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Penn IV 2026

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

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Sun 25 Oct 2026

From 1 tab, newest Penn IV 2026.

How many points did it take?

10points were safe
in 2026

The last team in averaged 78.8 speaks in 2026.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 10 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Philosophy motionsLesson: Weighing arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

18of 81 teams made the open break
in 2026

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  • For Philosophy motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
  • For Politics motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
  • Mechanism, actors, weighing. Use the prep timer below.Pull a motion
  • Start with: This House Regrets the management consulting industry.Past motions
  • Ask for a Philosophy motion on your weaker position.
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  • Check the schedule and the break line. No new material the night before.

Prep timer

15:00

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

Penn IV 202610 motions
  1. Round 1This House Regrets the management consulting industry.Practise this motion
  2. Round 2This House, as a feminist art historian, Would practise the recovery model over the critical model.Practise this motion
  3. Round 3This House Believes That the FCC ban on foreign humanoid and quadruped robots is in the interests of the United States.Practise this motion
  4. Round 4This House Regrets the Michelin Guide.Practise this motion
  5. Round 5This House Believes That it is in the interests of the United States Democratic Party to follow the individualistic platform approach as opposed to the unified platform approach.Practise this motion
  6. Novice SemifinalsThis House Believes That those born in the 2010s will have a worse experience of relationships in their youth than those born in the 1990s.Practise this motion
  7. Novice Grand FinalsThis House Would take aggressive measures to ensure ideological balance in universities.Practise this motion
  8. QuarterfinalsThis House Believes That global wealth inequality will increase, rather than decrease, over the next 10 years.Practise this motion
  9. SemifinalsThis House Regrets the dominance of the political left in the arts.Practise this motion
  10. Grand FinalThis House, as the United States, prefers the pay-to-enter model for immigration.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 break18 teams
  • Novice break9 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
76.1
where most speakers land
73.5 to 78.7

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker81.0
  • 10th speaker79.6
  • 20th speaker78.6

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.