Fri 30 Nov 2018
From 1 tab, newest Sydney Mini 2018.
How many points did it take?
9points were safe
in 2018
The last team in averaged 79.6 speaks in 2018.
What will they set?
Out of 10 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.
Practise International Relations motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
16of 40 teams broke
in 2018
Field strength: Above Average in 2018, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Past motions
1 edition with motions on record, newest first.
Sydney Mini 201810 motions
- Round 1 (Friday)This House opposes the private provision of services generally considered to be public services (e.g. healthcare, education).Practise this motion
- Round 1 (Saturday)This House believes that all universities should be required to decide which students to admit based purely on academic results.Practise this motion
- Round 2This House, as the European Union, would create a standing army.Practise this motion
- Round 3This House supports gritty realism in favour of sanitising historical representation in art (e.g. by including mistreatment of women in pseudo-medieval period pieces like Game of Thrones).Practise this motion
- Round 4This House believes that developed countries should not prosecute companies for engaging in bribery in developing countries, where such practices are common in the course of business.Practise this motion
- Round 5This House, as a low-SES parent of one, would encourage their child of average ability to be content with their circumstances rather than to be ambitious.Practise this motion
- QuarterfinalsThis House prefers sortition elections to elections in which the entire electorate votes.Practise this motion
- SemifinalsThis House regrets the existence of high fashion.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalThis House would constitutionally compel the President of South Africa to form governments including all major political parties, with positions in cabinet allocated proportionately to each party鈥檚 vote share.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalThis House believes that all daycare programs should be run by sentient artificial intelligence.Practise this motion
How speakers score here
Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 78.4
- where most speakers land
- 75.5 to 81.2
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 76.2
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker83.8
- 10th speaker81.4
- 20th speaker80.2
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Meta Open 202674.8
- GME Pra-KDMI 202576.0
Top speeches
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel K. | OOLO | This House, as a low-SES parent of one, would encourage their child of average ability to be content with their circumstances rather than to be ambitious. | 87 |
| 馃嚘馃嚭 Imogen H. | CGMG | This House, as a low-SES parent of one, would encourage their child of average ability to be content with their circumstances rather than to be ambitious. | 86 |
| Maddy N. | OODLO | This House, as a low-SES parent of one, would encourage their child of average ability to be content with their circumstances rather than to be ambitious. | 86 |
| Benjamin J. | OGPM | This House, as a low-SES parent of one, would encourage their child of average ability to be content with their circumstances rather than to be ambitious. | 86 |
| 馃嚘馃嚭 Imogen H. | COMO | This House believes that developed countries should not prosecute companies for engaging in bribery in developing countries, where such practices are common in the course of business. | 85 |
| 馃嚘馃嚭 James S. | CGGW | This House, as a low-SES parent of one, would encourage their child of average ability to be content with their circumstances rather than to be ambitious. | 85 |
| 馃嚘馃嚭 Thomas S. | OOLO | This House opposes the private provision of services generally considered to be public services (e.g. healthcare, education). | 84 |
| 馃嚘馃嚭 Thomas S. | COMO | This House, as the European Union, would create a standing army. | 84 |
| Benjamin J. | OOLO | This House opposes the private provision of services generally considered to be public services (e.g. healthcare, education). | 84 |
| 馃嚘馃嚭 James S. | COOW | This House believes that developed countries should not prosecute companies for engaging in bribery in developing countries, where such practices are common in the course of business. | 84 |
| Rachael S. | OODLO | This House believes that all universities should be required to decide which students to admit based purely on academic results. | 84 |
| 馃嚘馃嚭 James S. | OGPM | This House, as the European Union, would create a standing army. | 84 |