Sat 31 Oct 2026in 23 days
From 1 tab, newest King's College London IV 2025.
How many points to break?
10points were safe
last time
The last team in averaged 79.4 speaks in 2025.
What will they set?
Out of 8 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.
How many teams, and how many break?
8of 46 teams made the open break
in 2025
Field strength: Ultra 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. 7 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 7 done. Ticks save on this device.
- For Economics motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
- For Law & Crime motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
- Mechanism, actors, weighing. Use the prep timer below.Pull a motion
- Start with: THBT states with low fertility rates should implement the Hanson ProposalPast motions
- Ask for an Economics motion on your weaker position.
- Check the schedule and the break line. No new material the night before.Tournament info
Prep timer
Past motions
1 edition with motions on record, newest first.
King's College London IV 20258 motions
- Round 1THBT states with low fertility rates should implement the Hanson ProposalPractise this motion
- Round 2THBT the United States should repeal the right of the people to keep and bear arms.Practise this motion
- Round 3This House Prefers a World where everyone solely idolises individuals from their immediate environmentPractise this motion
- Round 4THW ban the presence of organised religion in prisonsPractise this motion
- Round 5THBT India should introduce a cap and trade system as opposed to any other emissions regulationsPractise this motion
- SemifinalsTHBT the current US federal government shutdown has done more harm than good to the Democratic PartyPractise this motion
- Novice FinalsTH, as a contestant on a reality show, would attempt to portray themself as a villain as opposed to a heroPractise this motion
- Grand FinalTHS the granularization of consumptionPractise 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 2025
- Open break8 teams
- Novice break4 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 76.5
- where most speakers land
- 73.3 to 79.8
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker83.6
- 10th speaker80.2
- 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.