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Sofia Open 2022

2022-06-01 · BP

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The field

Below Average

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

41 teams (This edition)

Motions

Sofia Open 2022 (2022)8 motions
  • Round 1TH, as a rising and talented young player about to enter a professional league, W prefer a middle-tier team over a top-tier team
  • Round 2THS the majority bonus system
  • Round 3Where artists die before finishing their works (e.g. as is speculated will happen with George R. R. Martin and Game of Thrones), THS others continuing this work, even where it is contrary to the artist's wishes
  • Round 4THBT it is in the interest of Bulgaria to have followed the Bled Agreement and become a republic of Yugoslavia
  • Round 5THW make police commanders personally criminally liable for instances of police brutality committed by their subordinates
  • SemifinalsIn times of economic crisis, THBT governments should withhold information that is likely to damage market confidence
  • Grand FinalTHS attacks on non-combatants involved in war activities as a strategy in war
  • Novice FinalsAssuming feasibility, THW allow individuals to trade their physical attributes (e.g. nose, hair)

What gets set here

Sport13%
Politics13%
Arts & Culture13%
History13%
Law & Crime13%
Economics13%

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Practice Sport 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.

  • Sport · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Arts & Culture · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • History · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

20% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 77.5.

Last edition: 8 of 41 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break8 teams
  • Novice break4 teams

How scoring works here

74.5 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 70.5 and 78.5.

This is 0.2 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 82.3

Top-10 pace 78.7

Top-20 pace 77.0

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

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), QMUL Open 2026 (72.9)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇧🇬 Biser A.LOTH, as a rising and talented young player about to enter a professional league, W prefer a middle-tier team over a top-tier team85
🇧🇬 Alek S.DLOWhere artists die before finishing their works (e.g. as is speculated will happen with George R. R. Martin and Game of Thrones), THS others continuing this work, even where it is contrary to the artist's wishes84
🇧🇬 Biser A.PMTHBT it is in the interest of Bulgaria to have followed the Bled Agreement and become a republic of Yugoslavia84
🇧🇬 Biser A.MOTHS the majority bonus system83
🇨🇦 Naomi P.GWTHS the majority bonus system83
🇷🇴 Ana C.DLOTHW make police commanders personally criminally liable for instances of police brutality committed by their subordinates83
Viktoria K.DLOTH, as a rising and talented young player about to enter a professional league, W prefer a middle-tier team over a top-tier team82
🇦🇹 Miri M.MGTHS the majority bonus system82
🇧🇬 Alek S.OWTHBT it is in the interest of Bulgaria to have followed the Bled Agreement and become a republic of Yugoslavia82
🇧🇬 Alek S.GWTHS the majority bonus system81
🇧🇬 Alek S.DPMTHW make police commanders personally criminally liable for instances of police brutality committed by their subordinates81
Latinka M.OWTH, as a rising and talented young player about to enter a professional league, W prefer a middle-tier team over a top-tier team81

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