RCL PD 2025

Dec 13, 2025 · BP

Average

A standard open. Solid competition with a mix of experience levels.

64 teams (This edition), 61 teams (2024)

RCL PD 2025 (2025)10 motionsCA: 🇦🇺 Conna L., 🇺🇸 Rohan K., Sathvik A., 🇺🇸 Xiao-Ke L., Pranjal S.

Round 1In countries where certain insurance types are mandatory or ubiquitous, this house would nationalise those insurance industries.
Round 1This house believes that it is not in India's interest to host the 2036 Olympics
Round 1This house believes that the Indian animal advocacy movement should heavily incorporate Hindu messaging into its advocacy
Round 1This house believes that publicly-funded universities should deprioritise degrees with low utilisation rates (e.g. reallocating funding, lowering admissions into the degrees, colleges offering fewer or different degree specialisations)
Round 1This house believes that left and liberal parties should adopt more anti-immigration stances
Round 1This house regrets the Dalai Lama's decision to reincarnate.
Round 1This house regrets the Dalai Lama's decision to reincarnate.
Round 1Behind a veil of ignorance, this house would prefer to be born in a state run by lawyers than one run by engineers
Round 1This house regrets the organization of Indian States on linguistic lines.
Round 1This house, as the Immune Individual, prefers a world infected with the Pluribus Virus.

Politics20%

Religion20%

Economics10%

Sport10%

Social & Identity10%

Education10%

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

Built from what this tournament sets most. Import more tabs and this plan tunes itself to your weak spots.

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Politics motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Politics motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: This house believes that left and liberal parties should adopt more anti-immigration stanc...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Politics motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: ReligionPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

28% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Last edition: 18 of 64 teams broke.

~??% estimated break chance

??.?–??.? estimated speaker score

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
🇮🇳 Angad C.	MO	—	83
Shashwat D.	OW	—	82
Krishaang K.	DLO	—	82
🇮🇳 Mahor N.	GW	—	81
🇮🇳 Mahor N.	DPM	—	81
Rohan K.	MO	—	81
🇮🇳 Prabhav N.	PM	—	81
🇮🇳 Prabhav N.	LO	—	81
🇮🇳 Sharun G.	LO	—	81
Rohan G.	PM	—	80
🇬🇧 Nikhil A.	OW	—	80
Ameya K.	OW	—	80

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