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USC Mini 2026

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

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Sat 24 Oct 2026

From 2 tabs, newest USC Mini 2026.

How many points did it take?

8points were safe
in 2026

Across the last 2 editions with a figure, the middle was 9 (8, 9, newest first). The last team in averaged 77.3 speaks in 2026.

Every year

What will they set?

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

Practise Technology motionsLesson: Generating arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

5of 16 teams broke
in 2026

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

Past motions

2 editions with motions on record, newest first.

USC Mini 20265 motions
  1. Round 1TH supports the trend of social media companies removing spaces and content associated with the incel movement.Practise this motion
  2. Round 2TH would prohibit publicly traded companies from developing frontier AI models.Practise this motion
  3. Round 3TH, as Lee, would save Carley instead of DougPractise this motion
  4. Round 4TH believes that Ukraine should substantially expand its use of private military contractors (PMCs) against Russia in the Russo-Ukraine War.Practise this motion
  5. Grand FinalThis House supports transhumanism as the future of humanity.Practise this motion
USC Mini 20255 motions
  1. Round 1THS the rise of educational flexibility in K-12 educationPractise this motion
  2. Round 2This House Believes That it is in the interest of the EU to significantly invest in becoming militarily independent of the United States within the next decadePractise this motion
  3. Round 3This House Believes That states with predominantly Muslim populations should embrace Islamic modernism over Islamic secularism.Practise this motion
  4. Round 4This House Believes That international financial institutions should cancel all outstanding debts from LMICs over fossil fuel projects.Practise this motion
  5. Grand FinalThis House, as the Jewish American student, Would join the encampment.Practise this motion

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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
2026877.35 of 16
2025976.34 of 21

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 2 editions
75.9
where most speakers land
74.6 to 77.1

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker79.0
  • 10th speaker76.8
  • 20th speaker75.8

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 editions.