Tournaments
Joint Universities Debating Championship 2026
What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.
Sat 16 May 2026
From 1 tab, newest Joint Universities Debating Championship 2026.
How many points did it take?
9points were safe
in 2026
The last team in averaged 78.2 speaks in 2026.
What will they set?
- Social & Identity3 of 7
- Health & Medicine2 of 7
- Education2 of 7
- Technology1 of 7
Out of 7 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.
Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments
How many teams, and how many break?
4of 24 teams made the open break
in 2026
Past motions
1 edition with motions on record, newest first.
Joint Universities Debating Championship 20267 motions
- Round 1THS the rise of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement on social media.Practise this motion
- Round 2TH, as a woman who plans to have a child, would have the child before 25.Practise this motion
- Round 3THP a world that in a medical education system, women's health is taught as a standalone discipline rather than integrated across existing subjects.Practise this motion
- Round 4THO the political question doctrine.Practise this motion
- School FinalsTH, as a middle class Chinese parent in the U.S., would homeschool their child.Practise this motion
- Grand FinalThis house prefers to live a life of hedonism rather than a life of ascetismPractise this motion
- Novice FinalsTHR the rise of "lying flat" / "satori generation" culture among East Asian youth.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.
Every break in 2026
- Open break4 teams
- Novice break4 teams
- School break6 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 75.5
- where most speakers land
- 73.6 to 77.3
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker79.0
- 10th speaker76.8
- 20th speaker75.3
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.