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Shanghai SDI WSDC 2025

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

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Sat 29 Nov 2025

From 1 tab, newest Shanghai SDI WSDC 2025.

How many points did it take?

4points were safe
in 2025

The last team in averaged 69.8 speaks in 2025.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 13 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Philosophy motionsLesson: Weighing arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

18of 61 teams made the open break
in 2025

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

Shanghai SDI WSDC 202513 motions
  1. Round 1This House believes that educational models should prioritize intrinsic over extrinsic motivationPractise this motion
  2. Round 2This House believes that states should prioritise breadth (reaching as many beneficiaries as possible) over depth (providing intensive support to fewer beneficiaries) when allocating Official Development Assistance (ODA)Practise this motion
  3. Round 3This House, as parents with a child who displays exceptional athletic promise, would choose NOT to train their child from a young age with the hope of them becoming a professional athlete in the futurePractise this motion
  4. Round 4This House prefers a world where aging is celebrated rather than fearedPractise this motion
  5. Round 5This House regrets the narrative of "individual environmental responsibility"​Practise this motion
  6. Open OctofinalsThis House would mandate one year of national service in civil services (e.g., the military emergency services, the police force, etc.) for all 18-vear-oldsPractise this motion
  7. Open QuarterfinalsThis House supports the expectation to have continual ties to one's "motherland" among diasporas​Practise this motion
  8. Open SemifinalsThis House opposes the commercialization of religious heritage sites​Practise this motion
  9. Open Grand FinalThis house prefers a world where the research, writing, and teaching of history focuses on studying the lives of ordinary people as opposed to that of important leaders of society​Practise this motion
  10. Novice OctofinalsThis House would mandate one year of national service in civil services (e.g., the military emergency services, the police force, etc.) for all 18-vear-oldsPractise this motion
  11. Novice QuarterfinalsThis House supports the expectation to have continual ties to one's "motherland" among diasporas​Practise this motion
  12. Novice SemifinalsThis House opposes the commercialization of religious heritage sites​Practise this motion
  13. Novice Grand FinalThis House regrets the narrative of deference to the elderly (e.g., “older people are more experienced”, “you should always respect the elderly”, etc.)​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 break18 teams
  • Novice break18 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
69.1
where most speakers land
67.7 to 70.5

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker72.0
  • 10th speaker71.5
  • 20th speaker71.1

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.