Imperial Novices 2026

62 days away · In person, London · 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.

44 teams (2025), 38 teams (2022)

Motions from this series

Imperial Novices 2025 (2025)7 motions

Round 1THW ban tourism to large ecosystems (eg the Amazon rainforest, Antarctica, the Barrier Reef, Galápagos Islands etc)
Round 2THW go to the D1 university over the Ivy League university
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)
Round 4THBT developed countries should adopt degrowth as an economic model rather than pursuing perpetual growth.
Gold FinalThis House, as Miley Stewart would reveal her identity as Hannah Montana to the world
Silver FinalsTHW allow defendants to explicitly argue for jury nullification.
Bronze FinalsTHW destroy the "Lazareon"

What gets set here

Environment14%

Education14%

Media14%

Economics14%

Pop Culture14%

Law & Crime14%

Practice Environment 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.

Environment · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Education · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Media · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Economics · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Pop Culture · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Law & Crime · 14% 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 Environment motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Environment 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 ban tourism to large ecosystems (eg the Amazon rainforest, Antarctica, the Barrier Ree...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Environment motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: EducationPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

32% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 8 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 75.0.

Last edition: 14 of 44 teams broke.

~??% estimated break chance

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Break categories

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

Gold break4 teams
Bronze break14 teams
Silver break8 teams

How scoring works here

73.9 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 71.1 and 76.7.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 79.5

Top-10 pace 77.0

Top-20 pace 75.5

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

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