Zurich Open 2026
What it took to break here, what gets set, and a plan for the week before.
Sat 24 Oct 2026in 16 days
From 2 tabs, newest Zurich Open 2025.
How many points to break?
13points, the middle of
the last 2 editions
Safe points at the last 2 editions with a figure: 11, 13, newest first. The last team in averaged 77.7 speaks in 2025.
What will they set?
Out of 13 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.
Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
4of 29 teams broke
in 2025
Field strength: Premier in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
What should you do first?
Work through “Generating arguments”
Your prep week starts 6 days before the tournament. 6 tasks in the plan below.
Your chance of breaking here and your average on each topic this tournament sets, from your own tab.
Import a tabYour prep week
Built on the topics set most here. Import your tab and it switches to your weakest topics.
0 of 6 done. Ticks save on this device.
- For Social & Identity motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
- Mechanism, actors, weighing. Use the prep timer below.Pull a motion
- Start with: This House Regrets the cultural prominence of the Nobel Prizes.Past motions
- Ask for a Social & Identity motion on your weaker position.
- Check the schedule and the break line. No new material the night before.Tournament info
Prep timer
Past motions
2 editions with motions on record, newest first.
Zurich Open 20256 motions
- Round 1This House Regrets the cultural prominence of the Nobel Prizes.Practise this motion
- Round 2This House Believes That Switzerland should require its pension funds to divest from fossil fuels.Practise this motion
- Round 3This House Believes That LGB and transgender causes are best advanced through distinct movements and advocacy.Practise this motion
- Round 4This House Opposes the taboo on politics.Practise this motion
- Round 5This House Supports the adoption of exclusive birthright citizenship by all EU member states.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalThis House, as Cicero, Would join the Triumvirate.Practise this motion
Zurich Open 20247 motions
- Round 1This house, as a 23-year-old recent college graduate, would choose to live as a modern nomad rather than pursuing a traditional educational and/or employment path in a fixed locationPractise this motion
- Round 2THBT the rise of BSW is in Germany‘s interest.Practise this motion
- Round 3This house believes that the scientific community should extensively promote public knowledge about epigeneticsPractise this motion
- Round 4THW choose to live with the woman rather than trying to get rid of herPractise this motion
- Round 5THBT rent control does more harm than goodPractise this motion
- Round 6THO the narrative that you shouldn't speak ill about deadPractise this motion
- Grand FinalTHBT Switzerland's policy of geopolitical neutrality is morally illegitimatePractise 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.
| Year | Safe on (points) | Last team in (speaks) | Teams broke |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 77.7 | 4 of 29 |
| 2024 | 13 | 77.4 | 4 of 16 |
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 2 editions
- 74.5
- where most speakers land
- 71.1 to 77.9
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker81.0
- 10th speaker77.3
- 20th speaker75.0
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 editions.
Prep these too
Coming up, and their past motions cover the same topics. Topic match is how alike the two topic mixes are: 100% would be the same mix.