Sheffield 26

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Below Average

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

16 teams (This edition)

Sheffield 26 (2026)5 motionsCA: 🇬🇧 Sachin T., Andrew C., Leauren J., 🇬🇧 Olivia M.

Round 1This house prefers tragic horror (where doom is inevitable) over triumphant horror (where evil is ultimately defeated) as the dominant narrative in horror media (e.g. horror films, horror books).
Round 1THP a world where the dominant parental relationship narrative is that parents should be obligated to their children rather than that children should be obligated to their parents
Round 1This House believes that the feminist movement should embrace the high fashion industries
Round 1THP the radical non-violent approach to the violent approach in social justice.
Round 1This House Regrets the decision to deduct points off Sheffield Wednesday by the football league

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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 Media 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 tragic horror (where doom is inevitable) over triumphant horror (where ...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Philosophy motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: MediaPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

25% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 77.3.

Last edition: 4 of 16 teams broke.

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74.1 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.1 and 76.1.

This is 0.2 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 77.5

Top-10 pace 75.3

Top-20 pace 72.8

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

Comparable: QMUL Open 2026 (72.9), Ottawa Classic (74.8)

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
Ben S.	MO	—	80
Melissa C.	DPM	—	79
Paris Z.	PM	—	79
Manon M.	DLO	—	79
Callum S.	MO	—	79
Medhansh T.	OW	—	79
Manon M.	DLO	—	79
Rose W.	MO	This house prefers tragic horror (where doom is inevitable) over triumphant horror (where evil is ultimately defeated) as the dominant narrative in horror media (e.g. horror films, horror books).	78
Stanley W.	MO	—	78
Hezekiah	OW	—	78
Rohan D.	LO	—	78
Cassian W.	LO	—	78

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