Fri 21 Nov 2025
From 1 tab, newest Penn USUDC 2025.
How many points did it take?
16points were safe
in 2025
The last team in averaged 78.0 speaks in 2025.
What will they set?
- Economics3 of 11
- Social & Identity3 of 11
- Media1 of 11
- International Relations1 of 11
Out of 11 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.
How many teams, and how many break?
16of 84 teams made the open break
in 2025
Field strength: Average in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Past motions
1 edition with motions on record, newest first.
Penn USUDC 202511 motions
- Round 1This house opposes the prominence of the aesthetics of the unsaid in queer media.Practise this motion
- Round 2This house believes that financial regulators in Western liberal democracies should aggressively limit systemically important institutions‘ total financial exposure to frontier AI providers.Practise this motion
- Round 3This house opposes the expectation to avoid involvement in interpersonal drama.Practise this motion
- Round 4This house predicts that the Chinese Communist Party will launch an amphibious invasion of Taiwan by 2035.Practise this motion
- Round 5This house regrets the centrality of the Seven Deadly Sins in Western European Catholicism.Practise this motion
- Round 6This house believes that it is in the United States’ interests for the U.S. government to attempt to significantly reduce global reliance on the U.S. dollar (e.g., build non-dollar currency reserves, use trade leverage to coordinate dollar depreciation, tax non-resident holdings of U.S. government securities).Practise this motion
- QuarterfinalsThis house supports the Ukrainian government promoting a strong sense of nationalism among people under age 18 in Ukraine.Practise this motion
- SemifinalsIn areas with high levels of organized crime, this house believes that hospitals should deprioritize emergency care for known perpetrators of multi-victim violent attacks (e.g., arson, bombings, shootings) who are in more critical condition than their victims.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalThis house believes that it would have been in Mexico’s interests for the Mexican government to pursue industrial policy followed by gradual liberalization rather than join NAFTA.Practise this motion
- Novice SemifinalsThis house opposes leaderless organizing among youth activists in Kenya.Practise this motion
- Novice FinalsThis house, as Susannah, would reveal her diagnosis and decision to forgo treatment to her children at the beginning of the summer rather than wait until the end of the summer to reveal them.Practise this motion
The break, year by year
The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.
Every break in 2025
- Open break16 teams
- Novice break9 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 75.9
- where most speakers land
- 73.4 to 78.5
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 75.0
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker81.0
- 10th speaker79.5
- 20th speaker78.8
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Meta Open 202674.8
- Munich Open 202673.6
Top speeches
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Will R. | OODLO | This house believes that financial regulators in Western liberal democracies should aggressively limit systemically important institutions‘ total financial exposure to frontier AI providers. | 86 |
| 🇺🇸 Vincent Y. | OOLO | This house opposes the expectation to avoid involvement in interpersonal drama. | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Hudson C. | COMO | This house regrets the centrality of the Seven Deadly Sins in Western European Catholicism. | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Rohan S. | OODLO | This house opposes the expectation to avoid involvement in interpersonal drama. | 84 |
| Shayor K. | OGPM | This house opposes the expectation to avoid involvement in interpersonal drama. | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Richard C. | OOLO | This house believes that financial regulators in Western liberal democracies should aggressively limit systemically important institutions‘ total financial exposure to frontier AI providers. | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Elizabeth L. | OODLO | This house believes that it is in the United States’ interests for the U.S. government to attempt to significantly reduce global reliance on the U.S. dollar (e.g., build non-dollar currency reserves, use trade leverage to coordinate dollar depreciation, tax non-resident holdings of U.S. government securities). | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Darren Y. | OODLO | This house believes that it is in the United States’ interests for the U.S. government to attempt to significantly reduce global reliance on the U.S. dollar (e.g., build non-dollar currency reserves, use trade leverage to coordinate dollar depreciation, tax non-resident holdings of U.S. government securities). | 83 |
| Stephanie C. | OGDPM | This house believes that financial regulators in Western liberal democracies should aggressively limit systemically important institutions‘ total financial exposure to frontier AI providers. | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Darren Y. | OODLO | This house believes that financial regulators in Western liberal democracies should aggressively limit systemically important institutions‘ total financial exposure to frontier AI providers. | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Seamus A. | OGPM | This house opposes the prominence of the aesthetics of the unsaid in queer media. | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Elizabeth L. | OGDPM | This house opposes the prominence of the aesthetics of the unsaid in queer media. | 82 |