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NALSAR IV 2021

2021-06-01 · India · BP

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The field

Above Average

A competitive tournament. Good preparation ground for larger events.

96 teams (This edition)

Motions

NALSAR IV 2021 (2021)10 motions
  • Round 1THS non-violent property damage (e.g. blowing up pipelines, sabotaging logging equipment etc.) in order to stop climate change
  • Round 2THS China's ban on the for-profit education academies
  • Round 3THBT, developing countries with high rare earth mineral reserves, should set up their own state-owned enterprises rather than rely on multinational corporations to extract them
  • Round 4TH, in periods of economic recovery, would ease bank capital adequacy requirements
  • Round 5THR the increasing disinvestment in Public Sector Undertakings in India
  • QuarterfinalsTH prefers, as a means of enrolling people in the army, conscription by lottery rather than the aggressive recruitment of volunteers
  • Novice SemifinalTHR the medicalisation* of mental health. *Medicalisation of mental health refers to the increasing trend of treating mental health phenomena with medicines and the perception of mental health phenomena as medical conditions.
  • SemifinalsTHW ban viatical settlements
  • Novice FinalTHR the narrative that we should derive meaning from work
  • Grand FinalTHBT post-colonial states should actively and significantly decentralise state control to local tribal authorities or regional leaders

What gets set here

Economics30%
Politics20%
Environment10%
Education10%
Health & Medicine10%
Law & Crime10%

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Practice Economics 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.

  • Economics · 30% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Environment · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Health & Medicine · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

17% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.7.

Last edition: 16 of 96 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break16 teams
  • Novice break8 teams

How scoring works here

76.3 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.0 and 78.6.

This is 0.3 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 82.4

Top-10 pace 79.6

Top-20 pace 78.6

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Warwick Pre-EUDC 2025 (76.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇮🇳 Shakya C.MGTHS non-violent property damage (e.g. blowing up pipelines, sabotaging logging equipment etc.) in order to stop climate change88
Devashish T.GWTHS non-violent property damage (e.g. blowing up pipelines, sabotaging logging equipment etc.) in order to stop climate change87
🇬🇧 Matt C.PMTHS non-violent property damage (e.g. blowing up pipelines, sabotaging logging equipment etc.) in order to stop climate change87
🇬🇧 Ahmed S.DPMTHS non-violent property damage (e.g. blowing up pipelines, sabotaging logging equipment etc.) in order to stop climate change86
Ashutosh B.DPMTHS non-violent property damage (e.g. blowing up pipelines, sabotaging logging equipment etc.) in order to stop climate change86
🇮🇳 Abhishek A.LOTHS non-violent property damage (e.g. blowing up pipelines, sabotaging logging equipment etc.) in order to stop climate change85
🇸🇬 Nar M.OWTH, in periods of economic recovery, would ease bank capital adequacy requirements85
🇬🇧 Ahmed S.DLOTH, in periods of economic recovery, would ease bank capital adequacy requirements84
🇬🇧 Ron L.MOTH, in periods of economic recovery, would ease bank capital adequacy requirements84
Aryan K.DLOTHS non-violent property damage (e.g. blowing up pipelines, sabotaging logging equipment etc.) in order to stop climate change84
Prarthna J.MOTHS non-violent property damage (e.g. blowing up pipelines, sabotaging logging equipment etc.) in order to stop climate change83
🇬🇧 Matt C.LOTH, in periods of economic recovery, would ease bank capital adequacy requirements83

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