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Sydney Mini 2018

2018-06-01 · Australia, In person · BP

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The field

Above Average

A competitive tournament. Good preparation ground for larger events.

40 teams (This edition)

Motions

Sydney Mini 2018 (2018)10 motions
  • Round 1 (Friday)This House opposes the private provision of services generally considered to be public services (e.g. healthcare, education).
  • Round 1 (Saturday)This House believes that all universities should be required to decide which students to admit based purely on academic results.
  • Round 2This House, as the European Union, would create a standing army.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • QuarterfinalsThis House prefers sortition elections to elections in which the entire electorate votes.
  • SemifinalsThis House regrets the existence of high fashion.
  • 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’s vote share.
  • Grand FinalThis House believes that all daycare programs should be run by sentient artificial intelligence.

What gets set here

Arts & Culture20%
Politics20%
Economics10%
Education10%
International Relations10%
Law & Crime10%

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You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

  • International Relations · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Arts & Culture · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

40% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.6.

Last edition: 16 of 40 teams broke.

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How scoring works here

78.4 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 75.5 and 81.2.

This is 2.2 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 83.8

Top-10 pace 81.4

Top-20 pace 80.2

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Warwick Pre-EUDC 2025 (76.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Daniel K.LOThis 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
Benjamin J.PMThis 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.DLOThis 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
🇦🇺 Imogen H.MGThis 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
🇦🇺 Imogen H.MOThis 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
🇦🇺 James S.GWThis 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
🇦🇺 Andrew M.DLOThis 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
Benjamin J.LOThis House opposes the private provision of services generally considered to be public services (e.g. healthcare, education).84
Rachael S.DLOThis House believes that all universities should be required to decide which students to admit based purely on academic results.84
Rachael S.DPMThis 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).84
🇦🇺 Thomas S.MOThis House, as the European Union, would create a standing army.84
🇦🇺 Thomas S.LOThis House opposes the private provision of services generally considered to be public services (e.g. healthcare, education).84

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