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Budapest Open 2025
2025-10-25 · Hungary, In person · BP
Motions
Budapest Open 2025 (2025)10 motions
- Round 1TH, as the LGBT movement in Hungary, would adopt nationalist rhetoric (i.e. using the Hungarian flag in pride, talking openly about being "queer and a patriot")
- Round 2THS the increased use of Ozempic in weight loss.
- Round 3THBT admission of new members into the EU should be done by qualified majority vote rather than by consensus
- Round 4THBT rave culture brings more harm than good
- Round 5This House prefers mutually agreed population exchange as a model for post-conflict settlement.
- QuarterfinalsTH, as a fresh physics graduate, would pursue a commercial and profitable career (e.g., in finance or IT) rather than an academic scientific one
- SemifinalsTHO the expansion of equity within the debate community
- Grand FinalTH, as a Zaunite, would join Silco’s cause rather than Viktor’s cult.
- Novice FinalsTHR the depiction of mentally ill artists as unappreciated geniuses (ie Van Gogh, Kafka).
- Schools FinalsTHS the creation and use of Lethal Autonomous Robots
What gets set here
Social & Identity30%
International Relations20%
Health & Medicine10%
Meta-Debate10%
Fiction10%
Media10%
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25% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.0.
Last edition: 12 of 48 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break12 teams
- Novice break4 teams
- Schools break6 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇷🇴 Ana C. | MG | This House prefers mutually agreed population exchange as a model for post-conflict settlement. | 84 |
| 🇦🇹 Paula B. | PM | THBT admission of new members into the EU should be done by qualified majority vote rather than by consensus | 84 |
| Darin M. | OW | THS the increased use of Ozempic in weight loss. | 84 |
| Maj H. | OW | THBT admission of new members into the EU should be done by qualified majority vote rather than by consensus | 84 |
| Christopher L. | DPM | THBT admission of new members into the EU should be done by qualified majority vote rather than by consensus | 84 |
| Victor B. | LO | TH, as the LGBT movement in Hungary, would adopt nationalist rhetoric (i.e. using the Hungarian flag in pride, talking openly about being "queer and a patriot") | 83 |
| Flora Z. | MO | THBT admission of new members into the EU should be done by qualified majority vote rather than by consensus | 83 |
| Maj H. | DPM | THS the increased use of Ozempic in weight loss. | 83 |
| Victor B. | PM | THBT admission of new members into the EU should be done by qualified majority vote rather than by consensus | 83 |
| Laura P. | MO | THS the increased use of Ozempic in weight loss. | 83 |
| Anna S. | DPM | THS the increased use of Ozempic in weight loss. | 83 |
| Jerneja L. | MO | THBT admission of new members into the EU should be done by qualified majority vote rather than by consensus | 83 |
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