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Monash Pre-WUDC 2025

2025-11-22 · Australia, Online · BP · Online

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The field

Premier

One of the strongest fields in the circuit. Multiple nationally-ranked teams attend.

60 teams (This edition), 72 teams (2023)

Motions

Monash Pre-WUDC 2025 (2025)11 motions
  • Round 0This House opposes states using external consultants in policy-making (e.g. hiring consultancy firms for research and data-gathering, referring to consultants for advice, having consultancy firms manage other stakeholders).
  • Round 1This House opposes states using external consultants in policy-making (e.g. hiring consultancy firms for research and data-gathering, referring to consultants for advice, having consultancy firms manage other stakeholders).
  • Round 2This House, as the Church of England, would recognise same-sex marriage.
  • Round 3This House opposes focus on the liveability of cities.
  • Round 4This House believes that Bulgaria should put greater emphasis on its communist history in its curriculum.
  • Round 5This House opposes the use of sanctions (e.g. on Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, Iran).
  • Open QuarterfinalsThis House regrets the changes in the US Democratic Party’s priorities between 2012 and 2024.
  • Open SemifinalsThis House regrets the Euro.
  • Open FinalsThis House prefers the approach of the Línea Fundadora to the Asociación.
  • ESL FinalsThis House opposes the value placed on nature being 'unspoiled'.
  • Novice FinalsThis House opposes trade unions taking positions on political issues beyond workplace and industry matters.

What gets set here

Politics36%
Economics18%
Religion9%
Social & Identity9%
Education9%
International Relations9%

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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.

  • Politics · 36% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 18% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

28% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.9.

Last edition: 17 of 60 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break17 teams
  • ESL break6 teams
  • Novice break6 teams

How scoring works here

76.9 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.1 and 79.7.

This is 0.3 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.8

Top-10 pace 80.6

Top-20 pace 79.5

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

Comparable: St Andrews Pre-EUDC Part 1 (77.2), Princeton IV 2025 (76.9)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇦🇺 Elanor P.DLOThis House, as the Church of England, would recognise same-sex marriage.84
🇦🇺 Guy W.LOThis House, as the Church of England, would recognise same-sex marriage.84
🇸🇬 Rdu D.OWThis House opposes states using external consultants in policy-making (e.g. hiring consultancy firms for research and data-gathering, referring to consultants for advice, having consultancy firms manage other stakeholders).84
Cavan T.MGThis House opposes states using external consultants in policy-making (e.g. hiring consultancy firms for research and data-gathering, referring to consultants for advice, having consultancy firms manage other stakeholders).83
🇦🇺 Bennett R.LOThis House, as the Church of England, would recognise same-sex marriage.83
🇦🇺 Guy W.OWThis House believes that Bulgaria should put greater emphasis on its communist history in its curriculum.83
🇦🇺 Jordyn G.DLOThis House, as the Church of England, would recognise same-sex marriage.83
🇸🇬 Ian C.MOThis House opposes states using external consultants in policy-making (e.g. hiring consultancy firms for research and data-gathering, referring to consultants for advice, having consultancy firms manage other stakeholders).83
🇦🇺 Udai K.MGThis House opposes focus on the liveability of cities.83
🇦🇺 Jack S.GWThis House opposes focus on the liveability of cities.83
Cavan T.MOThis House believes that Bulgaria should put greater emphasis on its communist history in its curriculum.83
🇦🇺 Owen V.MGThis House believes that Bulgaria should put greater emphasis on its communist history in its curriculum.82

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