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Opening Opposition OO

Speaker scores for both OO speeches, from majors and strong-field tournaments only, so weak or inflated-scale events don't skew them.

LO and DLO together

What does OO score?

77.2speaker average

91highest score

From 56,721 OO speeches (both speakers) by 11,434 debaters in imported tabs. People known only from the historical archive are left out, as on the leaderboard.

Best OO speeches

The highest speaker scores given from this bench.

DebaterScoreMotionTournament
🇨🇦Naomi P.91THS Nayib Bukele's anti-gang measuresStructural Reasons Volume 2 2023Structural Reasons Volume 2 2023
🇧🇬Rumen M.90THBT it is in the interests of Taiwan to pursue friendlier ties with China (e.g. economic, political and cultural ties)Madrid WUDC 2023Madrid WUDC 2023
🇧🇬Niki A.89THBT it is in the interests of Taiwan to pursue friendlier ties with China (e.g. economic, political and cultural ties)Madrid WUDC 2023Madrid WUDC 2023
🇦🇺William P.88This House Regrets the rise of TikTok trends that encourage self-diagnosis of mental health conditions.ANU Winter 2022ANU Winter 2022
🇮🇪Jack S.88This House, as Democratic states, Would declare a civil warLSE Open 2026LSE Open 2026
🇺🇸Tejas S.88In hindsight, THBT the European Union should have never formed the EurozoneEconomics Open 2021Economics Open 2021
🇬🇧Jamie B.88This House Would allow authors to make legally binding declarations prohibiting some or all of their unpublished works from being published posthumously.Glasgow Ancients 2025Glasgow Ancients 2025
🇮🇪Jack W.87This House, as Democratic states, Would declare a civil warLSE Open 2026LSE Open 2026
🇦🇺Isabella M.87This House Regrets the rise of TikTok trends that encourage self-diagnosis of mental health conditions.ANU Winter 2022ANU Winter 2022
🇨🇦Naomi P.87THS the inclusion of tradable carbon emission permits in the COP28India WUDC Fundraiser 2023India WUDC Fundraiser 2023
🇬🇧Arth M.87No motion on fileLSE Open 2021LSE Open 2021
🇧🇬Niki A.87THBT the internationalisation of intellectual property law brings more harm than goodMadrid WUDC 2023Madrid WUDC 2023

Motions OO scores highest on

Speaker average from this bench on each motion. Practise any of them with a prep timer.

  • THR the romanticisation of love marriages in Bollywood movies

    OO speeches
    96
    speaker average
    79.1

  • THW ban viatical settlements

    OO speeches
    78
    speaker average
    78.9

  • THO the use of VAR in football in its current form

    OO speeches
    54
    speaker average
    78.6

  • THR the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture.

    OO speeches
    56
    speaker average
    78.6

  • During times of economic crisis, THBT it is better to live in an autocracy than in a democracy

    OO speeches
    96
    speaker average
    78.1

  • THO close collaboration between government intelligence agencies and social media companies in liberal democracies

    OO speeches
    60
    speaker average
    77.7

  • THBT parents should primarily use reward power rather than legitimate power when trying to modify behaviour

    OO speeches
    44
    speaker average
    77.7

  • THBT investors should be required to invest a significant proportion of their portfolios in the real economy.

    OO speeches
    152
    speaker average
    77.7

OO by motion topic

Speaker average from this bench on each kind of motion.

TopicSpeechesSpeaker average
Comedy & Novelty41378.0
History46977.6
Religion1,88577.4
Philosophy41477.4
Health & Medicine1,21477.4
Arts & Culture1,62777.4
Social & Identity10,96577.4
International Relations4,73077.3
Video Games47777.3
Fiction35677.3
Sport2,12577.2
Media2,06877.2

Who gives it best

Highest speaker average from OO speeches, among debaters with 4 or more scored.

DebaterSpeechesSpeaker average
🇬🇧Tan W.583.6
🇦🇺Stuart D.583.0
🇨🇦Dhananjay A.582.8
🇧🇬Niki A.1182.7
🇭🇷Tin P.3682.6
🇬🇧Abhinav B.582.6
🇺🇸Tejas S.6082.6
Radko N.782.6
Noluthando H.482.5
🇦🇺Amrit A.482.5