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Belgrade Open 2024

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

SerbiaBPThe tab

Sat 2 Nov 2024

From 3 tabs, newest Belgrade Open 2024.

How many points did it take?

10points were safe
in 2024

Across the last 3 editions with a figure, the middle was 10 (10, 10, 11, newest first). The last team in averaged 78.6 speaks in 2024.

What will they set?

Out of 23 past motions with a topic, from 3 editions.

How many teams, and how many break?

8of 38 teams made the open break
in 2024

Field strength: Below Average in 2024, from the ratings of the debaters who went.

Past motions

3 editions with motions on record, newest first.

Belgrade Open 20248 motions
  1. Round 1TH, as a young, heterosexual woman in Western Europe, would rather date a TradMan than a SoftBoyPractise this motion
  2. Round 2THBT capitalism is immoralPractise this motion
  3. Round 3This House Predicts that Serbia will not join EU in 50 yearsPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THP a world in which occasionalism is dominant in monotheistic religions over distantismPractise this motion
  5. Round 5This house supports sex negativity in the WestPractise this motion
  6. SemifinalsThis house believes that Donald Trump's election would be in the best interest of the US economyPractise this motion
  7. Grand FinalThis House Believes That Kursk offensive will do more harm than good to the Ukrainian peoplePractise this motion
  8. Novice FinalsThis house prefers a mind-reader worldPractise this motion
Belgrade Open 20237 motions
  1. Round 1This House, as a teenager, would choose to stay off social mediaPractise this motion
  2. Round 2This House opposes the rise of the hermit consumerPractise this motion
  3. Round 3This House believes that it is in the interest of right-wing parties in Europe to prioritize cultural issues (e.g. limiting migration, the promotion of family values, allowing desecration of religious texts and figures) over economic issues (e.g. welfare, taxation, regulation)Practise this motion
  4. Round 4This House believes that the use of erotic capital by women does more harm than goodPractise this motion
  5. Round 5This House believes that the media should show the full horrors of warPractise this motion
  6. SemifinalsThis House believes that Republika Srpska should secede and become an independent statePractise this motion
  7. Grand FinalThis house opposes egalitarianismPractise this motion
Belgrade Open 20228 motions
  1. Round 1Thbt that states with aging populations should pursue policies which redistribute wealth aggressively to the young (i.e. taxes on assets, reducing subsidies for healthcare, increased retirement ages, and reduced pension allowances)Practise this motion
  2. Round 2THW significantly increase government funding for research into the effects of genetics on human characteristics, development, and behaviourPractise this motion
  3. Round 3TH would use the motions they found to achieve success at Black Sea EUDCPractise this motion
  4. Round 4TH, as NATO, regrets the intervention in Yugoslavia of 1999Practise this motion
  5. Round 5THBT hookup culture does more harm than goodPractise this motion
  6. SemifinalsTHW hold govrenment officials criminally responsible for severe harm to citizens resulting from grossly negligent public policy.Practise this motion
  7. Grand FinalTh, as the President of the United States, would order CIA's Head of Station in Moscow to press the buttonPractise this motion
  8. Novice FinalTHP a world without religionPractise this motion

The break, year by year

The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.

YearSafe on (points)Last team in (speaks)Open break
20241078.68 of 38
20231080.18 of 28
202211not recorded8 of 40

Every break in 2024

  • Open break8 teams
  • Novice break4 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.

average speaker score, 2 editions
76.0
where most speakers land
72.9 to 79.1
average at tournaments of similar strength
74.4

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker82.6
  • 10th speaker79.4
  • 20th speaker78.2

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 editions.

Similar-strength tournaments

  • Macau Debate Open 202675.6
  • Tilburg Open 202675.3

Top speeches

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
馃嚪馃嚫 Milo拧 P.COOWTHBT capitalism is immoral84
馃嚪馃嚫 Milo拧 P.COOWThis house supports sex negativity in the West84
馃嚪馃嚫 Pavle A.COMOThis house supports sex negativity in the West84
馃嚪馃嚫 Milo拧 P.OGDPMTHP a world in which occasionalism is dominant in monotheistic religions over distantism83
Andrija 膼.OODLOTHP a world in which occasionalism is dominant in monotheistic religions over distantism83
馃嚪馃嚫 Pavle A.COMOTHBT capitalism is immoral83
馃嚪馃嚫 Obrad K.CGMGThis House Predicts that Serbia will not join EU in 50 years83
馃嚪馃嚫 Pavle A.OGPMTHP a world in which occasionalism is dominant in monotheistic religions over distantism83
馃嚫馃嚠 David S.OODLOTH, as a young, heterosexual woman in Western Europe, would rather date a TradMan than a SoftBoy82
Maj H.OOLOTH, as a young, heterosexual woman in Western Europe, would rather date a TradMan than a SoftBoy82
馃嚪馃嚫 脨or膽e R.OGPMThis House Predicts that Serbia will not join EU in 50 years82
馃嚪馃嚫 Strahinja B.CGGWThis House Predicts that Serbia will not join EU in 50 years82