Tournaments
Curtin Debate Open 2025
What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.
Sat 22 Nov 2025
From 1 tab, newest Curtin Debate Open 2025.
How many points did it take?
7points were safe
in 2025
The last team in averaged 76.5 speaks in 2025.
What will they set?
- Social & Identity3 of 8
- Education1 of 8
- Economics1 of 8
- Law & Crime1 of 8
Out of 8 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.
Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
18of 45 teams made the open break
in 2025
Field strength: Average in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Who has set the motions?
- 馃嚥馃嚲 Imran I.
- 馃嚥馃嚲 Syed A.
- Hinano H.
Chief adjudicators in 2025, the newest tab that lists them.
Past motions
1 edition with motions on record, newest first.
Curtin Debate Open 20258 motions
- Round 1This house believes that moral education should priorities on moral goodness (e.g. empathy, kindness, why bullying is wrong) rather than consequence of morally bad behaviors (e.g. disciplinary records, social and legal repercussions)Practise this motion
- Round 2In countries with mandatory military conscription, this house believes that feminist groups should advocate for the conscription of women.Practise this motion
- Round 3In times of high unemployment, this house would significantly relax minimum labour standards (e.g. workplace health and safety standards, minimum wage, working hours restrictions)Practise this motion
- Round 4This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spacesPractise this motion
- QuarterfinalsAssuming feasibility, this house would nationalise the drug trade in areas with high crime ratesPractise this motion
- SemifinalsThis house believes that the continued normalisation of relations between Arab states and Israel will do more harm than good to Arab states.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalThis house prefers a world where individuals who turn 18 can choose a limited set of their own personality traitsPractise this motion
- Novice Grand FinalThis house regrets the glorification of military leaders of colonial revolutions in postcolonial statesPractise this motion
The break, year by year
The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.
Every break in 2025
- Open break18 teams
- Novice break13 teams
Who sets the motions
Chief adjudicators by edition, where the tab lists them.
- 2025馃嚥馃嚲 Imran I., 馃嚥馃嚲 Syed A., Hinano H.
How speakers score here
Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 75.4
- where most speakers land
- 73.2 to 77.6
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 74.8
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker78.3
- 10th speaker77.5
- 20th speaker76.8
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Tilburg Open 202675.3
- Munich Open 202673.6
Top speeches
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shun Y. | COOW | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 80 |
| Jovan K. | OOLO | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 80 |
| Seia F. | COMO | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 80 |
| Abel M. | COOW | In times of high unemployment, this house would significantly relax minimum labour standards (e.g. workplace health and safety standards, minimum wage, working hours restrictions) | 79 |
| Joshua W. | OOLO | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 79 |
| Abel M. | OODLO | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 79 |
| Seia F. | CGMG | In countries with mandatory military conscription, this house believes that feminist groups should advocate for the conscription of women. | 79 |
| Skye C. | OGPM | In countries with mandatory military conscription, this house believes that feminist groups should advocate for the conscription of women. | 79 |
| Emmanuel S. | OODLO | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 79 |
| 馃嚘馃嚭 Cynthia Y. | CGGW | In countries with mandatory military conscription, this house believes that feminist groups should advocate for the conscription of women. | 79 |
| Megumi Y. | OODLO | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 79 |
| Rubarb | OGPM | This house regrets the growing reliance on the internet for third spaces | 79 |