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Lagos Debate Open 2025

2025-06-01 · Nigeria, In person · BP

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The field

Above Average

A competitive tournament. Good preparation ground for larger events.

33 teams (This edition), 29 teams (2023)

Motions

Lagos Debate Open 2025 (2025)8 motions
  • Round 1THR the trend of quiet quitting
  • Round 2This House will require teams in the NBA to agree personal terms with players before they can finalize trades.
  • Round 3THP a world where major social media companies are treated as public utilities
  • Round 4THBT LGBTQ+ movements in developing democracies should prioritize the narrative of "letting in" over that "coming out"
  • Round 5THS granting full legal and personal identity continuity to uploaded minds as the same individual as their biological originals
  • SemifinalsTHP a world where the prevalent religious narrative is of a "Hands-Off Creator"over ours with different claims of divine intervention.
  • Novice FinalTH prefers a world where the preternatural is widely accepted and promoted as real rather than fictitious.
  • Grand FinalAssuming feasibility, THBT the UN security council should cap military spending for all UN member states

What gets set here

Social & Identity38%
Technology25%
Sport13%
Religion13%
International Relations13%

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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 · 38% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

24% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.3.

Last edition: 8 of 33 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break8 teams
  • Novice break4 teams

How scoring works here

76.9 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.8 and 79.0.

This is 0.9 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.6

Top-10 pace 78.6

Top-20 pace 77.8

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Drexel Pre-WUDC 2025 (77.7)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Akinkunmi B.MGTHBT LGBTQ+ movements in developing democracies should prioritize the narrative of "letting in" over that "coming out"82
Ebubechukwu A.DLOTHBT LGBTQ+ movements in developing democracies should prioritize the narrative of "letting in" over that "coming out"82
Olamide O.GWTHBT LGBTQ+ movements in developing democracies should prioritize the narrative of "letting in" over that "coming out"82
🇬🇭 Franco O.PMTHBT LGBTQ+ movements in developing democracies should prioritize the narrative of "letting in" over that "coming out"81
Vanessa U.OWTHP a world where major social media companies are treated as public utilities81
Ayodele S.LOTHBT LGBTQ+ movements in developing democracies should prioritize the narrative of "letting in" over that "coming out"81
Ayodele S.PMTHP a world where major social media companies are treated as public utilities81
Akinkunmi B.PMTHS granting full legal and personal identity continuity to uploaded minds as the same individual as their biological originals81
🇬🇭 Franco O.MGTHR the trend of quiet quitting81
Vanessa U.GWTHR the trend of quiet quitting81
Olamide O.DPMTHS granting full legal and personal identity continuity to uploaded minds as the same individual as their biological originals81
🇬🇭 Franco O.MOTHP a world where major social media companies are treated as public utilities81

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