UCL President's Cup 2025

2025-10-18 · England, In person · BP

Below Average

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

45 teams (This edition), 32 teams (2024), 59 teams (2021)

UCL President's Cup 2025 (2025)7 motions

Round 1THS the decline of religion in place of the rise in spirituality
Round 2THR Italian linguistic nationalism
Round 3In Developing Countries, THP the Market Economy
Round 4TH, as the feminist movement, W advocate for their male allies to be confrontational in their advocacy (i.e confronting other men) as opposed to being disarming in their advocacy (i.e listening and supporting, relating)
Gold FinalAssuming Feasibility, TH, as a left wing person, would save Charlie kirk
Silver FinalTHBT Belief in Predestination Enhances One's Sense of Meaning in Life
Non-Schools FinalTHBT Mr Beast has done more harm than good

Religion29%

Pop Culture29%

Politics14%

Economics14%

Social & Identity14%

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

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 Religion motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Religion 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: THS the decline of religion in place of the rise in spiritualityMotion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Religion motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: Pop CulturePull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

27% of teams break

Break on speaks? Average at least 73.5.

Last edition: 12 of 45 teams broke.

~??% estimated break chance

??.?–??.? estimated speaker score

73.1 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 71.2 and 75.0.

This is 0.9 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.0

Top-10 pace 75.0

Top-20 pace 74.0

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

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

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
Speaker S.	LO	THR Italian linguistic nationalism	83
Speaker S.	MG	In Developing Countries, THP the Market Economy	81
Speaker S.	GW	In Developing Countries, THP the Market Economy	81
🇬🇧 Rino K.	MG	TH, as the feminist movement, W advocate for their male allies to be confrontational in their advocacy (i.e confronting other men) as opposed to being disarming in their advocacy (i.e listening and supporting, relating)	80
Speaker S.	DPM	THS the decline of religion in place of the rise in spirituality	79
Ethan L.	MG	THS the decline of religion in place of the rise in spirituality	79
Speaker S.	PM	THS the decline of religion in place of the rise in spirituality	78
Cheyenne S.	GW	THS the decline of religion in place of the rise in spirituality	78
Speaker S.	MO	TH, as the feminist movement, W advocate for their male allies to be confrontational in their advocacy (i.e confronting other men) as opposed to being disarming in their advocacy (i.e listening and supporting, relating)	78
Tanay R.	MO	THS the decline of religion in place of the rise in spirituality	78
Speaker S.	OW	TH, as the feminist movement, W advocate for their male allies to be confrontational in their advocacy (i.e confronting other men) as opposed to being disarming in their advocacy (i.e listening and supporting, relating)	78
Tejas C.	OW	In Developing Countries, THP the Market Economy	78

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