Taylor's Debate Open 2026

40 days away · In person, Subang Jaya, Malaysia · BP

The field

Below Average

A smaller or newer tournament. Good for building confidence and getting reps.

Based on the 2025 edition. This year’s field isn’t rated yet.

41 teams (2025), 48 teams (2024), 53 teams (2023), 43 teams (2022)

Motions from this series

Taylor's Debate Open 2025 (2025)10 motions

Round 1THW implement a drinking licensing system
Round 2TH, as the feminist movement, would advocate for the narrative that motherhood is equivalent to a job
Round 3TH, as the democrats, would redistrict blue states to gerrymander the vote
Round 4THR the stigmatisation of transactionality in personal relationships
Round 5THO university debating unions inviting right-wing individuals for debating events
Pre SemifinalsTHO the trend of individuals strongly identifying with their mental health diagnoses.
Schools FinalsTHBT the "natural look" has done more harm than good
SemifinalsTHP emerging EV manufacturers implementing vertical integration as opposed to horizontal expansion
Novice FinalsTHP a world without shame
Grand FinalTHP the pursuit of Übermensch over remaining as the Last Man

What gets set here

Social & Identity50%

Health & Medicine10%

Politics10%

Meta-Debate10%

Economics10%

Philosophy10%

Practice Social & Identity motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›

You vs this tournament

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

Social & Identity · 50% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Health & Medicine · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Politics · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Meta-Debate · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Economics · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Philosophy · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

Built from what this tournament sets most. Import more tabs and this plan tunes itself to your weak spots.

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Social & Identity motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-6Work through "Weighing arguments"Foundations for Health & Medicine motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Social & Identity motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: THW implement a drinking licensing systemMotion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Social & Identity motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: Health & MedicinePull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

29% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.3.

Last edition: 12 of 41 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

Open break12 teams
Novice break6 teams
Schools break8 teams

How scoring works here

76.4 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.6 and 78.1.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.2

Top-10 pace 78.8

Top-20 pace 77.8

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

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