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Habitat Debate Open

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

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Sat 29 Nov 2025

From 1 tab, newest Habitat Debate Open 2025.

How many points did it take?

9points were safe
in 2025

The last team in averaged 75.7 speaks in 2025.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 11 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

16of 125 teams made the open break
in 2025

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

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

Habitat Debate Open 202511 motions
  1. Round 1THS the rise of Citizen SciencePractise this motion
  2. Round 2THBT the left-wing movement in predominantly Catholic countries should prioritize promoting liberation theologyPractise this motion
  3. Round 3THBT Global Financial Institutions should remove the emphasis on gross domestic product (GDP) as the main metric for development aidPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THO the romanticization of the provincial lifePractise this motion
  5. Open QuarterfinalsIn states where pollution reaches critical thresholds, THW forcibly dismantle megacitiesPractise this motion
  6. Open SemifinalsTHR the reliance on Environmental Kuznets Curve assumptions in shaping development policies in developing statesPractise this motion
  7. Open FinalsTHR the idea that suffering should define moral worthPractise this motion
  8. Leonardo Co Cup SemifinalsTH, as a queer NGO in rural Philippines, would actively critique SOGIESCPractise this motion
  9. Leonardo Co Cup FinalsTH, as the environmental justice movement, would prioritize radical and disruptive climate activism (e.g., Earth First, Animal Liberation Front) over institutional environmental advocacy (e.g., Greenpeace, YACAP)Practise this motion
  10. High School SemifinalsTHP a world where Asian societies did not attribute economic progress to strong familial tiesPractise this motion
  11. High School FinalsTHBT "Love your Neighbor" has no place in modern societyPractise 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 break16 teams
  • High School break17 teams
  • Leonardo Co Cup break22 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
73.9
where most speakers land
72.2 to 75.6
average at tournaments of similar strength
74.7

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker77.0
  • 10th speaker75.8
  • 20th speaker75.5

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.

Similar-strength tournaments

  • Macau Debate Open 202675.6
  • Tilburg Open 202675.3