Skopje Open 2026

54 days away · In person, Skopje, North Macedonia · 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.

33 teams (2025)

Motions from this series

Skopje Open 2025 (2025)8 motions

Round 1This House Regrets the rise of mixed martial arts.
Round 2This House would elect university rectors and deans through a vote of students and academic staff
Round 3This House regrets the emergence of music streaming platforms (e.g. Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer,...).
Round 4This House Believes That post conflict governments should recruit rebel soldiers into state armies.
Round 5This House Believes that excluding countries from international cultural and sporting events due to their governments’ actions does more harm than good
SemifinalsThis House Prefers a world without the smartphone
Grand FinalThis House Predicts That global Gen-Z protests (e.g. Nepal, Madagascar, Indonesia) against repressive regimes will do more harm than good
Novice FinalThis House Believes That, when allocating resources to their children, working class families should allocate most of their resources to support the most talented child in the family

What gets set here

Politics38%

International Relations38%

Sport25%

Social & Identity25%

Education13%

Media13%

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 · 38% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
International Relations · 38% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Sport · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Social & Identity · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Education · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Media · 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: This House would elect university rectors and deans through a vote of students and academi...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Politics motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: International RelationsPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.Tournament info ›

Breaking here

24% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 77.6.

Last edition: 8 of 33 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

75.1 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.4 and 77.8.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 79.6

Top-10 pace 78.0

Top-20 pace 77.0

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

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