Earlsfort Open 2021

2021-06-01 · Ireland, Online · BP · Online

The field

Ultra Premier

Expect the absolute best in the world to attend.

33 teams (This edition)

Motions

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

Politics33%

Law & Crime33%

Technology17%

Philosophy17%

Practice Politics 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.

Politics · 33% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Law & Crime · 33% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Technology · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Philosophy · 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 Politics motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-6Work through "Linear flow"Foundations for Law & Crime motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Politics 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: THW support a significant return of Pink Tide ideology in Latin America.Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Politics motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: Law & CrimePull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

24% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 8 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.5.

Last edition: 8 of 33 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

Gold break4 teams
Silver break8 teams

How scoring works here

77.1 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.0 and 80.2.

This is 0.4 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 83.0

Top-10 pace 80.5

Top-20 pace 78.0

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

Comparable: Vienna Pre-EUDC 2026 (77.2), LSE Open 2021 (78.3)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
🇬🇧 Jason W.	OW	THW devolve immigration policy to regional governments in states where there is strong regional governance.	85
🇦🇺 Jessica M.	MO	THW devolve immigration policy to regional governments in states where there is strong regional governance.	85
🇬🇧 Rhys S.	GW	THW devolve immigration policy to regional governments in states where there is strong regional governance.	84
🇬🇧 Joseph L.	PM	THW support a significant return of Pink Tide ideology in Latin America.	84
Izzie B.	DLO	THW devolve immigration policy to regional governments in states where there is strong regional governance.	84
🇮🇪 Jack S.	OW	THW devolve immigration policy to regional governments in states where there is strong regional governance.	83
🇮🇪 Sébastien F.	GW	THW devolve immigration policy to regional governments in states where there is strong regional governance.	83
🇬🇧 Jacklin K.	PM	THW devolve immigration policy to regional governments in states where there is strong regional governance.	83
🇬🇧 Rhys S.	DPM	THP a world where people predominantly believe that life possesses no intrinsic meaning.	83
🇬🇧 Rhys S.	OW	THW support a significant return of Pink Tide ideology in Latin America.	83
🇬🇧 Jason W.	PM	THP a world where people predominantly believe that life possesses no intrinsic meaning.	83
🇬🇧 Joseph L.	OW	THW remove patents and intellectual property rights on technological goods and processes which do not reach a 'reasonable sustainability standard'.	83

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