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Hangzhou Northeast Asians Debating Championships 2025

Nov 14, 2025 · China, In person · BP

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The field

Average

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

56 teams (This edition)

Motions

Hangzhou Northeast Asians Debating Championships 2025 (2025)11 motions
  • Round 1THR the rise of optimisation culture.
  • Round 2THO the growing trend of psychedelic tourism.
  • Round 3In areas with high recidivism, THBT states should prioritise strengthening non-prison justice structures over directly reforming the prison system.
  • Round 4TH prefers a world where Zou Hun is the dominant cultural norm.
  • Round 5TH, as the Takaichi Administration, W recognise Palestine as a sovereign state.
  • Round 6THW force all insular religious communities to have their members embark on a "Rumspringa" upon reaching legal adulthood.
  • QuarterfinalsAssuming global feasibility, THW restrict the conduct of all Dual Use Research of Concern to occur only within the public sector.
  • SemifinalsTH, as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, W actively seek to resume nuclear talks with the U.S.
  • Grand FinalTHS queer opacity in aesthetic expression.
  • English as a Foreign Language SemifinalsTH prefers the narrative that success in retail investment is driven primarily by luck rather than skill.
  • English as a Foreign Language FinalsTH welcomes the rise of "red-chip" art.

What gets set here

Social & Identity27%
International Relations18%
Health & Medicine9%
Law & Crime9%
Religion9%
Technology9%

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You vs this tournament

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

  • Social & Identity · 27% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 18% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Health & Medicine · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

29% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 12 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 76.4.

Last edition: 16 of 56 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break16 teams
  • English as a Foreign Language break12 teams

How scoring works here

75.3 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.7 and 77.0.

This is 0.2 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.3

Top-10 pace 77.7

Top-20 pace 76.7

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

Comparable: Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3), Munich Open 2026 (73.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇰🇷 Park S.MOTHW force all insular religious communities to have their members embark on a "Rumspringa" upon reaching legal adulthood.83
Ryosei K.OWTHW force all insular religious communities to have their members embark on a "Rumspringa" upon reaching legal adulthood.83
Daisy J.PMTHW force all insular religious communities to have their members embark on a "Rumspringa" upon reaching legal adulthood.82
🇰🇷 Seungjae H.DPMTH, as the Takaichi Administration, W recognise Palestine as a sovereign state.82
Ryosei K.DLOTH, as the Takaichi Administration, W recognise Palestine as a sovereign state.81
🇰🇷 Park S.LOTH, as the Takaichi Administration, W recognise Palestine as a sovereign state.81
Na'ama S.PMTH, as the Takaichi Administration, W recognise Palestine as a sovereign state.81
🇨🇳 Ricky J.DPMTHW force all insular religious communities to have their members embark on a "Rumspringa" upon reaching legal adulthood.81
Yuka O.DLOTHO the growing trend of psychedelic tourism.81
Daisy J.OWTH prefers a world where Zou Hun is the dominant cultural norm.80
Yuka O.MOTH prefers a world where Zou Hun is the dominant cultural norm.80
🇰🇷 Park S.MGTHO the growing trend of psychedelic tourism.80

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