Yale IV

68 days away · In Person, New Haven, CT · BP

Part of the Yale IV series →

The field

Average

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

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

120 teams (2025), 140 teams (2024), 103 teams (2023), 121 teams (2022)

Motions from this series

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%

Practice Economics motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›

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

This week's plan

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 Economics motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Economics 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 Prefers significantly fewer Americans going to collegeMotion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Economics motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: EducationPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

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.

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.

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