Tiebreaking Procedures

Speech Preliminary Tiebreakers:

1. Ranks from prelim rounds, truncated to smallest section

2. Reciprocal ranks from prelim rounds, truncated to smallest section

3. Ranks from prelim rounds, truncated to smallest section with lowest rank dropped

4. Points from prelim rounds, dropping lowest round

5. Points from prelim rounds

6. Average ranks of opponents

Speech Finals Tiebreakers (for events with finals):

1. Ranks from final round plus seed from prelim rounds (3 judge ranks + 1 seed rank)

2. Ranks from final round

3. Judge Pref score from final round

4. Reciprocal ranks from final round plus reciprocal ranks from prelim rounds, except the 1 worst prelim reciprocal

5. Points from final round

6. Points from prelim rounds, except the 1 worst

Debate Preliminary Tiebreakers:

1. Win/loss from prelim rounds

2. Points from prelim rounds, except the 1 best & worst

3. Head to head from prelim rounds

4. Points from prelim rounds

5. Opponent seed from prelim rounds

6. Opponent points from prelim rounds

Debate Elimination tiebreakers (if held):

No tiebreaker necessary. Winner of round advances.

Congress Preliminary Session Tiebreakers:

1. Ranks from prelims, truncated to 9

2. Judge pref from prelims, truncated to 9

3. Reciprocal ranks from prelims , truncated to 9

4. Ranks from prelims, truncated to 9, except the 1 best & worst

5. Reciprocal ranks from prelims, truncated to 9, except the 1 best & worst

6. Parliamentarian ranks from prelims

Congress Finals Tiebreakers (if held):

1. Ranks from final round, truncated to 9

2. Judge pref from final round

3. Reciprocal ranks from final round, truncated to 9

4. Parliamentarian ranks from final round