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Yale Intervarsity 2025

Nov 1, 2025 · BP

Part of the Yale IV series →

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The field

Average

A standard open. Solid competition with a mix of experience levels.

120 teams (This edition), 140 teams (2024), 103 teams (2023), 121 teams (2022), 134 teams (2021)

Motions

Yale IV 2025 (2025)9 motions
  • Round 1This House Prefers significantly fewer Americans going to college
  • Round 2This House Regrets the rise in content warnings
  • Round 3This House Supports the increasing prominence of country music in the mainstream
  • Round 4THBT the EU should impose limits on corporate tax competition between member states.
  • Round 5This House Believes That the lottery-and-fee system for employee-sponsored H-1B visas should be replaced with an auction
  • QuarterfinalsThis House Believes That the valuation of major AI companies will decrease in the next 2 years
  • SemifinalsThis House Believes That the US should impose a full embargo on Venezuela until the opposition assumes power, rather than pursuing military action
  • Grand FinalTHO pessimistic narratives about American democracy
  • Novice FinalsThis House Believes That professional sports should adopt the athlete control model

What gets set here

Economics22%
Education11%
Social & Identity11%
Arts & Culture11%
Technology11%
International Relations11%

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You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

  • Economics · 22% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Arts & Culture · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

13% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.9.

Last edition: 16 of 120 teams broke.

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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

  • Open break16 teams
  • ESL break5 teams
  • Novice break10 teams

How scoring works here

75.3 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.2 and 78.3.

This is 0.4 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 83.4

Top-10 pace 80.2

Top-20 pace 79.6

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 1 edition.

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Malaysia IV 2026 (76.3)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇺🇸 Will R.DLOThis House Regrets the rise in content warnings87
🇺🇸 Tejas S.GWThis House Believes That the lottery-and-fee system for employee-sponsored H-1B visas should be replaced with an auction87
🇺🇸 Ryan L.MGThis House Believes That the lottery-and-fee system for employee-sponsored H-1B visas should be replaced with an auction87
Thej M.PMThis House Believes That the lottery-and-fee system for employee-sponsored H-1B visas should be replaced with an auction84
🇺🇸 Ryan L.MGThis House Regrets the rise in content warnings84
Thej M.PMThis House Regrets the rise in content warnings84
🇺🇸 Rahul K.DPMThis House Regrets the rise in content warnings84
🇺🇸 Diego C.DLOThis House Regrets the rise in content warnings84
🇺🇸 Richard C.LOThis House Regrets the rise in content warnings83
🇺🇸 Ryan L.PMThis House Supports the increasing prominence of country music in the mainstream83
Hidden debater · 2dm6MGThis House Regrets the rise in content warnings83
Ann W.MOThis House Supports the increasing prominence of country music in the mainstream83

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