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Glasgow Ancients 2023

2023-06-01 · Scotland · BP

Part of the Glasgow Ancients series →

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The field

Above Average

A competitive tournament. Good preparation ground for larger events.

40 teams (This edition), 46 teams (2022)

Motions from this series

Glasgow Ancients 2023 (2023)7 motions
  • Round 1THP individualist feminism to social feminism
  • Round 2THR these amendments made to the Children's fiction.
  • Round 3TH, as an aspiring porn artist would focus on creating solo-cam porn career over entering the traditional porn industry.
  • Round 4In times of significant instability in financial markets, THS partially state funded bank mergers.
  • Round 5THBT professionals and disability activists should heavily prioritize the practices and narratives derived from the medical as opposed to the social model.
  • SemifinalsTHS the existance of Hospital X
  • Grand FinalThis House Would Abolish the British Monarchy
Glasgow Ancients 2022 (2022)7 motions
  • Round 1THW abolish grades in elementary/primary schools
  • Round 2THBT companies should adopt the practice of Radical Transparency
  • Round 3THS the use of capital controls by developing economies
  • Round 4This house supports first generation immigrants to Western Europe encouraging their children to fully assimilate and identify with the local culture
  • Round 5THBT social media has done more harm than good
  • SemifinalsTHBT countries transitioning to democracy should implement a "Pact of Forgetting"
  • Grand FinalTHW NOT publish this information

What gets set here

Social & Identity29%
Economics21%
Health & Medicine14%
Politics14%
Education7%
Technology7%

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Practice Social & Identity 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.

  • Social & Identity · 29% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 21% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Health & Medicine · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

19% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.7.

Last edition: 8 of 40 teams broke.

  • 202212 pts · 79.1 speaks8/46
  • 202310 pts · 80.3 speaks8/40
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How scoring works here

76.8 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.7 and 79.8.

This is 0.6 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 82.4

Top-10 pace 80.8

Top-20 pace 79.6

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Warwick Pre-EUDC 2025 (76.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇮🇪 Jack P.DLOTH, as an aspiring porn artist would focus on creating solo-cam porn career over entering the traditional porn industry.86
🇬🇧 Parth P.GWTHBT professionals and disability activists should heavily prioritize the practices and narratives derived from the medical as opposed to the social model.86
🇮🇪 Jack C.LOTH, as an aspiring porn artist would focus on creating solo-cam porn career over entering the traditional porn industry.85
🇬🇧 Jamie B.OWTHBT professionals and disability activists should heavily prioritize the practices and narratives derived from the medical as opposed to the social model.85
🇮🇪 Jack P.DPMTHBT professionals and disability activists should heavily prioritize the practices and narratives derived from the medical as opposed to the social model.85
Alex M.DPMTHR these amendments made to the Children's fiction.84
🇺🇸 Ted C.DLOTHP individualist feminism to social feminism84
🇺🇸 Ted C.DPMTH, as an aspiring porn artist would focus on creating solo-cam porn career over entering the traditional porn industry.84
🇬🇧 William S.MGTHBT professionals and disability activists should heavily prioritize the practices and narratives derived from the medical as opposed to the social model.84
Jack S.GWIn times of significant instability in financial markets, THS partially state funded bank mergers.84
🇬🇧 Julie N.DPMIn times of significant instability in financial markets, THS partially state funded bank mergers.83
Alex M.DLOTHP individualist feminism to social feminism83

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