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Youth Debate Open 2026

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

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Tue 27 Oct 2026

From 1 tab, newest Youth Debate Open 2026.

How many points did it take?

3points were safe
in 2026

The last team in averaged 71.3 speaks in 2026.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 6 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Law & Crime motionsLesson: Linear flow

How many teams, and how many break?

8of 40 teams broke
in 2026

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Your chance of breaking here and your average on each topic this tournament sets, from your own tab.

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Your prep week

Built on the topics set most here. Import your tab and it switches to your weakest topics.

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  • For Law & Crime motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
  • 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: THBT it is in the interest of ASEAN to increasingly abandon its policy of neutralityPast motions
  • Ask for a Law & Crime motion on your weaker position.
  • Pull a motion
  • 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.

Youth Debate Open 20266 motions
  1. Round 1THBT it is in the interest of ASEAN to increasingly abandon its policy of neutralityPractise this motion
  2. Round 2THW ban Buy Now, Pay Later servicesPractise this motion
  3. Round 3TH, as a minority parent raising their child, W actively teach them to prioritise long-term success (e.g. getting a good job, doing well at school to get into college) over short-term comforts or desires (e.g. rest and relaxation, time pursuing hobbies, etc)Practise this motion
  4. QuarterfinalsTHS the repeal of mandatory minimum penaltiesPractise this motion
  5. SemifinalsIn a Westernised society, TH, as a young middle-class individual, W enter long-term committed relationships based on pragmatic reasons (eg money, stability) rather than lovePractise this motion
  6. Grand FinalAssuming the technology exists, THW allow individuals to permanently remove their ability to experience extreme emotionsPractise this motion

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
70.1
where most speakers land
68.7 to 71.4

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker72.7
  • 10th speaker71.8
  • 20th speaker71.2

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.