Unity Cup

62 days away · In-Person · BP

The field

Below Average

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

Based on the 2025 edition. This year’s field isn’t rated yet.

24 teams (2025), 24 teams (2025), 13 teams (2024)

Motions from this series

Unity Cup 2025 (2025)8 motions

Round 1This House Believes That American Universities should attempt to correct the significant Liberal bias among professors.
Round 2This House Prefers a world where modern policing follows the “mercenary police model.”
Round 3This House Hopes for an increase in vigilante attacks on factory farms
Round 4This House Opposes the narrative that individuals should not settle in their romantic relationships
Round 5Provided he wins, This House Believes That Zohran Mamdani will do more good than harm.
SemifinalThis House Opposes the recent West African coups
Grand FinalThis House Prefers a world where the gnostic conception of Christianity became the dominant form of Christianity.
Novice FinalsThis House Believes That the Martin family should go to London over Tanzania.

What gets set here

Social & Identity25%

Education13%

Law & Crime13%

Politics13%

International Relations13%

Religion13%

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
Education · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Law & Crime · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Politics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
International Relations · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Religion · 13% 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 Social & Identity motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Social & Identity 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 Believes That American Universities should attempt to correct the significant L...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Social & Identity motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: EducationPull 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 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 75.9.

Last edition: 8 of 24 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

Open break8 teams
Novice break4 teams

How scoring works here

74.5 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 71.9 and 77.0.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.4

Top-10 pace 76.6

Top-20 pace 74.4

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

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