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USU Open 2025

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

Australia, In personAPThe tab

Sat 10 May 2025

From 1 tab, newest USU Open 2025.

How many points did it take?

4points were safe
in 2025

The last team in averaged 77.1 speaks in 2025.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 21 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Philosophy motionsLesson: Weighing arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

4of 23 teams broke
in 2025

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

USU Open 202521 motions
  1. Round 1That we support the widespread adoption of the data-driven education modelPractise this motion
  2. Round 1That we support a youth culture oriented around leisure and exploration rather than productivityPractise this motion
  3. Round 1That it is in the interests of university management at Australian universities to repeal policies restricting free speech and student activismPractise this motion
  4. Round 2That it is time for a second AccordPractise this motion
  5. Round 2That we support forcibly relocating people from informal housing areas (e.g. slums) into government constructed formal housing (e.g. new built residential apartments)Practise this motion
  6. Round 2That China should drastically increase labour rights protections domesticallyPractise this motion
  7. Round 3That the reintroduction of mandatory military service is in the interests of CroatiaPractise this motion
  8. Round 3That the 'High Representative' for Bosnia and Hercegovina should be abolishedPractise this motion
  9. Round 3That we support non-resident citizens of Albania being able to vote in Albanian electionsPractise this motion
  10. Round 4That we prefer a world where human beings became fertile in their mid 20’s and lost fertility when they turned 30Practise this motion
  11. Round 4That we prefer a world where all human beings had a consistent moderately irrational optimism biasPractise this motion
  12. Round 4That we prefer a world where human beings have no need or desire to sleepPractise this motion
  13. Round 5That we support the repeal of section 316Practise this motion
  14. Round 5That Australia should abolish extended joint criminal enterprise (EJCE)Practise this motion
  15. Round 5That we prefer a decarceration approach to a reformist approachPractise this motion
  16. SemifinalsThat supporters of Palestine should decentre the narrative that Zionism is inherently colonialPractise this motion
  17. SemifinalsThat the Palestinian Authority should push for Palestinians to be given permanent places of residence in Arab states, even at the cost of ceding a right to returnPractise this motion
  18. SemifinalsThat, if he were on trial, it would be immoral to sentence to death and execute Bashar Al-AssadPractise this motion
  19. Grand FinalThat it is better to be decisive and wrong than uncertain and rightPractise this motion
  20. Grand FinalThat happiness is a choicePractise this motion
  21. Grand FinalThat Trumpism is dyingPractise this motion

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
75.4
where most speakers land
74.2 to 76.6

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker78.0
  • 10th speaker77.0
  • 20th speaker76.4

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.