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Kasiyana Open 2025

Aug 16, 2025 · Philippines, In person · BP

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The field

Average

A standard open. Solid competition with a mix of experience levels.

77 teams (This edition)

Motions

Kasiyana Open 2025 (2025)10 motions
  • Round 1TH celebrates the decline of the kuripot lifestyle
  • Round 2TH believes that it is in the interest of the Filipino Middle Class to withdraw from state-run insurance and social programs e.g. PhilHealth, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Pag-IBIG Fund, and Social Security System (SSS)
  • Round 3TH believes that major global climate summits should be led by a citizens' assembly as opposed to world leaders
  • Round 4TH regrets the dominant portrayal of long-distance relationships as doomed to fail
  • QuarterfinalsTH, as a state combating an ethno-nationalist insurgency, prefers to face a geographically clustered insurgent movement over a geographically concentrated one.
  • SemifinalsThis house, as the next generation of Maranao entrepreneurs, would transition from traditional clan-based high-trust networks to a Western-style formal business model
  • Grand FinalThis house believes that feminism should embrace queer temporality
  • Novice SemifinalsTH prefers a world where territories and borders were drawn based purely on ethnic lines
  • Novice FinalsTH believes that the Philippines should extend its anti-discrimination laws to include political affiliations as a protected attribute
  • High School FinalsTH supports the reframing of historical tragedies as entertainment (e.g., Dahmer, Chernobyl, Oppenheimer, etc.)

What gets set here

Social & Identity30%
Economics20%
International Relations20%
Environment10%
Law & Crime10%
Media10%

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You vs this tournament

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

  • Social & Identity · 30% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Environment · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Media · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

21% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 75.4.

Last edition: 16 of 77 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break16 teams
  • Novice break15 teams
  • High School break12 teams

How scoring works here

74.7 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.4 and 76.0.

This is 0.3 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 77.3

Top-10 pace 76.5

Top-20 pace 75.8

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

Comparable: Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3), Munich Open 2026 (73.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
John N.MOTH believes that major global climate summits should be led by a citizens' assembly as opposed to world leaders79
Joriz B.MOTH regrets the dominant portrayal of long-distance relationships as doomed to fail79
Michael L.OWTH believes that it is in the interest of the Filipino Middle Class to withdraw from state-run insurance and social programs e.g. PhilHealth, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Pag-IBIG Fund, and Social Security System (SSS)79
Neil I.MGTH believes that it is in the interest of the Filipino Middle Class to withdraw from state-run insurance and social programs e.g. PhilHealth, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Pag-IBIG Fund, and Social Security System (SSS)78
AnnMOTH believes that it is in the interest of the Filipino Middle Class to withdraw from state-run insurance and social programs e.g. PhilHealth, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Pag-IBIG Fund, and Social Security System (SSS)78
SolaceDLOTH believes that it is in the interest of the Filipino Middle Class to withdraw from state-run insurance and social programs e.g. PhilHealth, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Pag-IBIG Fund, and Social Security System (SSS)78
NikkiDLOTH celebrates the decline of the kuripot lifestyle78
PongGWTH believes that major global climate summits should be led by a citizens' assembly as opposed to world leaders78
Fernando T.OWTH believes that major global climate summits should be led by a citizens' assembly as opposed to world leaders78
Andrei D.OWTH regrets the dominant portrayal of long-distance relationships as doomed to fail78
PongDLOTH celebrates the decline of the kuripot lifestyle78
Speaker S.PMTH believes that major global climate summits should be led by a citizens' assembly as opposed to world leaders78

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