Opening Government OG
Speaker scores for both OG speeches, from majors and strong-field tournaments only, so weak or inflated-scale events don't skew them.
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From 56,650 OG speeches (both speakers) by 11,445 debaters in imported tabs. People known only from the historical archive are left out, as on the leaderboard.
Best OG speeches
The highest speaker scores given from this bench.
| Debater | Score | Motion | Tournament |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺Matthew T. | 88 | THBT it is in the interests of Taiwan to pursue friendlier ties with China (e.g. economic, political and cultural ties)Madrid WUDC 2023 | Madrid WUDC 2023 |
| Clyde W. | 88 | This House, as Iran, would cease all support for militant groups in the Middle East (e.g. Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, etc.)Mexico WUDC 2018 | Mexico WUDC 2018 |
| 🇨🇦Dhananjay A. | 88 | TH, as Mike Pence in 2020, would go along with the Trump coup attempt.Johns Hopkins Open 2022 | Johns Hopkins Open 2022 |
| Benjamin D. | 88 | THBT it is in the interests of Taiwan to pursue friendlier ties with China (e.g. economic, political and cultural ties)Madrid WUDC 2023 | Madrid WUDC 2023 |
| 🇬🇧Arjun R. | 88 | THR the rise of finfluencersGlasgow Ancients 2024 | Glasgow Ancients 2024 |
| 🇮🇱Hadar G. | 88 | THBT Donald Trump winning the 2024 US Presidential Election is in the interest of the Chinese Communist PartyGlasgow European Universities Debating Championships 2024 | Glasgow European Universities Debating Championships 2024 |
| 🇺🇸Tejas S. | 88 | TH, as Mike Pence in 2020, would go along with the Trump coup attempt.Johns Hopkins Open 2022 | Johns Hopkins Open 2022 |
| John P. | 88 | THBT environmental movements should be pro-capitalism in their policies and advocacy (e.g., appealing to corporations for green policies, advocating for individual responsibility and sustainable consumption; rather than lobbying governments for extreme regulation, protesting for divestment)Doxbridge I 2020 | Doxbridge I 2020 |
| 🇬🇧Rohan C. | 87 | THR the rise of finfluencersGlasgow Ancients 2024 | Glasgow Ancients 2024 |
| 🇬🇧Nicole W. | 87 | This House Predicts that in 10 years the majority of the world's population will consider the creation of generative AI to have been a mistake.Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 | Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 |
| 🇬🇧Alex C. | 87 | This House Predicts that in 10 years the majority of the world's population will consider the creation of generative AI to have been a mistake.Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 | Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 |
| Dylan C. | 87 | This House Believes That it is in the interests of post-Soviet Central Asian states to pivot away from Russia and develop closer political and economic ties with ChinaZagreb European Universities Debating Championships 2022 | Zagreb European Universities Debating Championships 2022 |
Motions OG scores highest on
Speaker average from this bench on each motion. Practise any of them with a prep timer.
THR the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture.
- OG speeches
- 54
- speaker average
- 79.2
THS the use of doxxing by the Left to counter the harrassment of women
- OG speeches
- 40
- speaker average
- 78.5
THW grant the WHO, in times of crisis, coercive powers to gather information about suspected infectious disease outbreaks and to enforce its policy recommendations.
- OG speeches
- 158
- speaker average
- 78.0
THW revoke registered charitable status from groups that focus solely or primarily on "advancing religion"
- OG speeches
- 42
- speaker average
- 77.8
THBT states formerly under the rule of the Soviet Union should not emphasize their history of struggle against Russian imperialism in constructing their national identity
- OG speeches
- 42
- speaker average
- 77.8
THW abolish the common farming exception.
- OG speeches
- 15
- speaker average
- 77.7
THR the romanticisation of love marriages in Bollywood movies
- OG speeches
- 94
- speaker average
- 77.6
THBT that Latin American governments should adopt measures that allow one cartel to monopolise the drug market
- OG speeches
- 52
- speaker average
- 77.5
OG by motion topic
Speaker average from this bench on each kind of motion.
| Topic | Speeches | Speaker average |
|---|---|---|
| Comedy & Novelty | 420 | 77.7 |
| Health & Medicine | 1,230 | 77.2 |
| Fiction | 335 | 77.2 |
| Environment | 941 | 77.2 |
| Philosophy | 403 | 77.1 |
| Education | 2,848 | 77.0 |
| Social & Identity | 10,980 | 77.0 |
| Religion | 1,929 | 77.0 |
| Politics | 6,420 | 77.0 |
| Arts & Culture | 1,604 | 76.9 |
| Pop Culture | 429 | 76.9 |
| Law & Crime | 3,886 | 76.9 |
Who gives it best
Highest speaker average from OG speeches, among debaters with 4 or more scored.
| Debater | Speeches | Speaker average |
|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧Abhinav B. | 6 | 84.0 |
| 🇬🇧Arth M. | 5 | 83.6 |
| 🇳🇱Emma L. | 4 | 83.5 |
| 🇦🇺Bostan N. | 4 | 83.0 |
| 🇭🇷Tin P. | 32 | 82.3 |
| Srishti K. | 4 | 82.3 |
| Katharina J. | 5 | 82.2 |
| 🇮🇱Hadar G. | 31 | 82.2 |
| 🇺🇸Tejas S. | 57 | 82.2 |
| 🇵🇭Mikko V. | 21 | 82.1 |