Sat 31 Oct 2026in 23 days
From 6 tabs, newest Yale IV 2025.
How many points to break?
11points, the middle of
the last 3 editions
In the middle figureOlder, not counted
Safe points at the last 3 editions with a figure: 11, 11, 11, newest first. The last team in averaged 79.9 speaks in 2025.
How many teams, and how many break?
16of 120 teams broke
in 2025
Who has set the motions?
- Lior S.
- 🇦🇺 Jessica M.
- 🇮🇱 Hadar G.
- 🇺🇸 Aditya D.
Chief adjudicators in 2021, the newest tab that lists them.
What gets set here
Motions with a topic, from all 6 editions with results. Pick a year to see that edition alone.
61 categorised motions across all editions.
Inrounds and outrounds
| Topic | Inrounds | Outrounds |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 23%7 of 31 | 20%6 of 30 |
| Politics | 0 of 31 | 4 of 30 |
| Law & Crime | 3 of 31 | 3 of 30 |
| Education | 2 of 31 | 3 of 30 |
| Social & Identity | 23%7 of 31 | 3 of 30 |
Out of 31 inround and 30 outround motions with a topic, all editions.
Grand final motions
- 2025THO pessimistic narratives about American democracyPolitics
- 2024THB it is not in Algernon's interests to take the drugFiction
- 2023THW force private universities to reimburse tuition to alumni if they do not make a return on their investment within 10 years after the completion of their final degreeEducation
- 2022THBT the US should try to increase the size of its population though immigration to approximately 1 billion people by 2050Politics
- 2021THP a world in which religions follow a Gadol rather than an official supreme leaderReligion
- 2019THBT 21st century western liberal democracy will fail to defeat the challenge of right-wing populism.Politics
The open grand final of each edition, where the tab names it.
Every edition
The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke. Open an edition for its motions and top speakers.
| Edition | Safe on (points) | Last team in (speaks) | Teams broke |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Yale IV 2026Sat 31 Oct 2026 | not recorded | not recorded | not recorded |
| 2025Yale IV 2025Sat 1 Nov 2025 | 11 | 79.9 | 16 of 120 |
| 2024Yale IV 2024Sat 2 Nov 2024 | 11 | 80.3 | 16 of 140 |
| 2023Yale IV 2023Fri 27 Oct 2023 | 11 | 79.0 | 16 of 103 |
| 2022Yale IV 2022Fri 28 Oct 2022 | 11 | 79.4 | 17 of 121 |
| 2021Yale IV Fall 2021Fri 3 Dec 2021 | 11 | 79.0 | 24 of 134 |
| 2020Yale IV 2020: no tab yetSend us the tab | |||
| 2019Yale IV 2019Thu 24 Oct 2019 | not recorded | not recorded | 20 of 178 |
Who sets the motions
Chief adjudicators, from the 2 of 7 editions whose tab lists them.
| Chief adjudicator | Years |
|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Aditya D. | 2021 |
| 🇮🇱 Hadar G. | 2021 |
| 🇦🇺 Jessica M. | 2021 |
| Lior S. | 2021 |
| 🇺🇸 Danny D. | 2019 |
| 🇺🇸 Eva-Marie Q. | 2019 |
| 🇬🇧 Sophie L. | 2019 |
| 🇺🇸 William A. | 2019 |
How speakers score here
- average speaker score, 5 editions
- 76.1
- where most speakers land
- 73.5 to 78.6
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker82.4
- 10th speaker80.4
- 20th speaker79.6
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 5 editions.
Records and top speakers
Top speakers in this series
- 1🇺🇸 Tejas S.5 editions83.4
- 2🇺🇸 Ryan L.3 editions83.4
- 3🇭🇷 Tin P.82.4
- 4🇺🇸 Will R.2 editions82.2
- 5David A.82.0
- 6🇺🇸 Xiao-Ke L.2 editions82.0
- 7🇬🇧 Matt C.81.8
- 8🇨🇦 Naomi P.81.8
- 9Manuel M.2 editions81.8
- 10🇺🇸 Elizabeth L.3 editions81.8
- 11🇺🇸 Greg W.81.6
- 12🇺🇸 Benny N.2 editions81.6
- 13Thej M.81.6
- 14🇬🇧 Ahmed S.81.4
- 15🇨🇦 Jacob S.2 editions81.4
Best speaker average at any one edition.
Records
- Best speaker average🇺🇸 Ryan L., 202583.4
- Biggest field2019178 teams
- Strongest fieldAbove Average2021
Field strength by year
- 2021Above Average
- 2022Above Average
- 2023Above Average
- 2024Above Average
- 2025Average
Older editions predate much of the rating data we hold, so early years can read lower than they were.