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Drexel Debate Open 2024

Jun 14, 2024 · BP

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The field

Above Average

A competitive tournament. Good preparation ground for larger events.

48 teams (This edition)

Motions

Drexel Debate Open 2024 (2024)9 motionsCA: 🇬🇧 Max R., 🇺🇸 Jane M., 🇺🇸 Tejas S., 🇬🇭 Kelvin D., Tanay P.
  • Round 1This House opposes the narrative that travel experiences lead to a meaningful understanding of other nations.
  • Round 2This House believes that political risk insurance should be mandatory for all foreign direct investments in developing countries.
  • Round 3This House would allow class actions against governments for policy decisions that harm specific groups.
  • Round 4This House supports the narrative that people ought to be agnostic to the social background (e.g. race, class, religion) of the people they date.
  • Round 5This House would ban members of political families from running for elected office
  • QuarterfinalsThis House believes that states should support the creation of grey-hat hacking protections (e.g. offering licensed grey-hat hackers legal immunity, arbitration of acceptable compensation).
  • SemifinalsThis House believes that it is in the interest of the Chinese Communist Party to introduce a property tax and significantly raise income taxes.
  • Grand FinalThis House believes that AI technologies will be on net beneficial for animal welfare.
  • Novice FinalsThis House believes that it is in the interest of the US to prioritize partner-led missions (e.g. Kenyan-led mission in Haiti) over direct US involvement in post-conflict states.

What gets set here

Social & Identity22%
Economics22%
Politics22%
Technology22%
Law & Crime11%
Environment11%

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You vs this tournament

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

  • Social & Identity · 22% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 22% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 22% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 22% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Environment · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

38% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.4.

Last edition: 18 of 48 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break18 teams
  • Novice break7 teams

How scoring works here

77.1 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 75.2 and 79.1.

This is 1.4 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.6

Top-10 pace 79.8

Top-20 pace 78.6

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Vivaatam Pre-ABP 2026 (75.0)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇺🇸 Dennis S.OWThis House would allow class actions against governments for policy decisions that harm specific groups.83
🇨🇦 Lily M.LOThis House would ban members of political families from running for elected office82
🇺🇸 Ethan J.PMThis House supports the narrative that people ought to be agnostic to the social background (e.g. race, class, religion) of the people they date.82
Nicholas A.OWThis House opposes the narrative that travel experiences lead to a meaningful understanding of other nations.82
🇬🇧 Ryan T.MOThis House would allow class actions against governments for policy decisions that harm specific groups.82
🇨🇦 Daniel S.OWThis House supports the narrative that people ought to be agnostic to the social background (e.g. race, class, religion) of the people they date.82
🇨🇦 Anais K.MOThis House supports the narrative that people ought to be agnostic to the social background (e.g. race, class, religion) of the people they date.82
Liv M.DLOThis House supports the narrative that people ought to be agnostic to the social background (e.g. race, class, religion) of the people they date.82
🇺🇸 Elizabeth L.MGThis House would ban members of political families from running for elected office82
🇺🇸 Adi R.LOThis House would ban members of political families from running for elected office82
Jackie H.MGThis House would allow class actions against governments for policy decisions that harm specific groups.82
🇨🇦 Anders W.DLOThis House would ban members of political families from running for elected office82

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