Sat 22 Nov 2025
From 2 tabs, newest Berlin Open 2025.
How many points did it take?
11points were safe
in 2025
The last team in averaged 78.4 speaks in 2025.
What will they set?
Out of 15 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.
How many teams, and how many break?
8of 47 teams made the open break
in 2025
Field strength: Below Average in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Past motions
2 editions with motions on record, newest first.
Berlin Open 20258 motions
- Round 1This House Would break up LVMHPractise this motion
- Round 2This House Would provide welfare in terms of goods and services rather than paychecksPractise this motion
- Round 3This House Supports vigilante paramilitary groups fighting drug cartels in Latin AmericaPractise this motion
- Round 4This House Would create a Balkan Football LeaguePractise this motion
- Round 5This House Prefers peer-to-peer therapyPractise this motion
- SemifinalsThis House Supports friends-with-benefits relationshipsPractise this motion
- Grand FinalThis House Believes That we have no obligation to the deadPractise this motion
- Novice FinalThis House Would ban reality TV (e.g. Keeping up with the Kardashians, America's got Talent, Love is Blind, Survivor etc.)Practise this motion
Berlin Open 20237 motions
- Round 0THW teach children to have a logical approach to life, even at the expense of reducing their emotional bandwidth (e.g. trying to react in less emotional ways, prioritising logic over emotions when approaching problem-solving, etc.).Practise this motion
- Round 0THR the promotion of religion in former communist countries in Eastern Europe.Practise this motion
- Round 0THR YouTube's policy to not monetise 'advertiser-unfriendly' contentPractise this motion
- Round 0THBT the European Central Bank should not continue to increase interest ratesPractise this motion
- Round 0THP a world where the domiant narrative is that one should maximise productivity to one where the dominant narrative is that one should maximise leisure.Practise this motion
- Round 0TH, as the EU, would remove the requirement that Serbia recognises Kosovo.Practise this motion
- Round 0THBT that the use of identity politics as a central campaign tenant by left wing parties in liberal democracies does more harm than goodPractise 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.
Every break in 2025
- Open break8 teams
- Novice break4 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 75.1
- where most speakers land
- 72.2 to 78.1
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 74.3
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker81.4
- 10th speaker79.2
- 20th speaker77.4
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Macau Debate Open 202675.6
- Tilburg Open 202675.3
Top speeches
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lina F. | OODLO | This House Would create a Balkan Football League | 89 |
| Daan K. | OOLO | This House Would create a Balkan Football League | 89 |
| Helena H. | OOLO | This House Supports vigilante paramilitary groups fighting drug cartels in Latin America | 84 |
| Martijn L. | COOW | This House Prefers peer-to-peer therapy | 84 |
| 馃嚪馃嚫 Katarina L. | COOW | This House Supports vigilante paramilitary groups fighting drug cartels in Latin America | 84 |
| 馃嚪馃嚫 Novak C. | COMO | This House Supports vigilante paramilitary groups fighting drug cartels in Latin America | 84 |
| Jola S. | OODLO | This House Supports vigilante paramilitary groups fighting drug cartels in Latin America | 83 |
| Mirtel E. | COMO | This House Prefers peer-to-peer therapy | 83 |
| Nadya K. | COMO | This House Prefers peer-to-peer therapy | 83 |
| 馃嚛馃嚜 Felix R. | OGPM | This House Prefers peer-to-peer therapy | 82 |
| Hanix S. | OGDPM | This House Would break up LVMH | 82 |
| Raoul M. | OOLO | This House Supports vigilante paramilitary groups fighting drug cartels in Latin America | 82 |