Tournaments
Diliman Debate Open Pre-Worlds 2025
What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.
Sat 20 Dec 2025
From 1 tab, newest Diliman Debate Open Pre-Worlds 2025.
How many points did it take?
10points were safe
in 2025
The last team in averaged 77.1 speaks in 2025.
What will they set?
- Politics3 of 12
- International Relations2 of 12
- Law & Crime1 of 12
- Religion1 of 12
Out of 12 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.
How many teams, and how many break?
18of 70 teams made the open break
in 2025
Field strength: Average in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Past motions
1 edition with motions on record, newest first.
Diliman Debate Open Pre-Worlds 202512 motions
- Round 0As pro-democracy groups in an illiberal democracy, THW actively employ fearmongering tactics (including but not not limited to using exaggerated claims, misleading statistics, and emotional statements invoking panic against illberalism, etc.)Practise this motion
- Round 0As pro-democracy groups in an illiberal democracy, THW actively employ fearmongering tactics (including but not not limited to using exaggerated claims, misleading statistics, and emotional statements invoking panic against illberalism, etc.)Practise this motion
- Round 1In areas with high rates of organised crime, THW allow the expansion of police discretion in detention-related decisions (eg: suspension of habeas corpus for certain detainees, making arrests without warrants, etc.)Practise this motion
- Round 2THBT it is in the interest of major religions to preach the concept of chosenness to their followersPractise this motion
- Round 3THS the militarization of chokepoints (e.g., Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Bosporus, etc.) by engulfing statesPractise this motion
- Round 4THBT the Philippine SEC's tiered minimum public ownership framework for PLEs would do more harm than goodPractise this motion
- Round 5THO the push towards a declined involvement of the US in Southeast Asian politicsPractise this motion
- QuarterfinalsTHR Kenya's depiction of Ndirangu Mau as a national traitorPractise this motion
- SemifinalsAs pro-democracy groups in an illiberal democracy, THW actively employ fearmongering tactics (including but not not limited to using exaggerated claims, misleading statistics, and emotional statements invoking panic against illberalism, etc.)Practise this motion
- Grand FinalTHBT the people "below ground" should accept people from "above ground" who wish to fleePractise this motion
- Novice SemifinalsTHR the emphasis on pain as a component for growthPractise this motion
- Novice FinalsIn a world where technology and AI are highly advanced and sophisticated, THP that celebrities be AI as opposed to them being humansPractise 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 break18 teams
- Novice break15 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 75.6
- where most speakers land
- 73.6 to 77.7
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 75.0
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker79.2
- 10th speaker78.0
- 20th speaker77.4
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Meta Open 202674.8
- Munich Open 202673.6
Top speeches
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine C. | COMO | THBT the Philippine SEC's tiered minimum public ownership framework for PLEs would do more harm than good | 84 |
| Jamie P. | COOW | THBT the Philippine SEC's tiered minimum public ownership framework for PLEs would do more harm than good | 82 |
| Elsa L. | CGMG | THBT the Philippine SEC's tiered minimum public ownership framework for PLEs would do more harm than good | 82 |
| Garvit G. | COOW | In areas with high rates of organised crime, THW allow the expansion of police discretion in detention-related decisions (eg: suspension of habeas corpus for certain detainees, making arrests without warrants, etc.) | 81 |
| 馃嚘馃嚭 Tom W. | COOW | THS the militarization of chokepoints (e.g., Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Bosporus, etc.) by engulfing states | 81 |
| Lakshya T. | COMO | In areas with high rates of organised crime, THW allow the expansion of police discretion in detention-related decisions (eg: suspension of habeas corpus for certain detainees, making arrests without warrants, etc.) | 81 |
| Shashwat N. | CGMG | In areas with high rates of organised crime, THW allow the expansion of police discretion in detention-related decisions (eg: suspension of habeas corpus for certain detainees, making arrests without warrants, etc.) | 81 |
| 馃嚘馃嚭 Gautama D. | OGPM | In areas with high rates of organised crime, THW allow the expansion of police discretion in detention-related decisions (eg: suspension of habeas corpus for certain detainees, making arrests without warrants, etc.) | 81 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫 Vedesh K. | CGGW | THS the militarization of chokepoints (e.g., Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Bosporus, etc.) by engulfing states | 81 |
| 馃嚘馃嚭 Tom W. | OGDPM | In areas with high rates of organised crime, THW allow the expansion of police discretion in detention-related decisions (eg: suspension of habeas corpus for certain detainees, making arrests without warrants, etc.) | 81 |
| 馃嚨馃嚟 Lorine D. | CGGW | THBT it is in the interest of major religions to preach the concept of chosenness to their followers | 81 |
| Matthew A. | CGGW | THBT the Philippine SEC's tiered minimum public ownership framework for PLEs would do more harm than good | 81 |