Norwich Mini 2025

2025-11-15 · England, In person · BP

The field

Below Average

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

12 teams (This edition)

Motions

Norwich Mini 2025 (2025)5 motions

Round 1This House Would ban private, non-commercial motor vehicles in major metropolitan cities i.e. London, Manchester.
Round 2This House Believes that it is in the interest of the MAGA movement to attempt to get Trump a third term.
Round 3This house prefers for a society to have British humour rather than American humour
Round 4This house regrets the deinstitutionalisation of mental health treatment.
Grand FinalThis house prefers a world in which people believe A theory of time rather than B theory of time.

What gets set here

Environment20%

Politics20%

Social & Identity20%

Health & Medicine20%

Philosophy20%

Practice Environment 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.

Environment · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Politics · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Social & Identity · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Health & Medicine · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Philosophy · 20% 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 Environment motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Environment 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: This House Would ban private, non-commercial motor vehicles in major metropolitan cities i...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Environment motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: PoliticsPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

33% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 8 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 71.8.

Last edition: 4 of 12 teams broke.

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How scoring works here

70.0 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 66.9 and 73.1.

This is 4.3 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 74.3

Top-10 pace 71.8

Top-20 pace 68.0

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

Comparable: IIT Kanpur Parliamentary Debate 2026 (74.1), Sheffield Pro-Am 2026 (74.1)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
Jiemin T.	OW	This house regrets the deinstitutionalisation of mental health treatment.	79
Cassian	DLO	This house prefers for a society to have British humour rather than American humour	78
Rebecca H.	MG	This house regrets the deinstitutionalisation of mental health treatment.	77
Tsonga N.	MO	This house regrets the deinstitutionalisation of mental health treatment.	76
Jiemin T.	DPM	This house prefers for a society to have British humour rather than American humour	76
Sadif R.	DPM	This house prefers for a society to have British humour rather than American humour	75
Sadif R.	DPM	This house regrets the deinstitutionalisation of mental health treatment.	75
Jiemin T.	OW	This House Would ban private, non-commercial motor vehicles in major metropolitan cities i.e. London, Manchester.	75
Aarya P.	LO	This house prefers for a society to have British humour rather than American humour	75
Dan K.	OW	This house regrets the deinstitutionalisation of mental health treatment.	75
Rizwaan B.	MO	This house prefers for a society to have British humour rather than American humour	75
Rizwaan B.	MG	This House Would ban private, non-commercial motor vehicles in major metropolitan cities i.e. London, Manchester.	75

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