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Carleton BP Championships 2022

Nov 25, 2022 · BP

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The field

Average

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

37 teams (This edition)

Motions

Carleton BP Championships 2022 (2022)9 motions
  • Round 1THR the primacy* of silicon valley *the fact of being primary, preeminent, or more important.
  • Round 2THP a world in which religions revere images of their divine to a world in which individuals do not create images of their divine
  • Round 3TH, as fans of the club, S a takeover by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.
  • Round 4THBT it is in the best interest of China to strengthen the value of its currency
  • Round 5THBT marginalized groups should embrace media depicting their experience even if members of their marginalized group were not involved in the creation of that media
  • Novice SemisTH, as an aging, upper middle class couple, P to give their wealth to their heirs while they are alive as opposed to waiting to distribute it upon their death in their will
  • SemifinalsTHBT the neurofeminist movement should delegitimize the importance of gender essentialist neuroscientific studies rather than critique and re-evaluate neuroscience in order to combat sexism and gender roles
  • Grand FinalTHP a world in which it is the norm for judges to comment on hypothetical situations
  • Novice FinalsTH as Justin Trudeau would choose not to run as the leader of the Liberal party in the next federal election

What gets set here

Economics22%
Social & Identity22%
Religion11%
Sport11%
Media11%
Law & Crime11%

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Practice Economics 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.

  • Economics · 22% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 22% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Media · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 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 79.2.

Last edition: 8 of 37 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break8 teams
  • Novice break9 teams

How scoring works here

76.5 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.6 and 79.3.

This is 0.8 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.4

Top-10 pace 79.6

Top-20 pace 78.6

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
🇨🇦 Rhys N.OWTHBT it is in the best interest of China to strengthen the value of its currency86
🇨🇦 Lauren M.OWTHR the primacy* of silicon valley *the fact of being primary, preeminent, or more important.83
🇨🇦 Hannah Z.MOTHBT it is in the best interest of China to strengthen the value of its currency83
🇨🇦 Serena Y.DLOTHP a world in which religions revere images of their divine to a world in which individuals do not create images of their divine83
🇨🇦 Vivek G.DLOTHBT it is in the best interest of China to strengthen the value of its currency82
🇨🇦 Micaela L.MGTHBT marginalized groups should embrace media depicting their experience even if members of their marginalized group were not involved in the creation of that media82
🇨🇦 Nicholas A.DPMTHBT marginalized groups should embrace media depicting their experience even if members of their marginalized group were not involved in the creation of that media82
🇨🇦 Nicholas A.DLOTHBT it is in the best interest of China to strengthen the value of its currency82
🇨🇦 Arpi Y.LOTHP a world in which religions revere images of their divine to a world in which individuals do not create images of their divine82
🇨🇦 Elgin L.DPMTH, as fans of the club, S a takeover by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.82
🇨🇦 Arpi Y.MOTH, as fans of the club, S a takeover by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.82
🇨🇦 Daniel S.GWTHP a world in which religions revere images of their divine to a world in which individuals do not create images of their divine82

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