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Uhuru Worlds (Loxodonta) 2021

2021-06-01 · South Africa · BP

Part of the Uhuru Worlds series →

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The field

Average

A standard open. Solid competition with a mix of experience levels.

157 teams (This edition), 104 teams (2021)

Motions from this series

Uhuru Worlds (Loxodonta) 2021 (2021)5 motions
  • Round 1THBT progressive political candidates and parties should refuse to accept donations from corporations and high-net individuals.
  • Round 2THS Mafia Association Laws.
  • Round 3THW confiscate persistently vacant residential properties to use as social housing.
  • Round 6TH as developing states would prefer the use of a neutral aggregate currency to the US Dollar as the global reserve currency
  • Round 7THBT settler-states should pursue immigration policies that lead to no cultural or racial group being a majority of the population.
Uhuru Worlds 2021 Panthera Division (2021)7 motions
  • Round 1THBT liberal media organizations should actively glorify political candidates of color.
  • Round 2THP a world in which no one sought revenge
  • Round 3THS the use of adversity scores in college admission exams
  • Round 4THS the rise of the anti-hero in film and television
  • Round 5THW abolish the common farming exception.
  • Round 6TH, as developing economies, would require international actors to match the financial value of their indirect foreign investment in the form of foreign direct investment as a prerequisite of entry into investment in their stock exchange
  • Round 7THBT the queer community should actively promote queer theology at the expense of critique to religion

What gets set here

Economics25%
Politics17%
Law & Crime17%
Media17%
Social & Identity17%
Education8%

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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.

  • Economics · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Media · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

13% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 14 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 77.7.

Last edition: 22 of 157 teams broke.

  • 202114 pts · 77.6 speaks22/157
  • 202114 pts · 77.7 speaks12/104
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Break categories

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

  • Open break22 teams
  • ESL break24 teams
  • Schools break11 teams

How scoring works here

75.5 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.6 and 78.5.

This is 0.7 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.6

Top-10 pace 78.9

Top-20 pace 77.9

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 2 editions.

Comparable: Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3), Munich Open 2026 (73.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Andre G.LO83
🇦🇺 Billie R.LO83
🇦🇺 Udai K.MO82
🇦🇺 Billie R.PMTH as developing states would prefer the use of a neutral aggregate currency to the US Dollar as the global reserve currency82
Farah B.MOTHBT settler-states should pursue immigration policies that lead to no cultural or racial group being a majority of the population.82
🇦🇺 Udai K.LOTHW confiscate persistently vacant residential properties to use as social housing.82
Diah A.MG82
Ajwah N.MO82
Ayafa T.GWTHW confiscate persistently vacant residential properties to use as social housing.82
🇦🇺 Billie R.MOTHW confiscate persistently vacant residential properties to use as social housing.82
🇦🇺 Arin T.DPMTH as developing states would prefer the use of a neutral aggregate currency to the US Dollar as the global reserve currency82
Suyash N.MOTH as developing states would prefer the use of a neutral aggregate currency to the US Dollar as the global reserve currency81

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