Exeter Open 2024

2024-03-09 · England · BP

Below Average

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

20 teams (This edition)

Exeter Open 2024 (2024)6 motions

Round 1As a middle class British woman, This House Prefers to live a life without ever raising, giving birth to or adopting children
Round 2This House, as the IMF and World Bank, would make economic aid contingent on democratization
Round 3This House regrets the Supreme Court's Ruling in SFFA v. Harvard
Round 4This House supports the widespread perception of the "toxic masculinity" narrative as a feminist narrative
Pro-Am FinalThis House opposes the predominant focus on romantic love in media (e.g. literature, music, art etc.)
Grand FinalThis House predicts that China will invade Taiwan in the next 25 years

Social & Identity33%

International Relations33%

Law & Crime17%

Media17%

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

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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 Social & Identity motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Social & Identity 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: As a middle class British woman, This House Prefers to live a life without ever raising, g...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Social & Identity motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: International RelationsPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

40% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 8 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 73.0.

Last edition: 8 of 20 teams broke.

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??.?–??.? estimated speaker score

74.7 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 71.5 and 77.9.

This is 0.5 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.0

Top-10 pace 76.8

Top-20 pace 74.3

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

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), Liverpool IV 2026 (74.8)

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
Liv M.	DLO	This House supports the widespread perception of the "toxic masculinity" narrative as a feminist narrative	83
Alex M.	LO	This House regrets the Supreme Court's Ruling in SFFA v. Harvard	82
Mikolaj J.	LO	This House supports the widespread perception of the "toxic masculinity" narrative as a feminist narrative	81
🇬🇧 Rohan C.	LO	This House, as the IMF and World Bank, would make economic aid contingent on democratization	81
Scott L.	DLO	This House regrets the Supreme Court's Ruling in SFFA v. Harvard	81
Asher J.	OW	As a middle class British woman, This House Prefers to live a life without ever raising, giving birth to or adopting children	81
Alex M.	OW	This House supports the widespread perception of the "toxic masculinity" narrative as a feminist narrative	81
Anna H.	MO	As a middle class British woman, This House Prefers to live a life without ever raising, giving birth to or adopting children	81
🇬🇧 Laura H.	MO	As a middle class British woman, This House Prefers to live a life without ever raising, giving birth to or adopting children	81
Alex M.	PM	This House, as the IMF and World Bank, would make economic aid contingent on democratization	81
Scott L.	GW	As a middle class British woman, This House Prefers to live a life without ever raising, giving birth to or adopting children	80
Scott L.	DPM	This House, as the IMF and World Bank, would make economic aid contingent on democratization	80

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