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Singapore DO 2025

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

Singapore, In personBPThe tab

Sat 13 Dec 2025

From 2 tabs, newest Singapore DO 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 77.9 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 57 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.

Singapore DO 202510 motions
  1. Round 1TH supports the rise of state intervention in the upbringing of children (e.g. bans on phone usage in schools, restrictions on gaming hours, regulation on homeschooling).Practise this motion
  2. Round 2THW nationalise BoeingPractise this motion
  3. Round 3THBT it is in the interest of authors to actively support and encourage the creation of fanfictionPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THBT Ahmed al-Sharaa should prioritise domestic state-building, over the mending of foreign tiesPractise this motion
  5. Round 5THW expand the definition of refugees to include those forced to flee by the effects of climate change.Practise this motion
  6. Pre-SemifinalsTHBT Cambodia should discontinue construction on the Funan Techo CanalPractise this motion
  7. SemifinalsTHS the SEC's changePractise this motion
  8. Grand FinalTH Predicts that Alphabet will have a greater market capitalisation than Nvidia in 2030.Practise this motion
  9. High School SemifinalsTHBT Cambodia should discontinue construction on the Funan Techo CanalPractise this motion
  10. High School FinalsTH prefers the faith-based approach over the act-based approach as the dominant approach of Christianity.Practise this motion
Singapore DO 20248 motions
  1. Round 1This House Would ban combat sportsPractise this motion
  2. Round 2This house, as a young balding individual, W wear a wig over shaving your remaining hairPractise this motion
  3. Round 3This house believes that it is in the interest of the Kremlin to allow Ukraine to join NATO in exchange for a long-term armistice in Russian-occupied territoryPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THBT the feminism movement should encourage women to end relationships with their partners because of differences in political beliefsPractise this motion
  5. Round 5THW prohibit couples with severe genetic disabilities, or those with a high likelihood of passing severe disabilities to their children, from having offspringPractise this motion
  6. SemifinalsThis house, as Vietnam, would take a more confrontational approach towards China in the South China Sea disputePractise this motion
  7. Schools SemifinalsThis house, as Vietnam, would take a more confrontational approach towards China in the South China Sea disputePractise this motion
  8. Schools FinalsThis house regrets the R2P doctrinePractise 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
20251077.912 of 57
20241179.29 of 44

Every break in 2025

  • Open break12 teams
  • High School break9 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 2 editions
76.7
where most speakers land
75.1 to 78.4
average at tournaments of similar strength
75.1

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker82.0
  • 10th speaker79.0
  • 20th speaker78.4

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 editions.

Similar-strength tournaments

  • Meta Open 202674.8
  • Munich Open 202673.6