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Severn Cup 2025

2025-06-01 · England, In person · BP

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The field

Below Average

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

23 teams (This edition), 16 teams (2023)

Motions

Severn Cup 2025 (2025)6 motions
  • Round 1This House Supports Cornish Devolution
  • Round 2This House Would rather be born in a collectivist culture over an individualist culture
  • Round 3TH, as Dr. Malex Artin, Would Reveal Your Identity as the Book’s Author
  • Round 4THBT it is in the interests of the British Government to issue a formal apology for its colonial past
  • Grand FinalThis house opposes the narrative that 'love conquers all'
  • Silver FinalsThis House Believes That Nico Rosberg Should Not Have Retired Immediately After Winning the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship

What gets set here

Social & Identity33%
Politics17%
Abstract17%
International Relations17%
Sport17%

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Practice Social & Identity 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.

  • Social & Identity · 33% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Abstract · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

35% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 8 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 74.6.

Last edition: 8 of 23 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Gold break4 teams
  • Silver break8 teams

How scoring works here

73.5 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 70.7 and 76.3.

This is 0.6 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 79.8

Top-10 pace 75.3

Top-20 pace 72.5

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
Aditya H.MGTH, as Dr. Malex Artin, Would Reveal Your Identity as the Book’s Author83
Ben G.GWTH, as Dr. Malex Artin, Would Reveal Your Identity as the Book’s Author82
🇬🇧 Brian J.DLOThis House Would rather be born in a collectivist culture over an individualist culture81
🇬🇧 Lauren F.MOTH, as Dr. Malex Artin, Would Reveal Your Identity as the Book’s Author81
🇬🇧 Joel T.OWTH, as Dr. Malex Artin, Would Reveal Your Identity as the Book’s Author81
🇬🇧 Lauren F.MGTHBT it is in the interests of the British Government to issue a formal apology for its colonial past81
🇬🇧 Joel T.GWTHBT it is in the interests of the British Government to issue a formal apology for its colonial past80
Jeremiah K.MOTHBT it is in the interests of the British Government to issue a formal apology for its colonial past80
William P.MGThis House Would rather be born in a collectivist culture over an individualist culture79
Patrick L.GWThis House Would rather be born in a collectivist culture over an individualist culture79
🇬🇧 Lauren F.LOThis House Supports Cornish Devolution79
Amelia D.DPMTH, as Dr. Malex Artin, Would Reveal Your Identity as the Book’s Author79

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