 Current logo | |
| Abbreviation | WCA |
|---|---|
| Formation | 18 October 2004 |
| Founders | Ron van Bruchem, Tyson Mao |
| Type | Sport Association |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Membership | Free |
Official language | English |
| Ethan Pride, Blake Thompson, Somya Srivastava, Kerrie Jarman, Michael Chai | |
Staff | Board of directors, 10 committee leaders and 131 delegates (excluding candidates) |
| Website | worldcubeassociation |
The World Cube Association (WCA) is the worldwide non-profit organization that regulates and holds competitions for mechanical puzzles that are operated by twisting groups of pieces, commonly known as twisty puzzles (a subcategory of combination puzzles). The most famous of those puzzles is the Rubik's Cube. The WCA was founded by Ron van Bruchem of the Netherlands and Tyson Mao of the United States in 2004.[1] The goal of the World Cube Association is to have "more competitions in more countries with more people and more fun, under fair conditions."[2] In 2017, they started work to become a non-profit organization and on November 20, 2017, the state of California accepted the initial registration of the World Cube Association.
The organization is run by the board members. It assigns different teams and committees as well as delegates who can organize official competitions. The presence of a delegate is required to make the competition official. As of January 2024, over 210,000 people from around the world have participated in WCA competitions[3] and over 10,000 competitions have been held.[4]
Board
Current board members
- As of July 1, 2023[2]
| Member | Country | Board member since |
|---|---|---|
| Blake Thompson | United States | July 2022[5] |
| Ethan Pride | Australia | July 2019[6] |
| Kerrie Jarman | Australia | July 2023[7] |
| Michael Chai | United States | July 2023[7] |
| Somya Srivastava | India | July 2022[5] |
Former board members
| Member | Country | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Gilles Roux | France | October 2004 – November 2008[8] |
| Ron van Bruchem | Netherlands | October 2004 – July 2018[9] |
| Masayuki Akimoto | Japan | September 2005[1] – January 2012 |
| Tyson Mao | United States | October 2004 – August 2013[10] |
| Sébastien Auroux | Germany | July 2012[11] – February 2014[12] |
| Tim Reynolds | United States | July 2012[11] – December 2014[13] |
| Natán Riggenbach | Peru | September 2013[14] – August 2015[15] |
| Olivér Perge | Hungary | March 2015 – February 2016, July 2017[16] |
| Pedro Santos Guimarães | Brazil | March 2015 – July 2018[9] |
| Ilkyoo Choi | South Korea | September 2013[14] – July 2017[16] |
| Chris Hardwick | United States | July 2016[17] – November 2017[18] |
| Luis J. Iáñez | Spain | July 2016[17] – July 2018[9] |
| Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol | Spain | November 2017[18] – November 2019[19] |
| Chris Wright | United Kingdom | September 2018[20] – September 2020[21] |
| Bob Burton | United States | November 2017 - November 2021 |
| Henrik Buus Aagaard | Denmark | November 2019 - November 2021 |
| Saransh Grover | India | September 2020 - September 2022 |
| Callum James Goodyear | United Kingdom | September 2020 - January 2023 |
Structure of the WCA
WCA Board of Directors
The WCA Board of Directors (or simply WCA Board) is the leadership team of the WCA and its highest authority. WCA Directors are Officers of the WCA and also have the role of Full Delegate. The WCA Board is responsible for the WCA organization as a whole. They discuss issues that affect the WCA and advise the committees. The WCA Board oversees that the applications to hold WCA Competitions meet fair conditions to ensure equality throughout the World, and finally it approves and announces the competitions accordingly. After competitions, they read reports from the WCA delegates about competitions to be up to date on the WCA activity worldwide and take part in the discussion of any incidents that occur.
The Board is also responsible for helping the WCA fulfill its mission of “more competitions in more countries with more people and more fun, under fair and equal conditions.”
WCA Teams, Committees and Councils
WCA Communication Team
The WCA Communications Team (WCT) is in charge of overseeing and supporting communications. This includes answering general requests that are submitted via the WCA website and maintaining the WCA's social media accounts. The team responds to multiple emails a day regarding starting cubing competitions in new areas, what to do for people's first competition, big media requests about competitive speedcubing, and many other issues. Many requests are also forwarded to the appropriate WCA Team or Delegate if they are regarding a particular competition or region.
WCA Competition Announcement Team
The WCA Competition Announcement Team (WCAT) is responsible for approving and announcing WCA Competitions. They review and announce competition submissions to the WCA.
WCA Disciplinary Committee
The WCA Disciplinary Committee (WDC) investigates a variety of situations and proposes solutions including punishments when necessary. Among other topics, these situations could be serious violations of WCA regulations or community issues. These instances include cheating, general conduct, or disputes in the way that delegates and organizers run events. They are also responsible for issues that may occur in the WCA internally.
They can be contacted by WCA officials or community members to be made aware of possible violations at WCA competitions. Initial contact with the team is usually through emails or directly from any competitor or Delegate. If the Team Leader agrees that this case falls under the WDC's jurisdiction, a WDC case is initiated. The team attempts to correspond with everyone involved to provide an independent report for the investigation. Once a decision is made, they inform all relevant persons of any actions and make a public announcement if necessary.
WCA Ethics Committee
The WCA Ethics Committee (WEC) enforces the code of ethics.
WCA Executive Assistants Team
The WCA Executive Assistants Team (WEAT) assists the WCA Board of Directors.
WCA Financial Committee
The WCA Financial Committee (WFC) is responsible for everything regarding finances within the WCA. As an Advisory Committee, they manage the finances and accounts of the WCA by an approved annual budget proposal, which is also their work to provide regularly. Similarly, the Financial Committee pays invoices and taxes that are directed to the WCA, after consultation and with permission of the WCA Board. Every quarter, they report and advise the WCA Board on all finances of the WCA to give them a summary of the scope of financial possibilities and options that the WCA has. The leader of the WFC is the de factoTreasurer of the WCA.
WCA Marketing Team
The WCA Marketing Team (WMT) is responsible for managing WCA relationships with external partners as well as working closely with the WCA Brand. They are currently seeking help with WCA Merchandise, the WCA Gear Team, Sponsorships, and Contracts.[22]
WCA Quality Assurance Committee
The WCA Quality Assurance Committee (WQAC) is responsible for quality improvement.
WCA Regulations Committee
The WCA Regulations Committee (WRC) was founded to support the WCA Board in maintaining the WCA Regulations in 2011. Over the years, their area of responsibility has been broadened, they currently handle all issues which are related to the application, improvement, and development of the WCA Regulations. They support Delegates on any kind of procedural matters happening at competitions and decide on unresolved and uncovered incidents. The WRC regularly publishes WCA internal reports to help all Delegates and improve their knowledge of the Regulations. This includes regulation changes based on feedback from the WCA staff and the community, while also taking into account their insights and reports of incidents that occur during WCA competitions. New versions of the Regulations are published periodically. Another part of their work is to encourage members of the WCA community to create and maintain translations of the Regulations.
WCA Results Team
The WCA Results Team (WRT) is responsible for managing all data in the databases of the WCA, especially competition results and personal data.
The biggest regular task of the WCA Results Team is posting results of WCA competitions to the WCA website, once the Delegate of the competition has reported them. They check if the results were submitted correctly and if so, transfer them into the WCA results database. This work of the Results Team assures the data quality of the databases of the WCA. Each such posting procedure is ended by creating a public post on the WCA website, which are visible on the frontpage of the WCA website.
Apart from posting competition results, the WCA Results Team is also responsible for making corrections to competition results if necessary and they are in charge of administering all WCA profile pages. This includes changing user data, like dates of birth, according to verified requests and managing profile picture requests.
WCA Software Team
The WCA website is an open source project on GitHub.[23] They bring continuous improvements to the website frequently, to allow all of the community members to easily access and enjoy WCA content. Recently internationalization was implemented, so now people can use the WCA website in their native language. Other important milestones are the development of the registration system, and especially payments. The team keeps an eye on the website all the time to ensure it is permanently available and they react quickly whenever something is wrong.
The Software Team develops new software for various tasks within the WCA whenever needed. Thus, they created an app simplifying translating the website, to engage more people translating into their language. On 21 August 2012 the WCA Workbook assistant has released,[24] which is used by all delegates to submit the competition results to the WCA Results Team. The Software Team also updates the official WCA Scrambler, TNoodle, according to data provided by the WCA Regulations Committee if changes are needed. Additionally, they maintain and develop administrative tools for various Delegates, Committees, and board members on the WCA website.
WCA Archive Team
The WCA Archive Team (WAT) is an Advisory Committee of the WCA. This team has the role to oversee and support the development of an archive of the organization.
WCA Advisory Council
The WCA Advisory Council (WAC) establishes communication channels between the WCA Community and the WCA Board, providing direct feedback from Registered Speedcubers about the WCA's operations. Members of the WAC include both staff and community members.
Current Teams, Committees and Councils Members
Members are correct as of May 17, 2023.[25]
| Team, Committee or Council | Leader | Senior members | Other members |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication Team | Rui Reis (Switzerland) | Chenxi Chan (China), Lauren Clement (United States), Ryan Simpson (United Kingdom) | Albert Garriga Gea (Spain), Ben Wakelin (Australia), Lauren Phung (United States), Mikela Elleby Jørgensen (Denmark), Syed Zain Ali Behzaad (India), Tianyu Zhao (China), Vlad Hordiienko (Ukraine), Yash Budhiraja (India), Zongwei Sun |
| Competition Announcement Team | Wilson Alvis (Indonesia) | Daniel Vædele Egdal (Denmark) | Chris Martin (United States), Joyce Peh (Malaysia), Lars Johan Folde (Norway), Modest Podzolkin (Ukraine), Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (Malaysia), Ng Kang Zhe (Singapore), Peter Preston (United States), Roman Wofford (United States), Shain Longbehn (United States), Sofía Guerrero Neto (Spain), Zeke Mackay (United States) |
| Disciplinary Committee | Sebastiano Tronto (Italy) | Arthur Garcin (France), Christopher Morris (United Kingdom), Jules Desjardin (France) | Alexander Katyukov (Russia), Carter Kucala (United States), Josete Sánchez (Spain), Maria Beausang (Republic of Ireland), Matteo Dummar (Italy), Nicholas McKee (Canada), Samuel Baird (United States), Shain Longbehn (United States) |
| Ethics Committee | Stone Amsbaugh (United States) | Georel Ulangkaya (Philippines) | Franklin Pham (United States), Ivan Ros Godia (Spain), Lennon Hughes (Australia), Shresth Shah (India), Syed Zain Ali Behzaad (India) |
| Executive Assistants Team | Thaynara Santana de Oliveira (Brazil) | Lisa Kucala (United States), Peri Le Dain (Australia), Vicki Otsu (Australia) | |
| Financial Committee | Raymond Goslow (United States) | Edward Hollingdale (Australia) | Andrea Doerner (Germany), Daniel James (India), Pratik Poojary (India), Yinte Dik (Netherlands) |
| Marketing Team | Saransh Grover (India) | Aidan Blackett (United Kingdom), Bradley Sampson (United States), Hargun Singh Tikku (India), Hariprasad CM (India), Nick Silvestri (United States), Tine Kalač (Slovenia) | |
| Quality Assurance Committee | Daniel Vædele Egdal (Denmark) | Deni Mintsaev (Russia) | Bertie Longden (United Kingdom), Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (Malaysia) |
| Regulations Committee | Antonio Kam Ho Tung (Hong Kong) | Carter Kucala (United States), Ekaterina Kaneva (Russia), Gennaro Monetti (Uruguay), João Vinícius de A. Santos (Brazil), Lucas Garron (Germany) | Andrew Tyberg (United States), Celine Tran (Norway), Han Wu (Taiwan), Oliver Wheat (United Kingdom), Patrick Ponce (United States) |
| Results Team | Sébastien Auroux (Germany) | Callum James Goodyear (United Kingdom), Daniel James (India), Jacob Ambrose (United States), Sam Spendla (United Kingdom) | Brandon Reichman (United States), Eleanor Sinnott (United Kingdom), Ivan Ros Godia (Spain), James Holdsworth (Australia), Jungwoo Kim (South Korea), Modest Podzolkin (Ukraine), Oliver Hexter (United Kingdom), Philippe Virouleau (France), Simon Kellum (United States), Sukesh Kumar (India), Timo Norrkniivilä (Finland) |
| Software Team | Gregor Billing (Germany) | Alexandre Henrique Afonso Campos (Brazil), Duncan Hobbs (South Africa), Finn Ickler (Germany), Jonatan Kłosko (Poland) | Cailyn Hoover (United States), Daniel James (India), Deni Mintsaev (Russia), Joseph Coppin (United Kingdom), Kerrie Jarman (Australia), Kevin Matthews (Canada), Meenakshi Muralidharan (India), Richard Jiankun Peng (India), Simon Kelly (Republic of Ireland) |
| Sports Organization Team | Ethan Pride (Australia) | Chris Mills (United Kingdom), Nico Bezzerides (United States), Sean Moran (United Kingdom), Soma Török (Hungary) | |
| WCA Archive Team | William Gan Wei Ren (Malaysia) | Antoine Piau (France), Braden Richards (United States), Fiona Wang (Australia), Hippolyte Moreau (France), John Edison Ubaldo (Philippines), Louis Meunier (United States), Sherry Tao (United States), Stone Amsbaugh (United States) | |
| Advisory Council | Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (India) | Baha Alshwaiki (Jordan), Ivan Ros Godia (Spain), Logan Day-Richter (United States), Marcus Laurantzon (Sweden) |
WCA Delegates
WCA Delegates are members of the WCA who are responsible for making sure that all WCA competitions are run according to the mission, regulations, and spirit of the WCA. This means that a WCA Delegate needs to be present at every competition for it to be considered official. The WCA has four different types of delegates: WCA Senior Delegates, WCA Delegates, WCA Junior Delegates, and WCA Trainee Delegates. Beyond the duties of a WCA Delegate, a WCA Senior Delegate is responsible for managing the delegates in their area and should also be contacted by the community for regional matters. They are available to mentor the delegates in their area – especially when new communities are being developed. New delegates are listed as WCA Trainee Delegates at first and need to show their ability to manage competitions successfully before being listed as a WCA Junior Delegate. WCA Trainee Delegates will delegate their first competitions alongside more experienced delegates to get the hang of all responsibilities connected to delegate a WCA competition. WCA Junior Delegates can be promoted to a WCA Delegate after at least 1 year of successful work as a WCA Junior Delegate.
All acknowledged WCA Delegates, Junior Delegates and Senior Delegates can be found on their official Website.[26]
History
Pre-history (1999-2003)
In 1999, the first modern age speedcubers found each other on the Internet via Rubik's Games, a computer game with an electronic version of the Rubik's Cube. Chris Hardwick from Raleigh, NC founded the Yahoo! Group "Speedsolvingrubikscube" and the Unofficial World Records, a place where cubers could post their personal best times. Ron van Bruchem started speedcubing.com together with his friend Ton Dennenbroek, an avid puzzle collector.
Founding (2003-2004)
Because the cubers were living all over the world, they wanted to organize a competition at which they could all meet. In 2003, under the guidance of Dan Gosbee, they organized the Rubik's Cube World Championship in Toronto. This first modern-age Rubik's Cube competition was a huge success, but there were many issues, largely due to the lack of any regulations. After the World Championship, van Bruchem and Tyson Mao started organizing competitions in the Netherlands and Germany, as well as at Caltech in the United States. In 2004, they started the World Cube Association, which today has held competitions in more than 100 countries.
After the founding of the WCA, most competitions in the United States happened in prestigious colleges, though many happened in smaller high schools, middle schools, hotels, malls, amusement parks and other venues internationally. Some of the first official events included most current ones (see Events). However, 6x6, 7x7, and Skewb weren't events when the organization was founded, whereas and Magic, Master Magic, 3x3 with Feet did but are not longer events. [27]
Events
Currently, the WCA offers competitions in 17 events. Not all of them are offered at every competition, but they are usually all offered at national, continental, and global championships. The events are:[28]
- 3x3x3 Cube
- 2x2x2 Cube
- 4x4x4 Cube
- 5x5x5 Cube
- 6x6x6 Cube
- 7x7x7 Cube
- 3x3x3 Blindfolded (3BLD)
- 3x3x3 Fewest Moves (FMC)
- 3x3x3 One-Handed (OH)
- Megaminx
- Pyraminx
- Clock
- Skewb
- Square-1
- 4x4x4 Blindfolded (4BLD)
- 5x5x5 Blindfolded (5BLD)
- 3x3x3 Multi-Blind (MBLD)
Additionally, some events have had their official WCA event status removed. They are:[27][29]
- 3x3x3 No Inspection
- 3x3x3 Multi-Blind Old Style
- Rubik's UFO (appears in regulation)
- 3x3x3 Siamese Cube
- Rainbow Cube
- Magic
- Master Magic
- 3x3x3 With Feet
Some events also formally held unofficial status at WCA events and no records were ever kept of them.[30]
- 3x3x3 Speed Blindfolded
- 3x3x3 Three in a Row
- 3x3x3 Team Solve
- 3x3x3 Blindfolded Team Solve
- 2x2x2 Blindfolded
- Clock Blindfolded
- Rubik's Snake
- Mirror Blocks
- Rubik's 360
- 2x2x2 One-Handed
- Magic One-Handed
- Face-turning Octahedron
World Records
The following are the current official speedcubing world records approved by the WCA.[31]
Note: For averages of 5 solves, the best time and the worst time are dropped, and the mean of the remaining 3 solves is taken. For events where only 3 solves are done, the mean of all 3 is taken.
| Event | Type | Result | Person | Competition (Date(s)) | Result details (Min:Sec.100ths) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3×3 | Single | 3.13 |  Max Park | Pride in Long Beach 2023 (11 June) | — |
| Average | 4.48 |  Yiheng Wang |
Mofunland Cruise Open 2023 (19-20 June) | 4.72 / 4.72 / 3.99 / (3.95) / (5.99) | |
| 2×2×2 | Single | 0.43 |  Teodor Zajder | Warsaw Cube Masters 2023 (5 November) | — |
| Average | 1.01 | Zayn Khanani | Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023 (22 January) | 0.91 / 0.97 / (0.71) / 1.16 / (2.91) | |
| 4×4×4 | Single | 16.79 | Max Park | Bay Area Speedcubin' (3 April) | — |
| Average | 19.38 | Max Park | Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023 (19 March) | (17.60) / 18.49 / 19.37 / (23.80) / 20.28 | |
| 5×5×5 | Single | 32.60 | Max Park | UCSD Winter 2023 (16 December) | — |
| Average | 35.94 | Max Park | UCSD Winter 2023 (16 December) | 37.37 / 35.13 / 35.32 / (32.60) / (40.31) | |
| 6×6×6 | Single | 59.74 | Max Park | CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 (29-31 July) | — |
| Average | 1:07.11 | Max Park | Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 (12-15 August) | 1:13.88 / 1:07.13 / 1:00.33 | |
| 7×7×7 | Single | 1:35.68 | Max Park | Marshall Cubing September 2022 (24 September) | — |
| Average | 1:42.12 | Max Park | Marshall Cubing September 2022 (24 September) | 1:35.68 / 1:46.74 / 1:43.95 | |
| 3×3×3 Blindfolded | Single | 12.10 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Charlie Eggins | Australian Nationals 2023 (28 Sep - 1 Oct) | — |
| Average | 14.15 | Tommy Cherry | Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 (12-15 August) | 14.07 / 13.98 / 14.39 | |
| 3×3×3 Fewest Moves | Single | 16 |  Sebastiano Tronto | FMC 2019 (15–16 June) | — |
| Average | 20.00 |  Wong Chong Wen | FMC Johor Bahru 2023 (17 September) | 20 / 21 / 19 | |
| 3×3×3 One-handed | Single | 6.20 | Max Park | Marshall Middle Slice 2022 (27 August) | — |
| Average | 8.62 | Max Park | Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023 (3 December 2023) | 9.33 / (10.62) / 8.22 / 8.31 / (7.19) | |
| Rubik's Clock | Single | 2.61 | Tommy Cherry | CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 (17-19 June) | — |
| Average | 3.50 | Tommy Cherry | CubingUSA Nationals 2023 (27-30 July) | 3.29 / 3.86 / (3.27) / 3.36 / (DNF) | |
| Megaminx | Single | 24.12 |  Leandro Martín López | Río Cuarto al Cubo 2023 (8-9 December) | — |
| Average | 26.84 | Leandro Martín López | Nacionales Argentinas 2023 (1-3 September) | (25.22) / 26.31 / 26.55 / 27.67 / (28.15) | |
| Pyraminx | Single | 0.75 | Elijah Brown | Berkeley Winter A 2023 (21 January) | — |
| Average | 1.45 | Ezra Shere | Washtenaw Fast ‘n Late Fall 2023 (23 Sep)[32][33] | (1.82) / 1.42 / 1.42 / 1.50 / (1.38) | |
| Skewb | Single | 0.81 | Zayn Khanani | Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 (7-10 July) | — |
| Average | 1.53 | Carter Kucala | Canadian Championship 2023 (13-16 July) | 1.89 / (1.14) / 1.55 / 1.14 / (4.15) | |
| Square-1 | Single | 3.69 | Max Siauw | UW or U Don't 2023 (2 December) | — |
| Average | 4.91 | Max Siauw | Stumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023 (22 July) | 5.32 / 4.60 / (6.26) / 4.80 / (4.58) | |
| 4×4×4 Blindfolded | Single | 51.96 | Stanley Chapel | 4BLD in a Madison Hall 2023 (28-29 January) | — |
| Average | 1:08.76 | Stanley Chapel | Michigan Cubing Club Epsilon 2019 (14 December) | 1:02.51 / 1:14.05 / 1:09.72 | |
| 5×5×5 Blindfolded | Single | 2:04.41 | Stanley Chapel | Virginia Championship 2023 (10-12 November) | — |
| Average | 2:27.63 | Stanley Chapel | Michigan Cubing Club Epsilon 2019 (14 December) | 2:32.48 / 2:28.80 / 2:21.62 | |
| 3×3×3 Multiple Blindfolded | Single | 62/65 | Graham Siggins | Blind Is Back LA 2022 (26 June) | 57:47 |
World Championships
Every two years starting from 2003, the WCA holds the Rubik's Cube World Championships. The Championship ultimately determines the world champion of the puzzle. Every official event is held at the Championship. The Rubik's Cube World Championship requires extremely careful planning by several volunteers, as well as a large financial commitment to reserve the venue and make necessary preparations.[2] The latest championship is currently being held in Incheon, South Korea from 12 to 15 August 2023. The 2021 World Championship was to be held in Almere, Amsterdam from 28 to 31 December 2021, already delayed from its initial July dates due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before being ultimately canceled by the association in August 2021.
| Championship | Year | Host | Date(s) | Nations | Puzzles | Events | 3x3 Winner | Average | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1982 |  Budapest |
5 June | 19 | 1 | 1 | Minh Thai |
22.95[note 1] | [34] |
| II | 2003 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Toronto |
23–24 August | 15 | 9 | 14 | Dan Knights |
20.00 | [35] |
| III | 2005 | Lake Buena Vista |
5–6 November | 16 | 9 | 15 |  Jean Pons |
15.10 | [36] |
| IV | 2007 | Budapest |
5–7 October | 28 | 10 | 17 |  Yu Nakajima |
12.46 | [37] |
| V | 2009 |  Düsseldorf |
9–11 October | 32 | 12 | 19 |  Breandan Vallance |
10.74 | [38] |
| VI | 2011 |  Bangkok |
14–16 October | 35 | 12 | 19 | Michał Pleskowicz |
8.65 | [39] |
| VII | 2013 | Las Vegas |
26–28 July | 35 | 10 | 17 | Feliks Zemdegs |
8.18 | [40] |
| VIII | 2015 |  São Paulo |
17–19 July | 37 | 11 | 18 | Feliks Zemdegs |
7.56 | [41] |
| IX | 2017 | Paris |
13–16 July | 64 | 11 | 18 | Max Park |
6.85 | [42] |
| X | 2019 | Melbourne |
11–14 July | 52 | 11 | 18 | Philipp Weyer |
6.74 | [43] |
| XI | 2021 |  Almere |
Cancelled | - | 11 | 17 | - | - | [44] |
| XII | 2023 |  Incheon |
12-15 August | - | 11 | 17 | Max Park |
5.31 | [45] |
| XIII | 2025 | Seattle |
- | - | - | - | - | - | [46] |
- ↑ The 1982 World Championship used a Best Of 3 method to determine the winner, so Minh Thai's winning time is actually a single time.
See also
Notes
- 1 2 "New WCA board member". World Cube Association. 24 September 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- 1 2 3 "About the WCA". World Cube Association. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ↑ "WCA database export". World Cube Association. Retrieved 1 January 2024. See in table "Persons".
- ↑ "All Past WCA Competitions". World Cube Association. Retrieved 1 January 2024. All WCA Past Competitions (Might Take a Moment to Load)
- 1 2 "Changes in the Board of Directors – July 2022". World Cube Association. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ↑ "Changes in the Board of Directors – July 2019". World Cube Association. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- 1 2 "Changes in the WCA Board of Directors (July 2023) | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ↑ "Gilles Roux retires as member of WCA Board". World Cube Association. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Changes in the WCA Board". World Cube Association. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ↑ "Tyson Mao retires as member of WCA Board". World Cube Association. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- 1 2 "Tim Reynolds and Sébastien Auroux in WCA Board". World Cube Association. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ↑ "Sébastien Auroux retires as WCA board member". World Cube Association. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ↑ "Tim Reynolds retires as WCA Board Member". World Cube Association. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- 1 2 "New WCA Board Members". World Cube Association. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ↑ "Natán Riggenbach resigns from the WCA Board". World Cube Association. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- 1 2 "Changes in the Board of Directors (WCA Board)". World Cube Association. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- 1 2 "New WCA Board Members". World Cube Association. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- 1 2 "Changes in the Board of Directors – November 2017". World Cube Association. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ↑ "Changes in the Board of Directors (November 2019) | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ↑ "Changes in the Board of Directors – September 2018". World Cube Association. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ↑ "Changes in the Board of Directors – September 2020". World Cube Association. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ↑ "WCA Marketing Team Appliances & About". World Cube Association. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ↑ "WCA Github Repository". World Cube Association. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ↑ "WCA Workbook Assistant versions". World Cube Association. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ↑ "WCA Teams, Committees, and Councils | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ↑ "WCA Delegates". World Cube Association. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- 1 2 "WCA Regulations History". World Cube Association. Retrieved 1 May 2021. WCA Updated Regulations Page
- ↑ "WCA Regulations". Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ↑ "World Cube Association Competition regulations, history of changes". Retrieved 28 August 2021. Final version for 2007: Article 9a/d
- ↑ "Remove Events that were never official · Issue #96 · thewca/worldcubeassociation.org". GitHub. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ↑ "Records". World Cube Association. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ↑ "Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023 | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ↑ "Rankings | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ↑ "World Rubik's Cube Championship 1982". World Cube Association. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ↑ "World Rubik's Games Championship 2003". World Cube Association. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ↑ "World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007". World Cube Association. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ↑ "World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009". World Cube Association. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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- ↑ "World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013". World Cube Association. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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