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RPMD 2021

2021-06-01 · BP

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The field

Below Average

A smaller or newer tournament. Good for building confidence and getting reps.

117 teams (This edition)

Motions

RPMD 2021 (2021)12 motions
  • Round 1THR the rise in Influencer marketing
  • Round 2THS the creation of a European Super League
  • Round 3THO left wing media using mockery to cover the far right e.g. The Daily Show, Last Week Tonight.
  • Round 4THP a centralised system of healthcare charity
  • Round 5THR the decline of class as the primary identifier for social and political movements.
  • Pre QuarterfinalsTHS military coups as tools to usher in replacement of constitutional democracies
  • QuarterfinalsTHBT the Indian Government should prefer building partnerships with rising China technology firms (e.g. Alibaba) over established Western big businesses (e.g. Amazon, Facebook)
  • SemifinalsTH as a young altruistic university graduate, would seek to contribute to the world through attaining high earning positions and donating to highly effective charities, rather than by working in socially beneficial occupations
  • Grand FinalTHR the characterization of envy as a vice
  • Novice QuarterfinalsTHS military coups as tools to usher in replacement constitutional democracies
  • Novice SemifinalsTHS the adoption of a global minimum tax
  • Novice FinalsTHR the glorification of struggle stories (eg students talking about how much they study, celebrities talking about personal hardships)

What gets set here

Politics25%
Social & Identity25%
Media17%
Economics17%
Sport8%
Health & Medicine8%

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Practice Politics 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.

  • Politics · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Media · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Health & Medicine · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

21% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 77.3.

Last edition: 24 of 117 teams broke.

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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

  • Open break24 teams
  • Novice break19 teams

How scoring works here

75.7 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.9 and 77.5.

This is 1.1 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.4

Top-10 pace 78.4

Top-20 pace 77.8

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

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
altamashMGTHR the decline of class as the primary identifier for social and political movements.83
Shelly D.LOTHP a centralised system of healthcare charity83
🇳🇿 Joe A.LOTHR the decline of class as the primary identifier for social and political movements.82
🇳🇿 Daniel M.OWTHR the decline of class as the primary identifier for social and political movements.82
🇮🇳 Shakya C.GWTHR the decline of class as the primary identifier for social and political movements.82
Soumitri D.DLOTHP a centralised system of healthcare charity82
🇳🇿 Daniel M.OWTHP a centralised system of healthcare charity82
🇳🇿 Joe A.MOTHP a centralised system of healthcare charity82
🇵🇭 Lanz H.PMTHR the decline of class as the primary identifier for social and political movements.81
Soham P.MGTHP a centralised system of healthcare charity81
🇬🇧 Shaurya C.DPMTHR the rise in Influencer marketing81
🇬🇧 Joshua P.DLOTHR the rise in Influencer marketing81

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