Norwich IV 2026

Mar 28, 2026 · BP

The field

Average

A standard open. Solid competition with a mix of experience levels.

25 teams (This edition)

Motions

Norwich IV 2026 (2026)8 motions

Round 1This House Prefers the American Model to the European Model in Sports Leagues
Round 2This House Would Abolish the British Monarchy
Round 3This House Prefers Protest Art to be Anonymous
Round 4This House Believes That The Ends Justify The Means
Round 5This House Would Nationalise Tesco
SemifinalsThis House Supports Brutalism
Grand FinalThis House Believes That the Women of the World Would be Justified in Pursuing a Global Marxist Revolution
Novice FinalsThis House, as Mon Mothma, Would Make the Speech.

What gets set here

Sport13%

Politics13%

Arts & Culture13%

Philosophy13%

Economics13%

Practice Sport motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›

You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

Philosophy · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Sport · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Politics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Arts & Culture · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Economics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Social & Identity · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

Built from what this tournament sets most. Import more tabs and this plan tunes itself to your weak spots.

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Weighing arguments"Foundations for Philosophy motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Sport motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Philosophy motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: This House Prefers the American Model to the European Model in Sports LeaguesMotion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Philosophy motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: SportPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

32% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.5.

Last edition: 8 of 25 teams broke.

~??% estimated break chance

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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

Open break8 teams
Novice break4 teams

How scoring works here

76.0 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.7 and 79.3.

This is 0.6 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 82.0

Top-10 pace 79.8

Top-20 pace 76.6

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 1 edition.

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
Robert A.	MG	—	88
🇬🇧 Lauren F.	LO	—	85
🇬🇧 Sachin T.	MO	—	84
🇬🇧 Meagan T.	OW	—	84
🇬🇧 Nikhil A.	OW	—	83
🇬🇧 Jay O.	GW	—	83
🇬🇧 Nikhil A.	DLO	—	83
🇬🇧 Lauren F.	MO	—	82
🇮🇪 Ziyad	DPM	—	82
🇬🇧 Lauren F.	MG	This House Prefers Protest Art to be Anonymous	82
🇬🇧 Nikhil A.	GW	This House Prefers Protest Art to be Anonymous	82
🇸🇬 Kay S.	OW	—	82

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