Debate Land Public Forum & Lincoln Douglas Rankings

Debate Land is proud to offer comprehensive national circuit rankings for Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas debate. We believe that by providing comprehensive and transparent rankings, we can foster a more inclusive, legitimate, and competitive debate community. Debate Land uses a proprietary metric of ranking debaters colloquially known as the OTR Score. It awards points based on scaled tournament attendance, high performance (deep elimination round runs), and success against difficult opponents. Every system has flaws, but the OTR 3.0 Score is an open-source metric widely available to debaters.

Last Updated:  

February 03, 2025

1) The first 500 teams are displayed. For full results, see Debate Land.
2) Read our methodology.
3) View results from past years.

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NSD Alumni represent 44 of the top 100 teams in the United States!

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

401

Alexis Qian

0.191

402

Ayush Gupta

0.191

403

Shimaz Hoque

0.190

404

LJ Faustin

0.189

405

Kanya Annamalai

0.188

406

Noah Peck

0.186

407

Isabelle Raymer

0.186

408

Tiffany Au

0.184

409

Renee Ding

0.183

410

Chloe Kang

0.183

411

Neharika Vijayabhaskar

0.182

412

Guhan Nagarajan

0.182

413

Madelyn Hyde

0.182

414

Arnav Dham

0.180

415

Feliciano Serrano

0.179

416

Yulong Gong

0.179

417

Enoch Shao

0.178

418

Yiyi Sun

0.178

419

Aanya Solanki

0.177

420

Charlie Pan

0.175

421

Ranbeer Arora

0.175

422

Vivaan Shahani

0.175

423

NagaVikhyath Malineni

0.172

424

prisha parimal

0.172

425

Clara Merchan

0.171

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NSD Alumni represent 48 of the top 100 teams in the United States!

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

101

Rinesh Sunthar & Vijay Nagarajan

1.234

102

Alice Ma & Tony Liu

1.229

103

Aari Sabnani & Leo Hao

1.228

104

Benjamin Buchalter & Luka Makino Siller

1.217

105

Leif Emery & Abhinav Akella

1.216

106

Shreya Krishnakumar & Felix Xu

1.211

107

Anika Gupta & Oliver Alferness

1.208

108

Nabeel Ishoof & Tamara Santoyo Geijo

1.205

109

Ian Xu & Tam Bao Tran

1.205

110

Simona Wang & Benjamin Xiao

1.203

111

Ethan Wang & Jake Paltrowitz

1.199

112

Gavin Zhao & Hoiyuen (Kevin) Chen

1.186

113

Lucy Park & Khoa Ngo

1.186

114

Emily Appelbaum & Eleanor Moy

1.178

115

Ava Zahtila & Aanya Sood

1.169

116

Victor Lock & Andrew Scheufele

1.161

117

Chloe Huang & Lucas Kwok

1.154

118

Ryan Wu & Kellen Wang

1.148

119

Bella Jackson & Katherine Wu

1.143

120

Sam Parsi & Jerry Li

1.127

121

Amanda Zhong & Stephanie Yan

1.125

122

Vismay Avadhani & Samyak Duggirala

1.115

123

Keerat Virdi & Rohan Deep

1.114

124

Ronan Hechema & Reiner Bass

1.105

125

Jason Li & Emmanuel Wang

1.098