USU BP Novice 2026

Aug 8, 2026 · BP

Average

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

20 teams (This edition)

USU BP Novice 2026 (2026)7 motions

Round 1This house, as the current partner of an internationally prominent sports star, would request that the relationship not be made public
Round 2This house supports the increase in “safe musicals”
Round 3This house supports a broadened norm of group ‘interventions’ to address poor social behaviour
Round 4That as a leftist activist we would agree to be the main figure of a Jubilee "surrounded" episode.
Round 5This house believes that art should be separated from the personal context of its artists (including their values, beliefs and personal life)
Partial SemifinalsThis house prefers a world where Bernie Sanders won the 2016 Democratic Nomination
Grand FinalThis house prefers a world without grief

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

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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 International Relations motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-6Work through "Weighing arguments"Foundations for Philosophy motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one International Relations 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, as the current partner of an internationally prominent sports star, would requ...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a International Relations motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: PhilosophyPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

35% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 76.6.

Last edition: 7 of 20 teams broke.

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??.?–??.? estimated speaker score

76.5 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.8 and 78.3.

This is 1.6 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 79.0

Top-10 pace 77.6

Top-20 pace 75.8

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

Comparable: Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3), Munich Open 2026 (73.6)

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