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The Delhi Debate 2024

Jul 13, 2024 · BP

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The field

Average

A standard open. Solid competition with a mix of experience levels.

88 teams (This edition)

Motions

Delhi Debate 2024 (2024)10 motionsCA: Pranav K., 🇭🇷 Paula D., 🇦🇺 Ellie S., Minami M., 🇮🇳 Sharun G.
  • Round 1This House supports granting autonomous status to regional governments in regions with high levels of tourism (e.g. providing additional control over taxation and finance, granting ability to approve developments, greater control over internal immigration etc.)
  • Round 2This House prefers the mobility approach to the tenure approach
  • Round 3This House believes that states should only use the public housing policy approach when conducting social housing policy
  • Round 4This House prefers the adversarial system to the inquisitorial system
  • Round 5THO the premium placed on being content
  • Novice Semi-FinalsTHBT governments in developing nations should prioritise increasing foreign tie-ups in public universities, as opposed to allowing foreign universities to set up new branches locally
  • Open Quarter FinalsTHBT governments in developing nations should prioritise increasing foreign tie-ups in public universities, as opposed to allowing foreign universities to set up new branches locally
  • Open Semi FinalsTHBT the LGBTQ+ movement should emphasise family values as a part of their activism, rather than adopt the view that family values do not matter
  • Novice FinalsThis House, as a growing business, would choose a collaborative structure instead of a competitive structure
  • Open Grand FinalsTHW allow convicted criminals to opt for the Cognify Prison Model as an alternative to serving their prison sentence

What gets set here

Education30%
Economics20%
Law & Crime20%
Social & Identity20%
Politics10%

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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.

  • Education · 30% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

18% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 77.3.

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 break9 teams

How scoring works here

75.4 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.9 and 76.9.

This is 0.6 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 78.6

Top-10 pace 77.8

Top-20 pace 77.2

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

Comparable: Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3), Munich Open 2026 (73.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Maya W.MGThis House believes that states should only use the public housing policy approach when conducting social housing policy81
Adhiraj S.GWTHO the premium placed on being content80
🇵🇰 Daud K.DPMThis House supports granting autonomous status to regional governments in regions with high levels of tourism (e.g. providing additional control over taxation and finance, granting ability to approve developments, greater control over internal immigration etc.)80
Gavin S.PMThis House believes that states should only use the public housing policy approach when conducting social housing policy80
🇮🇱 Ramy M.GWThis House supports granting autonomous status to regional governments in regions with high levels of tourism (e.g. providing additional control over taxation and finance, granting ability to approve developments, greater control over internal immigration etc.)80
🇦🇺 Zaakir Z.GWTHO the premium placed on being content80
🇮🇱 Ramy M.DLOThis House prefers the mobility approach to the tenure approach80
🇵🇭 Adriane T.LOThis House prefers the mobility approach to the tenure approach80
🇬🇧 Chanidu R.LOThis House prefers the adversarial system to the inquisitorial system80
🇦🇺 Sansiddho M.GWThis House believes that states should only use the public housing policy approach when conducting social housing policy80
🇮🇱 Roy Y.MGThis House supports granting autonomous status to regional governments in regions with high levels of tourism (e.g. providing additional control over taxation and finance, granting ability to approve developments, greater control over internal immigration etc.)80
🇺🇸 Saahas A.LOThis House prefers the mobility approach to the tenure approach80

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