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Speech Forces Genesis DO 2026

2026-06-01 · Ghana · BP

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The field

Average

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

28 teams (This edition), 32 teams (2025), 20 teams (2024), 20 teams (2023), 16 teams (2022)

Motions

Speech Forces Genesis DO 2026 (2026)10 motions
  • Round 1This House opposes academic activism
  • Round 2THBT Ghana should privatise Electricity Company of Ghana
  • Round 3This House prefers a world where grief is perceived as a lifelong process one must go through as opposed to an emotional state that one day will subside.
  • Round 4THO the Gamification of romantic love in Pop culture
  • Round 5This house supports the removal of the ban on celebrity advertisement(for drugs and alcohol) in Ghana.
  • Round 6THBT the US should limit the financial exposure of systematically important institutions to frontier AI providers
  • Round 7THP a world in which the global spread of major religions never occurred.
  • SemifinalsThis House predicts that the developing world will become more, rather than less, democratic over the next decade
  • Grand FinalTHBT the moral value of life outweighs the moral imperative to prevent suffering.
  • Novice Finals"THBT ECOWAS should abandon its pursuit of a monetary union"

What gets set here

Economics30%
Social & Identity20%
Education10%
Law & Crime10%
Religion10%
Politics10%

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Practice Economics motions ›Read: Generating arguments

You vs this tournament

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

  • Economics · 30% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

29% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 13 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.7.

Last edition: 8 of 28 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

76.2 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.1 and 78.2.

This is 1.1 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.3

Top-10 pace 78.3

Top-20 pace 76.9

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
Andrew K.LOTHBT the US should limit the financial exposure of systematically important institutions to frontier AI providers82
Kalvin M.DPMTHO the Gamification of romantic love in Pop culture82
Abdul A.MOTHBT the US should limit the financial exposure of systematically important institutions to frontier AI providers81
🇬🇭 Elisha A.MOTHP a world in which the global spread of major religions never occurred.81
🇬🇭 Elisha A.MOThis House prefers a world where grief is perceived as a lifelong process one must go through as opposed to an emotional state that one day will subside.81
🇬🇭 Elisha A.MGTHBT the US should limit the financial exposure of systematically important institutions to frontier AI providers81
FrancoPMTHO the Gamification of romantic love in Pop culture81
Kalvin M.GWTHP a world in which the global spread of major religions never occurred.81
Andrew K.MGTHBT Ghana should privatise Electricity Company of Ghana80
Kwabena M.GWTHBT Ghana should privatise Electricity Company of Ghana80
Kalvin M.GWThis House prefers a world where grief is perceived as a lifelong process one must go through as opposed to an emotional state that one day will subside.80
Kalvin M.OWThis House opposes academic activism80

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