Birmingham Pro-Am
What it took to break here, what gets set, and a plan for the week before.
Sat 16 Jan 2027in 100 days
From 2 tabs, newest Birmingham Pro-Am 2026.
How many points to break?
9points, the middle of
the last 2 editions
Safe points at the last 2 editions with a figure: 9, 9, newest first. The last team in averaged 76.9 speaks in 2026.
What will they set?
Out of 16 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.
Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
12of 34 teams broke
in 2026
Field strength: Average in 2026, 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.
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 6 done. Ticks save on this device.
- For Social & Identity motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
- Mechanism, actors, weighing. Use the prep timer below.Pull a motion
- Start with: THP the essentialist model to the relationist model of art educationPast motions
- Ask for a Social & Identity 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.
Birmingham Pro-Am 20268 motions
- Round 1THW adopt the “not proven” verdict in the rest of the UK.Practise this motion
- Round 2THP the essentialist model to the relationist model of art educationPractise this motion
- Round 3THS the creation of a BRICS currencyPractise this motion
- Round 4THW rather play for France than Ecuador in the World CupPractise this motion
- Round 5Behind a veil of ignorance, THP to be born in a state run by lawyers than one run by engineersPractise this motion
- Grand FinalTHO the narrative that modernity and progress are inherently desirablePractise this motion
- Silver FinalsThis House believes that India should abandon strategic non‑alignment in its foreign policyPractise this motion
- Bronze FinalsTH, as Kate Sharma, would allow the wedding to proceed without interference.Practise this motion
Birmingham Pro-Am 20258 motions
- Round 1THBT the UK should adopt proportional representationPractise this motion
- Round 2THR the dominance of 'eudaimonism' in religious teachingPractise this motion
- Round 3TH, as the rookie, would choose to join Redbull Racing.Practise this motion
- Round 4THBT museums should create galleries dedicated exclusively to art created by womenPractise this motion
- Round 5For health care emergencies requiring collective action (e.g. pandemics, pollution-related illness, etc.), THW grant the WHO the ability to implement international laws that override sovereign lawsPractise this motion
- Bronze FinalsTHR the norm that romantic love is more important than platonic lovePractise this motion
- Silver FinalsTHW prefer to play as a traitor than a faithfulPractise this motion
- Grand FinalTHBT the world will become more, rather than less, empathetic in the futurePractise 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) | Teams broke |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 76.9 | 12 of 34 |
| 2025 | 9 | not recorded | 12 of 37 |
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 74.8
- where most speakers land
- 71.8 to 77.8
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker80.0
- 10th speaker77.6
- 20th speaker76.6
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.