Yale IV
The Yale Intervarsity, a flagship of the North American BP circuit.
Editions
- Yale IV 20252025120 teamsAveragecut 11 pts
- Yale IV 20242024140 teamsAbove Averagecut 11 pts
- Yale IV 20232023103 teamsAbove Averagecut 11 pts
- Yale IV 20222022121 teamsAbove Averagecut 11 pts
- Yale IV Fall 20212021134 teamsAbove Averagecut 11 pts
- Yale IV 2020Add
- Yale IV 20192019178 teams
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.
- 2021Above Average
- 2022Above Average
- 2023Above Average
- 2024Above Average
- 2025Average
What gets set here
The topic mix across 6 analysed editions. Tap a year to see that edition alone.
61 categorised motions across all editions.
Grand final motions, year by year
- 2025This House Believes That professional sports should adopt the athlete control model · Sport
- 2024THBT college graduates should prioritize their working environment (e.g. types of colleagues, team v individual work, etc.) over the content of their work for their first job after graduation. · Social & Identity
- 2023THS a world where "Upload" exists and is widely accessible. · Fiction
- 2022THBT the environmental movement should advocate for adaptation to the effects of climate change over mitigation of the effects of climate change · Environment
- 2021THP undergrad programs (BA) that follow the holistic education model to ones that follow the specialisation model · Education
- 2019THBT it is preferable to pursue civil rights protections via the legislative process rather than the legal system. · Law & Crime
What it takes to break here
- 2019cut unknown20/178 broke
- 202111 pts · 79.0 speaks24/134 broke
- 202211 pts · 79.4 speaks17/121 broke
- 202311 pts · 79.0 speaks16/103 broke
- 202411 pts · 80.3 speaks16/140 broke
- 202511 pts · 79.9 speaks16/120 broke
11 points has guaranteed the break in 5 of 6 editions with break data.
How scoring works here
Field average 76.1 across 5 scored editions.
- Top speaker pace82.4
- Top-10 pace80.4
- Top-20 pace79.6
Median average speaks at each finishing position, across 5 editions.
Records
- Best speaker average83.4 🇺🇸 Ryan L., 2025
- Biggest field178 teams 2019
- Strongest field2021 Above Average
Top speakers in this series
The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.
- 1🇺🇸 Tejas S. · 5 editions83.4
- 2🇺🇸 Ryan L. · 3 editions83.4
- 3🇭🇷 Tin P.82.4
- 4🇺🇸 Will R. · 2 editions82.2
- 5🇵🇭 David A.82.0
- 6🇺🇸 Xiao-Ke L. · 2 editions82.0
- 7🇬🇧 Matt C.81.8
- 8🇨🇦 Naomi P.81.8
- 9🇺🇸 Manuel M. · 2 editions81.8
- 10🇺🇸 Elizabeth L. · 3 editions81.8
- 11🇺🇸 Greg W.81.6
- 12🇺🇸 Benny N. · 2 editions81.6
- 13🇺🇸 Thej M.81.6
- 14🇬🇧 Ahmed S.81.4
- 15🇨🇦 Jacob S. · 2 editions81.4
Who chairs it
Adjudication-core members from the editions where we know the panel.
- Lior S.1 edition
- 🇦🇺 Jessica M.1 edition
- 🇮🇱 Hadar G.1 edition
- 🇺🇸 Aditya D.1 edition
We only know the panel for 1 of 6 editions. Know who chaired another year?