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Hart House Summer Open 2025

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

BPThe tab

Sat 12 Jul 2025

From 1 tab, newest Hart House Summer Open 2025.

How many points did it take?

11points were safe
in 2025

The last team in averaged 78.8 speaks in 2025.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 10 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Philosophy motionsLesson: Weighing arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

16of 92 teams made the open break
in 2025

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

Hart House Summer Open 202510 motions
  1. Round 1THBT Canada should introduce a mandatory nationwide standardized testing regime for all students entering post-secondaryPractise this motion
  2. Round 2TH, as the lawyer, prefers the world where your job was one of the automated jobsPractise this motion
  3. Round 3THS the commercialization of cultural and religious celebrationsPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THS the widespread adoption of community based marketplaces replacing most shopping platforms (e.g. Amazon, Walmart, etc.)Practise this motion
  5. Round 5THBT it is in the interest of gaming companies (e.g.: SONY, Nintendo...) to aggressively crack down (e.g.: sue individual fans, force websites to take it down...) on the creation and consumption of ROM hacksPractise this motion
  6. QuarterfinalsTHBT the protection of lgbtq rights should be judiciary (i.e. by court decisions) as opposed to referenda (i.e. general vote on a single political issue)Practise this motion
  7. SemifinalsTHS politicians in developing democracies saying that they will accept the results of elections before elections take placePractise this motion
  8. Grand FinalTHW choose to become a ghost-writerPractise this motion
  9. Junior SemifinalsTHR the young founder narrativePractise this motion
  10. Junior FinalsTHP a world where individuals believe circumstances are a result of their own actions rather than the result of chancePractise this motion

The break, year by year

The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.

Every break in 2025

  • Open break16 teams
  • Junior break13 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
76.4
where most speakers land
74.6 to 78.2

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker80.4
  • 10th speaker79.4
  • 20th speaker78.6

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.