Imperial Novices 2026
What it took to break here, what gets set, and a plan for the week before.
Sun 25 Oct 2026in 17 days
From 2 tabs, newest Imperial Novices 2025.
How many points to break?
8points, the middle of
the last 2 editions
Safe points at the last 2 editions with a figure: 8, 7, newest first. The last team in averaged 75.0 speaks in 2025.
What will they set?
Out of 13 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.
How many teams, and how many break?
14of 44 teams made the open break
in 2025
Field strength: Below Average 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. 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 Environment 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: THW ban tourism to large ecosystems (eg the Amazon rainforest, Antarctica, the Barrier Ree...Past motions
- Ask for an Environment motion on your weaker position.
- Check the schedule and the break line. No new material the night before.
Prep timer
Past motions
2 editions with motions on record, newest first.
Imperial Novices 20257 motions
- Round 1THW ban tourism to large ecosystems (eg the Amazon rainforest, Antarctica, the Barrier Reef, Galápagos Islands etc)Practise this motion
- Round 2THW go to the D1 university over the Ivy League universityPractise this motion
- Round 3THW prohibit the media from reporting on the identity of criminals or those accused of crime (eg their name, race, gender, beliefs, age, medical status etc)Practise this motion
- Round 4THBT developed countries should adopt degrowth as an economic model rather than pursuing perpetual growth.Practise this motion
- Gold FinalThis House, as Miley Stewart would reveal her identity as Hannah Montana to the worldPractise this motion
- Silver FinalsTHW allow defendants to explicitly argue for jury nullification.Practise this motion
- Bronze FinalsTHW destroy the "Lazareon"Practise this motion
Imperial Novices 20226 motions
- Round 1THBT environmental groups should prioritise advocacy for individual actions over policy-level changesPractise this motion
- Round 2THP political party leaders to be elected by their MPs as opposed to members.Practise this motion
- Round 3THW abolish trial by jury.Practise this motion
- Non-Schools FinalsTH regrets the commercialisation of social movements (e.g. the inclusion of pop cultural icons, financial and corporate sponsorship of pride events etc.)Practise this motion
- Silver FinalsTHW abolish the International Statute of Wizarding SecrecyPractise this motion
- Gold FinalTHR the popularisation of the idea that you should ‘follow your dreams’.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) | Open break |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 75.0 | 14 of 44 |
| 2022 | 7 | 74.3 | 8 of 38 |
Every break in 2025
- Gold break4 teams
- Bronze break14 teams
- Silver break8 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 2 editions
- 73.5
- where most speakers land
- 71.1 to 75.9
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker79.5
- 10th speaker77.0
- 20th speaker75.5
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 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.