Leiden Open

2026 · BP

Below Average

A smaller or newer tournament. Good for building confidence and getting reps.

27 teams (This edition), 21 teams (2025), 54 teams (2024), 41 teams (2023)

Leiden Open (2026)8 motions

Round 1THS European countries sending combat troops to Ukraine.
Round 1THBT the de-internationalisation of the Dutch labour market is NOT in the interests of the Netherlands.
Round 1THR the rise of trauma-bonding.
Round 1THBT the feminist movement should attempt to normalise female rage as opposed to attempting to stigmatise male rage.
Round 1THR the scoring of artistic sports (e.g. figure skating, gymnastics) shifting from a focus on presentation (e.g. artistry, overall impression) to a focus on technical elements (e.g. higher scores for more difficult elements).
Round 1THP a universal public pension to mandatory individual savings accounts as the primary way of providing pensions.
Round 1THP the pursuit of equality of outcome to the pursuit of equality of opportunity.
Round 1THR the formation of the 2026 Dutch minority government.

Economics25%

Social & Identity25%

International Relations13%

Sport13%

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

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Social & Identity motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Social & Identity 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: THBT the de-internationalisation of the Dutch labour market is NOT in the interests of the...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Social & Identity motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: EconomicsPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

44% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 8 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 74.6.

Last edition: 12 of 27 teams broke.

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??.?–??.? estimated speaker score

74.5 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 70.9 and 78.0.

This is 0.1 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.0

Top-10 pace 76.8

Top-20 pace 75.6

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

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3)

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
🇳🇱 Yusuf B.	OW	—	82
Niya B.	DPM	—	82
Niya B.	DLO	—	82
Martijn L.	MG	—	81
Leon K.	DLO	—	81
Martijn L.	DLO	—	81
Niya B.	GW	THS European countries sending combat troops to Ukraine.	81
Emiliano H.	GW	—	81
Max M.	LO	—	81
🇳🇱 Marin M.	MO	—	81
Leon K.	DLO	—	81
Leon K.	OW	THS European countries sending combat troops to Ukraine.	80

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