Fri 6 Dec 2019
From 2 tabs, newest Sydney Mini 2019.
How many points to break?
9points were safe
last time
The last team in averaged 79.4 speaks in 2019.
What will they set?
Out of 19 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.
How many teams, and how many break?
17of 42 teams broke
in 2019
Field strength: Ultra Premier in 2019, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Past motions
2 editions with motions on record, newest first.
Sydney Mini 20199 motions
- Round 1 (Friday)This House supports policies and norms which require public servants to be apolitical.Practise this motion
- Round 1 (Saturday)This House would ban former politicians from taking up lobbyist roles.Practise this motion
- Round 2This House regrets the tendency to shield children from death.Practise this motion
- Round 3This House believes that developed nations should adopt bail-ins instead of bail-outs as their primary means of rescuing distressed financial institutions.Practise this motion
- Round 4This House regrets the revival of Confucianism in China.Practise this motion
- Round 5This House prefers a world where co-parenting is primarily non-romantic (ie. conducted by consenting partners who have no romantic or sexual relationship, eg. friends).Practise this motion
- QuarterfinalsThis House supports the National African American Gun Association.Practise this motion
- SemifinalsThis House supports Mohammad bin Salman’s leadership.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalAssuming feasibility, This House would allow people to sell their happiness to others.Practise this motion
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’s vote share.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalThis House believes that all daycare programs should be run by sentient artificial intelligence.Practise 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) | Teams broke |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | not recorded | 79.4 | 17 of 42 |
| 2018 | 9 | 79.6 | 16 of 40 |
How speakers score here
Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.
- average speaker score, 2 editions
- 78.2
- where most speakers land
- 75.8 to 80.7
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 77.3
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker83.8
- 10th speaker81.4
- 20th speaker80.2
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 editions.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Vienna Pre-EUDC 202677.2
- LSE Open 202178.3
Top speeches
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Bostan N. | OGDPM | This House prefers a world where co-parenting is primarily non-romantic (ie. conducted by consenting partners who have no romantic or sexual relationship, eg. friends). | 86 |
| 🇦🇺 Connor O. | CGGW | This House believes that developed nations should adopt bail-ins instead of bail-outs as their primary means of rescuing distressed financial institutions. | 85 |
| Andreas O. | CGMG | This House prefers a world where co-parenting is primarily non-romantic (ie. conducted by consenting partners who have no romantic or sexual relationship, eg. friends). | 84 |
| 🇦🇺 Thomas S. | OGDPM | This House regrets the tendency to shield children from death. | 84 |
| 🇦🇺 Dominic G. | CGMG | This House regrets the revival of Confucianism in China. | 84 |
| Benjamin J. | CGGW | This House regrets the revival of Confucianism in China. | 83 |
| Tim J. | CGMG | This House regrets the tendency to shield children from death. | 83 |
| John P. | OGPM | This House prefers a world where co-parenting is primarily non-romantic (ie. conducted by consenting partners who have no romantic or sexual relationship, eg. friends). | 83 |
| 🇦🇺 Imogen H. | CGMG | This House believes that developed nations should adopt bail-ins instead of bail-outs as their primary means of rescuing distressed financial institutions. | 83 |
| 🇦🇺 Connor O. | OODLO | This House would ban former politicians from taking up lobbyist roles. | 83 |
| 🇦🇺 Bostan N. | OODLO | This House regrets the revival of Confucianism in China. | 83 |
| 🇦🇺 Stuart D. | CGMG | This House believes that developed nations should adopt bail-ins instead of bail-outs as their primary means of rescuing distressed financial institutions. | 83 |