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Oxford IV

The Oxford Intervarsity, one of the oldest and largest BP opens.

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
  • 2022Premier
  • 2024Ultra Premier

What gets set here

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

55 categorised motions across all editions.

Social & Identity27%
Politics22%
Economics15%
Education7%
International Relations7%
Technology5%
Grand final motions, year by year
  • 2024This House Believes that the majority of Western citizens will not get into secular heaven · Religion
  • 2023THBT a second Donald Trump presidency is in the interests of the people of the United States of America · Politics
  • 2022THBT it is in the interest of the Indian people for India to align with the West · International Relations
  • 2021THS the implemention of the 'Teacher Draft' program · Education
  • 2020TH opposes the glorification of career achievements as a basis of self-worth. · Social & Identity

What it takes to break here

  • 202012 pts · 79.1 speaks32/194 broke
  • 202111 pts · 79.6 speaks24/157 broke
  • 202211 pts · 80.5 speaks16/117 broke
  • 202311 pts16/128 broke
  • 202411 pts · 80.1 speaks17/115 broke

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

How scoring works here

Field average 76.5 across 4 scored editions.

  • Top speaker pace83.4
  • Top-10 pace81.2
  • Top-20 pace80.0

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

Records

  • Best speaker average83.8 🇨🇦 Naomi P., 2022
  • Biggest field194 teams 2020
  • Strongest field2024 Ultra Premier

Top speakers in this series

The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.

  1. 1🇨🇦 Naomi P. · 2 editions83.8
  2. 2🇺🇸 Tejas S. · 2 editions83.8
  3. 3🇬🇧 Max R. · 3 editions83.4
  4. 4🇺🇸 Amitai P.83.4
  5. 5🇬🇧 Hamza C.83.2
  6. 6🇭🇷 Tin P.83.2
  7. 7🇬🇧 Matt C. · 2 editions83.2
  8. 8🇬🇧 Ahmed S. · 2 editions82.8
  9. 9🇵🇭 Mikko V.82.4
  10. 10🇮🇱 Hadar G.82.4
  11. 11🇺🇸 Vivian Z.82.4
  12. 12🇷🇸 Marta V.82.4
  13. 13🇨🇦 Dhananjay A.82.2
  14. 14🇮🇱 Tamar M.82.2
  15. 15🇺🇸 Elizabeth L.82.2

Who chairs it

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

  • 🇺🇸 Aditya D.1 edition
  • 🇺🇸 Sam H.1 edition
  • 🇮🇱 Hadar G.1 edition
  • 🇬🇧 Andrew C.1 edition
  • 🇺🇸 Xiao-ke L.1 edition

We only know the panel for 1 of 7 editions. Know who chaired another year?