Tournaments
The Orange Capital Debate 2026
What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.
Sat 1 Aug 2026
From 2 tabs, newest Orange Capital Debate 2026.
How many points did it take?
10points were safe
in 2026
Across the last 2 editions with a figure, the middle was 11 (10, 11, newest first). The last team in averaged 71.5 speaks in 2026.
What will they set?
- Technology36%
- Law & Crime4 of 14
- International Relations4 of 14
- Politics4 of 14
Out of 14 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.
How many teams, and how many break?
4of 20 teams broke
in 2026
Field strength: Below Average in 2026, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Past motions
2 editions with motions on record, newest first.
Orange Capital Debate 20266 motions
- Round 1Given the opportunity, This House, as a talented young individual living in India, would emigrate to pursue a career in Hong Kong.Practise this motion
- Round 2THS humanity pursuing radical life extension.Practise this motion
- Round 3In democratic countries, THW hold a binding national referendum on the central demand of any protest movement that sustains mass participation beyond a defined threshold.Practise this motion
- Round 4Assuming the technology exists, THW permit individuals to voluntarily erase painful memories.Practise this motion
- Round 5THW mandate frontier AI models to undergo and pass a government safety evaluation before being released to the public.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalTHW ban the capture, training, and battling of Pokémon.Practise this motion
Orange Capital Debate 20258 motions
- Round 1This House would prohibit religious institutions from training or deploying AI spiritual assistants.Practise this motion
- Round 2This House, as the Indian Government Would offer all overseas Indians (including descendants of indentured labourers and migrants) citizenship and economic incentives to return and settle in India.Practise this motion
- Round 3THS the rise of Hermit EconomyPractise this motion
- Round 4THW breakup multinational fossil fuel corporations (e.g. ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron)Practise this motion
- Round 5This House Supports ASEAN taking a more interventionist approach to regional conflicts (e.g., Myanmar).Practise this motion
- Partial FinalsThis House Prefers a world in which all humans are reincarnated with full and perfect memory of their past lives.Practise this motion
- Novice FinalThis House Prefers a world in which all humans are reincarnated with full and perfect memory of their past lives.Practise this motion
- Open FinalsTHP a world where the dominant global political unit remained the city-state, not the nation-state.Practise 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 71.5 | 4 of 20 |
| 2025 | 11 | 77.7 | 6 of 40 |
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 2 editions
- 72.9
- where most speakers land
- 69.9 to 75.9
- average at tournaments of similar strength
- 74.4
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker80.2
- 10th speaker77.2
- 20th speaker76.2
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 editions.
Similar-strength tournaments
- Macau Debate Open 202675.6
- Tilburg Open 202675.3