Tournaments
Ibalong Debate Open 2025
What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.
Sat 13 Dec 2025
From 1 tab, newest Ibalong Debate Open 2025.
How many points did it take?
8points were safe
in 2025
The last team in averaged 76.3 speaks in 2025.
What will they set?
- Technology4 of 9
- Social & Identity2 of 9
- International Relations2 of 9
- Philosophy2 of 9
Out of 9 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.
How many teams, and how many break?
17of 63 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.
Ibalong Debate Open 20259 motions
- Round 1THO the social stigma against gossipPractise this motion
- Round 2THS feminist movements in conservative states advocating for reduced sentences for women offendersPractise this motion
- Round 3THBT the European Union should significantly increase its independent military and defense spending, even at the expense of weakening NATOPractise this motion
- Round 4TH, as a Gen Z professional, would refuse a ‘golden handcuffs’ jobPractise this motion
- QuarterfinalsTHW breakup Alphabet IncPractise this motion
- SemifinalsTHBT mainstream media reporting on human atrocities should actively include the perspectives and full narratives of the perpetrators (e.g., wars, genocides, and humanitarian crises)Practise this motion
- Grand FinalTHBT that the project of the Filipino identity has failedPractise this motion
- Novice FinalsTHBT it is in the best interest of the Marcos Administration to push for the decriminalization of libelPractise this motion
- Highschool FinalsTHP a life where one is content with waiting for love as opposed to a life where one continuously seeks for lovePractise 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 break17 teams
- Novice break7 teams
- Highschool break8 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 75.2
- where most speakers land
- 73.5 to 76.8
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 75.4
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker79.0
- 10th speaker77.0
- 20th speaker76.3
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Meta Open 202674.8
- Malaysia IV 202676.3