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Colgate Open 2021

2021-06-01 · BP

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The field

Below Average

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

88 teams (This edition)

Motions

Colgate Open 2021 (2021)9 motionsCA: Helena H., 🇨🇦 Patrick C., 🇨🇦 Ruth S., 🇺🇸 Sandy G., 🇬🇧 Umar B.
  • Round 1TH, as a minority artist in creative spaces that are widely prejudiced and toxic toward your identity (e.g. LGBT people in hip-hop, women in film directing), would not reference such identity in your art.
  • Round 2TH, as Danone, Regrets Faber's removal
  • Round 3THW not pursue romantic relationships with non-Reanimationists
  • Round 4TH, as a progressive candidate, Would heavily prioritize economic policy over social policy.
  • Round 5THBT the international actors who had supported Fayulu should actively support Tshisekedi’s attempts to form a new government.
  • QuarterfinalsTHS the narrative that “education is the greatest equalizer.”
  • Novice FinalTHBT humans should give up on earth, instead of re-inhabitating it.
  • SemifinalsTHBT major pharmaceutical companies should cut off supply of its products to governments that don’t follow the company's protocol around their distribution and usage.
  • Grand FinalTHP this world over ours.

What gets set here

Social & Identity22%
Economics22%
Comedy & Novelty11%
Politics11%
International Relations11%
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
  • Comedy & Novelty · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Environment · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

18% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 77.9.

Last edition: 16 of 88 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break16 teams
  • Novice break8 teams

How scoring works here

75.6 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.1 and 78.0.

This is 1.1 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 82.2

Top-10 pace 78.2

Top-20 pace 77.6

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

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), Munich Open 2026 (73.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
KatMOTH, as a progressive candidate, Would heavily prioritize economic policy over social policy.85
🇺🇸 Eva-Marie Q.LOTHW not pursue romantic relationships with non-Reanimationists85
RhysOWTH, as a progressive candidate, Would heavily prioritize economic policy over social policy.84
🇬🇧 Matt C.DLOTHW not pursue romantic relationships with non-Reanimationists83
🇬🇧 Matt C.MGTHBT the international actors who had supported Fayulu should actively support Tshisekedi’s attempts to form a new government.83
🇺🇸 Pascal O.DPMTHW not pursue romantic relationships with non-Reanimationists83
🇺🇸 Ted C.PMTH, as Danone, Regrets Faber's removal83
🇺🇸 Eva-Marie Q.OWTH, as Danone, Regrets Faber's removal83
Speaker A.PMTH, as Danone, Regrets Faber's removal82
🇬🇧 Matt C.MOTH, as Danone, Regrets Faber's removal82
🇨🇦 Matt A.PMTHW not pursue romantic relationships with non-Reanimationists82
🇺🇸 Dennis S.OWTH, as a minority artist in creative spaces that are widely prejudiced and toxic toward your identity (e.g. LGBT people in hip-hop, women in film directing), would not reference such identity in your art.82

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