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Lillian Nixon's Memorial Debating Championship 2026

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

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Mon 1 Jun 2026

From 1 tab, newest Lillian Nixon's Memorial Debating Championship 2026.

How many points did it take?

4points were safe
in 2026

The last team in averaged 71.2 speaks in 2026.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 9 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

12of 38 teams broke
in 2026

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

Lillian Nixon's Memorial Debating Championship 20269 motions
  1. Round 1THW impose significant taxes on industries that promote excessive consumption as a lifestyle (all you can eat, fast fashion, etc)Practise this motion
  2. Round 2This house prefers a world where the US had aggressively pushed for total global nuclear disarmament at the end of the Cold War.Practise this motion
  3. Round 3In multi-party democratic systems, this house regrets the narrative that people who are members of marginalized groups (eg. queer people. people of color, indigenous people) should only vote for left wing parties and politicians.Practise this motion
  4. Round 4This house regrets the prominence of religious rehabilitation programs in prisons.Practise this motion
  5. Round 5THBT the feminist movement should oppose the commercialisation of reproduction (eg. the sale of eggs, commercial surrogacy)Practise this motion
  6. OctofinalsThis house would forbid the relationship.Practise this motion
  7. QuarterfinalsTH as the LGBTQ movement, would aggressively push the narrative that gender is a social constructPractise this motion
  8. SemifinalsTHBT the US government should introduce its own government backed cryptocurrency rather than regulating the current cryptocurrency market.Practise this motion
  9. Grand FinalThis house would choose to become a mountain goat.Practise this motion

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
69.9
where most speakers land
68.2 to 71.5

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker72.9
  • 10th speaker72.1
  • 20th speaker71.5

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.