Here, you can find the standings for the 2023-2024 National Points Race, which will begin with the University of Kentucky Speech and Debate Season Opener on September 9, 2023 and conclude with the NSDA National Tournament on June 21, 2024. Standings will be updated at the end of every month, featuring the tournament news of the month.
While we acknowledge that plenty of extraordinarily talented extempers may not travel frequently, the National Points Race seeks to identify the “best” extemper across a series of widely-recognized tournaments in the United States. Our scoring system heavily values consistency and attendance at major circuit events.
You can find information on the methodology behind the National Points Race for the 2023-24 season here. We are always open to feedback on ways we can improve our scoring, including the addition or removal of tournaments and/or changes in point values across tiers. Feel free to send us suggestions; however, no tournaments will be added/removed once competition begins.
Unfortunately, because the National Points Race is a volunteer project without a budget, there are no prizes given to the winners (other than recognition from your fellow competitors!).
Due to time constraints, there will not be a short description of each month’s happenings on the National Points Race page this season. If you’re interested in tracking how competitors are doing over time, go check out our Monthly Updates which review tournament results!
IMPORTANT UPDATE: While the Duke University tournament had a spot on the NPR going into the season, recent information has revealed that it will not be held.
Current Standings (after Princeton, UT, and GMU!):
| Place | Name | Points |
| 1st | Lishore Kumar, Tomball Memorial (TX) | 1700 |
| 2nd T | Sruti Peddi, BASIS Scottsdale (AZ) | 1625 |
| 2nd T | Robert Zhang, Elkins (TX) | 1625 |
| 4th T | Amy Cao, Ridge (NJ) | 1300 |
| 4th T | Brandon Cheng, Flintridge Prep (CA) | 1300 |
| 4th T | Taylor Burris, The Potomac School (VA) | 1300 |
| 7th T | Charlotte Reitman, NSU (FL) | 1050 |
| 7th T | Tyler Crivella, Seven Lakes (TX) | 1050 |
| 9th | Eshaal Ubaid, Stuyveant (NY) | 1000 |
| 10th | Kate Liu, Plano East (TX) | 800 |
| 11th | Ronak Patel, American Heritage Broward (FL) | 775 |
| 12th T | April Zhang, Neuqua Valley (IL) | 750 |
| 12th T | Akshaya Karanam, Mount Saint Mary (NJ) | 750 |
| 14th | Vishnu Angiras, Shrewsbury (MA) | 725 |
| 15th T | Waleed Haider, Hendrickson (TX) | 600 |
| 15th T | Katherine Lee, Plano West (TX) | 600 |
| 15th T | Siri Ural, Shrewsbury (MA) | 600 |
| 18th | Navya Raju, Ridge (NJ) | 550 |
| 19th T | Vasu Lakshmanan, Shrewsbury (MA) | 525 |
| 19th T | Rohit Vakkalagadda, Bellermaine College Prep (CA) | 525 |
| 19th T | Meredith Vorndran, The Potomac School (VA) | 525 |
| 22nd T | Sebastian Cunto, Regis (NY) | 500 |
| 22nd T | Lucas Mejia-Fanjul, Regis (NY) | 500 |
| 22nd T | Madeline White, Gwynedd Mercy (PA) | 500 |
| 25th | Claire Han, Munster (IN) | 450 |
| 26th | Ishika Kothari, Plano East (TX) | 400 |
| 27th T | Valerie Gu, Milton Academy (MA) | 350 |
| 27th T | Anthony Babu, Concord Carlisle (MA) | 350 |
| 27th T | Arya Goyal, Scarsdale (NY) | 350 |
| 27th T | Elizabeth Ovelil, Desert Vista (AZ) | 350 |
| 27th T | Skyler Burrus, American Heritage Palm Beach (FL) | 350 |
| 27th T | Daniel Rupawalla, Tompkins (TX) | 350 |
| 27th T | Jack Anderson, Lincoln Southwest (NE) | 350 |
| 34th T | Chloe Leng, Hawken (OH) | 300 |
| 34th T | Sophia Wei, Plano West (TX) | 300 |
| 34th T | Pranav Kalakuntla, Plano West (TX) | 300 |
| 34th T | Logan Mitchell, Martin Country (FL) | 300 |
| 38th | Kai Li, Stuyvesant (NY) | 275 |
| 39th T | Aparna Iyer, Ridge (NJ) | 250 |
| 39th T | Joy Hu, Harker (CA) | 250 |
| 39th T | Maximilian Guo, BASIS Indep. Silicon Valley (CA) | 250 |
| 39th T | Noah Darby, St. Thomas More (LA) | 250 |
| 39th T | Kashish Priyam, Harker (CA) | 250 |
| 39th T | Gordy Sun, Harker (CA) | 250 |
| 39th T | Connor Ennis, Durham (NC) | 250 |
| 39th T | Sumedh Seetharam, Scottsdale Prep (AZ) | 250 |
| 47th T | Kajal Parmar, Cary Academy (NC) | 225 |
| 47th T | Luke Chung, Pine Creek (CO) | 225 |
| 47th T | Lexie Toshav, Isidore Newman (LA) | 225 |
| 50th T | Layden Kennendy, Scarsdale (NY) | 200 |
| 50th T | Sam Kang, Hawken (OH) | 200 |
| 52nd | John Germak, Regis (NY) | 150 |
| 53rd T | Celine Li, Westridge (CA) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Aleksey Olkhovenko, Stuyvesant (NY) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Sven Stumbauer, Christopher Columbus (FL) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Anish Mehta, Scarsdale (NY) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Samantha Berk, Milton Acad (MA) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Daphne Kalir-Starr, College Prep (CA) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Nathan Thomas, La Salle (PA) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Brooke Klausner, Convent of the Sacred Heart (NY) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Claire Chen, Westridge (CA) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Safina Abramova, Milton Acad (MA) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Alex Olshansky, Nova High School (FL) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Alina Zaidi, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy (FL) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Jacob Chanmugam, Lake Highland Prep (FL) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Jack Aaron, Trinity Prep School (FL) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Vanessa Wu, Bronx Science (NY) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Sasha Morel, Plano Senior (TX) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Sanjana Arulkumaran, Plano East (TX) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Abraham Zhang, Plano West (TX) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Sebastian Perez-Navarro, Eastwood (TX) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Rehan Buvajji, Shepton (TX) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Andrew Nager, Melissa (TX) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Manhua Kim, Plano Senior (TX) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Lily Waehner, James River-Midlothian (VA) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Kretyu Ramanathan, Riverside (SC) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Rowan Milton Beniot, James River-Midlothian (VA) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Armaan Sethi, Potomac (VA) | 125 |
| 53rd T | Samvrit Rao, Thomas Jefferson HS for Science & Tech (VA) | 125 |
| 80th T | Neil Alapatt, Bellermaine College Prep (CA) | 100 |
| 80th T | Zane Hensley Bellermaine College Prep (CA) | 100 |
| 80th T | Ayushi Garg, Granada Hills Charter (CA) | 100 |
| 80th T | Esther Zhu, Tulsa Washington (OK) | 100 |
| 80th T | Francesca Lopez, Ransom Everglades (FL) | 100 |
| 80th T | Kai Forbach, Durham (NC) | 100 |
| 80th T | Abhikay Rana, Bellermaine College Prep (CA) | 100 |
| 80th T | Jia Sood, Trinity Prep (FL) | 100 |
| 80th T | Jonah Downs, Trinity Prep (FL) | 100 |
| 80th T | Ellie Sohn, Flintridge Prep (CA) | 100 |
| 80th T | Daniel Song, East Ridge (MN) | 100 |
| 80th T | Iveena Mukherjee, Charter School of Wilmington (DC) | 100 |
| 80th T | Aradhya Goswami, Syosset (NY) | 100 |
| 80th T | Jasman Padam, Shrewsbury (MA) | 100 |
| 80th T | Téa Shouldice, Half Hollow Hills HS East (NY) | 100 |
| 80th T | Ella Witalec, Laurel (OH) | 100 |
| 80th T | Eduardo Michelsen, Ransom Everglades (FL) | 100 |
| 80th T | Ashton Bolce, BASIS Scottsdale (AZ) | 100 |
| 80th T | Daniela Holden, Berkeley Carroll (NY) | 100 |