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Nordic Open 2026

2026-01-31 · Finland, In person · BP

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The field

Below Average

A smaller or newer tournament. Good for building confidence and getting reps.

50 teams (This edition)

Motions

Nordic Open 2026 (2026)8 motions
  • Round 1This House Believes That the Eurovision Song Contest's rules around being a non-political event have done more harm than good.
  • Round 2This House Opposes the narrative that everyone will find romantic love eventually.
  • Round 3When bailing countries out of a hyperinflationary crisis, This House Believes That the IMF should require direct control over a country's monetary policy as a condition of the bailout.
  • Round 4This House Prefers a World with a strong norm against pursuing the same career path as your parents.
  • Round 5This House Believes That Sweden should repatriate immigrants.
  • SemifinalsThis House Prefers the belief that the rise in psychiatric diagnoses* among young people is a natural response to the conditions of modern society over the belief that the rise is a product of overpathologisation. *e.g. anxiety, depression, autism, ADHD
  • Novice FinalThis House Supports Australia's social media age restrictions.
  • Grand FinalThis House Regrets the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicólas Maduro.

What gets set here

Social & Identity25%
Media13%
Economics13%
Politics13%
Health & Medicine13%
Technology13%

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Practice Social & Identity 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.

  • Social & Identity · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Media · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Health & Medicine · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

16% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.1.

Last edition: 8 of 50 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

74.9 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.6 and 77.3.

This is 0.9 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.4

Top-10 pace 77.8

Top-20 pace 76.6

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

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), QMUL Open 2026 (72.9)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Darin M.MGThis House Believes That Sweden should repatriate immigrants.83
Richard K.MGWhen bailing countries out of a hyperinflationary crisis, This House Believes That the IMF should require direct control over a country's monetary policy as a condition of the bailout.82
Mirtel E.DPMThis House Believes That Sweden should repatriate immigrants.82
Laura P.DPMThis House Opposes the narrative that everyone will find romantic love eventually.82
Richard K.PMThis House Believes That Sweden should repatriate immigrants.82
Darin M.MOThis House Prefers a World with a strong norm against pursuing the same career path as your parents.82
Anni S.GWWhen bailing countries out of a hyperinflationary crisis, This House Believes That the IMF should require direct control over a country's monetary policy as a condition of the bailout.81
Aatish J.OWThis House Prefers a World with a strong norm against pursuing the same career path as your parents.81
Mirtel E.GWThis House Prefers a World with a strong norm against pursuing the same career path as your parents.81
Christian K.PMThis House Believes That the Eurovision Song Contest's rules around being a non-political event have done more harm than good.81
Lukas G.DLOThis House Opposes the narrative that everyone will find romantic love eventually.81
Mirtel E.DPMWhen bailing countries out of a hyperinflationary crisis, This House Believes That the IMF should require direct control over a country's monetary policy as a condition of the bailout.81

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