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Ottawa Round Robin 2024

Apr 26, 2024 · BP

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The field

Premier

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

16 teams (This edition)

Motions

Ottawa Round Robin 2024 (2024)7 motions
  • Round 1ATHBT professional football leagues should aggressively redistribute income from wealthy clubs to less wealthy clubs including those from ownership sales
  • Round 1BTHBT professional football leagues should aggressively redistribute income from wealthy clubs to less wealthy clubs including those from ownership sales
  • Round 2ATHBT it is in the interest of the US military to prioritise defense startups over traditional defense companies
  • Round 3ATH, as the feminist movement, would publicly advocate for "cyborg feminism"
  • Round 4AIn the aftermath of financial crises, THW ban short selling
  • Round 5ATHS governments recognizing the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan
  • Grand FinalTHBT the button should NOT be pressed

What gets set here

Sport29%
Economics29%
Social & Identity14%
International Relations14%
Abstract14%

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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.

  • Sport · 29% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 29% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Abstract · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

25% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 24 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.3.

Last edition: 4 of 16 teams broke.

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How scoring works here

78.1 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 76.2 and 80.0.

This is 1.4 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.7

Top-10 pace 79.1

Top-20 pace 77.4

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

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
🇨🇦 Rhys N.LOTH, as the feminist movement, would publicly advocate for "cyborg feminism"84
🇨🇦 Hidden debater · 2dm6MGTH, as the feminist movement, would publicly advocate for "cyborg feminism"83
🇨🇦 Karel B.LO83
🇨🇦 Daniel S.DLO83
Nicholas A.OW83
Nicholas A.DLOTH, as the feminist movement, would publicly advocate for "cyborg feminism"83
🇨🇦 Jacob S.LO83
🇨🇦 Rhys N.PMTHS governments recognizing the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan83
🇨🇦 Emma J.DLO83
🇨🇦 Jacob S.PMTHBT professional football leagues should aggressively redistribute income from wealthy clubs to less wealthy clubs including those from ownership sales83
🇨🇦 Emma J.GW82
🇨🇦 Hidden debater · 2dm6MG82

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