Tournaments
DTU Monsoons Pre-ABP 2025
What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.
Sat 23 Aug 2025
From 2 tabs, newest DTU Monsoons Pre-ABP 2025.
How many points did it take?
10points were safe
in 2025
Across the last 2 editions with a figure, the middle was 11 (10, 11, newest first). The last team in averaged 75.9 speaks in 2025.
What will they set?
- Social & Identity26%
- Politics26%
- Economics4 of 19
- Health & Medicine1 of 19
Out of 19 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.
Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
13of 44 teams made the open break
in 2025
Field strength: Average in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Past motions
2 editions with motions on record, newest first.
DTU Monsoons Pre-ABP 20259 motions
- Round 1THR the glorification of emotional maturity among young peoplePractise this motion
- Round 2TH prefers narrower movements with a specific goal (e.g., BLM with police brutality) instead of one that comprises multiple identities and advocacies (e.g., the LGBT movement)Practise this motion
- Round 3THBT the US government should prioritize the use of alternative medicines over conventional treatment to combat opioid addictionPractise this motion
- Round 4THBT the rise of small parties as kingmakers has done more harm than goodPractise this motion
- Round 5THS sectoral bargainingPractise this motion
- Pre-Semi FinalsTH prefers the fundholder-owned model to the shareholder-owned model in investment management firmsPractise this motion
- SemifinalsTHS China monopolizing the electric vehicle industryPractise this motion
- Grand FinalTHS implementing ethnic federalism in post-conflict states with ethnic fragmentationPractise this motion
- Novice FinalsTHO the demonization of nationalismPractise this motion
DTU Monsoons 202410 motions
- Round 1THBT the environmentalist movement should primarily focus on religious-based advocacy (e.g. using religious narratives) as opposed to secular-based advocacy (e.g. using data and scientific fact)Practise this motion
- Round 2This House prefers hiring external professionals (such as business executives and politicians) to work as Senior Administrators at universities rather than the promotion of faculty members to those postsPractise this motion
- Round 3This house, as India, would join the RCEPPractise this motion
- Round 4This House regrets the increasing societal obsession with tracking and optimizing happiness (through apps like FitBit, Apple Health's Mood Tracker, Daylio, etc.)Practise this motion
- Round 5THW allow political crimes to be pardoned by national referendumPractise this motion
- QuarterfinalsThis House opposes the vilification of envyPractise this motion
- SemifinalsThis House opposes the public expectations of continuous economic growthPractise this motion
- Grand FinalThis house would only punish criminals if their actions are not in line with the action shown by the machinePractise this motion
- Novice SemifinalsTH prefers, as a means of enrolling people in the army, conscription by lottery rather than the aggressive recruitment of volunteersPractise this motion
- Novice FinalsThis House prefers individuals opting into stoicism to emotionalism as their prevailing principle in lifePractise 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.
| Year | Safe on (points) | Last team in (speaks) | Open break |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 75.9 | 13 of 44 |
| 2024 | 11 | 78.1 | 19 of 131 |
Every break in 2025
- Open break13 teams
- Novice break5 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.
- average speaker score, 2 editions
- 75.9
- where most speakers land
- 74.3 to 77.5
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 74.8
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker81.8
- 10th speaker79.4
- 20th speaker78.4
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 editions.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Meta Open 202674.8
- Munich Open 202673.6
Top speeches
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pranav P. | OGPM | TH prefers narrower movements with a specific goal (e.g., BLM with police brutality) instead of one that comprises multiple identities and advocacies (e.g., the LGBT movement) | 81 |
| 馃嚥馃嚲 Syakir | OODLO | TH prefers narrower movements with a specific goal (e.g., BLM with police brutality) instead of one that comprises multiple identities and advocacies (e.g., the LGBT movement) | 80 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 David Z. | OGPM | THBT the rise of small parties as kingmakers has done more harm than good | 80 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 David Z. | OOLO | TH prefers narrower movements with a specific goal (e.g., BLM with police brutality) instead of one that comprises multiple identities and advocacies (e.g., the LGBT movement) | 80 |
| 馃嚚馃嚘 David Z. | CGMG | THS sectoral bargaining | 80 |
| Garvit | CGGW | TH prefers narrower movements with a specific goal (e.g., BLM with police brutality) instead of one that comprises multiple identities and advocacies (e.g., the LGBT movement) | 80 |
| Arnav G. | COOW | THBT the US government should prioritize the use of alternative medicines over conventional treatment to combat opioid addiction | 79 |
| Bhavisya S. | COMO | THBT the US government should prioritize the use of alternative medicines over conventional treatment to combat opioid addiction | 79 |
| 馃嚡馃嚨 Rina K. | OGPM | THBT the US government should prioritize the use of alternative medicines over conventional treatment to combat opioid addiction | 79 |
| Prajwal S. | CGMG | THR the glorification of emotional maturity among young people | 79 |
| Yuvraj C. | OGDPM | TH prefers narrower movements with a specific goal (e.g., BLM with police brutality) instead of one that comprises multiple identities and advocacies (e.g., the LGBT movement) | 79 |
| Simon Y. | OODLO | TH prefers narrower movements with a specific goal (e.g., BLM with police brutality) instead of one that comprises multiple identities and advocacies (e.g., the LGBT movement) | 79 |