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MKDS Open 2026

Mar 14, 2026 · BP

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The field

Above Average

A competitive tournament. Good preparation ground for larger events.

26 teams (This edition)

Motions

MKDS Open 2026 (2026)12 motionsCA: Banun S., Hyeon L., 🇮🇪 Andy C., Tasneem E., 🇵🇭 Pio V.
  • Round 0TH Opposes the premium placed on political neutrality
  • Round 0This House supports the rise of maverick personalities in sports
  • Round 0This house prefers a world in which the global spread of major organised religions never occurred
  • Round 0THW impose a Pigouvian tax on factory farming
  • Round 0THW abolish IMF and World Bank conditionality requirements for developing nations.
  • Round 1This House supports the rise of maverick personalities in sports
  • Round 2This house prefers a world in which the global spread of major organized religions never occurred.
  • Round 3THW impose a Pigouvian tax on factory farming
  • Round 4THW abolish IMF and World Bank conditionality requirements for developing nations.
  • Round 5TH Opposes the premium placed on political neutrality
  • SemifinalsTHBT First World states have an obligation to grant open borders to nationals of their former colonies
  • Grand FinalTHP a world in which international law prioritises the doctrine of Responsibility to Protect over the principle of non-interventionism

What gets set here

Economics33%
Politics17%
Sport17%
International Relations17%
Religion8%

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Practice Economics 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.

  • Economics · 33% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Health & Medicine · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

31% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 76.8.

Last edition: 8 of 26 teams broke.

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How scoring works here

76.0 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.6 and 78.5.

This is 0.1 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 79.2

Top-10 pace 77.4

Top-20 pace 76.4

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Warwick Pre-EUDC 2025 (76.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Thomas P.MGTHW abolish IMF and World Bank conditionality requirements for developing nations.82
Na’amaDLOTHW impose a Pigouvian tax on factory farming81
Tran V.MOTHW impose a Pigouvian tax on factory farming80
Sakolphat I.MOTHW abolish IMF and World Bank conditionality requirements for developing nations.80
Na’amaMOThis House supports the rise of maverick personalities in sports80
🇨🇦 Alex W.MGTHW impose a Pigouvian tax on factory farming79
🇨🇦 Jonathan B.DLOTHW impose a Pigouvian tax on factory farming79
Chingwei Z.GWTHW impose a Pigouvian tax on factory farming79
Bora C.OWThis House supports the rise of maverick personalities in sports79
🇺🇸 Josiah B.OWThis house prefers a world in which the global spread of major organized religions never occurred.79
Na’amaDPMTH Opposes the premium placed on political neutrality79
Laiyba M.MGThis House supports the rise of maverick personalities in sports79

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