Tournaments
Thessaloniki WUDC 2016
What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.
Sun 27 Dec 2015
From 3 tabs, newest Thessaloniki WUDC 2016.
How many points did it take?
18points were safe
in 2016
Across the last 2 editions with a figure, the middle was 18 (18, 18, newest first). The last team in averaged 80.3 speaks in 2016.
What will they set?
Out of 28 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.
Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
48of 398 teams made the open break
in 2016
Past motions
2 editions with motions on record, newest first.
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 “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques”.Practise this motion
Chennai WUDC 201419 motions
- Round 1THBT the United States of America should fund moderate Madrassas (schools of Islamic study) throughout the Islamic worldPractise this motion
- Round 2THW allow first-time offenders to, with the consent of the victims, pay compensation to them in place of a prison sentencePractise this motion
- Round 3TH regrets the rise of a 'hookup culture' (one which accepts and encourages casual sexual encounters focused on physical pleasure, without necessarily including emotional bonding)Practise this motion
- Round 4THBT developing countries should ban members of political dynasties from standing for elected officePractise this motion
- Round 5THBT the Trans-Pacific Partnership is in the interests of the small and medium-sized negotiating countriesPractise this motion
- Round 6THW make the receipt of welfare payments to raise children conditional on the use of long-term, but reversible, contraceptionPractise this motion
- Round 7THBT government agencies that regulate drugs should only test whether a drug is safe, not whether it is effective, before approving it for public use [info slide: http://goo.gl/gomgDI]Practise this motion
- Round 8THBT NATO should unconditionally offer membership to the states of the former Soviet Union, excluding RussiaPractise this motion
- Round 9TH regrets the commodification of indigenous culturesPractise this motion
- Open Partial Double-Octo-FinalsTHW abolish gated communities in the developing worldPractise this motion
- Open Octo-FinalsTHBT Japan should shame its soldiers who participated in WWII, including those who did not commit war crimes themselvesPractise this motion
- Open Quarter-FinalsTHW auction off the long-term right to govern bankrupt cities for profitPractise this motion
- Open Semi-FinalsTHBT women should reject practices that alter the appearance of their genitalia, such as waxing and labiaplastyPractise this motion
- Open FinalsTHBT India should adopt aggressive free market policies, including but not limited to deregulating of labour markets, allowing foreign investment and privatising state owned enterprisesPractise this motion
- ESL Quarter-FinalsTHW remove all copyright protection for material deemed to be morally objectionablePractise this motion
- ESL Semi-FinalsTHBT Pope Francis should publicly encourage Catholics to support radically redistributive government policiesPractise this motion
- ESL FinalsTHW allow countries to pay other countries to settle asylum-seekers who reach their bordersPractise this motion
- EFL Semi-FinalsTHBT the gay rights movement should abandon the claim that sexuality is not a choicePractise this motion
- EFL FinalsTHBT multinational companies should be liable for human rights abuses that occur anywhere in their supply chainPractise 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 18 | 80.3 | 48 of 398 |
| 2014 | 18 | not recorded | 48 of 342 |
Every break in 2016
- Open break48 teams
- ESL break16 teams
- EFL break8 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 75.3
- where most speakers land
- 70.8 to 79.8
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker84.4
- 10th speaker82.3
- 20th speaker81.4
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.