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Diefenbaker Cup 2025

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

Sat 15 Feb 2025

From 2 tabs, newest Diefenbaker Cup 2025.

How many points to break?

8of 31 teams broke
in 2025

The last team in averaged 75.7 speaks in 2025.

What will they set?

Out of 10 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.

How many teams, and how many break?

Field strength: Below Average in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.

Past motions

2 editions with motions on record, newest first.

Diefenbaker Cup 20255 motions
  1. Round 1TH, as the feminist movement, opposes the narrative that 'women are victims'Practise this motion
  2. Round 2THR the normalization of Buy Now, Pay Later schemes in the consumption habits of consumers.Practise this motion
  3. Round 3THBT Indigenous communities should prioritize creating Indigenous art only museums at the expense of attempting to increase the amount of Indigenous art in existing western museumsPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THP a world where everyone's sexuality randomly changed yearlyPractise this motion
  5. SemifinalsTH, as Canada, would strengthen Canada's Ties with the European Union Over the United StatesPractise this motion
Diefenbaker Cup 20245 motions
  1. Round 1THR the glamorization of the ‘influencer’ career pathPractise this motion
  2. Round 2TH, as the individual, would decline the offerPractise this motion
  3. Round 4THBT countries should deny developmental aid, using a Feminist Foreign Policy, to countries who violate women’s rightsPractise this motion
  4. Open Semi-FinalTHW allow Indigenous people who are charged with crimes to be tried and sentenced in accordance with the customs of their Indigenous justice system (i.e. state/federal/provincial courts)Practise this motion
  5. Open FinalTHS the rise of Neuralink, and companies which produce brain-computer interfaces.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.

YearSafe on (points)Last team in (speaks)Teams broke
2025not recorded75.78 of 31
2024not recorded77.68 of 32

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 2 editions
74.4
where most speakers land
69.9 to 78.9
average at tournaments of similar strength
74.7

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker80.0
  • 10th speaker77.8
  • 20th speaker76.5

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 editions.

Similar-strength tournaments

  • Macau Debate Open 202675.6
  • Tilburg Open 202675.3