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Manila Pre-WUDC

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

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Sat 12 Dec 2026in 65 days

From 1 tab, newest Manila Pre-WUDC 2025.

How many points to break?

8points were safe
last time

The last team in averaged 78.3 speaks in 2025.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 11 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Religion motionsLesson: Generating arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

29of 96 teams made the open break
in 2025

Field strength: Premier 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. 6 tasks in the plan below.

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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 Religion motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
  • Mechanism, actors, weighing. Use the prep timer below.Pull a motion
  • Start with: TH welcomes the separation of GAFCON from the traditional Anglican communionPast motions
  • Ask for a Religion 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

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

Manila Pre-WUDC 202511 motions
  1. Round 0TH welcomes the separation of GAFCON from the traditional Anglican communionPractise this motion
  2. Round 1THS the glorification of adventurous lifestyles (e.g. lifestyles that involve experimenting & exploring experiences that are foreign to oneself, casual spontaneity, embracing opportunities with many unknowns etc.)Practise this motion
  3. Round 2THBT civil action groups should prioritize petitioning the Supreme Court as opposed to pursuing appeals from lower-court casesPractise this motion
  4. Round 3THBT universities should hire a substantial portion of STEM* academic staff from the industry (e.g. corporate managers & analysts, industry research & development experts). *Science, Technology, Engineering, MathematicsPractise this motion
  5. Round 4THBT governments should offer significant financial support for minority residents to open businesses (e.g., grants, subsidized rents, or low-interest loans) in commercial ethnic districts (CEDs) as opposed to limiting outside businesses from moving into the district (e.g., zoning limits on chain stores or non-ethnic enterprises).Practise this motion
  6. Pre-QuarterfinalsIn ageing societies, THBT pension funds should invest significant portions of savings in speculative assets (e.g. acquiring equity in hedge funds or private equity firms, trading in financial derivatives).Practise this motion
  7. QuarterfinalsIn countering anti-immigration sentiments, THBT left-wing movements should primarily adopt a cultural approach instead of an economic approach.Practise this motion
  8. SemifinalsTH welcomes the separation of GAFCON from the traditional Anglican communionPractise this motion
  9. Grand FinalTHBT parents should teach daughters to assume men are "guilty until proven innocent".Practise this motion
  10. EFL FinalsTH welcomes the separation of GAFCON from the traditional Anglican communionPractise this motion
  11. Novice FinalsIn functional democracies, THW grant courts the power to bar certain parties and/or candidates from running for office on the basis that them holding office would pose significant threats to democracy.Practise this motion

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The break, year by year

The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.

Every break in 2025

  • Open break29 teams
  • EFL break7 teams
  • Novice break4 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
76.2
where most speakers land
73.9 to 78.4

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker82.0
  • 10th speaker79.5
  • 20th speaker78.8

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.

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.