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Hart House IV

The Hart House Intervarsity at the University of Toronto, a major Canadian BP open.

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.

  • 2020Above Average
  • 2021Average
  • 2022Average
  • 2023Average
  • 2024Above Average
  • 2025Average

What gets set here

The topic mix across 1 analysed edition. Tap a year to see that edition alone.

10 categorised motions across all editions.

Social & Identity40%
Arts & Culture10%
Sport10%
Economics10%
Health & Medicine10%
Philosophy10%

It changes when you break

Outrounds here lean Social & Identity: 60% of outround motions, against 20% in the inrounds.

Grand final motions, year by year
  • 2025This house regrets the narrative that the parent-child relationship is uniquely meaningful and important. · Social & Identity

What it takes to break here

  • 202516 pts · 78.8 speaks16/121 broke

16 points has guaranteed the break in 1 of 1 editions with break data.

How scoring works here

Field average 74.7 across 1 scored edition.

  • Top speaker pace81.6
  • Top-10 pace80.4
  • Top-20 pace79.2

Median average speaks at each finishing position, across 1 edition.

Records

  • Best speaker average81.6 🇺🇸 Amitai P., 2025
  • Biggest field121 teams 2025
  • Strongest field2024 Above Average

Top speakers in this series

The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.

  1. 1🇺🇸 Amitai P.81.6
  2. 2🇺🇸 Elizabeth L.81.0
  3. 3🇨🇦 Rhys N.81.0
  4. 4🇨🇦 Eve P.80.8
  5. 5🇨🇦 Karel B.80.8
  6. 6Stephanie C.80.6
  7. 7🇨🇦 Arpi Y.80.6
  8. 8🇨🇦 Adam B.80.6
  9. 9🇨🇦 Vijay T.80.4
  10. 10Emma B.80.0
  11. 11🇨🇦 Humam A.80.0
  12. 12🇺🇸 Mirabel R.80.0
  13. 13🇺🇸 David B.79.8
  14. 14🇺🇸 Emery T.79.8
  15. 15🇨🇦 Ethan C.79.8

Who chairs it

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

  • 🐪 J.1 edition
  • 🇬🇧 Jason X.1 edition
  • 🇨🇦 Navin K.1 edition
  • Sebastian D.1 edition

We only know the panel for 1 of 8 editions. Know who chaired another year?