Sat 1 Feb 2025
From 1 tab, newest Ottawa IV 2025.
How many points did it take?
10points were safe
in 2025
The last team in averaged 78.2 speaks in 2025.
What will they set?
- Technology2 of 9
- Social & Identity2 of 9
- Comedy & Novelty2 of 9
- Sport1 of 9
Out of 9 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.
How many teams, and how many break?
12of 54 teams made the open break
in 2025
Field strength: Average in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Past motions
1 edition with motions on record, newest first.
Ottawa IV 20259 motions
- Round 1This house supports the rise of social media platforms designed for tracking and sharing hobbies (e.g., Goodreads, Strava, AllTrails, Duolingo).Practise this motion
- 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).Practise this motion
- Round 3This house supports the player empowerment era in the NBA.Practise this motion
- Round 4This house would privatize the Canada Pension Plan.Practise this motion
- 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.).Practise this motion
- Partial QuarterfinalsThis House believes that anglophone universities in Quebec should begin the process of relocation to other provinces.Practise this motion
- SemifinalsThis house believes that Five Eyes should enter into cooperative agreements with non-state actors.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalThis house prefers a world with the Eye of Rah.Practise this motion
- Novice FinalsThis house, as a never-married, single, and wealthy elderly man, would become a sugar daddy 馃槇.Practise 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 break12 teams
- Novice break4 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 75.8
- where most speakers land
- 73.3 to 78.3
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 75.7
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker81.2
- 10th speaker79.0
- 20th speaker77.8
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Meta Open 202674.8
- Malaysia IV 202676.3
Top speeches
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 馃嚚馃嚘 Karel B. | OODLO | This house supports the player empowerment era in the NBA. | 84 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 Anders W. | OOLO | This house would privatize the Canada Pension Plan. | 83 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 Emma K. | COMO | This house supports the player empowerment era in the NBA. | 83 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 Anders W. | OGPM | This 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 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 Anders W. | CGGW | This house supports the player empowerment era in the NBA. | 82 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 Adam B. | COOW | This house would privatize the Canada Pension Plan. | 82 |
| Robert H. | COOW | This house supports the player empowerment era in the NBA. | 82 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫 Xiao-Ke L. | COOW | This 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 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 Claire C. | OGDPM | This house supports the rise of social media platforms designed for tracking and sharing hobbies (e.g., Goodreads, Strava, AllTrails, Duolingo). | 82 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 Caitlin M. | COMO | This house supports the rise of social media platforms designed for tracking and sharing hobbies (e.g., Goodreads, Strava, AllTrails, Duolingo). | 82 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 Arpi Y. | COMO | This 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 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 Bridget L. | CGMG | This house supports the player empowerment era in the NBA. | 81 |