Tournaments
Ramadan Debate Open 2025
What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.
Fri 21 Mar 2025
From 2 tabs, newest Ramadan Debate Open 2025.
How many points did it take?
9points were safe
in 2025
Across the last 2 editions with a figure, the middle was 9 (9, 8, newest first). The last team in averaged 77.8 speaks in 2025.
What will they set?
- Social & Identity32%
- Politics3 of 19
- Economics3 of 19
- Religion2 of 19
Out of 19 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.
Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
17of 120 teams made the open break
in 2025
Field strength: Average in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Past motions
2 editions with motions on record, newest first.
Ramadan Debate Open 202510 motions
- Round 1THW abolish proposition betsPractise this motion
- Round 2TH, as the BJP, W remove the caste based reservation systemPractise this motion
- Round 3THBT emerging economies should adopt the "The Kerala Model"Practise this motion
- Round 4THO the commercialisation of RamadanPractise this motion
- QuarterfinalsTHW remove patents and intellectual property rights on technological goods and processes which do not reach a 'reasonable sustainability standard'.Practise this motion
- SemifinalsThis House Hopes that the aliens choose a diplomat from a Global North nationPractise this motion
- Grand FinalTHBT populism will be a force for good in the 21st CenturyPractise this motion
- Novice SemifinalsTHBT the African nations should collectively adopt the AVM TreatyPractise this motion
- Novice FinalsTHP living a life trying to see the best in people as opposed to a life trying to see the worst in peoplePractise this motion
- School FinalsTHW monetise kindnessPractise this motion
Ramadan Debate Open 20249 motions
- Round 1THO the narrative that people should only enter romantic relationships they anticipate to be sustainable in the long-termPractise this motion
- Round 2THW abolish the TRIPS agreementPractise this motion
- Round 3This house supports the shaming of individuals as a tactic for social movements to catalyse change (e.g.c shaming individuals for not taking environmentally sustainable actions, shaming individuals for violating lockdown/quarantine policies)Practise this motion
- Round 4This house, as ASEAN, Prefers to pursue closer ties with the Quad rather than ChinaPractise this motion
- QuarterfinalsThis house supports NationalismPractise this motion
- SemifinalsGiven the existence of an Artificial General Intelligence, THP that it would be based on virtue ethics and not utilitarian frameworkPractise this motion
- Grand FinalThis House Hopes that the new civilization never adopts any form of organized religionPractise this motion
- Novice Pre-SemifinalsTHR the rise of "cut-off culturePractise this motion
- Novice SemifinalsTHBT advanced economies should focus on rapid increases in growth, even at the expense of significantly higher rates of inequalityPractise 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.
| Year | Safe on (points) | Last team in (speaks) | Open break |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 77.8 | 17 of 120 |
| 2024 | 8 | 76.5 | 18 of 93 |
Every break in 2025
- Open break17 teams
- Novice break15 teams
- School break10 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 2 editions
- 75.4
- where most speakers land
- 73.6 to 77.2
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 74.7
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker80.5
- 10th speaker78.0
- 20th speaker77.3
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 editions.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Tilburg Open 202675.3
- Munich Open 202673.6