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ANU Winter 2022

2022-06-01 · Australia · BP

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The field

Premier

One of the strongest fields in the circuit. Multiple nationally-ranked teams attend.

71 teams (This edition)

Motions

ANU Winter 2022 (2022)11 motions
  • Round 1 AThis House Regrets the rise of TikTok trends that encourage self-diagnosis of mental health conditions.
  • Round 1BThis House Prefers a gatekeeping healthcare system to a dispersed healthcare system.
  • Round 2This House Would compel political parties to make binding pre-election promises as to what coalitions will be formed for different election outcomes.
  • Round 3This House Believes that there are no immoral thoughts, merely immoral actions.
  • Round 4This House, as China, Regrets its debt trap diplomacy.
  • Round 5This House Supports parents strongly monitoring the internet activity of their children.
  • Open QuartersThis House Prefers a world where RegretMeNot is available.
  • Open SemisThis House Believes That developing island states should sell 99-year leases for significant portions of their EEZ to companies or states
  • ESL FinalsAssuming it did not result in their statelessness, This House Supports the establishment of a market for individuals to trade and/or gain citizenships
  • Novice FinalsThis House Supports the aggressive use of blind casting in art and entertainment
  • Open FinalsThis House Would convert any long-term refugee camp (ie, where people spend 10+ years in a camp) into a permanent city with a pathway to citizenship under the control of the host nation.

What gets set here

International Relations27%
Health & Medicine18%
Politics18%
Philosophy9%
Technology9%
Comedy & Novelty9%

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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 · 27% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Health & Medicine · 18% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 18% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Philosophy · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Comedy & Novelty · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

23% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.3.

Last edition: 16 of 71 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break16 teams
  • ESL break6 teams
  • Novice break4 teams

How scoring works here

77.6 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 75.6 and 79.5.

This is 0.9 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 83.4

Top-10 pace 80.8

Top-20 pace 79.6

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

Comparable: Warwick Pre-EUDC 2025 (76.6), GME Pra-KDMI 2025 (76.0)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇦🇺 William P.LOThis House Regrets the rise of TikTok trends that encourage self-diagnosis of mental health conditions.88
🇦🇺 Isabella M.DLOThis House Regrets the rise of TikTok trends that encourage self-diagnosis of mental health conditions.87
Speaker A.GWThis House Regrets the rise of TikTok trends that encourage self-diagnosis of mental health conditions.87
🇦🇺 Joel L.GWThis House Regrets the rise of TikTok trends that encourage self-diagnosis of mental health conditions.86
Speaker A.MGThis House Regrets the rise of TikTok trends that encourage self-diagnosis of mental health conditions.86
🇦🇺 Jordyn G.LOThis House Regrets the rise of TikTok trends that encourage self-diagnosis of mental health conditions.86
Michael X.LOThis House, as China, Regrets its debt trap diplomacy.86
🇦🇺 David W.DLOThis House Regrets the rise of TikTok trends that encourage self-diagnosis of mental health conditions.86
🇬🇧 Mark R.GWThis House Believes that there are no immoral thoughts, merely immoral actions.85
🇦🇺 Sam T.PMThis House Would compel political parties to make binding pre-election promises as to what coalitions will be formed for different election outcomes.85
Michael X.LOThis House Believes that there are no immoral thoughts, merely immoral actions.85
🇵🇭 JagPMThis House Regrets the rise of TikTok trends that encourage self-diagnosis of mental health conditions.85

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