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Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025
What it took to break here, the topics that come up, and every past motion.
Oct 25, 2025BP1 edition with resultsField: Below Average
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Breaking here
- of teams broke in 2025 (8 of 21)
- 38%
- safe on
- 9 pts
- average speaks of the last team in, 2025
- 75.1
- teams in 2025
- 21
Break categories, 2025
- Open break8 teams
- Novice break4 teams
What gets set here
Share of 8 categorised motions across 1 edition. Bars run to 100%.
Past motions
2025Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 20258 motions
- Round 1TH, as a millennial politician, W use brain rot in their political messaging.
- Round 2From behind the veil of ignorance, THW allow humans to allocate their stat points prior to being born.
- Round 3THBT individual awards should carry greater weight than team championships when evaluating all-time great athletes.
- Round 4THW implement a mandatory 4-year rest period after high school before students are permitted to attend post-secondary institutions.
- Round 5THBT it is in the interest of the Quebec separatist movement to align itself with the Alberta separatist movement.
- SemifinalsTHBT the Evidential Problem of Evil means that a benevolent God does not exist
- Novice FinalsTHP a world where a small robot flies beside everyone’s head and scolds people if they violate utilitarian ethics.
- Grand FinalTHP a world in which individuals gain access to the Dreamscape for one month if they are handed a Coke with their name on it.
Who sets the motions
The field and the judges
Field
- Field strengthBelow Average
- Teams, 202521
- Teams, 202420
- Teams, 202317
- Teams, 202220
- Teams, 202016
How speakers score here
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 75.0
- where most speakers land
- 72.8 to 77.2
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 74.0
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker78.8
- 10th speaker76.8
- 20th speaker74.4
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Macau Debate Open 202675.6
- QMUL Open 202672.9
Top speeches
The highest speaker scores at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saim H. | COOW | From behind the veil of ignorance, THW allow humans to allocate their stat points prior to being born. | 82 |
| 🇨🇦 Matin N. | OOLO | TH, as a millennial politician, W use brain rot in their political messaging. | 80 |
| Azrina H. | CGGW | TH, as a millennial politician, W use brain rot in their political messaging. | 80 |
| 🇨🇦 Tanzim H. | OOLO | THW implement a mandatory 4-year rest period after high school before students are permitted to attend post-secondary institutions. | 80 |
| 🇨🇦 Tanzim H. | CGMG | TH, as a millennial politician, W use brain rot in their political messaging. | 80 |
| Laiba N. | COMO | THBT it is in the interest of the Quebec separatist movement to align itself with the Alberta separatist movement. | 80 |
| Rajesh D. | COOW | From behind the veil of ignorance, THW allow humans to allocate their stat points prior to being born. | 80 |
| Kate H. | COMO | From behind the veil of ignorance, THW allow humans to allocate their stat points prior to being born. | 80 |
| Bruce T. | COMO | From behind the veil of ignorance, THW allow humans to allocate their stat points prior to being born. | 80 |
| Azrina H. | OODLO | THW implement a mandatory 4-year rest period after high school before students are permitted to attend post-secondary institutions. | 80 |
| 🇨🇦 Ken T. | OODLO | THBT individual awards should carry greater weight than team championships when evaluating all-time great athletes. | 79 |
| Laiba N. | OOLO | THBT individual awards should carry greater weight than team championships when evaluating all-time great athletes. | 79 |