Thu 28 Dec 2023
From 9 tabs, newest Vietnam WUDC 2024.
How many points did it take?
18points were safe
in 2024
In the middle figureOlder, not counted
Across the last 3 editions with a figure, the middle was 18 (18, 18, 18, newest first). The last team in averaged 79.6 speaks in 2024.
What will they set?
Out of 103 past motions with a topic, from 6 editions.
How many teams, and how many break?
48of 300 teams made the open break
in 2024
Field strength: Ultra Premier in 2024, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Who has set the motions?
- ๐ง๐ฉ Sourodip P.
- Klaudia M.
- ๐ฆ๐บ Jessica M.
- ๐จ๐ฆ Ruth S.
- Njuguna M.
Chief adjudicators in 2023, the newest tab that lists them.
Past motions
6 editions with motions on record, newest first.
Vietnam WUDC 202419 motions
- Round 1This House believes that education systems should over-inflate childrenโs academic self-perception (e.g. providing overwhelmingly positive feedback, avoiding fail grades, etc.).Practise this motion
- Round 2This House prefers the integrated model to the specialty modelPractise this motion
- Round 3This House believes that opposition parties in illiberal democracies should strongly pivot towards empowering women as the primary focus of their campaign.Practise this motion
- Round 4This House supports the remilitarisation of Japan.Practise this motion
- Round 5This House prefers reactive to proactive EMS enforcementPractise this motion
- Round 6This House supports Centrist Compacts.Practise this motion
- Round 7This House prefers the 5 City Model over prioritising growing Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi.Practise this motion
- Round 8THBT central banks should 'lean against the wind'.Practise this motion
- Round 9This House supports a norm against self-pity.Practise this motion
- Partial Double-OctofinalsThis House would remove restrictions on interstate farm commerce in India.Practise this motion
- OctofinalsThis House opposes the stigma against lazinessPractise this motion
- QuarterfinalsThis House supports implementing a Pact of Forgetting in post-conflict statesPractise this motion
- SemifinalsThis House would ban vulture funds from suing countries whose debt they have purchased.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalThis House opposes the norm to prefer the natural to the artificialPractise this motion
- ESL QuarterfinalsThis House believes that religious leaders should primarily focus on individual circumstances rather than community-based reasons when addressing acts of religious extremismPractise this motion
- ESL SemifinalsThis House would ban defensive measures against hostile take overs.Practise this motion
- ESL FinalsThis House welcomes the end of workPractise this motion
- EFL SemifinalsThis House prefers a diverse number of highly competitive banks to a small number of banks.Practise this motion
- EFL FinalsThis House believes that post-revolutionary states should deemphasise the role of elite groups in favour of portraying revolution as primarily led by the lower classesPractise this motion
Madrid WUDC 202317 motions
- Round 1THBT it's in the interest of the team for the player to be excluded from the World Cup finals squadPractise this motion
- Round 2THP the quality of art being viewed as predominantly subjective as opposed to predominantly objectivePractise this motion
- Round 3THBT The Pacific Alliance should introduce a common currencyPractise this motion
- Round 4THBT governments, when determining housing policy, should heavily prioritise supporting renters over home ownersPractise this motion
- Round 5THS the increasing prominence of data journalism at the expense of qualitative journalismPractise this motion
- Round 6In developing countries with a history of ethnic, racial and/or religious tensions, THP a change of power from dominant political partiesPractise this motion
- Round 7THBT it is in the interests of Taiwan to pursue friendlier ties with China (e.g. economic, political and cultural ties)Practise this motion
- Round 8TH, as an average individual in the world today, would prefer to be immortalPractise this motion
- Round 9THBT the internationalisation of intellectual property law brings more harm than goodPractise this motion
- Partial Double-OctofinalsTHW allow democratic governments to overturn supreme court/constitutional court decisions with a simple majority in the legislaturePractise this motion
- OctofinalsTHP a focus on societal factors (e.g. socioeconomic factors) as opposed to individual factors (e.g. personal history) when addressing the causes and consequences of mental health issuesPractise this motion
- QuarterfinalsTHBT the IMF removing all conditions on these loans, except for explicit anti corruption provisions, is preferable to the recent conditions to developing countriesPractise this motion
- SemifinalsTHR the dominance of left/liberal views at universitiesPractise this motion
- Grand FinalTHP a world where all individuals have a strong belief in UbuntuPractise this motion
- ESL SemifinalsTHBT education systems in Africa should emphasise pan-African history and identities rather than national onesPractise this motion
- ESL FinalsWhen they are not part of that religion, THBT feminists should refrain from critiquing widespread religious practices that have different rules based on gender (e.g. wearing of veils, separate prayer spaces, women on their period being forbidden from fasting, Iddah (waiting) period after divorce/death of a husband, etc.)Practise this motion
- EFL FinalsTHBT religious organisations should syncretise over remaining independentPractise this motion
Belgrade WUDC 202220 motions
- Round 0QWERTYPractise this motion
- Round 1In disaster-prone areas, This House Would replace all state rebuilding and reconstruction efforts with direct cash transfers to affected citizensPractise this motion
- Round 2This House Prefers the Franchise Model to the Qualifier Model for E-Sports leaguesPractise this motion
- Round 3This House Believes That LGBTQ+ movements in developing countries should integrate patriotism into their messaging* *including actions such as celebrating LGBTQ+ soldiers, talking openly about being "queer and a patriot", displaying the pride flag with the national symbol, and avoiding actions such as supporting independence movements within the country or publicly criticizing nationalismPractise this motion
- Round 4This House Would prohibit companies from regulating the private behaviors of their employees in employment contracts* *e.g., mandatory drug tests, no smoking policies, regulating their employees' social media, prohibiting models/actors from dating etc.Practise this motion
- Round 5This House Opposes the emphasis on the struggle against the Ottoman Empire in the history curriculum of Balkan countriesPractise this motion
- Round 6In times of economic crisis, This House Would implement fiscal central bankingPractise this motion
- Round 7This House Opposes the popularization of therapy speakPractise this motion
- Round 8This House Prefers that the Eastern bloc countries had formed their own Union instead of joining the European Union (EU)Practise this motion
- Round 9This House Opposes the pressure to focus on promoting one's career at the expense of forming a familyPractise this motion
- Partial Double-OctofinalsThis House Believes That the environmental movement should take more radical action in the fight against climate change (e.g., blocking roads, vandalism, blowing up pipelines etc.)Practise this motion
- OctofinalsThis House Would ban corporate residential landlords* *Corporate residential landlords refers to corporations that own and maintain multiple apartments for the purpose of renting them out for residential usePractise this motion
- QuarterfinalsThis House Would ban the use of advanced analytics in political campaignsPractise this motion
- SemifinalsThis House Prefers religions that "center the self" to religions that "reject the self"Practise this motion
- Grand FinalThis House Supports a decline in global reliance on the dollarPractise this motion
- ESL QuarterfinalsThis House Opposes the rise in anti-establishment discoursePractise this motion
- ESL SemifinalsBehind a veil of ignorance, This House Prefers to be born with an exceptionally high sense of self-awareness* *Self-awareness is one's innate ability to consciously know and understand their own character, feelings, motives, and desiresPractise this motion
- ESL FinalsThis House Supports the 10 pilots flying to their deathPractise this motion
- EFL SemifinalsThis House Would grant the power to pardon convicted criminals to pardoning committees instead of government executives (e.g. presidents, governors etc.)Practise this motion
- EFL FinalsThis House Prefers a world in which humans cannot experience nostalgia* *Nostalgia is a sentimental longing or wistful affection for something in the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associationsPractise this motion
Thailand WUDC 202019 motions
- Round 1This House would impose a BBC-style impartiality requirement on all news platforms.Practise this motion
- Round 2This House supports the rapid global elimination of both tariff and non-tariff barriers to free trade.Practise this motion
- Round 3This House would allow children to sue their parents for religious indoctrination.Practise this motion
- Round 4This House would abolish the Olympic Games.Practise this motion
- Round 5This House believes that the Mexican government should adopt measures that enable one cartel to monopolise the drug market. (These measures can include but are not limited to: targeting enemy cartels; selective arrests; stopping military deployments to areas controlled by this cartel; and renouncing the headhunt on its current leaders.)Practise this motion
- Round 6In liberal democracies, This House would implement a Social Credit System.Practise this motion
- Round 7This House believes that ASEAN should abandon "the ASEAN Way".Practise this motion
- Round 8This House believes that the feminist movement should support the narrative that "beauty does not matter" over the narrative that "all bodies are beautiful".Practise this motion
- Round 9This House would abolish primary and secondary school grades/years that group children based on age, and instead group them by competency and intelligence.Practise this motion
- Open Partial Double-OctofinalsThis House prefers religions in which all individuals have roughly equal religious obligations and are encouraged to develop a personal connection with the divine, over religions in which religious obligation and access to the divine are concentrated in religious authority figures.Practise this motion
- ESL QuarterfinalsIn a relatively equal society where the "protected sphere model" is the norm, This House, as a parent, would raise their children according to the "deferred happiness model".Practise this motion
- Open OctofinalsThis House prefers a cynical and pessimistic perception of democratic politics to an idealistic and optimistic one.Practise this motion
- ESL SemifinalsThis House prefers a world without the Neuralink.Practise this motion
- EFL SemifinalsThis House prefers a world where, starting today, all humans have identical intellectual abilities (equivalent to the current global average).Practise this motion
- Open QuarterfinalsThis House believes that developing countries should acquire, on the open market, large stakes in major publicly-traded global corporations (eg. Google, JP Morgan, Shell, and Pfizer).Practise this motion
- Open SemifinalsThis House prefers a "Brave New World" to the status quo in Western Liberal Democracies.Practise this motion
- EFL Grand FinalThis House would abolish the private ownership of (housing) property in major metropolitan areas.Practise this motion
- ESL Grand FinalThis House believes that the United States government should cede the authority to prosecute criminal trials involving African Americans (as either victims or alleged perpetrators) to African American interest groups, and allocate funding for this.Practise this motion
- Open Grand FinalThis House, as China, would grant universal suffrage to Hong Kong.Practise this motion
Mexico WUDC 201819 motions
- Round 1This house would ban all communication tech companies (such as Google, Apple, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc.) from encrypting their users' data, including the content of their communications, in such a way that the company cannot retrieve that data even under a court order.Practise this motion
- Round 2This house supports job security legislationPractise this motion
- Round 3This house would redefine the criterion for excessive force in the US to be any use of force beyond what is reasonable given all the facts of the case, including the benefit of hindsight (e.g. whether the individual had a gun, not whether it was reasonable to believe he had a gun).Practise this motion
- Round 4This house would limit the amount of time that a museum can display a given piece of art to 3 months out of every 10 year period, rather than allow museums to display their works as long as they choosePractise this motion
- Round 5This house would allow citizens to vote on individual bills in place of their elected representative, with the representative retaining the voting power of those of their constituents who did not directly vote on that specific billPractise this motion
- Round 6This house believes that all states should mandate that research on and use of CRISPR technology be exclusively carried out by institutions funded entirely by the statePractise this motion
- Round 7This House, as Iran, would cease all support for militant groups in the Middle East (e.g. Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, etc.)Practise this motion
- Round 8This house prefers a world in which all individuals who have achieved a middle class standard of living choose to pursue the highest level of achievement in their chosen career, rather than a world in which those individuals prioritise day-to-day enjoyment over workPractise this motion
- Round 9This house would not allow out of court settlements for workplace discrimination and harassmentPractise this motion
- Partial OctofinalsThis house believes that ASEAN should negotiate all investment deals with Chinese government entities as a bloc (with decisions made by majority vote of its members), so that no member state can enter into investment deals without the rest of the worldPractise this motion
- OctofinalsThis house supports the court's decision to acquit TehlirianPractise this motion
- QuarterfinalsThis house, as a parent of a child of ASPD, would enable and support that child given that child's aims based on their current psychological makeup, instead of trying to make them more empatheticPractise this motion
- SemifinalsThis house would create an international court with the ability to classify national debt as "odious debt" at the debtor nation's request and remove the obligation of that nation to repayPractise this motion
- Grand FinalThis house would rather save the life of a single child, over extending the life of 5 adults by 10 yearsPractise this motion
- ESL QuarterfinalsThis house, as the Chinese Communist Party, would lift all restrictions on foreign investments in China, except restrictions critical to national securityPractise this motion
- ESL SemifinalsThis house prefers a non-adversarial legal systemPractise this motion
- ESL FinalsIn democratic post-colonial states, This house believes that opposition parties to the party of independence should claim and use the legacy of anti-colonial resistance.Practise this motion
- EFL SemifinalsThis house believes that Catholic religious officials in Mexico should not make statements in support of governmental policies, political parties, or candidates.Practise this motion
- EFL FinalsThis house believes that it is better for the general population to be more optimistic about the current and future state of the nation (including societal cohesion, peace processes, the state of the economy) than an objectively accurate judgement.Practise this motion
Malaysia WUDC 20159 motions
- Round 1This House Regrets the decline of tightly integrated familiesPractise this motion
- Round 2This house believes that environmental movements should support climate engineering that fundamentally alters the environment, in an attempt to combat Global Warming.Practise this motion
- Round 3This House believes that in areas of socio-economic deprivation, schools should train students in vocational skills to the exclusion of the Liberal Arts.Practise this motion
- Round 4This House would prohibit the media from reporting on the mental illness of those accused of crimes.Practise this motion
- Round 5This House belives that the international community should cut off internet access in Syria.Practise this motion
- Round 6This House believes that developing countries should adopt economic development policies that heavily disincentivise urbanisation.Practise this motion
- Round 7This House would ban the research and production of moral enhancement drugs.Practise this motion
- Round 8This House believes that the United States and the European Union should seek to promote peace by heavily subsidising Israeli businesses who invest in the Palestinian territories.Practise this motion
- Round 9This House, as a medical professional employed by the United States military or security services, would, and would encourage others, to refuse orders to provide medical treatment to individuals undergoing โEnhanced Interrogation Techniquesโ.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18 | 79.6 | 48 of 300 |
| 2023 | 18 | 79.5 | 48 of 262 |
| 2022 | 18 | 79.6 | 49 of 379 |
| 2021 | 18 | 80.3 | 48 of 374 |
| 2020 | 18 | 80.7 | 49 of 353 |
| 2019 | 17 | 79.3 | Partial tab |
| 2018 | 18 | 80.5 | 48 of 315 |
| 2016 | 18 | 80.3 | 48 of 398 |
Every break in 2024
- Open break48 teams
- ESL break26 teams
- EFL break12 teams
Who sets the motions
Chief adjudicators by edition, where the tab lists them.
- 2023๐ง๐ฉ Sourodip P., Klaudia M., ๐ฆ๐บ Jessica M., ๐จ๐ฆ Ruth S., Njuguna M.
- 2022Yarn S., Donald S., ๐ฎ๐ฑ Hadar G., ๐บ๐ธ Enting L., ๐จ๐ด Juanita R., Noluthando H., ๐ฆ๐บ Robert B., ๐ท๐ธ Milos M.
How speakers score here
Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.
- average speaker score, 8 editions
- 76.8
- where most speakers land
- 74.1 to 79.5
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 77.0
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker83.7
- 10th speaker82.1
- 20th speaker81.8
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 7 editions.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Vienna Pre-EUDC 202677.2
- LSE Open 202178.3
Top speeches
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| ๐บ๐ธ Tejas S. | OODLO | This House supports a norm against self-pity. | 86 |
| ๐จ๐ฆ Reana Y. | COMO | THBT central banks should 'lean against the wind'. | 86 |
| ๐บ๐ธ Xiao-Ke L. | CGGW | This House believes that education systems should over-inflate childrenโs academic self-perception (e.g. providing overwhelmingly positive feedback, avoiding fail grades, etc.). | 86 |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Max R. | COOW | THBT central banks should 'lean against the wind'. | 86 |
| ๐ฎ๐ฑ Tamar M. | COOW | This House supports a norm against self-pity. | 85 |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Max R. | CGGW | This House prefers reactive to proactive EMS enforcement | 85 |
| ๐ญ๐ท Paula D. | OODLO | This House believes that opposition parties in illiberal democracies should strongly pivot towards empowering women as the primary focus of their campaign. | 85 |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Mark R. | OGDPM | This House prefers reactive to proactive EMS enforcement | 85 |
| James C. | OODLO | THBT central banks should 'lean against the wind'. | 85 |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Mark R. | CGGW | This House believes that opposition parties in illiberal democracies should strongly pivot towards empowering women as the primary focus of their campaign. | 85 |
| ๐บ๐ธ Madeleine W. | OODLO | THBT central banks should 'lean against the wind'. | 85 |
| ๐บ๐ธ Helen W. | CGGW | This House prefers the 5 City Model over prioritising growing Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi. | 85 |