Ljubljana IV 2026
What it took to break here, what gets set, and a plan for the week before.
Sat 24 Oct 2026in 16 days
From 3 tabs, newest Ljubljana IV 2024.
How many points to break?
10points, the middle of
the last 3 editions
Safe points at the last 3 editions with a figure: 10, 10, 9, newest first. The last team in averaged 77.5 speaks in 2024.
What will they set?
Out of 23 past motions with a topic, from 3 editions.
Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
8of 35 teams made the open break
in 2024
Field strength: Below Average in 2024, 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. 7 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 7 done. Ticks save on this device.
- For Social & Identity motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
- For Law & Crime motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
- Mechanism, actors, weighing. Use the prep timer below.Pull a motion
- Start with: THO the narrative that emotions are less valuable than rational thoughtPast motions
- Ask for a Social & Identity motion on your weaker position.
- Check the schedule and the break line. No new material the night before.
Prep timer
Past motions
3 editions with motions on record, newest first.
Ljubljana IV 20248 motions
- Round 1THO the narrative that emotions are less valuable than rational thoughtPractise this motion
- Round 2When it comes to civilian ownership of weapons This house would allow women and only women to bear arms.Practise this motion
- Round 3THBT it is in the interest of the degrowth movement to heavily prioritise calling-in (i.e. outline personal benefits to reducing consumption), rather than heavily prioritise calling-out (i.e. publicly shaming overconsumption, advocate for boycotts of figures who encourage consumerism, etc.)Practise this motion
- Round 4THS the creation of a global market to buy and sell citizenshipPractise this motion
- Round 5THBT governments should demand a controlling stake in companies seeking bailouts as a prerequisite for the bailoutPractise this motion
- SemifinalsTHW never negotiate with terrorists as opposed to always attempting to negotiate with terroristsPractise this motion
- Grand FinalTHW answer ""yes""Practise this motion
- Novice FinalsTHW legalise lobbying in Ex-Yugoslav countriesPractise this motion
Ljubljana IV 20238 motions
- Round 1When distributing welfare, THP that governments provide cash transfers instead of social goods (e.g. food stamps, free education, vocational training programmes)Practise this motion
- Round 2THW ban climbing of the 14 PeaksPractise this motion
- Round 3THW publicly display the ingots as they are, rather than repurpose them into a new statuePractise this motion
- Round 4THR the divine femininePractise this motion
- Round 5THW legalise duelling to the deathPractise this motion
- SemifinalsTHS the expansion of BRICS membershipPractise this motion
- Grand FinalThis house hopes for the abolition of genderPractise this motion
- ProAm FinalsTHW flee with Ikaros rather than staying in captivityPractise this motion
Ljubljana IV 20227 motions
- Round 1This house regrets the popularization of gap year travelPractise this motion
- Round 2THS the use of on-demand referenda in recently established democraciesPractise this motion
- Round 3THP a world where the dominant religion believes in one benevolent god who is the Universe’s sole creator and surveyor (eg. Islam, Christianity), as opposed to a world where the dominant religion believes in many morally ambiguous spiritual entities (eg. Ancient Greek religion, European folklore).Practise this motion
- Round 4THBT the feminist movement should campaign for the equal sexualization of men in the media as opposed to campaigning against the sexualization of womenPractise this motion
- Round 5TH, as the Chinese Communist Party, regrets the Common prosperity policyPractise this motion
- SemifinalsThis house believes that avoiding military conscription is always justifiedPractise this motion
- Grand FinalTH, as the Slovenian people, regrets not accepting Emperor Karl's offer in 1918 and remaining a part of AustriaPractise 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | 77.5 | 8 of 35 |
| 2023 | 10 | 75.3 | 12 of 37 |
| 2022 | 9 | 80.7 | 8 of 31 |
Every break in 2024
- Open break8 teams
- Novice break4 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 3 editions
- 76.0
- where most speakers land
- 72.9 to 79.0
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker83.6
- 10th speaker78.8
- 20th speaker77.2
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.