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Western IV

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The field

Premier

One of the strongest fields in the circuit. Multiple nationally-ranked teams attend.

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

97 teams (2025), 97 teams (2025)

Motions from this series

Western IV 2025 (2025)10 motions
  • Round 1This House Supports the significant increase in constructive journalism at the expense of current focuses (crisis reporting, investigation journalism etc).
  • Round 2This House Supports the glorification of “maverick personalities” in sports.
  • Round 3This House Supports the rise of the Silver Economy.
  • Round 4THO the glorification of “moving on” (after the death of a loved one, from a long-term career, after the end of a relationship etc.)
  • Round 5This House Believes That the IMF should require countries to use major government enterprises as collateral to receive loans.
  • QuarterfinalsThis house, as an up and coming lawyer from a minority background in the US, would choose to be an 'adversarial lawyer' instead of a 'moral activist' lawyer
  • SemifinalsTHBT India should abandon its pursuit of strategic ambiguity in foreign policy
  • Grand FinalTHBT it is in the interest of humanity that the deity never returns.
  • ESL FinalsThis House Prefers anti essentialism over essentialism as the dominant norm.
  • Novice FinalsThis House Would tie public funding for colleges to their demonstrated class mobility outcomes (e.g. how much graduates improve their income or social status compared to their family background).

What gets set here

Economics20%
Media10%
Sport10%
Social & Identity10%
Law & Crime10%
International Relations10%

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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 · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Media · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

18% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.4.

Last edition: 17 of 97 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break17 teams
  • ESL break13 teams
  • Novice break7 teams

How scoring works here

76.8 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.8 and 78.9.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 82.2

Top-10 pace 80.2

Top-20 pace 79.2

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

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