Prague Open 2026

26 days away · In person, Prague, Czechia · BP

The field

Below Average

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

Based on the 2025 edition. This year’s field isn’t rated yet.

41 teams (2025), 43 teams (2024)

Motions from this series

Prague Open 2025 (2025)8 motions

Round 1THS the rise of AI romantic partners
Round 2THBT the CDU should abandon the cordon sanitaire against AfD
Round 3THW reveal the lie
Round 4TH Prefers to be born in a religion that proselytises* rather than one that does not (*seeks to convert others)
Round 5THP centralised urban planning system to decentralised urban planning system
SemifinalsTHS the partition of Sudan
Grand FinalTH Prefers a world where no one has a desire for external validation
Novice FinalsTHS a hedonistic approach to life

What gets set here

Politics25%

Social & Identity25%

Technology13%

Abstract13%

Religion13%

International Relations13%

Practice Politics 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.

Politics · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Social & Identity · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Technology · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Abstract · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Religion · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
International Relations · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

Built from what this tournament sets most. Import more tabs and this plan tunes itself to your weak spots.

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Politics motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Politics 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: THBT the CDU should abandon the cordon sanitaire against AfDMotion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Politics motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: Social & IdentityPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.Tournament info ›

Breaking here

20% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 75.6.

Last edition: 8 of 41 teams broke.

~??% estimated break chance

??.?–??.? estimated speaker score

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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

Open break8 teams
Novice break5 teams

How scoring works here

74.4 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.1 and 76.7.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.4

Top-10 pace 76.2

Top-20 pace 75.6

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

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Same kind of motions, same kind of field. Worth running through their past motion sets too.

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