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Structural Reasons Pre-WUDC 2022

2022-06-01 · Bulgaria · BP

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The field

Ultra Premier

Expect the absolute best in the world to attend.

80 teams (This edition)

Motions

Structural Reasons Pre-WUDC 2022 (2022)10 motions
  • Round 1THBT it is in the interest of the GOP to elect Donald Trump as the Republican candidate for the 2024 US Presidential Election
  • Round 2THP a world with a widespread belief in Radical Freedom
  • Round 3THBT all startups that become unicorns should be publicly traded
  • Round 4Assuming at least a basic level of services are provided to citizens, THP to be born into a stable dictatorship where democratic expression is curtailed over a volatile democracy
  • Round 5THBT governments should abandon the strategy of "decapitation" in fighting terrorism.
  • QuarterfinalsTHO increased financialization
  • SemifinalsTHS the promotion of mortal salience in media
  • Grand FinalTHBT it is immoral for resistance movements to engage in military tactics that are highly likely to result in retaliation against the civilian population
  • ESL SemifinalsTHS the coalition's price cap on Russian oil prices
  • ESL FinalsTH, as a young talented worker, W choose to enter the workforce in a job that promises high stability and guaranteed, but slow, career and pay progression, over a more volatile job in which career and pay progression is entirely performance based

What gets set here

International Relations30%
Politics20%
Economics20%
Philosophy10%
Media10%
Social & Identity10%

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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 · 30% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Philosophy · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Media · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

20% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 80.6.

Last edition: 16 of 80 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 break34 teams

How scoring works here

78.0 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 75.7 and 80.3.

This is 1.0 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 83.2

Top-10 pace 81.4

Top-20 pace 80.4

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

Comparable: Bulgaria WUDC 2026 (76.8), Cambridge IV 2024 (76.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇨🇳 Ricky J.OWTHBT governments should abandon the strategy of "decapitation" in fighting terrorism.85
🇺🇸 Bowser L.MOTHBT governments should abandon the strategy of "decapitation" in fighting terrorism.85
🇺🇸 Xiao L.DLOAssuming at least a basic level of services are provided to citizens, THP to be born into a stable dictatorship where democratic expression is curtailed over a volatile democracy85
🇺🇸 Isaac C.LOAssuming at least a basic level of services are provided to citizens, THP to be born into a stable dictatorship where democratic expression is curtailed over a volatile democracy85
🇦🇹 Katharina J.DLOTHBT all startups that become unicorns should be publicly traded85
🇨🇦 Naomi P.LOAssuming at least a basic level of services are provided to citizens, THP to be born into a stable dictatorship where democratic expression is curtailed over a volatile democracy85
🇮🇪 Jack W.LOTHBT all startups that become unicorns should be publicly traded84
🇺🇸 Tejas S.OWTHP a world with a widespread belief in Radical Freedom84
🇧🇬 Rumen M.PMAssuming at least a basic level of services are provided to citizens, THP to be born into a stable dictatorship where democratic expression is curtailed over a volatile democracy84
🇧🇬 Alek S.MGTHBT governments should abandon the strategy of "decapitation" in fighting terrorism.84
🇨🇦 Naomi P.MOTHP a world with a widespread belief in Radical Freedom84
🇺🇸 Vivian Z.MOTHP a world with a widespread belief in Radical Freedom84

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