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Macau Debate Open 2025

2025-02-15 · Macau · BP

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The field

Below Average

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

93 teams (This edition), 68 teams (2024)

Motions from this series

Macau Debate Open 2025 (2025)13 motions
  • Round 0TH, as an average North East Asian, would opt into the belief that all morality is artificially constructed.
  • Round 1This House Supports a 100% heritage tax.
  • Round 2This House, as the athlete, Would choose to a play in a foreign league
  • Round 3TH, as the USA, welcomes the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
  • Round 4TH, as an average North East Asian, would opt into the belief that all morality is artificially constructed.
  • Round 5TH, as feminism movement, would actively embrace and spread non-traditional relationship model (e.g. female-domination relationships, situationships)
  • QuarterfinalsTHR the wide use of constructive ambiguity in International Law.
  • SemifinalsTHBT Faithtok does more harm than good
  • Grand FinalTHP the life of an average monkey who lives in a resourceful jungle rather than the life of an average human being.
  • Novice QuarterfinalsTHBT developing countries should develop carbon emissions trading markets
  • Novice SemifinalsThis House Regrets the decline in Open Source development in AI Model
  • Novice FinalTHP a world in which eulogies before death was normalise
  • Schools FinalThis House Regrets the decline in Open Source development in AI Model
Macau Debate Open 2024 (2024)12 motions
  • Round 1THBT States should distribute funding to charities based on their effectiveness
  • Round 2TH Regrets the association between sports and national pride
  • Round 3THW ban all forms of religious proselytization in areas of high poverty
  • Round 4TH, as a gay person living in a conservative society, would seek for a cooperative marriage instead of coming out
  • Round 5THW nationalize all property in high demand downtown areas
  • Open Quarter FinalsTH regrets the popularity of “Nv Pin”
  • Open Semi FinalsTHBT apoliticality is immoral
  • Open Grand FinalsTHW implement Universal Basic Income in Macao
  • Novice SemifinalsTHBT publicly funded universities should allocate funding to degree programs based on their employment outcome.
  • Novice FinalsTH Opposes the emphasis on sacrifice within love
  • School SemifinalsTHBT publicly funded universities should allocate funding to degree programs based on their employment outcome.
  • School FinalsTH Opposes the emphasis on sacrifice within love

What gets set here

Social & Identity24%
Philosophy12%
Economics12%
Politics12%
Sport8%
Religion8%

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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 · 24% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Philosophy · 12% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 12% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 12% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

26% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 76.3.

Last edition: 16 of 93 teams broke.

  • 202411 pts · 75.2 speaks24/68
  • 202511 pts · 77.5 speaks16/93
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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

  • Open break16 teams
  • Novice break18 teams
  • Schools break7 teams

How scoring works here

75.4 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.9 and 77.0.

This is 0.8 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.0

Top-10 pace 78.6

Top-20 pace 77.6

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

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇰🇷 Park Y.MOTH, as an average North East Asian, would opt into the belief that all morality is artificially constructed.83
Shuairong Z.GWThis House, as the athlete, Would choose to a play in a foreign league82
🇰🇷 Park Y.DLOTH, as the USA, welcomes the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)81
Shinrhee L.PMTH, as feminism movement, would actively embrace and spread non-traditional relationship model (e.g. female-domination relationships, situationships)81
🇰🇷 Park S.PMThis House, as the athlete, Would choose to a play in a foreign league81
Joshua L.LOThis House, as the athlete, Would choose to a play in a foreign league81
🇨🇳 Ray W.DPMTH, as an average North East Asian, would opt into the belief that all morality is artificially constructed.81
Thea M.OWTH, as an average North East Asian, would opt into the belief that all morality is artificially constructed.81
Hanyu W.MGThis House, as the athlete, Would choose to a play in a foreign league81
Cynthia Y.DPMTH, as feminism movement, would actively embrace and spread non-traditional relationship model (e.g. female-domination relationships, situationships)81
Chew X.DLOThis House, as the athlete, Would choose to a play in a foreign league81
🇰🇷 Seungjae H.DPMTH, as feminism movement, would actively embrace and spread non-traditional relationship model (e.g. female-domination relationships, situationships)81

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