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Colgate Open 2026

Mar 28, 2026 · BP

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The field

Below Average

A smaller or newer tournament. Good for building confidence and getting reps.

27 teams (This edition), 24 teams (2025), 21 teams (2024), 28 teams (2023), 88 teams (2021)

Motions

Colgate Open 2026 (2026)6 motions
  • Round 1This house would ban artificial intelligence providers from below-cost pricing in consumer markets.
  • Round 2This house regrets the decline of community-driven development of esports games.
  • Round 3This house would ban gated communities in South Asia.
  • Round 4This house believes that utilitarianism is true.
  • Round 5This house regrets the prominence of romantic love in popular media.
  • Grand FinalThis house opposes President Takaichi Sanae's efforts to remilitarize Japan.

What gets set here

Technology17%
Video Games17%
Economics17%
Philosophy17%
Social & Identity17%
International Relations17%

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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 · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Video Games · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Philosophy · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

15% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 12 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 77.6.

Last edition: 4 of 27 teams broke.

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How scoring works here

74.4 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 71.8 and 77.0.

This is 0.2 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 79.6

Top-10 pace 76.8

Top-20 pace 74.8

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

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), QMUL Open 2026 (72.9)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇺🇸 Annaliese S.MOThis house believes that utilitarianism is true.82
🇺🇸 Faith L.MOThis house believes that utilitarianism is true.82
🇺🇸 Tom C.OWThis house regrets the decline of community-driven development of esports games.82
🇺🇸 Annaliese S.MOThis house regrets the decline of community-driven development of esports games.81
🇺🇸 Stine I.OWThis house believes that utilitarianism is true.81
🇺🇸 Edgar C.MOThis house would ban artificial intelligence providers from below-cost pricing in consumer markets.81
🇺🇸 Tom C.OWThis house believes that utilitarianism is true.81
Albert S.OWThis house would ban artificial intelligence providers from below-cost pricing in consumer markets.80
🇺🇸 Elizabeth S.MGThis house would ban artificial intelligence providers from below-cost pricing in consumer markets.80
🇺🇸 Annaliese S.LOThis house would ban gated communities in South Asia.80
🇺🇸 Edgar C.LOThis house regrets the decline of community-driven development of esports games.80
🇺🇸 Edgar C.PMThis house believes that utilitarianism is true.80

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