive movement should integrate post-work ideology into its messaging. | 83 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫 Nir A. | OGDPM | THR the rise of student political wings of major political parties in developing countries | 83 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 Max W. | CGMG | THP a world in which "Ask Culture" is the norm to one in which "Guess Culture" is the norm. | 83 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫 Sajid F. | OGDPM | THP a world in which "Ask Culture" is the norm to one in which "Guess Culture" is the norm. | 83 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫 Rohan K. | CGMG | THP a world in which "Ask Culture" is the norm to one in which "Guess Culture" is the norm. | 83 |