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LSE IV

The LSE Intervarsity, held each autumn. A separate competition from the LSE Open.

5 editions2022 to 20261 with results

Breaking here

of teams broke in 2025 (16 of 71)
23%
safe on
10 pts
average speaks of the last team in, 2025
79.2
teams in 2025
71

What gets set here

Share of categorised motions across 1 edition. Bars run to 100%.

10 categorised motions across all editions.

  • Comedy & Novelty30%
  • Arts & Culture10%
  • International Relations10%
  • Sport10%
  • Economics10%
  • Fiction10%

Grand final motions

  1. 2025This House Prefers a World in which smell was humanity's primary sense, instead of vision.Comedy & Novelty

Editions

Open an edition for its motions, break line and top speeches.

How speakers score here

average speaker score, 1 edition
75.8
where most speakers land
72.3 to 79.3

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker81.8
  • 10th speaker80.0
  • 20th speaker79.2

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.

Records and top speakers

Top speakers in this series

  1. 1🇬🇧 Max P.81.8
  2. 2🇮🇪 Martha M.81.4
  3. 3🇬🇧 Bharath A.81.4
  4. 4🇬🇧 Harvey O.81.0
  5. 5🇬🇧 Joseph L.81.0
  6. 6Gareth L.80.6
  7. 7🇬🇧 Krystal W.80.4
  8. 8Robert A.80.4
  9. 9🇬🇧 Yeonwoo S.80.2
  10. 10🇮🇪 Oisín B.80.0
  11. 11Alex M.80.0
  12. 12🇬🇧 Jamie G.79.8
  13. 13🇬🇧 Hans D.79.8
  14. 14🇬🇧 Mustafaa K.79.6
  15. 15🇬🇧 Sasha K.79.6

Best speaker average at any one edition.

Records

  • Best speaker average🇬🇧 Max P., 202581.8
  • Biggest field202571 teams
  • Strongest fieldUltra Premier2025

Field strength by year

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

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