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UCLA IV 2023

2023-06-01 · United States · BP

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The field

Above Average

A competitive tournament. Good preparation ground for larger events.

64 teams (This edition)

Motions

UCLA IV 2023 (2023)15 motions
  • Round 0This House would abolish timeouts in all team sports
  • Round 0This House would make Esperanto mandatory in all schools in the world
  • Round 0This House would require every citizen to watch a film produced in their country every year
  • Round 0This House would not buy Apple
  • Round 0This House would impose trade sanctions on countries that do not use the metric system
  • Round 0This House regrets our reliance on the internet
  • Round 1THS open borders.
  • Round 2THR the narrative that being a parent is fulfilling.
  • Round 3THBT sustained global economic growth is preferable to economic stagnation for the interests of nonhuman animals.
  • Round 4THS a norm where couples in long-term relationships take regular sabbaticals from the relationship (e.g., stop seeing each other, live separately if living together).
  • Round 5THW require companies to hire a significant percentage of employees without university degrees across all levels of their organisation.
  • Open QuarterfinalTHP a world where individuals establish personal relationships with religion, rather than seeking divine connection through religious institutions.
  • Open SemifinalTHBT West and Central African countries should abandon the CFA franc in favour of establishing their own independent currencies.* *For the purposes of this debate, Government teams have to defend a separate currency for each individual country.
  • Open Grand FinalIn Western liberal democracies, THR the queer movement's primary form of collectivization transitioning from riots/protests into pride celebrations/parades.
  • Novice FinalsTHBT the Republican nominee for the 2024 US presidential election is likely to win the general election.

What gets set here

Social & Identity20%
Economics20%
International Relations7%
Religion7%
Politics7%

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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.

  • Economics · 27% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Philosophy · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

25% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.6.

Last edition: 16 of 64 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
  • Novice break6 teams

How scoring works here

76.5 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.5 and 78.6.

This is 0.4 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.6

Top-10 pace 79.4

Top-20 pace 78.6

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

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

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇬🇧 Alexandr S.PMTHS a norm where couples in long-term relationships take regular sabbaticals from the relationship (e.g., stop seeing each other, live separately if living together).84
🇺🇸 Xiao L.OWTHBT sustained global economic growth is preferable to economic stagnation for the interests of nonhuman animals.83
Mariana I.DPMTHBT sustained global economic growth is preferable to economic stagnation for the interests of nonhuman animals.83
🇮🇳 Abhishek A.GWTHR the narrative that being a parent is fulfilling.82
Mariana I.DLOTHS open borders.82
Nicholas A.GWTHBT sustained global economic growth is preferable to economic stagnation for the interests of nonhuman animals.82
🇬🇧 Shaurya C.DPMTHS a norm where couples in long-term relationships take regular sabbaticals from the relationship (e.g., stop seeing each other, live separately if living together).82
🇺🇸 Veer J.MOTHBT sustained global economic growth is preferable to economic stagnation for the interests of nonhuman animals.82
Alexandr C.DPMTHS a norm where couples in long-term relationships take regular sabbaticals from the relationship (e.g., stop seeing each other, live separately if living together).82
🇺🇸 Victor T.DPMTHBT sustained global economic growth is preferable to economic stagnation for the interests of nonhuman animals.82
Jenny K.DPMTHW require companies to hire a significant percentage of employees without university degrees across all levels of their organisation.82
🇺🇸 Xiao L.GWTHS a norm where couples in long-term relationships take regular sabbaticals from the relationship (e.g., stop seeing each other, live separately if living together).82

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