Middlebury IV 2026

Apr 4, 2026 · BP

Below Average

A smaller or newer tournament. Good for building confidence and getting reps.

16 teams (This edition), 28 teams (2024)

Middlebury IV 2026 (2026)6 motions

Round 1In public discourse, this house prefers a norm of presuming good faith to one of withholding judgment about others’ intentions absent evidence.
Round 2This house opposes the doctrine of male captus, bene detentus.
Round 3This house supports long-term couples significantly increasing their use of hall passes.
Round 4This house believes that China should substantially increase rather than decrease its efforts to internationalize the renminbi.
Round 5This house predicts that average global life satisfaction in 2050 will be higher rather than lower than it is today.
Grand FinalThis house regrets the Cuban Revolution of 1953–1959.

Social & Identity50%

Law & Crime17%

Economics17%

History17%

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-6Work through "Linear flow"Foundations for Law & Crime 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: In public discourse, this house prefers a norm of presuming good faith to one of withholdi...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Social & Identity motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: Law & CrimePull 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 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 76.8.

Last edition: 4 of 16 teams broke.

~??% estimated break chance

??.?–??.? estimated speaker score

74.4 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 71.6 and 77.1.

This is 0.3 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.0

Top-10 pace 75.4

Top-20 pace 73.2

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

Comparable: Macau Debate Open 2026 (75.6), QMUL Open 2026 (72.9)

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
🇸🇬 Lit W.	PM	This house supports long-term couples significantly increasing their use of hall passes.	83
🇸🇬 Justin T.	MG	This house predicts that average global life satisfaction in 2050 will be higher rather than lower than it is today.	82
🇸🇬 Justin T.	DPM	This house supports long-term couples significantly increasing their use of hall passes.	82
🇸🇬 Lit W.	GW	This house predicts that average global life satisfaction in 2050 will be higher rather than lower than it is today.	82
🇸🇬 Lit W.	LO	This house believes that China should substantially increase rather than decrease its efforts to internationalize the renminbi.	81
🇸🇬 Lit W.	LO	This house opposes the doctrine of male captus, bene detentus.	81
Nirvan B.	MG	This house supports long-term couples significantly increasing their use of hall passes.	81
🇸🇬 Justin T.	DLO	This house opposes the doctrine of male captus, bene detentus.	81
Nirvan B.	DPM	This house opposes the doctrine of male captus, bene detentus.	80
🇺🇸 Toby P.	MO	This house opposes the doctrine of male captus, bene detentus.	80
🇸🇬 Justin T.	DLO	This house believes that China should substantially increase rather than decrease its efforts to internationalize the renminbi.	79
🇨🇦 Ricky Z.	PM	This house opposes the doctrine of male captus, bene detentus.	79

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