Zagreb Pre-WUDC 2026
What it took to break here, what gets set, and a plan for the week before.
Sat 28 Nov 2026in 51 days
From 3 tabs, newest Zagreb Pre-WUDC 2025.
How many points to break?
11points, the middle of
the last 3 editions
Safe points at the last 3 editions with a figure: 11, 9, 11, newest first. The last team in averaged 79.6 speaks in 2025.
What will they set?
Out of 30 past motions with a topic, from 3 editions.
Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
17of 104 teams made the open break
in 2025
Field strength: Ultra 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 Supports the narrative that romantic partners should be prioritized over platon...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
3 editions with motions on record, newest first.
Zagreb Pre-WUDC 202510 motions
- Round 1This House Supports the narrative that romantic partners should be prioritized over platonic friendshipsPractise this motion
- Round 2TH Prefers a world where Bulgaria joined YugoslaviaPractise this motion
- Round 3This House regrets the rise of subscription models in gaming software and hardwarePractise this motion
- Round 4In developed countries, This House Prefers a norm where most families have 1 child over a norm of having 3 childrenPractise this motion
- Round 5This House Would implement substantial measures to impose long-termism in corporate investment culture (e.g., minimum holding periods, yearly reports, long term executive compensation plans)Practise this motion
- QuarterfinalsThis House Believes That the android liberation movement should be lead through violent resistance rather than peaceful protest.Practise this motion
- SemifinalsThis house believes that Colombia should significantly increase its cooperation with the United States on anti-narcotics operationsPractise this motion
- Grand FinalThis house, as Alexander, would take the dealPractise this motion
- ESL SemifinalsThis House Believes That the android liberation movement should be lead through violent resistance rather than peaceful protest.Practise this motion
- ESL FinalsThis House Would choose to become a vampirePractise this motion
Zagreb Pre-WUDC 20248 motions
- Round 1THBT it is in the interest of developing countries to outsource education to private agenciesPractise this motion
- Round 2Behind the veil of ignorance, THW rather be "a master of one" than a "jack of all trades, but a master of none"Practise this motion
- Round 3THW take the offerPractise this motion
- Round 4THW deprioritse state funding for the treatment, research and care of illness and disease associated with the effects of aging in favour of rarer conditions that are present at birthPractise this motion
- Round 5THS Western tech companies entering into authoritarian markets even at the expense of conforming to local laws and regulationsPractise this motion
- QuarterfinalsTHR the glorification of good sportsmanshipPractise this motion
- SemifinalsTHBT the EU should attempt to re-establish diplomatic and economic ties with RussiaPractise this motion
- Grand FinalTHO the rise of Lawfare within politicsPractise this motion
Zagreb Pre-WUDC 202312 motions
- Round 0This House supports the inclusion of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms in free trade agreementsPractise this motion
- Round 1This House would break up the HDZPractise this motion
- Round 2This House, as the parent of minority children, would raise their children to regard negative life outcomes (i.e. losses at a competition, rejection from a university, etc.) as a product of personal failure rather than resulting from systemic discriminationPractise this motion
- Round 3This House prefers a world in which religions have a widespread belief that the Messiah has come, rather than a world in which religions still anticipate their arrivalPractise this motion
- Round 4This House would ban healthcare proxiesPractise this motion
- Round 5This House supports the inclusion of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms in free trade agreementsPractise this motion
- QuarterfinalsFrom behind the veil of ignorance, This House prefers to be born a sociopath as opposed to be born as an average personPractise this motion
- SemifinalsTH, as the United States, would publicly call for a ceasefire in UkrainePractise this motion
- Grand FinalThis House supports an elven revolution against Santa ClausPractise this motion
- ESL SemifinalsFrom behind the veil of ignorance, This House prefers to be born a sociopath as opposed to be born as an average personPractise this motion
- ESL FinalsTH, as the United States, would publicly call for a ceasefire in UkrainePractise this motion
- Novice FinalsTH, as the United States, would publicly call for a ceasefire in UkrainePractise 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) | Open break |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 79.6 | 17 of 104 |
| 2024 | 9 | 79.6 | 18 of 52 |
| 2023 | 11 | 79.8 | 17 of 98 |
Every break in 2025
- Open break17 teams
- ESL break12 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 3 editions
- 77.3
- where most speakers land
- 75.0 to 79.6
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker82.4
- 10th speaker81.0
- 20th speaker80.2
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 3 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.