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The Delhi Debate 2025

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

Sat 2 Aug 2025

From 2 tabs, newest Delhi Debate 2025.

How many points did it take?

9points were safe
in 2025

Across the last 2 editions with a figure, the middle was 11 (9, 11, newest first). The last team in averaged 76.8 speaks in 2025.

What will they set?

Out of 18 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.

How many teams, and how many break?

12of 48 teams made the open break
in 2025

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

Who has set the motions?

  • Ahmad J.
  • 馃嚥馃嚲 Shireen A.
  • 馃嚫馃嚞 Rdu D.

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

Past motions

2 editions with motions on record, newest first.

Delhi Debate 20258 motions
  1. Round 1THS the right to try.Practise this motion
  2. Round 2THS state-led bailouts of national champions in sectors facing foreign聽competition.Practise this motion
  3. Round 3THW allow public servants to strike.Practise this motion
  4. Round 4THP mothers teaching daughters to adopt traditionally masculine personality traits (e.g. being authoritative, prioritising logic over emotions, leaning into highly competitive and independent dynamics) even at the expense of the traditionally feminine counterpart traits (e.g. being submissive, prioritising emotions over logic, leaning into compliant community dynamics)Practise this motion
  5. Round 5THBT workplaces should embrace the "Like A Family" narratives.Practise this motion
  6. Pre-SemifinalsTHS the creation of "recovery from religion" organizations in majority-religious countries.Practise this motion
  7. SemifinalsTHW require high-emitting developed countries (e.g., the US, Australia, EU states) to accept a mandatory quota of climate refugees.Practise this motion
  8. Novice FinalTHW require high-emitting developed countries (e.g., the US, Australia, EU states) to accept a mandatory quota of climate refugees.Practise this motion
Delhi Debate 202410 motions
  1. Round 1This House supports granting autonomous status to regional governments in regions with high levels of tourism (e.g. providing additional control over taxation and finance, granting ability to approve developments, greater control over internal immigration etc.)Practise this motion
  2. Round 2This House prefers the mobility approach to the tenure approachPractise this motion
  3. Round 3This House believes that states should only use the public housing policy approach when conducting social housing policyPractise this motion
  4. Round 4This House prefers the adversarial system to the inquisitorial systemPractise this motion
  5. Round 5THO the premium placed on being contentPractise this motion
  6. Novice Semi-FinalsTHBT governments in developing nations should prioritise increasing foreign tie-ups in public universities, as opposed to allowing foreign universities to set up new branches locallyPractise this motion
  7. Open Quarter FinalsTHBT governments in developing nations should prioritise increasing foreign tie-ups in public universities, as opposed to allowing foreign universities to set up new branches locallyPractise this motion
  8. Open Semi FinalsTHBT the LGBTQ+ movement should emphasise family values as a part of their activism, rather than adopt the view that family values do not matterPractise this motion
  9. Novice FinalsThis House, as a growing business, would choose a collaborative structure instead of a competitive structurePractise this motion
  10. Open Grand FinalsTHW allow convicted criminals to opt for the Cognify Prison Model as an alternative to serving their prison sentencePractise 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
2025976.812 of 48
20241177.316 of 88

Every break in 2025

  • Open break12 teams
  • Novice break4 teams

Who sets the motions

Chief adjudicators by edition, where the tab lists them.

  • 2025Ahmad J., 馃嚥馃嚲 Shireen A., 馃嚫馃嚞 Rdu D.
  • 2024馃嚫馃嚞 Pranav K., 馃嚟馃嚪 Paula D., 馃嚘馃嚭 Ellie S., 馃嚡馃嚨 Minami M., 馃嚠馃嚦 Sharun G.

How speakers score here

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

average speaker score, 2 editions
75.6
where most speakers land
74.0 to 77.3
average at tournaments of similar strength
76.1

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker79.6
  • 10th speaker77.8
  • 20th speaker77.2

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 editions.

Similar-strength tournaments

  • Meta Open 202674.8
  • Vivaatam Pre-ABP 202675.0

Top speeches

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
馃嚘馃嚭 Dhruv H.OGPMTHS the right to try.84
馃嚘馃嚭 Sam G.OGDPMTHS the right to try.82
馃嚠馃嚦 Rishabh G.OGPMTHW allow public servants to strike.81
馃嚠馃嚦 Himan N.OODLOTHBT workplaces should embrace the "Like A Family" narratives.81
馃嚠馃嚦 Rishabh G.OOLOTHBT workplaces should embrace the "Like A Family" narratives.81
Kinshuk V.CGMGTHS the right to try.80
Vishwa R.OGPMTHS state-led bailouts of national champions in sectors facing foreign聽competition.80
Abhayvir S.OODLOTHS state-led bailouts of national champions in sectors facing foreign聽competition.80
AbelOODLOTHBT workplaces should embrace the "Like A Family" narratives.80
Garvit G.COOWTHP mothers teaching daughters to adopt traditionally masculine personality traits (e.g. being authoritative, prioritising logic over emotions, leaning into highly competitive and independent dynamics) even at the expense of the traditionally feminine counterpart traits (e.g. being submissive, prioritising emotions over logic, leaning into compliant community dynamics)80
Garvit G.OGDPMTHW allow public servants to strike.80
AbelCGMGTHS state-led bailouts of national champions in sectors facing foreign聽competition.80