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Berkeley IV 2026

What it took to break here, the topics that come up, and every past motion.

Apr 4, 2026BP1 edition with resultsField: Below Average

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Breaking here

of teams broke in 2026 (16 of 66)
24%
safe on
10 pts
average speaks of the last team in, 2026
78.5
teams in 2026
66

Your break chance here

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Break categories, 2026

  • Open break16 teams
  • Novice break8 teams

What gets set here

Share of 10 categorised motions across 1 edition. Bars run to 100%.

Practise Social & Identity motionsRead: Generating arguments

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Past motions

2026Berkeley IV 202610 motions
  1. Round 1THO the romanticization of nonchalance (e.g. "not taking anything too seriously").
  2. Round 2THPAW where the Jamaat-NCP Coalition won a parliamentary majority in the 2026 Bangladesh Elections.
  3. Round 3THP a world where all humans are pescatarian.
  4. Round 4This House Believes That Middle Powers will prefer the world order of the 2010s to the world order of the 2040s.
  5. Round 5This house believes that it is in the interests of the People's Republic of China to remove the managed float system of the renminbi.
  6. Novice SFIn ethnically diverse post-conflict states, THS the adoption of ethnic classification bans.
  7. QuarterfinalsTHBT the PATHOS-II scientists should fire the ARK instead of attempting to repopulate Earth.
  8. Novice FinalsTH, as Ekko, would remain in the alternate timeline indefinitely instead of returning indefinitely
  9. SemifinalsProvided that an omnibenevolent God exists, THBT the truth of the Free Will Theodicy is more probable than the truth of the Limited Powers Theodicy
  10. Grand FinalTHPAW where the Central Powers were victorious over the Entente Powers in WW1

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The field and the judges

Field

  • Field strengthBelow Average
  • Teams, 202666
  • Teams, 202557
  • Teams, 202468

How speakers score here

average speaker score, 1 edition
75.9
where most speakers land
73.2 to 78.7
average at tournaments of similar strength
74.1

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker83.2
  • 10th speaker79.6
  • 20th speaker78.0

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.

Similar-strength tournaments

  • Macau Debate Open 202675.6
  • Tilburg Open 202675.3

Top speeches

The highest speaker scores at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇺🇸 Tejas S.COOW?87
Benjamin T.COMO?85
🇺🇸 Amy C.COOW?84
🇺🇸 Cayden P.OODLO?83
🇺🇸 Elizabeth L.OGDPMTHO the romanticization of nonchalance (e.g. "not taking anything too seriously").83
🇺🇸 Tejas S.OGDPM?83
🇺🇸 Elizabeth L.CGMG?83
🇺🇸 Stella W.COMO?83
🇺🇸 Amy C.OGPMTHO the romanticization of nonchalance (e.g. "not taking anything too seriously").82
Benjamin T.OGDPMTHO the romanticization of nonchalance (e.g. "not taking anything too seriously").82
🇺🇸 Kayla C.CGGWTHO the romanticization of nonchalance (e.g. "not taking anything too seriously").82
🇺🇸 Advika S.OGPMTHO the romanticization of nonchalance (e.g. "not taking anything too seriously").82

Prep these too

Same format and field strength, with a similar topic mix.