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Parlance 2025

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

APThe tab

Sat 18 Oct 2025

From 1 tab, newest Parlance 2025.

How many points did it take?

4points were safe
in 2025

The last team in averaged 76.1 speaks in 2025.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 33 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Philosophy motionsLesson: Weighing arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

12of 57 teams made the open break
in 2025

Who has set the motions?

  • Aarohi B.
  • 🇮🇳 Rishabh G.
  • 🇲🇾 Rashrvin P.
  • Archit L.
  • Aneesh B.

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

Every panel

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

Parlance 202533 motions
  1. Round 1This House believes that major US college athletes should be classified and paid as university employees.Practise this motion
  2. Round 1This house opposes the centrality of sport to national identityPractise this motion
  3. Round 1THBT India Should Heavily Invest in Local Sports Over Global SportsPractise this motion
  4. Round 2This House would require that technologies relevant to de-extinction be open sourcePractise this motion
  5. Round 2THBT the environmental movement in the US should focus on Climate Realism advocacyPractise this motion
  6. Round 2This house prefers a world where all environmental action pushed solely for carbon reductions rather than carbon offsetsPractise this motion
  7. Round 3THBT the feminist movement should portray men as the victims of the patriarchy rather than as the beneficaries of the patriarchyPractise this motion
  8. Round 3THBT the feminist movement should support the usage of women-only safety appsPractise this motion
  9. Round 3TH as the feminist movement in Japan Supports Sanae Takaichi's election as Japan's new PMPractise this motion
  10. Round 4THW liberalize India's passenger aviation industryPractise this motion
  11. Round 4This House believes it is in India’s interest to reject the US demand rather than pursue a compromise strategy in the November 2025 trade negotiationsPractise this motion
  12. Round 4This House Would prioritise insurgent planning over state-led planning for housing in developing countries.Practise this motion
  13. Round 5THBT heads of local police departments should be selected via a cyclic election of 5 years in USPractise this motion
  14. Round 5This House, as France, would abolish the BAC (Brigade Anti-Criminalité) plainclothes units.Practise this motion
  15. Round 5This House Would Significantly Reduce the Union Rights of Police Officers in the United States.Practise this motion
  16. Open Pre-Quarter FinalsTHS the rise in AI tools in media productions (e.g. image and video generation, actor deepfakes, voice replication, content creation etc.)Practise this motion
  17. Open Pre-Quarter FinalsTHBT the rise of gonzo journalism has done more harm than goodPractise this motion
  18. Open Pre-Quarter FinalsTHO the idolization of "Power Fantasy" charactersPractise this motion
  19. Open Quarter FinalsThis House as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community would search for one’s “true love” over sustaining a High-Effort driven relationshipPractise this motion
  20. Open Quarter FinalsThis house believes that queer advocacy groups should prioritize empowering individuals to pursue non-state-dependent relationships (e.g. chosen families, live-in relationships, co parenting, etc.) over campaigning for state-recognized unions (e.g. marriage, adoption, etc.)Practise this motion
  21. Open Quarter FinalsThis house would include openly LGBTQIA+ villains in your movies instead of queer coded heroesPractise this motion
  22. Novice Semi FinalsThis house believes that educational models should prioritize intrinsic over extrinsic motivationPractise this motion
  23. Novice Semi FinalsTHS academic streamingPractise this motion
  24. Novice Semi FinalsThis house believes that in areas of socio-economic deprivation, schools should train students in vocational skills at the expense of the liberal artsPractise this motion
  25. SemifinalsTHBT the shutdown is in the interests of the Republican PartyPractise this motion
  26. SemifinalsThis House Opposes Civilian-Led Humanitarian Missions to Challenge Blockades in Conflict AreasPractise this motion
  27. SemifinalsThis House, as ECOWAS would abandon its current policy of sanction and isolation toward the AES and instead pursue a policy of formal reintegration.Practise this motion
  28. Novice FinalsThis House supports the unionization of content creators on major digital platforms (e.g., YouTube, TikTok, Twitch).Practise this motion
  29. Novice FinalsThis House Would grant certified private corporations the right to engage in active cyber defense, including "hacking back" against their attackers.Practise this motion
  30. Novice FinalsThis house regrets the rise in models of game development which rely on free-to-play models of revenue.Practise this motion
  31. Grand FinalTH, as Marcus Aurelius, would organise the assassination of CommodusPractise this motion
  32. Grand FinalThis House, as the Divine Locus, would choose the Federation's offer over the Hegemony's offerPractise this motion
  33. Grand FinalTH as Andy would take the offerPractise 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.

Every break in 2025

  • Open break12 teams
  • Novice break6 teams

Who sets the motions

Chief adjudicators by edition, where the tab lists them.

  • 2025Aarohi B., 🇮🇳 Rishabh G., 🇲🇾 Rashrvin P., Archit L., Aneesh B.

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
74.6
where most speakers land
73.3 to 75.9

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker79.4
  • 10th speaker76.6
  • 20th speaker75.9

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.