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Lantugi Novice Cup 2025

2025-08-30 · Philippines, Online · BP · Online

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The field

Below Average

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

103 teams (This edition), 82 teams (2024)

Motions

Lantugi Novice Cup 2025 (2025)11 motions
  • Round 1THR the stigma put on mediocrity
  • Round 2THS the increased use of recall elections in the Philippines
  • Round 3THW defy the team order
  • Round 4THBT it is in the interest of the Philippines to suspend M&As in times of major global crisis (e.g. pandemic, financial crashes)
  • OctofinalsTHBT it is in the interest of Ukrainians for Ukraine to pursue a permanent peace agreement with Russia now, as opposed to negotiating for a ceasefire deal
  • QuarterfinalsTHW ban religious proselytization among economically vulnerable communities.
  • SemifinalsTHW allow the DBM to lock in specific NEP budgets
  • Grand FinalsTHBT debating communities in the Global South should prioritize framing debate as an act of resistance rather than as an academic exercise
  • High School QuarterfinalsTHBT the Catholic Church should abolish cloistered religious orders.
  • High School SemifinalsIn a world where art is heavily AI-influenced and other artists are resisting against it, TH, as a young artist, will embrace AI as a collaborative medium, as opposed to joining the resistance
  • High School Grand FinalsTH, as Deia, would run away with the Prince

What gets set here

Politics18%
Religion18%
Social & Identity9%
Sport9%
Economics9%
International Relations9%

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Practice Politics motions ›Read: Generating arguments

You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

  • Politics · 18% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 18% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

33% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 8 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 75.5.

Last edition: 34 of 103 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break34 teams
  • High School break35 teams

How scoring works here

74.5 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.0 and 75.9.

This is 0.5 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 77.8

Top-10 pace 76.5

Top-20 pace 76.0

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

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), QMUL Open 2026 (72.9)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Ella M.DLOTHBT it is in the interest of the Philippines to suspend M&As in times of major global crisis (e.g. pandemic, financial crashes)79
CianMOTHBT it is in the interest of the Philippines to suspend M&As in times of major global crisis (e.g. pandemic, financial crashes)79
StewieMOTHS the increased use of recall elections in the Philippines79
Elle B.MGTHBT it is in the interest of the Philippines to suspend M&As in times of major global crisis (e.g. pandemic, financial crashes)79
William G.MOTHS the increased use of recall elections in the Philippines79
Christien T.OWTHS the increased use of recall elections in the Philippines79
Eunice D.OWTHW defy the team order79
Tehya F.LOTHBT it is in the interest of the Philippines to suspend M&As in times of major global crisis (e.g. pandemic, financial crashes)79
Speaker S.DPMTHR the stigma put on mediocrity79
Michael M.MOTHS the increased use of recall elections in the Philippines78
Pauline L.MOTHW defy the team order78
Jayden E.OWTHW defy the team order78

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