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ANU Spring 2021

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

Fri 18 Jun 2021

From 1 tab, newest ANU Spring 2021.

How many points did it take?

11points were safe
in 2021

The last team in averaged 79.7 speaks in 2021.

What will they set?

Out of 11 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

How many teams, and how many break?

16of 85 teams made the open break
in 2021

Field strength: Ultra Premier in 2021, from the ratings of the debaters who went.

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

ANU Spring 202111 motions
  1. Round 1AThis house believes that large companies should be made financially responsible for the pollution caused by sabotage by environmental activists (for example, clean up costs from the sabotage of oil pipelines)Practise this motion
  2. Round 1BThis house supports the manufacture of cheap, generic versions of medications and vaccines, in violation of western patents.Practise this motion
  3. Round 2This house prefers the holistic education model to systems of student choice.Practise this motion
  4. Round 3This house believes prominent male feminists should actively encourage cis-straight men to participate in drag culture.Practise this motion
  5. Round 4This house, as China, would abandon Wolf-Warrior diplomacy.Practise this motion
  6. Round 5This house supports norms and institutions which give significant political power to opposition parties (for example, a norm of bipartisan coalitions, appointment to powerful roles in the Executive)Practise this motion
  7. QuarterfinalsThis house would impose B-Corporation requirements into the governing constitutions of all large companies.Practise this motion
  8. SemifinalsThis house opposes the ascension of Naftali Bennet to the Israeli premiership.Practise this motion
  9. ESL Grand FinalThis house believes that journalists who support a Palestinian state should deprioritise Hamas' role in the escalation of the conflict.Practise this motion
  10. Novice GFThis house believes that religious leaders should abandon the use of the narrative of "test of God" in religious preachings.Practise this motion
  11. Grand FinalThis house supports the use of ‘right to privacy’ arguments to advance social causes (for example, the decriminalisation of abortion and homosexuality).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.

Every break in 2021

  • Open break16 teams
  • ESL break6 teams
  • Novice break5 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.

average speaker score, 1 edition
77.2
where most speakers land
74.0 to 80.4
average at tournaments of similar strength
77.1

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker84.0
  • 10th speaker81.4
  • 20th speaker80.2

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.

Similar-strength tournaments

  • Vienna Pre-EUDC 202677.2
  • LSE Open 202178.3

Top speeches

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇦🇺 Amrit A.CGGWThis house believes prominent male feminists should actively encourage cis-straight men to participate in drag culture.86
Dom G.CGMGThis house believes prominent male feminists should actively encourage cis-straight men to participate in drag culture.85
Oliver C.OOLOThis house prefers the holistic education model to systems of student choice.84
🇵🇭 Luigi A.COOWThis house believes prominent male feminists should actively encourage cis-straight men to participate in drag culture.84
🇵🇭 Ignacio V.OGPMThis house believes prominent male feminists should actively encourage cis-straight men to participate in drag culture.84
🇦🇺 Madeleine B.CGGWThis house, as China, would abandon Wolf-Warrior diplomacy.84
David A.COMOThis house believes prominent male feminists should actively encourage cis-straight men to participate in drag culture.84
Seamus D.OGDPMThis house prefers the holistic education model to systems of student choice.84
🇦🇺 Daniel Y.OGPMThis house prefers the holistic education model to systems of student choice.84
Dom G.OODLOThis house supports norms and institutions which give significant political power to opposition parties (for example, a norm of bipartisan coalitions, appointment to powerful roles in the Executive)84
Oliver C.CGMGThis house, as China, would abandon Wolf-Warrior diplomacy.84
🇦🇺 Amrit A.COOWThis house, as China, would abandon Wolf-Warrior diplomacy.84