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North American Novices 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.

58 teams (This edition)

Motions

North American Novices 2021 (2021)8 motionsCA: 🇺🇸 Zi H., 🇨🇦 Ruth S.
  • Round 1THBT the Democratic Party leadership should publicly commit to using 'procedurally activist' congressional tactics to pursue their policy objectives.
  • Round 2THP a world where polygamy was the norm
  • Round 3THW significantly increase the corporate income tax in major business centers of the world (e.g. Macau, Jakarta, New York, Sydney, London).
  • Round 4THR the establishment of Western university campuses in illiberal non-Western states (e.g. NYU Shanghai, Monash Malaysia, Yale-NUS)
  • Round 5TH, as the CCP, would bail out Evergrande Group
  • QuarterfinalsTHBT, feminists in post-colonial states should devote a significant majority of their resources to impact litigation.
  • SemifinalsTHW hold periodic referenda on whether to break up large companies instead of all other anti-monopoly regulations.
  • Grand FinalFrom behind the veil of ignorance, THW choose to be born in Nozick-World.

What gets set here

Economics38%
Social & Identity25%
Politics13%
Education13%
Philosophy13%

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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 · 38% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Philosophy · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

29% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 76.9.

Last edition: 17 of 58 teams broke.

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How scoring works here

76.7 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 75.0 and 78.4.

This is 2.1 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.8

Top-10 pace 79.0

Top-20 pace 78.2

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

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇺🇸 Dhruv B.DPMTHR the establishment of Western university campuses in illiberal non-Western states (e.g. NYU Shanghai, Monash Malaysia, Yale-NUS)84
🇺🇸 Isaac C.MOTH, as the CCP, would bail out Evergrande Group83
🇺🇸 Jacquelynn L.MGTHW significantly increase the corporate income tax in major business centers of the world (e.g. Macau, Jakarta, New York, Sydney, London).83
🇺🇸 Jacquelynn L.MOTH, as the CCP, would bail out Evergrande Group83
Owusu A.OWTH, as the CCP, would bail out Evergrande Group83
🇺🇸 Afzal H.GWTHW significantly increase the corporate income tax in major business centers of the world (e.g. Macau, Jakarta, New York, Sydney, London).83
🇺🇸 Dhruv B.DLOTH, as the CCP, would bail out Evergrande Group83
🇺🇸 Jacquelynn L.MOTHR the establishment of Western university campuses in illiberal non-Western states (e.g. NYU Shanghai, Monash Malaysia, Yale-NUS)83
Anqi Q.GWTH, as the CCP, would bail out Evergrande Group83
🇺🇸 Millie C.PMTHR the establishment of Western university campuses in illiberal non-Western states (e.g. NYU Shanghai, Monash Malaysia, Yale-NUS)83
🇺🇸 Jacquelynn L.PMTHP a world where polygamy was the norm82
🇺🇸 Afzal H.OWTHR the establishment of Western university campuses in illiberal non-Western states (e.g. NYU Shanghai, Monash Malaysia, Yale-NUS)82

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