Warwick Open 2026

2026-02-28 · England, In person · BP

The field

Average

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

28 teams (This edition), 80 teams (2025), 46 teams (2024)

Motions

Warwick Open 2026 (2026)6 motions

Round 1TH believes that environmental activists should focus on positive messaging regarding climate change (e.g. celebrating advancements in green energy, and praising pro-environmental legislation) as opposed to negative messaging (e.g. claiming that we are doomed)
Round 2TH supports the political ideology of pragmatism
Round 3TH prefers the response by PAFA to the response by Seattle
Round 4TH supports the implementation of a negative income tax
Open Grand FinalTH would become a citizen of Terra Vaginae
Silver Final FinalsTH believes that schools should significantly prioritise teaching emotional education (ie. how to discern intuition, how to process feelings, how to find happiness alone etc)

What gets set here

Environment17%

Philosophy17%

Abstract17%

Economics17%

Comedy & Novelty17%

Education17%

Practice Environment 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.

Environment · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Philosophy · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Abstract · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Economics · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Comedy & Novelty · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Education · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Environment motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-6Work through "Weighing arguments"Foundations for Philosophy motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Environment motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: TH believes that environmental activists should focus on positive messaging regarding clim...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Environment motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: PhilosophyPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

29% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 8 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 76.9.

Last edition: 8 of 28 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

Gold Final break4 teams
Silver Final break8 teams

How scoring works here

74.8 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.1 and 77.4.

This is 0.7 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.5

Top-10 pace 76.8

Top-20 pace 75.5

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
🇬🇧 Hans D.	DLO	TH supports the implementation of a negative income tax	82
🇬🇧 Asmi B.	DPM	TH prefers the response by PAFA to the response by Seattle	82
🇬🇧 Hans D.	GW	TH believes that environmental activists should focus on positive messaging regarding climate change (e.g. celebrating advancements in green energy, and praising pro-environmental legislation) as opposed to negative messaging (e.g. claiming that we are doomed)	82
🇬🇧 Ahmed H.	LO	TH supports the implementation of a negative income tax	82
🇬🇧 Ahmed H.	MG	TH believes that environmental activists should focus on positive messaging regarding climate change (e.g. celebrating advancements in green energy, and praising pro-environmental legislation) as opposed to negative messaging (e.g. claiming that we are doomed)	81
Zach F.	MG	TH supports the implementation of a negative income tax	81
🇬🇧 Theo C.	GW	TH supports the implementation of a negative income tax	81
🇬🇧 Zachary T.	GW	TH believes that environmental activists should focus on positive messaging regarding climate change (e.g. celebrating advancements in green energy, and praising pro-environmental legislation) as opposed to negative messaging (e.g. claiming that we are doomed)	81
Sahaana S.	MO	TH prefers the response by PAFA to the response by Seattle	81
🇬🇧 Hans D.	OW	TH supports the political ideology of pragmatism	81
🇬🇧 Hans D.	DPM	TH prefers the response by PAFA to the response by Seattle	81
🇬🇧 Zachary T.	OW	TH supports the implementation of a negative income tax	81

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