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Glasgow Ancients

The Glasgow Ancients, one of the strongest fields on the Scottish circuit.

Editions

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.

  • 2022Premier
  • 2023Above Average
  • 2024Ultra Premier
  • 2025Ultra Premier
  • 2026Ultra Premier

What gets set here

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

28 categorised motions across all editions.

Economics21%
Social & Identity18%
Politics14%
Technology7%
Health & Medicine7%
Religion7%
Grand final motions, year by year
  • 2025This House Believes That the entity to which the AI is ultimately answerable ought to be a jury of randomly selected ordinary people rather than a panel of the three most intelligent moral philosophers in the world. · Technology
  • 2024THS the use of necro-resistance as a form of protest · Social & Identity
  • 2023This House Would Abolish the British Monarchy · Politics
  • 2022THW NOT publish this information · Abstract

What it takes to break here

  • 202212 pts · 79.1 speaks8/46 broke
  • 202310 pts · 80.3 speaks8/40 broke
  • 202411 pts · 81.4 speaks8/49 broke
  • 202511 pts · 81.0 speaks8/52 broke

11 points has guaranteed the break in 2 of 4 editions with break data.

How scoring works here

Field average 76.9 across 4 scored editions.

  • Top speaker pace82.4
  • Top-10 pace81.0
  • Top-20 pace79.8

Median average speaks at each finishing position, across 4 editions.

Records

  • Best speaker average82.6 🇮🇪 Andy C., 2025
  • Biggest field52 teams 2025
  • Strongest field2026 Ultra Premier

Top speakers in this series

The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.

  1. 1🇮🇪 Andy C. · 2 editions82.6
  2. 2🇮🇪 Jack P. · 3 editions82.4
  3. 3🇬🇧 Jamie B. · 4 editions82.4
  4. 4Izzie B. · 2 editions82.2
  5. 5🇷🇴 Ana C.82.2
  6. 6🇮🇪 Shane T. · 3 editions82.2
  7. 7🇬🇧 Owen M.82.0
  8. 8Alex M. · 2 editions82.0
  9. 9🇨🇦 Naomi P.82.0
  10. 10🇬🇧 Geneva R.82.0
  11. 11🇬🇧 Teck T.81.8
  12. 12🇮🇪 Lucy M. · 2 editions81.8
  13. 13🇷🇴 Valeriu C.81.8
  14. 14🇭🇷 Tin P.81.6
  15. 15🇬🇧 Parth P. · 3 editions81.6