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Ljubljana IV 2023

2023-06-01 · Slovenia · BP

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The field

Below Average

A smaller or newer tournament. Good for building confidence and getting reps.

37 teams (This edition), 31 teams (2022)

Motions from this series

Ljubljana IV 2023 (2023)8 motions
  • Round 1When distributing welfare, THP that governments provide cash transfers instead of social goods (e.g. food stamps, free education, vocational training programmes)
  • Round 2THW ban climbing of the 14 Peaks
  • Round 3THW publicly display the ingots as they are, rather than repurpose them into a new statue
  • Round 4THR the divine feminine
  • Round 5THW legalise duelling to the death
  • SemifinalsTHS the expansion of BRICS membership
  • Grand FinalThis house hopes for the abolition of gender
  • ProAm FinalsTHW flee with Ikaros rather than staying in captivity
Ljubljana IV 2022 (2022)7 motions
  • Round 1This house regrets the popularization of gap year travel
  • Round 2THS the use of on-demand referenda in recently established democracies
  • Round 3THP a world where the dominant religion believes in one benevolent god who is the Universe’s sole creator and surveyor (eg. Islam, Christianity), as opposed to a world where the dominant religion believes in many morally ambiguous spiritual entities (eg. Ancient Greek religion, European folklore).
  • Round 4THBT the feminist movement should campaign for the equal sexualization of men in the media as opposed to campaigning against the sexualization of women
  • Round 5TH, as the Chinese Communist Party, regrets the Common prosperity policy
  • SemifinalsThis house believes that avoiding military conscription is always justified
  • Grand FinalTH, as the Slovenian people, regrets not accepting Emperor Karl's offer in 1918 and remaining a part of Austria

What gets set here

Social & Identity20%
Religion13%
Law & Crime13%
Politics13%
Economics7%
Sport7%

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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.

  • Social & Identity · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

29% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.0.

Last edition: 12 of 37 teams broke.

  • 20229 pts · 80.7 speaks8/31
  • 202310 pts · 75.3 speaks12/37
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How scoring works here

76.3 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.0 and 79.6.

This is 2.1 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 84.4

Top-10 pace 80.2

Top-20 pace 78.6

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

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), Munich Open 2026 (73.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇭🇷 Tin P.PMTHW ban climbing of the 14 Peaks86
🇭🇷 Tin P.MOWhen distributing welfare, THP that governments provide cash transfers instead of social goods (e.g. food stamps, free education, vocational training programmes)85
🇭🇷 Tin P.LOTHW legalise duelling to the death85
🇭🇷 Mislav M.OWWhen distributing welfare, THP that governments provide cash transfers instead of social goods (e.g. food stamps, free education, vocational training programmes)85
🇭🇷 Petar Z.LOTHW ban climbing of the 14 Peaks85
🇦🇹 Mira E.GWTHW ban climbing of the 14 Peaks84
🇭🇷 Petar Z.PMTHW publicly display the ingots as they are, rather than repurpose them into a new statue84
🇭🇷 Lovro M.DPMTHW publicly display the ingots as they are, rather than repurpose them into a new statue84
Uzair T.LOTHW publicly display the ingots as they are, rather than repurpose them into a new statue84
🇭🇷 Mislav M.DPMTHW ban climbing of the 14 Peaks84
David S.DPMTHR the divine feminine84
🇭🇷 Lovro M.DLOTHW ban climbing of the 14 Peaks84

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