Ljubljana Pre-WUDC 2025

Dec 20, 2025 · Slovenia, In person · BP

The field

Above Average

A competitive tournament. Good preparation ground for larger events.

36 teams (This edition)

Motions

Ljubljana Pre-WUDC 2025 (2025)8 motions

Round 1THBT an increase in religiosity among western youth will do more good than harm
Round 2TH, as the Republicans, would prioritize the "Dissident" vision over the "Institutionalist" vision
Round 3As a 25 year old middle class person from a developed country, THW press the button
Round 4THBT Botswana should acquire De Beers.
Round 5in developed democracies, THP US free speech laws over EU free speech laws
Semi-FinalsTHP Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution pension schemes in the private sector.
Novice FinalsTHR the break up of Yugoslavia
Grand FinalsThis House, as young Bruce Wayne, would become Batman

What gets set here

Economics25%

Religion13%

Politics13%

Comedy & Novelty13%

Law & Crime13%

History13%

Practice Economics 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.

Economics · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Religion · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Politics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Comedy & Novelty · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Law & Crime · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
History · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Economics motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Economics motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: THBT an increase in religiosity among western youth will do more good than harmMotion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Economics motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: ReligionPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

22% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.3.

Last edition: 8 of 36 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

76.4 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.1 and 78.7.

This is 0.5 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.2

Top-10 pace 78.8

Top-20 pace 78.0

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Drexel Pre-WUDC 2025 (77.7)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
Gareth L.	OW	As a 25 year old middle class person from a developed country, THW press the button	87
🇬🇧 Bharath A.	MO	As a 25 year old middle class person from a developed country, THW press the button	86
🇦🇺 Maya A.	LO	As a 25 year old middle class person from a developed country, THW press the button	85
🇦🇺 Lachie D.	DLO	As a 25 year old middle class person from a developed country, THW press the button	85
David S.	DLO	As a 25 year old middle class person from a developed country, THW press the button	82
🇦🇺 Bennett R.	GW	TH, as the Republicans, would prioritize the "Dissident" vision over the "Institutionalist" vision	82
David S.	DPM	THBT Botswana should acquire De Beers.	82
David S.	GW	THBT an increase in religiosity among western youth will do more good than harm	81
Renáta K.	LO	As a 25 year old middle class person from a developed country, THW press the button	81
Martin P.	DLO	As a 25 year old middle class person from a developed country, THW press the button	81
🇬🇧 Bharath A.	PM	TH, as the Republicans, would prioritize the "Dissident" vision over the "Institutionalist" vision	81
🇦🇺 Lachie D.	DPM	TH, as the Republicans, would prioritize the "Dissident" vision over the "Institutionalist" vision	81

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