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Christmas Holidays IV 2025

2025-06-01 · Nigeria, Online · BP · Online

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The field

Average

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

32 teams (This edition)

Motions

Christmas Holidays IV 2025 (2025)8 motions
  • Round 1This house would treat crushes as a valid form of emotional learning rather than trivial infatuation.
  • Round 2This house believes that freedom of speech on social media is primary cause of extreme social division.
  • Round 3THP AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT HEAVILY EMPHASIZES CULTURAL ASSIMILATION OVER CULTURAL INTEGRATION IN COUNTRIES WITH LARGE ETHNIC MINORITIES
  • Round 4This house as African governments would push for capitalist policies over socialist policies.
  • Round 5THR the disassociation of the feminist movement with TERFs.
  • Novice FinalsTH, as a middle-class individual living in a moral credit society, W sell their moral credits.
  • ESL FinalsTH predicts Taiwan will be fully annexed by China within 10 years.
  • Open FinalTH, as Todd, W sign the report.

What gets set here

Social & Identity25%
Technology13%
Education13%
Economics13%
Comedy & Novelty13%
International Relations13%

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Practice Social & Identity 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.

  • Social & Identity · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Comedy & Novelty · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

13% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 77.7.

Last edition: 4 of 32 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break4 teams
  • ESL break6 teams
  • Novice break8 teams

How scoring works here

76.3 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.6 and 78.0.

This is 1.2 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 79.0

Top-10 pace 77.6

Top-20 pace 76.6

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
Josef S.LOThis house as African governments would push for capitalist policies over socialist policies.82
Ebubechukwu A.MGThis house believes that freedom of speech on social media is primary cause of extreme social division.82
Furgurson A.GWThis house believes that freedom of speech on social media is primary cause of extreme social division.81
Lee W.DLOThis house believes that freedom of speech on social media is primary cause of extreme social division.81
Matthew T.DLOThis house as African governments would push for capitalist policies over socialist policies.81
Josef S.MGThis house believes that freedom of speech on social media is primary cause of extreme social division.80
GenesisGWTHP AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT HEAVILY EMPHASIZES CULTURAL ASSIMILATION OVER CULTURAL INTEGRATION IN COUNTRIES WITH LARGE ETHNIC MINORITIES80
Ebubechukwu A.MOThis house would treat crushes as a valid form of emotional learning rather than trivial infatuation.80
Ananya P.OWThis house believes that freedom of speech on social media is primary cause of extreme social division.80
Benteny O.LOThis house believes that freedom of speech on social media is primary cause of extreme social division.80
Speaker S.OWThis house as African governments would push for capitalist policies over socialist policies.80
AristotlePMThis house believes that freedom of speech on social media is primary cause of extreme social division.80

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