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The Earlsfort Open 2023

Jul 7, 2023 · BP

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The field

Premier

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

54 teams (This edition), 33 teams (2021)

Motions from this series

Earlsfort Open 2023 (2023)8 motions
  • Round 1THP religious beliefs of Collective Salvation, rather than religious beliefs of Individual Salvation
  • Round 2THO the use of fear* as a tactic for instilling moral values in children (*The use of fear does not include physical violence)
  • Round 3THS governments' policies of not talking with terrorists
  • Round 4THW retire from the NFL
  • Round 5THW mandate corporations with over 100 employees to allocate a majority of the corporation's shares to their employees
  • SemifinalsTH, as the African Union, would provide significant support to the SAF
  • Grand FinalTHW Ban Porn
  • ESL FinalsTH, as the last warrior of Masada, would not commit suicide
Earlsfort Open 2021 (2021)6 motions
  • Round 1THW remove patents and intellectual property rights on technological goods and processes which do not reach a 'reasonable sustainability standard'.
  • Round 2THW support a significant return of Pink Tide ideology in Latin America.
  • Round 3THP a world where people predominantly believe that life possesses no intrinsic meaning.
  • Round 4THW devolve immigration policy to regional governments in states where there is strong regional governance.
  • Silver FinalTHW make Ulysses' contracts enforceable in court.
  • Gold FinalTHW allow restorative justice policies to be used for all crimes.

What gets set here

Law & Crime21%
International Relations14%
Politics14%
Religion7%
Social & Identity7%
Sport7%

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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.

  • Law & Crime · 21% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

20% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.7.

Last edition: 9 of 54 teams broke.

  • 20218 pts · 79.5 speaks8/33
  • 202311 pts · 79.9 speaks9/54
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Break categories

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

  • Open break9 teams
  • ESL break7 teams

How scoring works here

77.3 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.7 and 80.0.

This is 0.5 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 83.0

Top-10 pace 80.5

Top-20 pace 79.4

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 2 editions.

Comparable: Vienna Pre-EUDC 2026 (77.2), Warwick Pre-EUDC 2025 (76.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇷🇴 Ana C.MOTHP religious beliefs of Collective Salvation, rather than religious beliefs of Individual Salvation88
🇷🇴 Carasel V.OWTHP religious beliefs of Collective Salvation, rather than religious beliefs of Individual Salvation87
🇮🇪 Dylan C.OWTHO the use of fear* as a tactic for instilling moral values in children (*The use of fear does not include physical violence)86
🇬🇧 Wajeeh M.MOTHO the use of fear* as a tactic for instilling moral values in children (*The use of fear does not include physical violence)86
🇺🇸 Ted C.DPMTHS governments' policies of not talking with terrorists84
🇬🇧 Alexander F.MGTHW retire from the NFL84
🇬🇧 Joshua L.DPMTHW retire from the NFL84
🇮🇱 Ro’i M.MGTHP religious beliefs of Collective Salvation, rather than religious beliefs of Individual Salvation84
🇨🇦 Ethan C.MOTHW retire from the NFL84
🇬🇧 Karen C.MOTHP religious beliefs of Collective Salvation, rather than religious beliefs of Individual Salvation83
🇷🇴 Dragos S.MOTHW retire from the NFL83
🇷🇴 Theodora S.OWTHS governments' policies of not talking with terrorists83

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