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DTU Pre-Worlds 2025

Nov 1, 2025 · BP

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The field

Above Average

A competitive tournament. Good preparation ground for larger events.

58 teams (This edition)

Motions

DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 (2025)10 motionsCA: Shireen, 🇮🇳 V S., Pjort, 🇬🇭 Kelvin D.
  • Round 1THR the politicization of trade unions beyond workplace and industry matters
  • Round 2THR the establishment of independent religious schools in multi-religious societies
  • Round 3TH predicts Saudi Arabia will become a global superpower in the next 50 years
  • Round 4THW ban quick trading
  • Round 5In highly competitive societies (e.g. India, China), THP instilling children with traits of personality [A], as opposed to traits of personality [B]
  • Pre-SemifinalsTHO the religious practice of idol worship in India
  • SemifinalsTH, as the feminist movement, W actively ostracise women who hold views traditionally deemed as anti-women (e.g. being against pro-choice policies, saying that women should dress modestly, believing a woman's duty is as a wife or mother)
  • Grand FinalTHS the rise in civil disobedience within the EU
  • Novice Pre-FinalsTHR celebrity culture
  • Novice FinalsIn constituency electoral systems, THW require the electoral representatives of a select number of constituencies to be laypeople

What gets set here

Politics30%
Religion20%
International Relations10%
Economics10%
Abstract10%
Social & Identity10%

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Practice Politics motions ›Read: Generating arguments

You vs this tournament

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

  • Politics · 30% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Abstract · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

21% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.5.

Last edition: 12 of 58 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break12 teams
  • Novice break7 teams

How scoring works here

76.0 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.6 and 78.4.

This is 0.2 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.8

Top-10 pace 78.6

Top-20 pace 78.0

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Malaysia IV 2026 (76.3)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇸🇬 Cavan T.MOTHR the establishment of independent religious schools in multi-religious societies84
🇸🇬 Lois A.LOTH predicts Saudi Arabia will become a global superpower in the next 50 years83
🇸🇬 Lois A.OWTHR the establishment of independent religious schools in multi-religious societies83
Shashwat D.GWTH predicts Saudi Arabia will become a global superpower in the next 50 years82
🇸🇬 Cavan T.DLOTH predicts Saudi Arabia will become a global superpower in the next 50 years82
M.N. H.MGTH predicts Saudi Arabia will become a global superpower in the next 50 years82
🇸🇬 Cavan T.MGIn highly competitive societies (e.g. India, China), THP instilling children with traits of personality [A], as opposed to traits of personality [B]82
🇲🇾 Vigneshwaran S.DPMTH predicts Saudi Arabia will become a global superpower in the next 50 years81
🇵🇭 Adriane T.OWTH predicts Saudi Arabia will become a global superpower in the next 50 years81
🇸🇬 Lois A.PMTHW ban quick trading81
🇮🇳 Raghav D.MOTHR the establishment of independent religious schools in multi-religious societies81
🇮🇳 K. S.DPMTH predicts Saudi Arabia will become a global superpower in the next 50 years81

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