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Ben Shapiro

1 scored debate · standard met in 1 of 1 · 1 with distinction

18 challenges faced · 11,266 words scored

87
Debate integrity · one scored debate

Not a career average — Steelmanned has scored Ben once, against Sam Harris.

Where these scores sit

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Ben: 87 (v Sam Harris) · shaded to our ±5–8 re-run band · all 22 scored performances shown

Inside our ±8-point re-run band of this record: Sam Harris's 88, Glenn Greenwald's 86, Destiny's 89, Coleman Hughes's 85. We treat these as indistinguishable from it.

Component standings

Confronted the point88site 52–100
Argued clean92site 8–100
Dealt straight81site 9–89
Let them talk81site 72–100

Ben's strongest component is “Argued clean” at 92. Across the 22 scored performances Steelmanned has published, that component runs 8–100.

The record

The Free PressPanel debate2h 13m

Trump or Kamala? Ben Shapiro and Sam Harris Debate.

MET THE STANDARD · WITH DISTINCTION · 85+Met the Engagement Standard, with distinction, earned at 85+ DIS — an absolute threshold, not relative to the other debater.Rubric v0.5
Ben Shapiro
87Debate
Integrity
Opposite Sam Harris · their score 88
88Confronted
the point45%
92Argued
clean30%
81Dealt
straight15%
81Let them
talk10%

Confronted the crux on 18 challenges (35.1/40) and conceded Trump 'did not win the 2020 election' and the 20% tariff was indefensible ('chalk this one up to bullshitting'); recorded 4 weighted fallacy points including a whataboutism pivot to alleged Biden-Harris leaks, relocated 'character is destiny' to 'the American people' rather than his own support, and logged 3 interruptions.

18 challenges faced · 11,266 words scored

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