Drexel Open 2026

May 23, 2026 · BP

The field

Premier

One of the strongest fields in the circuit. Multiple nationally-ranked teams attend.

39 teams (This edition), 53 teams (2023)

Motions

Drexel Open 2026 (2026)8 motions

Round 1THR the shift from artistry to athleticism in figure skating
Round 2THBT the pop-culturalisation of Mormonism has done more harm than good to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Round 3THO Hassan Skeikh Mohamud's centralisation policies in Somalia
Round 4Assuming a middle class upbringing, THP to be born to a single parent as opposed to being born to divorced parents who share custody
Round 5THBT Sheinbaum's economic shift away from China does more harm than good to Mexico
SemifinalsTHW acquit the sailors of murder
Grand FinalTH, as Pakistan, Regrets supporting the Taliban
ESL FinalsTHW acquit the sailors of murder

What gets set here

Law & Crime25%

Sport13%

Religion13%

Politics13%

Social & Identity13%

Economics13%

Practice Law & Crime motions ›Read: Linear flow ›

You vs this tournament

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

Law & Crime · 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
Politics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Social & Identity · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Economics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Linear flow"Foundations for Law & Crime motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Sport motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Law & Crime motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: THR the shift from artistry to athleticism in figure skatingMotion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Law & Crime motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: SportPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

21% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.7.

Last edition: 8 of 39 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
ESL break7 teams

How scoring works here

77.0 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 75.4 and 78.6.

This is 0.5 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.2

Top-10 pace 78.6

Top-20 pace 77.8

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

Comparable: Drexel Pre-WUDC 2025 (77.7), UCLA IV 2025 (76.7)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
🇺🇸 Amy C.	OW	THBT the pop-culturalisation of Mormonism has done more harm than good to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	84
Shayor K.	DPM	THBT the pop-culturalisation of Mormonism has done more harm than good to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	83
🇺🇸 Darrius T.	MO	THBT the pop-culturalisation of Mormonism has done more harm than good to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	83
Shayor K.	MG	THO Hassan Skeikh Mohamud's centralisation policies in Somalia	82
🇺🇸 Justin Z.	PM	THBT the pop-culturalisation of Mormonism has done more harm than good to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	82
Aryan K.	DLO	THO Hassan Skeikh Mohamud's centralisation policies in Somalia	82
Alex M.	DLO	THO Hassan Skeikh Mohamud's centralisation policies in Somalia	82
Alex M.	DPM	Assuming a middle class upbringing, THP to be born to a single parent as opposed to being born to divorced parents who share custody	82
Kinshuk V.	LO	THO Hassan Skeikh Mohamud's centralisation policies in Somalia	82
🇺🇸 Josiah B.	DPM	THBT the pop-culturalisation of Mormonism has done more harm than good to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	81
Emilio L.	LO	THR the shift from artistry to athleticism in figure skating	81
Emilio L.	PM	THBT the pop-culturalisation of Mormonism has done more harm than good to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	81

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