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Astana Open 2021

2021-06-01 · Kazakhstan · BP

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The field

Below Average

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

29 teams (This edition)

Motions

Astana Open 2021 (2021)7 motions
  • Round 1THBT military non-interventionism and military isolationism are in the interest of the USA.
  • Round 2THBT that governments of multi-religious societies should prohibit politicians using religious expressions in political discussion
  • Round 3THBT local municipalities in developing countries should allocate significant portions of their budget via Participatory Budgeting
  • Round 4THBT feminist movement should adopt a dominant pro-capitalist stance in its policies and advocacy
  • Round 5THBT WTO should allow developing countries to impose policies aimed at protecting domestic industries, even at the expense of harming international trade
  • SemifinalsTHBT the CCP should bailout Evergrande
  • Grand FinalTHP a world with Vulcan Stoic Philosophy as the dominant narrative

What gets set here

Politics29%
Economics29%
International Relations14%
Social & Identity14%
Fiction14%

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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.

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

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Breaking here

28% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.6.

Last edition: 8 of 29 teams broke.

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How scoring works here

76.5 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.4 and 78.7.

This is 1.8 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.6

Top-10 pace 78.2

Top-20 pace 77.4

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

Comparable: Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3), Munich Open 2026 (73.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇧🇬 Alek S.DPMTHBT WTO should allow developing countries to impose policies aimed at protecting domestic industries, even at the expense of harming international trade84
🇭🇷 Robert R.PMTHBT WTO should allow developing countries to impose policies aimed at protecting domestic industries, even at the expense of harming international trade82
🇧🇬 Alek S.GWTHBT that governments of multi-religious societies should prohibit politicians using religious expressions in political discussion82
🇧🇬 Velina A.PMTHBT WTO should allow developing countries to impose policies aimed at protecting domestic industries, even at the expense of harming international trade82
Uzair T.GWTHBT WTO should allow developing countries to impose policies aimed at protecting domestic industries, even at the expense of harming international trade82
Joris G.MGTHBT WTO should allow developing countries to impose policies aimed at protecting domestic industries, even at the expense of harming international trade82
Joris G.PMTHBT feminist movement should adopt a dominant pro-capitalist stance in its policies and advocacy82
Uzair T.DLOTHBT that governments of multi-religious societies should prohibit politicians using religious expressions in political discussion82
🇧🇬 Alek S.OWTHBT feminist movement should adopt a dominant pro-capitalist stance in its policies and advocacy82
Aigerim A.MGTHBT feminist movement should adopt a dominant pro-capitalist stance in its policies and advocacy81
Joris G.LOTHBT that governments of multi-religious societies should prohibit politicians using religious expressions in political discussion81
Uzair T.DPMTHBT feminist movement should adopt a dominant pro-capitalist stance in its policies and advocacy81

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