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Glasgow Ancients 2024

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

Thu 4 Apr 2024

From 3 tabs, newest Glasgow Ancients 2024.

How many points did it take?

11points were safe
in 2024

Across the last 3 editions with a figure, the middle was 11 (11, 10, 12, newest first). The last team in averaged 81.4 speaks in 2024.

What will they set?

Out of 21 past motions with a topic, from 3 editions.

How many teams, and how many break?

8of 49 teams broke
in 2024

Field strength: Ultra Premier in 2024, from the ratings of the debaters who went.

Past motions

3 editions with motions on record, newest first.

Glasgow Ancients 20247 motions
  1. Round 1THR the rise of finfluencersPractise this motion
  2. Round 2This house hopes for the message to confirm the existence of a deterministic universePractise this motion
  3. Round 3THP a world without professional interpretations of art (e.g. art critics, tastemakers, gallery label descriptions etc.)Practise this motion
  4. Round 4THO New AtheismPractise this motion
  5. Round 5THP a world in which postcolonial African states had prioritised achieving economic and land reparations (e.g. active land redistribution, quotas, cash transfer programmes) over enshrining civil and political rights (e.g. rights to protest, vote, free speech, form associations, etc.)Practise this motion
  6. SemifinalsTHBT the Two-Pillar Solution will do more harm than goodPractise this motion
  7. Grand FinalTHS the use of necro-resistance as a form of protestPractise this motion
Glasgow Ancients 20237 motions
  1. Round 1THP individualist feminism to social feminismPractise this motion
  2. Round 2THR these amendments made to the Children's fiction.Practise this motion
  3. Round 3TH, as an aspiring porn artist would focus on creating solo-cam porn career over entering the traditional porn industry.Practise this motion
  4. Round 4In times of significant instability in financial markets, THS partially state funded bank mergers.Practise this motion
  5. Round 5THBT professionals and disability activists should heavily prioritize the practices and narratives derived from the medical as opposed to the social model.Practise this motion
  6. SemifinalsTHS the existance of Hospital XPractise this motion
  7. Grand FinalThis House Would Abolish the British MonarchyPractise this motion
Glasgow Ancients 20227 motions
  1. Round 1THW abolish grades in elementary/primary schoolsPractise this motion
  2. Round 2THBT companies should adopt the practice of Radical TransparencyPractise this motion
  3. Round 3THS the use of capital controls by developing economiesPractise this motion
  4. Round 4This house supports first generation immigrants to Western Europe encouraging their children to fully assimilate and identify with the local culturePractise this motion
  5. Round 5THBT social media has done more harm than goodPractise this motion
  6. SemifinalsTHBT countries transitioning to democracy should implement a "Pact of Forgetting"Practise this motion
  7. Grand FinalTHW NOT publish this informationPractise 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.

YearSafe on (points)Last team in (speaks)Teams broke
20241181.48 of 49
20231080.38 of 40
20221279.18 of 46

How speakers score here

Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.

average speaker score, 3 editions
77.0
where most speakers land
73.9 to 80.0
average at tournaments of similar strength
77.2

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker82.0
  • 10th speaker80.8
  • 20th speaker79.6

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 3 editions.

Similar-strength tournaments

  • Vienna Pre-EUDC 202677.2
  • Doxbridge 4: Modern Warfare77.3

Top speeches

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
馃嚞馃嚙 Arjun R.OGPMTHR the rise of finfluencers88
馃嚠馃嚜 Lucy M.OGDPMThis house hopes for the message to confirm the existence of a deterministic universe87
Robyn L.COMOThis house hopes for the message to confirm the existence of a deterministic universe87
馃嚞馃嚙 Rohan C.OGDPMTHR the rise of finfluencers87
Dylan C.COOWThis house hopes for the message to confirm the existence of a deterministic universe86
馃嚞馃嚙 Emma C.COOWThis house hopes for the message to confirm the existence of a deterministic universe86
馃嚟馃嚢 Aniket G.CGMGThis house hopes for the message to confirm the existence of a deterministic universe86
Manmini G.COMOTHR the rise of finfluencers86
Anna C.CGGWThis house hopes for the message to confirm the existence of a deterministic universe86
Alex M.OGPMThis house hopes for the message to confirm the existence of a deterministic universe86
馃嚠馃嚜 Jack P.COMOThis house hopes for the message to confirm the existence of a deterministic universe85
Cian D.CGMGTHR the rise of finfluencers85