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LSE Open 2026

Mar 7, 2026 · BP

Part of the LSE Open series →

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The field

Premier

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

101 teams (This edition), 78 teams (2025), 83 teams (2024), 70 teams (2023), 90 teams (2022)

Motions

LSE Open 2026 (2026)10 motions
  • Round 1This House Prefers a World where friendship groups widely use and implement social courts
  • Round 2This House Opposes India's efforts to homeshore development initiatives
  • Round 3This House, as the US, Would remove the debt ceiling
  • Round 4This House, as a poor individual, Would become a pirate
  • Round 5This House, as Democratic states, Would declare a civil war
  • QuarterfinalsThis House Supports ensmutification
  • SemifinalsThis House, as the GCC, Would attempt to take permanent control of the Strait of Hormuz
  • Grand FinalThis House Believes That the concept of the hero is obsolete
  • ESL FinalsWhen fighting monsters, This House Would become a monster
  • Novice FinalsThis House Would take the pill

What gets set here

Social & Identity40%
Economics20%
Politics10%
Technology10%
International Relations10%
Abstract10%

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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
  • Economics · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Abstract · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

16% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 80.6.

Last edition: 16 of 101 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
  • ESL break4 teams
  • Novice break4 teams

How scoring works here

76.5 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.0 and 80.0.

This is 0.4 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 83.6

Top-10 pace 81.0

Top-20 pace 80.4

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Drexel Pre-WUDC 2025 (77.7)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇮🇪 Jack S.DLOThis House, as Democratic states, Would declare a civil war88
🇮🇪 Jack W.LOThis House, as Democratic states, Would declare a civil war87
🇧🇬 Alek S.GWThis House, as Democratic states, Would declare a civil war86
🇧🇬 Rumen M.MGThis House, as Democratic states, Would declare a civil war86
🇺🇸 Xiao L.DLOThis House, as a poor individual, Would become a pirate85
🇬🇧 Maximus P.DLOThis House, as a poor individual, Would become a pirate85
Tanay P.LOThis House, as a poor individual, Would become a pirate85
🇬🇧 Harvey O.GWThis House, as the US, Would remove the debt ceiling85
🇧🇬 Alek S.DPMThis House, as a poor individual, Would become a pirate85
🇬🇧 Hans D.DLOThis House, as Democratic states, Would declare a civil war85
🇮🇪 Jack S.DLOThis House Prefers a World where friendship groups widely use and implement social courts84
Alex M.MGThis House Opposes India's efforts to homeshore development initiatives84

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