Tournaments
Shanghai International Debate Challenge 2026
What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.
Fri 23 Oct 2026
From 1 tab, newest Shanghai International Debate Challenge 2026.
How many points did it take?
10points were safe
in 2026
The last team in averaged 76.0 speaks in 2026.
What will they set?
- Technology4 of 11
- Social & Identity2 of 11
- Law & Crime2 of 11
- Economics2 of 11
Out of 11 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.
How many teams, and how many break?
21of 66 teams made the open break
in 2026
Past motions
1 edition with motions on record, newest first.
Shanghai International Debate Challenge 202611 motions
- Round 1THP a norm of viewing employment as a means to an end rather than as a primary source of meaning in lifePractise this motion
- Round 2This House would require that a minimum proportion of people's assets are passed onto their family upon death.Practise this motion
- Round 3This House believes that rising datafication does more harm than goodPractise this motion
- Round 4This House supports criminal trials against deceased defendants.Practise this motion
- Round 5This House supports the corporatisation* of tertiary education *(the shift to becoming commercially driven, corporate-style entities; examples include management by businesspeople rather than academics, a greater focus on profit margins, marketability, etc.).Practise this motion
- QuarterfinalsThis House prefers the grand model of urban planning to the incremental modelPractise this motion
- SemifinalsThis House prefers the environmental movement to adopt the philosophy of anthropocentricism over ecocentricismPractise this motion
- Grand FinalThis House regrets the invention of AIPractise this motion
- School QuarterfinalsThis House would tax firms for every worker they replace with AI or automationPractise this motion
- School SemifinalsThis House supports the popularisation of children media that centers around heavier and more mature subjectsPractise this motion
- School FinalsThis House supports companies adopting radical corporate transparencyPractise 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 break21 teams
- School break26 teams
How speakers score here
Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.
- average speaker score, 1 edition
- 74.4
- where most speakers land
- 72.5 to 76.3
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker79.8
- 10th speaker77.0
- 20th speaker76.0
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.