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Southampton Open 2025

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

England, In personBPThe tab

Sat 15 Mar 2025

From 4 tabs, newest Southampton Open 2025.

How many points did it take?

9points were safe
in 2025

In the middle figureOlder, not counted

Across the last 3 editions with a figure, the middle was 9 (9, 7, 12, newest first). The last team in averaged 73.8 speaks in 2025.

What will they set?

Out of 26 past motions with a topic, from 4 editions.

How many teams, and how many break?

12of 33 teams broke
in 2025

Field strength: Below Average in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.

Past motions

4 editions with motions on record, newest first.

Southampton Open 20257 motions
  1. Round 1TH prefers a world where gene selection technologies are widely availablePractise this motion
  2. Round 2TH, as the player, would join a professional leaguePractise this motion
  3. Round 3THR the rise of the narrative that you should 'experience life' before having childrenPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THS the UK government's decision to redistribute oversea aidPractise this motion
  5. Gold FinalTHW implement a global 100% tax on any personal income above 10 million $Practise this motion
  6. Silver FinalTHW abandon all efforts to conserve pandasPractise this motion
  7. Pro-AM FinalTH, as the woman, would choose to stay.Practise this motion
Southampton Open 20247 motions
  1. Round 1THP a world with a universal norm of filial pietyPractise this motion
  2. Round 2THW dollarize Argentina's economyPractise this motion
  3. Round 3TH Hopes for the SNP to lose the next Scottish Parliament ElectionPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THS Nayib Bukele's aggressive crackdown on gangs in El SalvadorPractise this motion
  5. Grand FinalTHW legalize secession from the Indian Union of StatesPractise this motion
  6. Silver Finals FinalsTHP to be born in Factionland as opposed to a Western Liberal DemocracyPractise this motion
  7. Pro-Am Finals FinalsTHW teach the twins to readPractise this motion
Southampton Open 20236 motions
  1. Round 1THW hold online platforms liable for third-party content displayed on their websitesPractise this motion
  2. Round 2THR the vilification of women who do not support feminism among the feminist communityPractise this motion
  3. Round 3THR the rise in the prominence of Geoeconomics in Western foreign policyPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THS the European Union imposing further measures to control refugee and asylum seeker inflow into the European Union (i.e., directing refugees to specific ports of entry, mandating yearly asylum seeker quotas, giving more powers to an EU border security agency, etc.)Practise this motion
  5. Pro Am FinalsTHBT the use of non-human animals in scientific experimentation is inherently immoralPractise this motion
  6. Silver FinalsTHO the narrative that the world ultimately behaves in ways describable through reasonPractise this motion
Southampton Open 20226 motions
  1. Round 1TH, as the state of Florida, would attempt to kill all the meth gatorsPractise this motion
  2. Round 2THO the shift in non-STEM academia and higher education teaching to focus on quantitative research as opposed to qualitative researchPractise this motion
  3. Round 3THR the prevalence of 'choice feminism'Practise this motion
  4. Round 4 (Closed)THP localised attempts at post conflict justice (e.g. prosecutions, truth and reconciliation commissions, etc.) over international attemptsPractise this motion
  5. Open FinalTHS the concept of an art canonPractise this motion
  6. Pro-Am FinalTHW legalise consensual cannibalismPractise 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)Teams broke
2025973.812 of 33
20247not recorded12 of 28
20231276.38 of 37
2022979.25 of 28

How speakers score here

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

average speaker score, 3 editions
75.3
where most speakers land
72.1 to 78.5
average at tournaments of similar strength
74.2

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker83.3
  • 10th speaker78.8
  • 20th speaker76.5

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 3 editions.

Similar-strength tournaments

  • Macau Debate Open 202675.6
  • Tilburg Open 202675.3

Top speeches

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Craig M.OOLOTHR the rise of the narrative that you should 'experience life' before having children82
馃嚞馃嚙 Parth P.OODLOTHR the rise of the narrative that you should 'experience life' before having children82
馃嚞馃嚙 Parth P.CGMGTH prefers a world where gene selection technologies are widely available82
Craig M.CGGWTH prefers a world where gene selection technologies are widely available81
馃嚞馃嚙 Henry J.OOLOTHS the UK government's decision to redistribute oversea aid81
Nicole C.COOWTH, as the player, would join a professional league81
馃嚞馃嚙 Hamza N.COMOTHS the UK government's decision to redistribute oversea aid81
Josh S.COMOTH, as the player, would join a professional league81
Esther K.COOWTHS the UK government's decision to redistribute oversea aid81
馃嚞馃嚙 Henry J.COOWTHR the rise of the narrative that you should 'experience life' before having children81
馃嚞馃嚙 Alex M.COMOTHR the rise of the narrative that you should 'experience life' before having children80
Nicole C.OODLOTH prefers a world where gene selection technologies are widely available80