Fri 11 Sep 2026
From 3 tabs, newest DTU PD 2026.
How many points did it take?
10points were safe
in 2026
Across the last 3 editions with a figure, the middle was 10 (10, 10, 11, newest first). The last team in averaged 76.7 speaks in 2026.
What will they set?
- Economics24%
- Social & Identity24%
- Technology4 of 25
- Law & Crime3 of 25
Out of 25 past motions with a topic, from 3 editions.
How many teams, and how many break?
8of 38 teams made the open break
in 2026
Field strength: Premier in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.
Past motions
3 editions with motions on record, newest first.
DTU PD 20268 motions
- Round 1THBT the dominance of the whig history perspective has done more harm than good.Practise this motion
- Round 2THBT West should provide funding and support to anti-Taliban resistance groups in Afghanistan (NRF, AUF, etc)Practise this motion
- Round 3THW legally require self-driving cars to be programmed to minimise total loss of life, even when this means sacrificing their own passengersPractise this motion
- Round 4THW enforce strict measures against de facto for-profit K–12 school operators in India (examples may include legal cases, penalties, revoking licences, shutdowns, and removal of the service and infrastructure entities used to extract profit).Practise this motion
- Round 5THS the Indian Government's proposal to allow private airport operators to own and operate their own airlines.Practise this motion
- SemifinalsThis House, as a European hedge fund, would adopt a bearish strategy (e.g., shorting bonds, disposing existing assets) on the European Commercial Real Estate marketPractise this motion
- Grand FinalTHP a world where the negative afterlife follows the "Hell 1" model over the "Hell 2" model.Practise this motion
- Novice FinalsThis House prefers a world with the existence of the midnight library.Practise this motion
DTU PD 20258 motions
- Round 1This House Opposes the romanticisation of financial struggle in popular culturePractise this motion
- Round 2TH, as the scientist, will not publish the researchPractise this motion
- Round 3TH would harmonize Wikipedia entries in all languagesPractise this motion
- Round 4THBT Quantitative Easing does more harm than good.Practise this motion
- Round 5In post conflict states with multiple ethnicities, THP Consociationalism (CS) over Centripetalism (CP)Practise this motion
- SemifinalsThis House Supports the collaboration of EU’s Global Gateway Strategy with China’s Belt and Road Initiative.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalTHBT the Wheel of Time should be destroyed.Practise this motion
- Novice FinalTH as Commissioner Gordon would not use the Bat signal.Practise this motion
DTU PD 20239 motions
- Round 1THBT the left should not glorify individual politicians who belong to marginalized groups on the basis of their identity of them belonging to that group (examples include but are not limited to: suggesting that this politician's success represents a success for that minority group, suggesting that the politician's identity gives them unique knowledge/experience that will help them be a good leader)Practise this motion
- Round 2THO the rise of second-wave digisexual technologiesPractise this motion
- Round 3TH as Generation Z, W reject the concept of a nuclear family.Practise this motion
- Round 4THR the commercialization of space.Practise this motion
- Round 5THR the commercialization of space.Practise this motion
- Novice Semi FinalsTHP a world where people did not attempt to leave behind a legacy.Practise this motion
- Novice FinalsTHP a world where the vast majority of people lived in cohousing communities.Practise this motion
- Open Pre Semi FinalsTHW reject the veil of ignorancePractise this motion
- SemifinalsTHR the normalization of debt in the everday consumption habits of normal consumers.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 76.7 | 8 of 38 |
| 2025 | 10 | 77.0 | 8 of 48 |
| 2023 | 11 | 77.5 | 12 of 71 |
Every break in 2026
- Open break8 teams
- Novice break5 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 3 editions
- 75.0
- where most speakers land
- 72.7 to 77.3
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker80.2
- 10th speaker77.4
- 20th speaker76.8
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 3 editions.