Tournaments
Harvard World Schools Tournament 2026
What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.
Sun 5 Apr 2026
From 1 tab, newest Harvard World Schools 2026.
How many points did it take?
5points were safe
in 2026
The last team in averaged 71.7 speaks in 2026.
What will they set?
- Social & Identity3 of 11
- Health & Medicine2 of 11
- Economics2 of 11
- Education1 of 11
Out of 11 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.
Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
16of 90 teams made the open break
in 2026
Who has set the motions?
- 馃嚭馃嚫 Clement T.
- 馃嚭馃嚫 Max F.
- 馃嚭馃嚫 Ambika G.
- 馃嚭馃嚫 Stephanie C.
- Chansol P.
Chief adjudicators in 2026, the newest tab that lists them. And 1 more.
Past motions
1 edition with motions on record, newest first.
Harvard World Schools 202611 motions
- Round 0This House opposes the stigma against giving upPractise this motion
- Round 1This House believes that the emphasis placed on extracurricular activities in college admissions has done more harm than goodPractise this motion
- Round 2This House Opposes the US Food and Drug Administration's decision to fast track the approval of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs.Practise this motion
- Round 3In Western academic institutions, THP the housing, studying, and teaching of AOA (Africa, Oceania and the Americas) artifacts in art history departments rather than anthropology departments.Practise this motion
- Round 4This House would ban the purchasing of residential property by large-scale corporate investors (including but not limited to private equity firms, asset managers, pension funds, etc.)Practise this motion
- Round 5THW adopt soft life feminism as opposed to girlboss feminism.Practise this motion
- OctofinalsThis House Regrets the peso bailout of 1995.Practise this motion
- SemifinalsThis House believes that it would be in the interests of organized religious institutions to actively encourage their followers to wrestle with GodPractise this motion
- Grand FinalTHR the growing reliance on prediction markets as arbiters of public truth.Practise this motion
- Novice SemifinalsThis House opposes the stigma against giving upPractise this motion
- Novice FinalsAssuming contractual feasibility, This House, as a professional athlete featured in a sports docuseries, would refuse to participatePractise 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.
Every break in 2026
- Open break16 teams
- Novice break6 teams
Who sets the motions
Chief adjudicators by edition, where the tab lists them.
- 2026馃嚭馃嚫 Clement T., 馃嚭馃嚫 Max F., 馃嚭馃嚫 Ambika G., 馃嚭馃嚫 Stephanie C., Chansol P., 馃嚭馃嚫 Mukudzeiishe M.
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 70.4
- where most speakers land
- 69.2 to 71.7
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker73.5
- 10th speaker72.7
- 20th speaker72.3
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.