Southampton Open 2022

2022-03-05 · England, In person · BP

The field

Premier

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

28 teams (This edition)

Motions

Southampton Open 2022 (2022)6 motions

Round 1TH, as the state of Florida, would attempt to kill all the meth gators
Round 2THO the shift in non-STEM academia and higher education teaching to focus on quantitative research as opposed to qualitative research
Round 3THR the prevalence of 'choice feminism'
Round 4 (Closed)THP localised attempts at post conflict justice (e.g. prosecutions, truth and reconciliation commissions, etc.) over international attempts
Open FinalTHS the concept of an art canon
Pro-Am FinalTHW legalise consensual cannibalism

What gets set here

Law & Crime33%

Comedy & Novelty17%

Education17%

Social & Identity17%

Arts & Culture17%

Practice Law & Crime motions ›Read: Linear flow ›

You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

Law & Crime · 33% 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
Social & Identity · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Arts & Culture · 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 "Linear flow"Foundations for Law & Crime motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Comedy & Novelty motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Law & Crime 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, as the state of Florida, would attempt to kill all the meth gatorsMotion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Law & Crime motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: Comedy & NoveltyPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

18% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.2.

Last edition: 5 of 28 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

Open break5 teams
Pro-Am break5 teams

How scoring works here

75.9 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.8 and 79.0.

This is 0.5 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 84.0

Top-10 pace 78.3

Top-20 pace 76.3

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

Comparable: Warwick Pre-EUDC 2025 (76.6), GME Pra-KDMI 2025 (76.0)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
Dr A.	MG	THO the shift in non-STEM academia and higher education teaching to focus on quantitative research as opposed to qualitative research	87
Dr A.	MO	THR the prevalence of 'choice feminism'	85
🇬🇧 Matt C.	PM	TH, as the state of Florida, would attempt to kill all the meth gators	85
🇬🇧 Matt C.	MO	THP localised attempts at post conflict justice (e.g. prosecutions, truth and reconciliation commissions, etc.) over international attempts	85
🇬🇧 Ahmed S.	DPM	TH, as the state of Florida, would attempt to kill all the meth gators	84
🇬🇧 Ahmed S.	GW	THR the prevalence of 'choice feminism'	84
🇮🇪 Martha P.	LO	THR the prevalence of 'choice feminism'	83
🇬🇧 Ahmed S.	OW	THP localised attempts at post conflict justice (e.g. prosecutions, truth and reconciliation commissions, etc.) over international attempts	83
🇬🇧 Matt C.	MG	THR the prevalence of 'choice feminism'	83
Daphne W.	DLO	THR the prevalence of 'choice feminism'	83
Dr A.	LO	THP localised attempts at post conflict justice (e.g. prosecutions, truth and reconciliation commissions, etc.) over international attempts	83
🇦🇹 Marina K.	DLO	THR the prevalence of 'choice feminism'	83

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