Exeter Open 2026

Mar 22, 2026 · BP

The field

Average

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

18 teams (This edition), 16 teams (2025), 20 teams (2024)

Motions

Exeter Open 2026 (2026)5 motions

Round 1This House Supports the proliferation of religious teachings that God(s) is flawed
Round 2This House, as a fan of a football club, Prefers their club's owner to follow the Spurs over the Manchester City model
Round 3THBT monogamy should no longer be the social default for romantic relationships
Round 4This House Opposes the current dominance of the ‘born this way’ narrative over ‘constructed identity’ in LGBTQ advocacy
Grand FinalTHW swallow the pill

What gets set here

Social & Identity40%

Religion20%

Sport20%

Abstract20%

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 · 40% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Religion · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Sport · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Abstract · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Social & Identity motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Social & Identity motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: This House Supports the proliferation of religious teachings that God(s) is flawedMotion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Social & Identity motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: ReligionPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

22% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.5.

Last edition: 4 of 18 teams broke.

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How scoring works here

76.2 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.1 and 79.3.

This is 1.1 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 82.5

Top-10 pace 77.8

Top-20 pace 75.0

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.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
🇬🇧 Saim K.	LO	This House Opposes the current dominance of the ‘born this way’ narrative over ‘constructed identity’ in LGBTQ advocacy	84
Alex M.	DPM	This House Opposes the current dominance of the ‘born this way’ narrative over ‘constructed identity’ in LGBTQ advocacy	83
Alex M.	OW	THBT monogamy should no longer be the social default for romantic relationships	83
🇬🇧 Lauren F.	LO	This House, as a fan of a football club, Prefers their club's owner to follow the Spurs over the Manchester City model	83
Alex M.	DLO	This House, as a fan of a football club, Prefers their club's owner to follow the Spurs over the Manchester City model	83
🇬🇧 Nikhil A.	DLO	This House Opposes the current dominance of the ‘born this way’ narrative over ‘constructed identity’ in LGBTQ advocacy	82
🇬🇧 Nikhil A.	OW	This House, as a fan of a football club, Prefers their club's owner to follow the Spurs over the Manchester City model	82
🇬🇧 Lauren F.	MG	This House Supports the proliferation of religious teachings that God(s) is flawed	82
🇬🇧 Lauren F.	PM	This House Opposes the current dominance of the ‘born this way’ narrative over ‘constructed identity’ in LGBTQ advocacy	82
🇬🇧 Saim K.	MO	This House, as a fan of a football club, Prefers their club's owner to follow the Spurs over the Manchester City model	81
🇬🇧 Lauren F.	MO	THBT monogamy should no longer be the social default for romantic relationships	81
🇬🇧 Saim K.	PM	THBT monogamy should no longer be the social default for romantic relationships	81

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