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Trinity Dublin IV

What it took to break here, the topics that come up, and every past motion.

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BP1 edition with resultsField: Average (2026)

Every edition of Trinity College Dublin IV

Breaking here

of teams broke in 2026 (16 of 74)
22%
safe on
11 pts
average speaks of the last team in, 2026
78.6
teams in 2026
74

Your break chance here

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Break categories, 2026

  • Open break16 teams
  • Novice break8 teams

What gets set here

Share of 10 categorised motions across 1 edition. Bars run to 100%.

Practise Politics motionsRead: Generating arguments

Your average on each of these topics

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Past motions

2026Trinity College Dublin IV 202610 motions
  1. Round 1This House Would Remove All Laws Surrounding Music Sampling
  2. Round 2This House Believes That the Brazilian Government Should Prioritise Efforts to Limit Resource Extraction in the Amazon, Rather Than to Tax and Redistribute Profits from Resource Extraction in the Amazon to Indigenous and Impoverished Communities in Brazil
  3. Round 3This House Would Empower the Seanad (including but Not Limited to Removing the Taoiseach's Appointment Power over Senators, Allowing the Striking-down or Amendment of Bills by Majority Vote, etc.)
  4. Round 4This House Prefers Hambling's Sculpture Design to Jennings' Sculpture Design
  5. Round 5This House Would Grant the ICC the Authority to Apprehend and Prosecute Any Person in Any Country
  6. QuarterfinalsThis House Opposes States Playing a Role in the Construction and Preservation of Heritage
  7. Novice Semi FinalsThis House Would Hold Sports Teams Responsible for the Violent Actions of their Fans
  8. SemifinalsThis House Prefers the Chongqing Model to the Guangdong Model
  9. Novice FinalWhen the Priest Asks if there is Any Reason Riley and Ash Should not be Married, This House Would Object to the Marriage
  10. Grand FinalThis House Believes That Freedom Ought Be a Life's Ultimate Ambition

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Who sets the motions

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The field and the judges

Field

  • Field strengthFrom the 2026 edition. This year's field isn't rated yet.Average
  • Teams, 202674
  • Teams, 202553
  • Teams, 202447
  • Teams, 202358
  • Teams, 202285

How speakers score here

average speaker score, 1 edition
75.5
where most speakers land
72.3 to 78.6

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker82.0
  • 10th speaker80.6
  • 20th speaker79.0

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.

Your prep week

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  • Break line, topics and past motions, once, before you start drilling.
  • For Politics motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
  • Mechanism, actors, weighing. Use the prep timer below.Pull a motion
  • Start with: This House Would Remove All Laws Surrounding Music SamplingPast motions
  • Ask for a Politics motion on your weaker position.
  • Pull a motion
  • Check the schedule and the break line. No new material the night before.

Prep timer

Prep time

15:00

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Same format and field strength, with a similar topic mix.