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RCL PD 2025

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

Sat 13 Dec 2025

From 2 tabs, newest RCL PD 2025.

How many points to break?

10points were safe
last time

What will they set?

Out of 19 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.

How many teams, and how many break?

18of 64 teams made the open break
in 2025

Field strength: Average in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.

Who has set the motions?

  • 馃嚘馃嚭 Conna L.
  • 馃嚭馃嚫 Rohan K.
  • Sathvik A.
  • 馃嚭馃嚫 Xiao-Ke L.
  • Pranjal S.

Chief adjudicators in 2025, the newest tab that lists them.

Past motions

2 editions with motions on record, newest first.

RCL PD 202510 motions
  1. Round 1In countries where certain insurance types are mandatory or ubiquitous, this house would nationalise those insurance industries.Practise this motion
  2. Round 1This house believes that it is not in India's interest to host the 2036 OlympicsPractise this motion
  3. Round 1This house believes that the Indian animal advocacy movement should heavily incorporate Hindu messaging into its advocacyPractise this motion
  4. 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)Practise this motion
  5. Round 1This house believes that left and liberal parties should adopt more anti-immigration stancesPractise this motion
  6. Round 1This house regrets the Dalai Lama's decision to reincarnate.Practise this motion
  7. Round 1This house regrets the Dalai Lama's decision to reincarnate.Practise this motion
  8. Round 1Behind a veil of ignorance, this house would prefer to be born in a state run by lawyers than one run by engineersPractise this motion
  9. Round 1This house regrets the organization of Indian States on linguistic lines.Practise this motion
  10. Round 1This house, as the Immune Individual, prefers a world infected with the Pluribus Virus.Practise this motion
RCL PD 20249 motions
  1. Round 1This House regrets the dominance of the norm of monogamy in relationships.Practise this motion
  2. Round 2This House supports the rise of franchise cricket (IPL, Big Bash League etc) at the cost of international cricketPractise this motion
  3. Round 3This house would implement disaster capitalismPractise this motion
  4. Round 4TH, as a minority parent, would teach their children to heavily prioritise developing their self-sufficiency* at the cost of strengthening the childrens' ties to their community *(Self-sufficiency refers to the ability to be resilient and rely on oneself emotionally and materially.)Practise this motion
  5. Round 5This House prefers religious doctrines that teach that people are inherently good over religious doctrines that teach that people are inherently sinfulPractise this motion
  6. Open Pre-semisThis House, as the European Union, would create a standing armyPractise this motion
  7. Open SemifinalsThis house would require all video games that ostensibly depict realistic combat to adhere to the rules of warPractise this motion
  8. Novice FinalsThis house would require all video games that ostensibly depict realistic combat to adhere to the rules of warPractise this motion
  9. Open Grand FinalTHBT the international community should grant dictators amnesty in exchange for them stepping downPractise 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.

YearSafe on (points)Last team in (speaks)Open break
2025not recordednot recorded18 of 64
20241078.212 of 61

Every break in 2025

  • Open break18 teams
  • Novice break9 teams

Who sets the motions

Chief adjudicators by edition, where the tab lists them.

  • 2025馃嚘馃嚭 Conna L., 馃嚭馃嚫 Rohan K., Sathvik A., 馃嚭馃嚫 Xiao-Ke L., Pranjal S.
  • 2024馃嚫馃嚞 Pranav K., Uphie A., 馃嚠馃嚦 Sehaj R., Sneha V., 馃嚘馃嚭 Jordyn G.

How speakers score here

Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.

average speaker score, 1 edition
74.5
where most speakers land
71.3 to 77.8
average at tournaments of similar strength
75.1

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker81.8
  • 10th speaker78.4
  • 20th speaker77.2

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.

Similar-strength tournaments

  • Meta Open 202674.8
  • Munich Open 202673.6

Top speeches

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
馃嚠馃嚦 Angad C.COMO?83
Shashwat D.COOW?82
馃嚠馃嚦 Krishaang K.OODLO?82
馃嚠馃嚦 Mahor N.CGGW?81
馃嚠馃嚦 Mahor N.OGDPM?81
馃嚠馃嚦 Rohan K.COMO?81
馃嚠馃嚦 Prabhav N.OGPM?81
馃嚠馃嚦 Prabhav N.OOLO?81
馃嚠馃嚦 Sharun G.OOLO?81
Rohan G.OGPM?80
馃嚞馃嚙 Nikhil A.COOW?80
Ameya K.COOW?80