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Uhuru Worlds 2026

What it took to break here, what gets set, and a plan for the week before.

Fri 16 Oct 2026in 8 days

From 5 tabs, newest Uhuru Worlds 2025.

How many points to break?

13points, the middle of
the last 3 editions

In the middle figureOlder, not counted

Safe points at the last 3 editions with a figure: 13, 13, 12, newest first. The last team in averaged 79.6 speaks in 2025.

What will they set?

Out of 47 past motions with a topic, from 5 editions.

How many teams, and how many break?

16of 496 teams made the open break
in 2025

Field strength: Premier in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.

Who has set the motions?

  • 🇺🇸 Jane M.
  • 🇰🇷 Youngwoo P.
  • Ogundare T.
  • Kaushiki I.
  • 🇬🇭 Kojo A.

Chief adjudicators in 2025, the newest tab that lists them. And 4 more.

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 tab

Your prep week

Built on the topics set most here. Import your tab and it switches to your weakest topics.

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  • For Economics motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
  • Mechanism, actors, weighing. Use the prep timer below.Pull a motion
  • Start with: This House Believes That unions should not get involved* in broader political issues that ...Past motions
  • Ask for an Economics motion on your weaker position.
  • Pull a motion
  • Check the schedule and the break line. No new material the night before.Tournament info

Prep timer

15:00

Past motions

5 editions with motions on record, newest first.

Uhuru Worlds 202512 motions
  1. Round 1This House Prefers a world in which majority of journalist are specialistsPractise this motion
  2. Round 2This House Opposes the widespread presence of irony culturePractise this motion
  3. Round 3This House Believes That social movements should cooperate with large corporations rather than opposing them.Practise this motion
  4. Round 4This House Believes That it is in the interest of South Korea to retain Yoon-style diplomacy rather than return to Moon-style diplomacy with North Korea.Practise this motion
  5. Round 5This House Opposes the decline of religiosity in the WestPractise this motion
  6. QuarterfinalsThis House Believes That unions should not get involved* in broader political issues that are not directly related to their respective industry *e.g. supporting political parties, engaging in solidarity strikes, protesting for social issuesPractise this motion
  7. SemifinalsThis House Supports independent central banks being given expanded central bank powersPractise this motion
  8. Grand FinalThis House Believes That "Peace Through Strength" is in the interest of the WestPractise this motion
  9. ESL SemifinalsThis House Supports the US Democratic Party applying the ‘resistance-first’ strategy towards the Trump administration.Practise this motion
  10. ESL FinalsThis House Supports the EU heavily deregulating advanced tech sectores (e.g. AI, cloud computing, etc)Practise this motion
  11. Schools FinalsThis House Would implement 100% inheretance tax in developed countries with high levels of income inequality (e.g. UK, South Korea, USA)Practise this motion
  12. EFL FinalsThis House Supports the increase rise of AI doomerism* *viewing AI as an existential threat to humanityPractise this motion
Uhuru Worlds 202411 motions
  1. Round 1This house, as an aspiring hip-hop artist, would choose to produce conscious* music (Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore, J Cole, Lauryn Hill) rather than mass consumption oriented music (Future, Gunna, Drake, Doja Cat) *Hip-hop which promotes awareness of socio-political, economic and cultural issues.Practise this motion
  2. Round 2This house prefers draft-based mechanisms of team equalisation to salary cap-based mechanismsPractise this motion
  3. Round 3This house opposes the romanticisation of adoptionPractise this motion
  4. Round 4This house prefers the confiscation approach to the reinvestment approachPractise this motion
  5. Round 5This house supports tough on crime laws when combatting organised criminal groups (e.g. gangs, Mafia organisations)Practise this motion
  6. QuarterfinalsThis house would break up LiveNationPractise this motion
  7. SemifinalsThis house would grant women, and only women, the right to absolute freedom of movementPractise this motion
  8. Grand FinalThis house would introduce VatiCoinPractise this motion
  9. ESL SemifinalsThis house would break up LiveNationPractise this motion
  10. ESL FinalsThis house prefers a world in which all Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and development was undertaken by a single unified body instead of many different entitiesPractise this motion
  11. Schools FinalsThis house prefers a world where all political campaigning and subsequent elections were limited to a single calendar weekPractise this motion
Uhuru Worlds 202312 motions
  1. Round 1THBT parents in liberal democracies should teach their children to be primarily responsible for the happiness of others instead of their own happiness.Practise this motion
  2. Round 2TH would reject doing the BLS in favour of doing an apprenticeshipPractise this motion
  3. Round 3THW not allow pharmaceutical companies to financially settle private lawsuitsPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THBT that developing countries should also trade in their individual currencies with other countries like China, USA and RussiaPractise this motion
  5. Round 5THR the rehabilitative approach of universities in their management of bullying and harassment incidentsPractise this motion
  6. QuarterfinalsTH, as WUDC Council, would ratify a constitutional amendment that allows composite teams to be eligible to break under extenuating circumstances rather than a blanket banPractise this motion
  7. SemifinalsTH would provide significant campaign funding for congressmen and senators who score highly on bipartisan metrics in western liberal democraciesPractise this motion
  8. Grand FinalTHBT judges ought to interpret the constitution from an originalist perspectivePractise this motion
  9. ESL SemifinalsTHBT all debating majors should be rotationally convened by a global roster of nationally registered non-profit organisationsPractise this motion
  10. ESL FinalsTHBT judges ought to interpret the constitution from an originalist perspectivePractise this motion
  11. Novice FinalsTH would provide significant campaign funding for congressmen and senators who score highly on bipartisan metrics in western liberal democraciesPractise this motion
  12. Schools FinalsTH would provide significant campaign funding for congressmen and senators who score highly on bipartisan metrics in western liberal democraciesPractise this motion
Uhuru Worlds (Loxodonta) 20227 motions
  1. Round 1THBT the environmental movement should heavily prioritize funding geoengineering technologies as a solution to climate changePractise this motion
  2. Round 2THBT sports leagues facing declining viewership should heavily invest in the development of modified short-form versions of their gamesPractise this motion
  3. Round 3THBT animal rights movements should actively advocate against traditional religious and cultural practices that harm animals (e.g. Halal slaughter, Indigenous whaling, animal sacrifices etc.)Practise this motion
  4. Round 4THS the Indonesian government's moves towards greater regional autonomyPractise this motion
  5. Round 5THP a world where LGBTQ+ labels are widely believed to be descriptive rather than prescriptivePractise this motion
  6. Round 6THW allow rural communities to vote to enact community titlePractise this motion
  7. Round 7THBT in areas with high crime, governments should pay gangs in return for reductions in violent crime in the areas they controlPractise this motion
Uhuru Worlds (Loxodonta) 20215 motions
  1. Round 1THBT progressive political candidates and parties should refuse to accept donations from corporations and high-net individuals.Practise this motion
  2. Round 2THS Mafia Association Laws.Practise this motion
  3. Round 3THW confiscate persistently vacant residential properties to use as social housing.Practise this motion
  4. Round 6TH as developing states would prefer the use of a neutral aggregate currency to the US Dollar as the global reserve currencyPractise this motion
  5. Round 7THBT settler-states should pursue immigration policies that lead to no cultural or racial group being a majority of the population.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.

YearSafe on (points)Last team in (speaks)Open break
20251379.616 of 496
20241378.518 of 484
20231279.316 of 261
20221476.621 of 144
20211477.622 of 157

Every break in 2025

  • Open break16 teams
  • ESL break13 teams
  • EFL break5 teams
  • Schools break5 teams

Who sets the motions

Chief adjudicators by edition, where the tab lists them.

  • 2025🇺🇸 Jane M., 🇰🇷 Youngwoo P., Ogundare T., Kaushiki I., 🇬🇭 Kojo A., 🇬🇧 Umar F., 🇷🇸 Marta V., 🇮🇱 Anna S., 🇵🇪 Fernanda R.
  • 2024🇦🇺 Jessica M., 🇬🇧 Matt C., 🇬🇧 Alishba I., 🇬🇧 Wajeeh M., Estelle F., Ruth A., 🇬🇧 Yeonwoo S.

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 5 editions
75.5
where most speakers land
73.0 to 78.0

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker80.4
  • 10th speaker79.2
  • 20th speaker78.8

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 5 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.