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Jozi Rumble 2026

2026-04-03 · South Africa, Johannesburg, In person · BP

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The field

Average

A standard open. Solid competition with a mix of experience levels.

95 teams (This edition), 88 teams (2025), 80 teams (2024), 98 teams (2023), 75 teams (2022)

Motions

Jozi Rumble 2026 (2026)12 motions
  • Round 1THS the widespread belief in manifestation culture.
  • Round 2TH, as the Venezuelan government, would cooperate with the US in the pursuit of maintaining stability
  • Round 3This House Regrets the transfer of ownership of cultural heritage from communities to state.
  • Round 4THP a world where private AI companies retain control over the ethical boundaries of their technology during war or security crises to a world where the state determines those boundaries
  • Round 5THBT the political rise of radical conservative women has done more harm than good for the feminist movement.
  • Round 6This house would ban “Buy Now, Pay Later” services in developing nations
  • Quater FinalTHBT urban planning should prioritise decentralised, multi-nodal city development over centralised megacity models.
  • Novice Partial Semi-FinalTHBT urban planning should prioritise decentralised, multi-nodal city development over centralised megacity models.
  • Semi FinalsThis House, as the Tigray Regional Government, would secede from the Federal Republic of Ethiopia
  • Noive Semi FinalsIn countries with declining birth rates, THW significantly tax contraceptives and birth control methods.
  • Novice FinalThis House Would give up their powers and marry the human.
  • Grand FinalThis House Prefers a dominant norm of divine hiddenness rather divine intervention

What gets set here

Social & Identity33%
International Relations17%
Politics17%
Technology8%
Economics8%
Fiction8%

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You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

  • Social & Identity · 33% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Fiction · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

20% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 12 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 77.8.

Last edition: 19 of 95 teams broke.

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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

  • Open break19 teams
  • Novice break15 teams

How scoring works here

74.9 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.3 and 77.5.

This is 0.2 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.7

Top-10 pace 78.7

Top-20 pace 77.8

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 1 edition.

Comparable: Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3), Munich Open 2026 (73.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Speaker S.MOTH, as the Venezuelan government, would cooperate with the US in the pursuit of maintaining stability84
Michelle A.OWTHP a world where private AI companies retain control over the ethical boundaries of their technology during war or security crises to a world where the state determines those boundaries84
Zuki N.OWTHP a world where private AI companies retain control over the ethical boundaries of their technology during war or security crises to a world where the state determines those boundaries83
🇰🇪 Trudeau O.MOTHP a world where private AI companies retain control over the ethical boundaries of their technology during war or security crises to a world where the state determines those boundaries83
Franco O.DLOTHP a world where private AI companies retain control over the ethical boundaries of their technology during war or security crises to a world where the state determines those boundaries83
Zuki N.DPMTHBT the political rise of radical conservative women has done more harm than good for the feminist movement.82
Teddy X.PMTHBT the political rise of radical conservative women has done more harm than good for the feminist movement.82
Owami N.LOTH, as the Venezuelan government, would cooperate with the US in the pursuit of maintaining stability82
Keketso S.LOTHP a world where private AI companies retain control over the ethical boundaries of their technology during war or security crises to a world where the state determines those boundaries82
Tumelo B.MOTHS the widespread belief in manifestation culture.82
Zuki N.OWThis House Regrets the transfer of ownership of cultural heritage from communities to state.81
Zanru R.GWTH, as the Venezuelan government, would cooperate with the US in the pursuit of maintaining stability81

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