ILNU Round Robin 2026

Apr 11, 2026 · BP

Premier

One of the strongest fields in the circuit. Multiple nationally-ranked teams attend.

16 teams (This edition), 16 teams (2025)

ILNU Round Robin 2026 (2026)6 motionsCA: 🇺🇸 Lavanya P., Ojas, Sehaj

Round 1This house opposes the norm that romantic partners should be each other's primary emotional support system.
Round 2THBT the Indian government should prioritise deradicalization programs (education and re-integration programs, religious re-interpretation, community engagement etc) over punitive counterterrorism measures (for example arresting suspects, long prison sentences, military operations or encounters etc).
Round 3This House predicts that patriarchy will decline in the 21st century.
Round 4THBT the EU should create a formal expulsion mechanism for members who systematically violate EU values.
Round 5THS commemorating soldiers as victims of tragedy as opposed to heroes.
Grand FinalTHR the existence of nation states.

Social & Identity50%

Politics33%

International Relations17%

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

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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 Social & Identity motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Social & Identity 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 opposes the norm that romantic partners should be each other's primary emotiona...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Social & Identity motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: PoliticsPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

25% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.8.

Last edition: 4 of 16 teams broke.

~??% estimated break chance

??.?–??.? estimated speaker score

77.2 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.8 and 79.6.

This is 0.6 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.4

Top-10 pace 78.6

Top-20 pace 76.4

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 1 edition.

Comparable: St Andrews Pre-EUDC Part 1 (77.2), UCLA IV 2025 (76.7)

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
Samrat V.	OW	THS commemorating soldiers as victims of tragedy as opposed to heroes.	85
Robin A.	MO	THS commemorating soldiers as victims of tragedy as opposed to heroes.	84
🇮🇳 Abhishek A.	MG	THS commemorating soldiers as victims of tragedy as opposed to heroes.	84
Sidharth	MO	THBT the Indian government should prioritise deradicalization programs (education and re-integration programs, religious re-interpretation, community engagement etc) over punitive counterterrorism measures (for example arresting suspects, long prison sentences, military operations or encounters etc).	84
Krishaang K.	MG	THS commemorating soldiers as victims of tragedy as opposed to heroes.	84
Vishesh	OW	THS commemorating soldiers as victims of tragedy as opposed to heroes.	83
Mahor	DLO	This House predicts that patriarchy will decline in the 21st century.	83
🇮🇳 Abhishek A.	MO	THBT the EU should create a formal expulsion mechanism for members who systematically violate EU values.	83
Abdul B.	PM	This house opposes the norm that romantic partners should be each other's primary emotional support system.	82
Aryan K.	GW	This House predicts that patriarchy will decline in the 21st century.	82
Kinshuk V.	MG	This House predicts that patriarchy will decline in the 21st century.	82
🇮🇳 Manan M.	MO	This House predicts that patriarchy will decline in the 21st century.	82

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