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Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025

Oct 25, 2025 · BP

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The field

Below Average

A smaller or newer tournament. Good for building confidence and getting reps.

21 teams (This edition)

Motions

Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025 (2025)8 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.

What gets set here

Comedy & Novelty38%
Politics25%
Sport13%
Education13%
Religion13%

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Practice Comedy & Novelty 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.

  • Comedy & Novelty · 38% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

38% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 75.1.

Last edition: 8 of 21 teams broke.

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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

  • Open break8 teams
  • Novice break4 teams

How scoring works here

75.0 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.8 and 77.2.

This is 0.6 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 78.8

Top-10 pace 76.8

Top-20 pace 74.4

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

Comparable: QMUL Open 2026 (72.9), Ottawa Classic (74.8)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Saim H.OWFrom behind the veil of ignorance, THW allow humans to allocate their stat points prior to being born.82
Azrina H.GWTH, as a millennial politician, W use brain rot in their political messaging.80
Rajesh D.OWFrom behind the veil of ignorance, THW allow humans to allocate their stat points prior to being born.80
🇨🇦 Tanzim H.LOTHW implement a mandatory 4-year rest period after high school before students are permitted to attend post-secondary institutions.80
Laiba N.MOTHBT it is in the interest of the Quebec separatist movement to align itself with the Alberta separatist movement.80
🇨🇦 Tanzim H.MGTH, as a millennial politician, W use brain rot in their political messaging.80
Azrina H.DLOTHW implement a mandatory 4-year rest period after high school before students are permitted to attend post-secondary institutions.80
Kate H.MOFrom behind the veil of ignorance, THW allow humans to allocate their stat points prior to being born.80
Bruce T.MOFrom behind the veil of ignorance, THW allow humans to allocate their stat points prior to being born.80
🇨🇦 Matin N.LOTH, as a millennial politician, W use brain rot in their political messaging.80
Laiba N.MOTH, as a millennial politician, W use brain rot in their political messaging.79
🇨🇦 Ken T.DLOTHBT individual awards should carry greater weight than team championships when evaluating all-time great athletes.79

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