Copenhagen Open 2027
What it took to break here, what gets set, and a plan for the week before.
Sat 6 Feb 2027in 121 days
From 2 tabs, newest Copenhagen Open 2025.
How many points to break?
10points, the middle of
the last 2 editions
Safe points at the last 2 editions with a figure: 10, 10, newest first.
What will they set?
Out of 19 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.
Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
16of 71 teams made the open break
in 2025
Field strength: Average in 2024, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
What should you do first?
Work through “Generating arguments”
Your prep week starts 6 days before the tournament. 6 tasks in the plan below.
Your chance of breaking here and your average on each topic this tournament sets, from your own tab.
Import a tabYour prep week
Built on the topics set most here. Import your tab and it switches to your weakest topics.
0 of 6 done. Ticks save on this device.
- For Social & Identity motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
- Mechanism, actors, weighing. Use the prep timer below.Pull a motion
- Start with: THR the rise of manifesting culturePast motions
- Ask for a Social & Identity motion on your weaker position.
- Check the schedule and the break line. No new material the night before.
Prep timer
Past motions
2 editions with motions on record, newest first.
Copenhagen Open 20259 motions
- Round 1TH Hopes that Greenland votes in favour of independence by 2028Practise this motion
- Round 2THR the rise of manifesting culturePractise this motion
- Round 3THBT environmental movements should support the use of ecoterrorismPractise this motion
- Round 4THW require multinational corporations to pay taxes primarily in countries where their production occurs rather than where intellectual property is heldPractise this motion
- Round 5THBT Donald Trump escalating tensions with China will do more harm than good for countries in and around the South China SeaPractise this motion
- QuarterfinalsTHP 'pull back' methods rather than 'push back' methods when restricting the flow of undocumented migrantsPractise this motion
- SemifinalsTHBT all religious positions (e.g., heads of religious organisations, local community leaders, etc.) should be directly elected by their followersPractise this motion
- Grand FinalTHW allow the five emotions to rule by majority rather than by JoyPractise this motion
- ESL FinalsTHS a norm of 'opening up'* long-term and serious relationships *having more than one romantic or sexual partner at the same time, hookups, going on dates with other people, etc. through mutual consent.Practise this motion
Copenhagen Open 202410 motions
- Round 1TH, as an intelligent student from a low income family would pursue vocational training over a traditional college degree.Practise this motion
- Round 2THS BIRDs actionsPractise this motion
- Round 3THR the sanitisation of Hans Christian Andersen's workPractise this motion
- Round 4TH, as a major global power, would not use predatory lending policies.Practise this motion
- Round 5THW prohibit businesses from taking a public position on social issuesPractise this motion
- QuarterfinalsTHS significant financial sanctions on universities that don't have equal political representation in their facultiesPractise this motion
- SemifinalsTH, as the EU, would abandon European Green Deal policiesPractise this motion
- Grand FinalTHB in a right to bear armsPractise this motion
- ESL FinalsTH prefers a world without the feeling of regretPractise this motion
- Novice FinalsTH Prefers a World where people marry out of convenience rather than lovePractise this motion
The break, year by year
The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.
| Year | Safe on (points) | Last team in (speaks) | Open break |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | not recorded | 16 of 71 |
| 2024 | 10 | 77.4 | 16 of 79 |
Every break in 2025
- Open break16 teams
- ESL break11 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 75.0
- where most speakers land
- 72.5 to 77.5
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker80.6
- 10th speaker78.8
- 20th speaker77.8
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.
Prep these too
Coming up, and their past motions cover the same topics. Topic match is how alike the two topic mixes are: 100% would be the same mix.