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Durham IV

The Durham Intervarsity.

Editions

Greyed years are editions we don’t have a tab for yet. Know where one is?

Field strength over the years

How strong each edition’s field was, on the cross-tournament strength scale.

Older editions predate a lot of the rating data we hold, so early years can read lower than they really were.

  • 2020Average
  • 2021Below Average
  • 2023Below Average
  • 2024Above Average
  • 2025Average

What gets set here

The topic mix across 5 analysed editions. Tap a year to see that edition alone.

44 categorised motions across all editions.

Social & Identity34%
Economics11%
International Relations11%
Politics9%
Education7%
Philosophy7%

It changes when you break

3 of the last 4 grand finals were Social & Identity motions.

Grand final motions, year by year
  • 2024This House Would Not Wear the Poppy · Social & Identity
  • 2023THP a world where children are raised communally · Social & Identity
  • 2021THP a world where this machine exists · Abstract
  • 2020Assuming feasibility, THP a world without clothing · Social & Identity

What it takes to break here

  • 202010 pts · 78.2 speaks16/57 broke
  • 202110 pts · 76.7 speaks12/51 broke
  • 202310 pts · 78.4 speaks8/34 broke
  • 202410 pts · 78.9 speaks9/45 broke
  • 202511 pts · 79.5 speaks8/48 broke

10 points has guaranteed the break in 4 of 5 editions with break data.

How scoring works here

Field average 75.6 across 5 scored editions.

  • Top speaker pace81.8
  • Top-10 pace79.2
  • Top-20 pace77.2

Median average speaks at each finishing position, across 5 editions.

Records

  • Best speaker average83.2 🇭🇷 Tin P., 2020
  • Biggest field57 teams 2020
  • Strongest field2024 Above Average

Top speakers in this series

The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.

  1. 1🇭🇷 Tin P.83.2
  2. 2🇮🇪 Jack S. · 2 editions82.8
  3. 3🇬🇧 Cyrus B. · 3 editions82.4
  4. 4🇬🇧 Jacklin K.82.0
  5. 5🇵🇭 David A. · 2 editions81.8
  6. 6🇬🇧 William S. · 3 editions81.6
  7. 7🇬🇧 Dominic W. · 2 editions81.4
  8. 8Esmé T. · 2 editions81.4
  9. 9Joshua S.81.4
  10. 10🇬🇧 Lucie S.81.2
  11. 11🇺🇸 Enshia L.81.2
  12. 12🇵🇭 Luigi A.81.0
  13. 13🇺🇸 Vivian Z.81.0
  14. 14🇬🇧 Eli F. · 3 editions81.0
  15. 15🇬🇧 Miya T.81.0

Who chairs it

Adjudication-core members from the editions where we know the panel.

  • 🇬🇧 Adam M.1 edition
  • 🇬🇧 Alyssa M.1 edition
  • 🇮🇪 Dylan M.1 edition
  • 🇦🇹 Paula B.1 edition
  • Dominic F.1 edition
  • Ellie M.1 edition

We only know the panel for 2 of 5 editions. Know who chaired another year?