← All tournaments

North American Spar Open 2021

2021-03-26 · BP

Sign in to mark goingTabbycat ›

The field

Premier

One of the strongest fields in the circuit. Multiple nationally-ranked teams attend.

50 teams (This edition)

Motions

North American Spar Open 2021 (2021)9 motionsCA: 🇺🇸 Devesh K., Klaudia M., 🇨🇦 Eric Z., 🇨🇦 Chris P., 🇺🇸 Amaar J., 🇨🇦 Natania O.
  • Round 1THW allow city and local governments to be held civilly responsible for deaths that can be ascribed to homelessness
  • Round 2THS the use of doxxing by the Left to counter the harrassment of women
  • Round 3THW revoke registered charitable status from groups that focus solely or primarily on "advancing religion"
  • Round 4THBT states formerly under the rule of the Soviet Union should not emphasize their history of struggle against Russian imperialism in constructing their national identity
  • Round 5THBT parents should primarily use reward power rather than legitimate power when trying to modify behaviour
  • Pre-Semi FinalsTH, as the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, would seek an alliance with China
  • SemifinalsTHBT the trend of of investing in unprofitable companies (e.g., AirBnB, WeWork, Uber, Amazon before 2004, Tesla before 2021) has done more harm than good
  • Grand FinalTHP a world in which people did not attempt to leave behind a legacy
  • Novice FinalsTHBT anthropologists should refuse to work with resource extraction companies

What gets set here

Social & Identity33%
Economics22%
Law & Crime11%
Religion11%
History11%
International Relations11%

Sign in to see how your strengths match this tournament’s topics.

Practice Social & Identity 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.

  • Social & Identity · 33% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 22% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • History · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

Built from what this tournament sets most. Import more tabs and this plan tunes itself to your weak spots.

0 of 7 done. Ticks save on this device.

Breaking here

26% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.4.

Last edition: 13 of 50 teams broke.

~??% estimated break chance
??.?–??.? estimated speaker score

Sign in to see your personal estimates.

Break categories

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

  • Open break13 teams
  • Novice break4 teams

How scoring works here

77.3 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 75.2 and 79.5.

This is 1.0 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.2

Top-10 pace 80.0

Top-20 pace 79.2

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
EivorOWTHS the use of doxxing by the Left to counter the harrassment of women83
🇬🇧 Ahmed S.PMTHBT states formerly under the rule of the Soviet Union should not emphasize their history of struggle against Russian imperialism in constructing their national identity83
🇬🇧 Tanae R.PMTHW allow city and local governments to be held civilly responsible for deaths that can be ascribed to homelessness83
🇬🇧 Anqi L.DPMTHW allow city and local governments to be held civilly responsible for deaths that can be ascribed to homelessness83
EzioMOTHS the use of doxxing by the Left to counter the harrassment of women83
MarioDLOTHW allow city and local governments to be held civilly responsible for deaths that can be ascribed to homelessness83
🇬🇧 Ahmed S.OWTHW allow city and local governments to be held civilly responsible for deaths that can be ascribed to homelessness82
MarioPMTHS the use of doxxing by the Left to counter the harrassment of women82
🇬🇧 Wajeeh M.MGTHS the use of doxxing by the Left to counter the harrassment of women82
🇮🇪 Gabrielle F.GWTHW allow city and local governments to be held civilly responsible for deaths that can be ascribed to homelessness82
🇺🇸 Eli P.MOTHW allow city and local governments to be held civilly responsible for deaths that can be ascribed to homelessness82
LuigiLOTHW allow city and local governments to be held civilly responsible for deaths that can be ascribed to homelessness82

Scout a CA

Search for a Chief Adjudicator to see what topics they tend to set and review past motions.

Type a CA name...

Prep with these too

Same kind of motions, same kind of field. Worth running through their past motion sets too.

Sign in to see the rest: scoring culture, who’s judging, similar tournaments, and your break chances.

Sign in to unlock