Edinburgh Cup 2025

2025-10-11 · Scotland, In person · BP

The field

Average

A standard open. Solid competition with a mix of experience levels.

42 teams (This edition), 36 teams (2024), 24 teams (2023), 41 teams (2022)

Motions

Edinburgh Cup 2025 (2025)8 motions

Round 1THO the strong norm of non-interference in journalism
Round 2THW introduce mandatory case reviews of all convictions after 3 years in prison and every subsequent 3-year period in their sentence.
Round 3This House supports the rise of anti-tourism measures
Round 4THO the narrative that the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb
Round 5THO the practice of releasing artists' works posthumously
SemifinalsThis House Believes That the United Nations should deploy a task force to restore order in Haiti
Grand FinalTH Prefers a World in which Donald Trump was assassinated on the 13th of July 2024
Novice FinalsTH Prefers reigning in hell to serving in heaven

What gets set here

Social & Identity25%

Media13%

Law & Crime13%

Arts & Culture13%

International Relations13%

Pop Culture13%

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 · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Media · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Law & Crime · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Arts & Culture · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
International Relations · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Pop Culture · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

Built from what this tournament sets most. Import more tabs and this plan tunes itself to your weak spots.

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Social & Identity motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Social & Identity motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: THO the strong norm of non-interference in journalismMotion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Social & Identity motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: MediaPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

19% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.6.

Last edition: 8 of 42 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

Open break8 teams
Novice break4 teams

How scoring works here

75.7 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.4 and 79.0.

This is 0.4 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 82.0

Top-10 pace 79.8

Top-20 pace 78.2

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
🇬🇧 Miya T.	MO	THO the practice of releasing artists' works posthumously	85
Aymaan S.	MO	THO the practice of releasing artists' works posthumously	85
Adam H.	OW	THO the practice of releasing artists' works posthumously	85
Eoghan C.	MO	This House supports the rise of anti-tourism measures	84
Joshua S.	PM	THO the practice of releasing artists' works posthumously	84
Aymaan S.	MG	This House supports the rise of anti-tourism measures	84
🇬🇧 Freddy L.	OW	This House supports the rise of anti-tourism measures	84
🇮🇪 Adrianna M.	DLO	THO the narrative that the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb	84
Adam H.	GW	This House supports the rise of anti-tourism measures	84
🇬🇧 Harvey O.	DPM	THO the practice of releasing artists' works posthumously	83
Joshua S.	LO	This House supports the rise of anti-tourism measures	83
Zoe M.	LO	THO the narrative that the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb	83

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