LSE IV

89 days away · In person, London UK · BP

Ultra Premier

Expect the absolute best in the world to attend.

Based on the 2025 edition. This year’s field isn’t rated yet.

71 teams (2025), 70 teams (2023), 42 teams (2022)

Round 1This House Would Live Like a Rolling Stone
Round 2This house supports the issuing of Scottish "kilts"
Round 3This House Believes That the Painting Should Have Been Displayed with the Damage, Rather than Restored.
Round 4THW prioritise cutting staff from UN specialised agencies rather than from peacekeeping or humanitarian branches.
Round 5This House Believes that Women's Sports Leagues Should be Majority-Owned by Fans
QuarterfinalsThis House Prefers a World Without Private Land Ownership
Novice FinalsThis House Would enter the Painted World.
SemifinalsThis House Opposes the increasing prominence of affective/emotional labour within sex work (e.g. "girlfriend experience", etc.)
ESL FinalsTHS the implementation of emotional restrictions for all products and services where age restrictions apply (e.g. gambling, tobacco, etc.)
Grand FinalThis House Prefers a World in which smell was humanity's primary sense, instead of vision.

Comedy & Novelty30%

Arts & Culture10%

International Relations10%

Sport10%

Economics10%

Fiction10%

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

Built from what this tournament sets most. Import more tabs and this plan tunes itself to your weak spots.

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Comedy & Novelty motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Comedy & Novelty motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: This House Would Live Like a Rolling StoneMotion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Comedy & Novelty motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: Arts & CulturePull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.Tournament info ›

23% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.2.

Last edition: 16 of 71 teams broke.

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??.?–??.? estimated speaker score

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

75.8 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.3 and 79.3.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.8

Top-10 pace 80.0

Top-20 pace 79.2

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

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