Fri 29 Sep 2023
From 2 tabs, newest Edinburgh Cup 2023.
How many points did it take?
9points were safe
in 2023
Across the last 2 editions with a figure, the middle was 11 (9, 11, newest first). The last team in averaged 74.3 speaks in 2023.
What will they set?
Out of 16 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.
Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
12of 24 teams broke
in 2023
Field strength: Average in 2023, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Past motions
2 editions with motions on record, newest first.
Edinburgh Cup 20238 motions
- Round 1THO girlification.Practise this motion
- Round 2THR the use of international sport as a unifying national narrative.Practise this motion
- Round 3TH Predicts that Scottish Labour will form the government after the next parliamentary election.Practise this motion
- Round 4THW produce "Ending A" over "Ending B".Practise this motion
- Round 5THP UK foundation training allocations to be random rather than performance-based.Practise this motion
- SemifinalsTH Hopes for the increased prevalence of Pan-Africanism.Practise this motion
- Pro-Am FinalsTHW abolish the 'right to roam' in Scotland.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalsTHP The World Of Total Belief to the world we currently live in.Practise this motion
Edinburgh Cup 20228 motions
- Round 1THBT the feminist movement should advocate for the abolition of marriagePractise this motion
- Round 2THS the creation of art which alters the events of culturally significant tragedies to have a happy ending e.g. in 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood', Charles Manson's victims are saved from being murdered even though they were killed in real life.Practise this motion
- Round 3In cities with scarce housing availability, THW reallocate funds intended for building or subsidizing affordable housing to providing the means for those in need to relocate to different cities with lower costs of living.Practise this motion
- Round 4TH, as someone leaving a major organised religion, would seek to join a neopagan syncretic movement rather than abandon religion.Practise this motion
- Round 5Assuming it is feasible to measure rehabilitation, THW release prisoners purely based on their level of rehabilitation as opposed to having set prison sentencesPractise this motion
- SemifinalsTH as an African-American with admission to both a well-established historically black university (HBU) and a high-ranking ivy league university would choose to attend the historically black university.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalTH, as a parent, would raise their child to follow the principles of the law of attractionPractise this motion
- Pro Am FinalsTHS the Hikikomori policy of the Japanese GovernmentPractise this motion
The break, year by year
The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.
| Year | Safe on (points) | Last team in (speaks) | Teams broke |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | 74.3 | 12 of 24 |
| 2022 | 11 | 79.0 | 8 of 41 |
How speakers score here
Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.
- average speaker score, 2 editions
- 75.5
- where most speakers land
- 72.4 to 78.5
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 75.2
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker82.0
- 10th speaker78.4
- 20th speaker77.0
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 editions.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Meta Open 202674.8
- Munich Open 202673.6
Top speeches
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 馃嚞馃嚙 Jamie B. | OODLO | TH Predicts that Scottish Labour will form the government after the next parliamentary election. | 85 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙 Jamie B. | CGMG | THW produce "Ending A" over "Ending B". | 85 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙 Zainab S. | OOLO | TH Predicts that Scottish Labour will form the government after the next parliamentary election. | 84 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙 Zainab S. | CGGW | THW produce "Ending A" over "Ending B". | 84 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙 Alishba I. | OOLO | THW produce "Ending A" over "Ending B". | 84 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙 Alishba I. | OOLO | THO girlification. | 82 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙 Rhea A. | COMO | THO girlification. | 82 |
| Irina C. | COOW | THW produce "Ending A" over "Ending B". | 82 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙 Zainab S. | OGPM | THO girlification. | 82 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙 Harvey O. | COOW | THO girlification. | 82 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙 Jamie B. | OGDPM | THO girlification. | 82 |
| Henrietta V. | COMO | THP UK foundation training allocations to be random rather than performance-based. | 82 |