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Ottawa IV 2025

Feb 1, 2025 · BP

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The field

Average

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

54 teams (This edition)

Motions

Ottawa IV 2025 (2025)9 motions
  • Round 1This house supports the rise of social media platforms designed for tracking and sharing hobbies (e.g., Goodreads, Strava, AllTrails, Duolingo).
  • Round 2This house believes that the United States should impose regulations designed to slow the development of AGI (e.g., parameter caps, explainability/interpretability requirements, bureaucratic approval processes for AGI R&D, and/or licenses for developers working on AGI).
  • Round 3This house supports the player empowerment era in the NBA.
  • Round 4This house would privatize the Canada Pension Plan.
  • Round 5This house opposes the stigma against fictional relationships (i.e. relationships where an individual has willingly chosen to forego entering into a relationship with another person, instead opting to behave as though they are in a relationship with a fictional character, AI chatbot, etc.).
  • Partial QuarterfinalsThis House believes that anglophone universities in Quebec should begin the process of relocation to other provinces.
  • SemifinalsThis house believes that Five Eyes should enter into cooperative agreements with non-state actors.
  • Grand FinalThis house prefers a world with the Eye of Rah.
  • Novice FinalsThis house, as a never-married, single, and wealthy elderly man, would become a sugar daddy 😈.

What gets set here

Technology22%
Social & Identity22%
Comedy & Novelty22%
Sport11%
Economics11%
Education11%

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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.

  • Technology · 22% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 22% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Comedy & Novelty · 22% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

22% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.2.

Last edition: 12 of 54 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break12 teams
  • Novice break4 teams

How scoring works here

75.8 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.3 and 78.3.

This is 0.2 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.2

Top-10 pace 79.0

Top-20 pace 77.8

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Malaysia IV 2026 (76.3)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇨🇦 Karel B.DLOThis house supports the player empowerment era in the NBA.84
🇨🇦 Emma K.MOThis house supports the player empowerment era in the NBA.83
🇨🇦 Anders W.PMThis house believes that the United States should impose regulations designed to slow the development of AGI (e.g., parameter caps, explainability/interpretability requirements, bureaucratic approval processes for AGI R&D, and/or licenses for developers working on AGI).83
🇨🇦 Anders W.LOThis house would privatize the Canada Pension Plan.83
🇨🇦 Arpi Y.MOThis house opposes the stigma against fictional relationships (i.e. relationships where an individual has willingly chosen to forego entering into a relationship with another person, instead opting to behave as though they are in a relationship with a fictional character, AI chatbot, etc.).82
🇨🇦 Adam B.OWThis house would privatize the Canada Pension Plan.82
🇺🇸 Xiao L.OWThis house opposes the stigma against fictional relationships (i.e. relationships where an individual has willingly chosen to forego entering into a relationship with another person, instead opting to behave as though they are in a relationship with a fictional character, AI chatbot, etc.).82
🇨🇦 Claire C.DPMThis house supports the rise of social media platforms designed for tracking and sharing hobbies (e.g., Goodreads, Strava, AllTrails, Duolingo).82
Robert H.OWThis house supports the player empowerment era in the NBA.82
Caitlin M.MOThis house supports the rise of social media platforms designed for tracking and sharing hobbies (e.g., Goodreads, Strava, AllTrails, Duolingo).82
🇨🇦 Anders W.GWThis house supports the player empowerment era in the NBA.82
🇨🇦 Karel B.MGThis house believes that the United States should impose regulations designed to slow the development of AGI (e.g., parameter caps, explainability/interpretability requirements, bureaucratic approval processes for AGI R&D, and/or licenses for developers working on AGI).81

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