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Imperial Intervarsity 2025

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

Sat 26 Jul 2025

From 4 tabs, newest Imperial IV 2025.

How many points did it take?

10points were safe
in 2025

In the middle figureOlder, not counted

Across the last 3 editions with a figure, the middle was 10 (10, 11, 10, newest first). The last team in averaged 79.0 speaks in 2025.

What will they set?

Out of 35 past motions with a topic, from 4 editions.

How many teams, and how many break?

8of 33 teams broke
in 2025

Field strength: Ultra Premier in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.

Who has set the motions?

  • 🇮🇪 Lucy M.
  • 🇬🇧 Joseph L.
  • Emily F.
  • Maša P.

Chief adjudicators in 2025, the newest tab that lists them.

Past motions

4 editions with motions on record, newest first.

Imperial IV 20257 motions
  1. Round 1THBT London should secede from the UKPractise this motion
  2. Round 2This House Would allow people to profit from their own reproductive processes (e.g. sale of oocysts and sperm, commercial surrogacy)Practise this motion
  3. Round 3This house prefers a World with only one currencyPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THBT, to change the world, it is better for art to be beautiful than present a clear moral messagePractise this motion
  5. Round 5This horse opposes the concept that it is better to let 100 guilty people go free than to jail an innocent personPractise this motion
  6. SemifinalsThis House Prefers Moral Relativism to Moral AbsolutismPractise this motion
  7. Grand FinalTH, as president Vučić, would allow project Jadar to be realised.Practise this motion
Imperial IV 20247 motions
  1. Round 1This House Believes That the Jerry Springer Show did more harm than good.Practise this motion
  2. Round 2This House Believes That the EU should decriminalise human smuggling.Practise this motion
  3. Round 3This House Prefers painting 'B' (The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci) to painting 'A' (One: Number 31 by Jackson Pollock).Practise this motion
  4. Round 4This House Would introduce the substance to the global water supply.Practise this motion
  5. Round 5This House Believes That it is in the interests of the Conservative Party to merge with Reform UK.Practise this motion
  6. SemifinalsThis House Would ban share buybacks.Practise this motion
  7. Grand FinalThis House Believes that God exists.Practise this motion
Imperial IV 202211 motions
  1. Round 1THS governments measuring the efficacy of charities and stripping those with low social value of their charitable statusPractise this motion
  2. Round 2THBT the creation of new feminist media is better for the feminist movement than feminist remakes of existing mediaPractise this motion
  3. Round 3Assuming feasibility, THW determine the percentage of income that an individual pays as tax based on the relative material privilege the individual had during their upbringing (such as private education, parental wealth, childhood home etc.) and not based on their incomePractise this motion
  4. Round 4THO the global rise in semiconductor manufacturing subsidiesPractise this motion
  5. Round 5THBT states should adopt sunset clauses in their constitutions that require them to review and revise/reauthorize them every 50 yearsPractise this motion
  6. Partial OctofinalsTHR the glorification of the immediate postcolonial leaders in African statesPractise this motion
  7. QuarterfinalsTHBT that liberal states should sponsor hacking of government infrastructure within authoritarian regimesPractise this motion
  8. SemifinalsTHBT El Salvador should sell its bitcoin reserves right nowPractise this motion
  9. Grand FinalTHS the legalization of DriftPractise this motion
  10. ESL SemifinalsTHBT that liberal states should sponsor hacking of government infrastructure within authoritarian regimesPractise this motion
  11. ESL FinalTHBT El Salvador should sell its bitcoin reserves right nowPractise this motion
Imperial IV 202110 motions
  1. Round 1THBT parents should teach children to choose friendship instead of romantic love as the primary relationship of importance in their lifePractise this motion
  2. Round 2THBT extensive media coverage of high profile criminal trials does more harm than goodPractise this motion
  3. Round 4THR the aesthetisation of sufferingPractise this motion
  4. Round 5THS political parties that exclusively represent women's interestsPractise this motion
  5. Partial OctofinalsTHS the universal adoption of cryptocurrencies as additional legal tenderPractise this motion
  6. QuarterfinalsTHBT increased US political disengagement from Europe is in the interest of the EUPractise this motion
  7. Pro-Am FinalTHW impose criminal laws to crimes committed by users of avatars in virtual worlds (such as 'Second Life')Practise this motion
  8. SemifinalsTHR the exclusive focus of modern antitrust regulators on ensuring consumer welfare without promoting structural market reforms (e.g. also taking into account firm size or degree of market consolidation when considering antitrust cases)Practise this motion
  9. ESL FinalTHW allow the use of MYRAGEPractise this motion
  10. Grand FinalTHP a world without international law and international multilateral institutions (e.g., the International Criminal Court, World Trade Organization, World Intellectual Property organization, etc.)Practise this motion

The break, year by year

The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.

YearSafe on (points)Last team in (speaks)Teams broke
20251079.08 of 33
20241179.78 of 45
20221079.224 of 118
20211077.228 of 105

Who sets the motions

Chief adjudicators by edition, where the tab lists them.

  • 2025🇮🇪 Lucy M., 🇬🇧 Joseph L., Emily F., Maša P.
  • 2024🇮🇪 Jack S., 🇬🇧 Taha I., 🇬🇧 Chris C., 🇮🇪 Daniela W.
  • 2022🇮🇱 Tamar M., 🇺🇸 Emery T., 🇮🇪 Jack S., Mukhtar T.

How speakers score here

Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.

average speaker score, 4 editions
77.2
where most speakers land
74.7 to 79.8
average at tournaments of similar strength
77.1

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker83.0
  • 10th speaker80.6
  • 20th speaker80.0

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 4 editions.

Similar-strength tournaments

  • Doxbridge 4: Modern Warfare77.3
  • Bulgaria WUDC 202676.8

Top speeches

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Dylan C.OOLOTHBT, to change the world, it is better for art to be beautiful than present a clear moral message86
🇪🇪 Tanel M.OOLOThis horse opposes the concept that it is better to let 100 guilty people go free than to jail an innocent person86
🇭🇰 Aniket G.CGMGTHBT, to change the world, it is better for art to be beautiful than present a clear moral message86
🇮🇪 Andy C.OGDPMThis House Would allow people to profit from their own reproductive processes (e.g. sale of oocysts and sperm, commercial surrogacy)85
🇪🇪 Kristjan S.OODLOThis horse opposes the concept that it is better to let 100 guilty people go free than to jail an innocent person85
🇬🇧 Fraser M.COMOTHBT, to change the world, it is better for art to be beautiful than present a clear moral message85
🇮🇪 Oisín B.OODLOTHBT, to change the world, it is better for art to be beautiful than present a clear moral message85
🇬🇧 Gareth Y.CGMGTHBT, to change the world, it is better for art to be beautiful than present a clear moral message85
Joshua S.OGPMThis House Would allow people to profit from their own reproductive processes (e.g. sale of oocysts and sperm, commercial surrogacy)84
🇭🇰 Aniket G.OGPMThis house prefers a World with only one currency84
🇮🇪 Oisín B.CGGWThis house prefers a World with only one currency84
Zoe M.COMOThis House Would allow people to profit from their own reproductive processes (e.g. sale of oocysts and sperm, commercial surrogacy)84