World Cube Association

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World Cube Association
AbbreviationWCA
Formation18 October 2004 (2004-10-18)
Founders Ron van Bruchem, Tyson Mao
TypeSport Association
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, USA
Membership
Free
Official language
English
Ethan Pride, Blake Thompson, Kerrie Jarman, Michael Chai
Staff
Board of Directors,

12 Committee Leaders,

412 WCA Delegates (excluding trainees),

129 Committee Members
Website worldcubeassociation.org

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. Since the start of the WCA there have been over 10,000 competitions. 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.

Contents

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 March 2024, over 220,000 people from around the world have participated in WCA competitions [3] and over 10,800 competitions have been held. [4]

Board

Current board members

As of February 29, 2024 [2]
MemberCountryBoard 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]

Former board members

MemberCountryTerm
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
Somya Srivastava India July 2022 - January 2024

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 and acts as an appeals team for the WCA Disciplinary Committee.

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 facto Treasurer 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 yearly or bi-yearly. 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] The WCA Software Team (WST) is responsbile for bringing 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, which is currently on version 1.2.2 as of February 27, 2024, 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 April 18, 2024. [25]

Team, Committee or CouncilLeaderSenior membersOther members
Archive TeamWilliam Gan Wei Ren (Malaysia)Antoine Piau (France), Braden Richards (United States), Hippolyte Moreau (France), John Edison Ubaldo (Philippines), Louis Meunier (United States), Sherry Tao (United States), Stanislaw Ulbrych (Republic of Ireland)
Communication TeamZain Ali Behzaad (India)Chenxi Chan (China), Lauren Clement (United States), Ryan Simpson (United Kingdom)Albert Garriga Gea (Spain), Ben Wakelin (Australia), Hayden Ng (Australia), Mitali Bobdey (India), Ram Thakkar (India), Sherry Tao (United States), Thu Phuong Ngo (Canada), Tianyu Zhao (China), Trishan Gupta (India)
Competition Announcement TeamZeke Mackay (United States)Daniel Vædele Egdal (Denmark), Wilson Alvis (Indonesia)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 Papalotl Longbehn (United States), Sofía Guerrero Neto (Spain)
Disciplinary CommitteeShain Papalotl Longbehn (United States)Arthur Garcin (France), Carter Kucala (United States), Josete Sánchez (Spain), Jules Desjardin (France), Maria Beausang (Republic of Ireland), Matteo Dummar (Italy), Nicholas McKee (Canada), Sebastiano Tronto (Italy)Abdullah Gulab (Pakistan), Cade Beck (United States), Cass Hopkins (Australia), Ekaterina Kaneva (Russia), Glenn Koster Jr. (United States), Glib Vedmid (Ukraine), Ignacio Naval (Argentina), Mihnea Andrei Panţu (Romania) Saeed Mostafavi Layegh (Iran)
Ethics CommitteeStone Amsbaugh (United States)Georel Ulangkaya (Philippines)Franklin Pham (United States), Ivan Ros Godia (Spain), Shresth Shah (India), Zain Ali Behzaad (India)
Executive Assistants TeamLisa Kucala (United States), Peri Le Dain (Australia), Vicki Otsu (Australia)
Financial CommitteeRaymond Goslow (United States)Edward Hollingdale (Australia)Dana Londot (United States), Daniel M. James (India), James Chan Weng Yan (Singapore), Nantenaina Ralambomahay (Madagascar), Yinte Dik (Netherlands)
Marketing TeamSaransh Grover (India)Bradley Sampson (United States)Aidan Blackett (United Kingdom), Hargun Singh Tikku (India), Hariprasad CM (India), Hayden Ng (Australia), Katelyn Hinkley (United States), Mitali Bobdey (India), Nick Silvestri (United States), Victoria Opperman
Quality Assurance CommitteeDeni Mintsaev (Russia)Daniel Vædele Egdal (Denmark)Albert Garriga Gea (Spain), Calvin Nielson (United States), Dan Smith (United States), Elijah Brown (United States), Gennaro Monetti (Uruguay), Jode Brewster (Australia), João Vinícius de A. Santos (Brazil), Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (Malaysia), Nick Silvestri (United States), Tomasz Stawowy (Poland
Regulations CommitteeAntonio Kam (Hong Kong, China)Carter Kucala (United States), Ekaterina Kaneva (Russia), Gennaro Monetti (Uruguay), João Vinícius de A. Santos (Brazil), Lucas Garron (Germany)Agus Wals (Spain), Akshaansh Chilakapati (India), Anas Jethva (India), Andrew Tyberg (United States), Celine Tran (Norway), Han Wu (Chinese Taipei), Ishaan Lal (United States), Jonas Balsfulland (Germany), Kyle Kayden Hayles (United Kingdom), Nguyễn Hải Dương (Vietnam), Oliver Hexter (United Kingdom), Oliver Wheat (United Kingdom), Patrick Ponce (United States), Rubén López de Juan (Spain), Ryan Durette (United States)
Results TeamCallum James Goodyear (United Kingdom)Daniel M. James (India), Jacob Ambrose (United States), Oliver Hexter (United Kingdom), Sébastien Auroux (Germany)Brandon Reichman (United States), Eleanor Sinnott (United Kingdom), Ivan Ros Godia (Spain), James Holdsworth (Australia), Modest Podzolkin (Ukraine), Philippe Virouleau (France), Sam Spendla (United Kingdom), Simon Kellum (United States), Sukesh Kumar (India)
Software TeamGregor Billing (Germany)Alexandre Henrique Afonso Campos (Brazil), Duncan Hobbs (South Africa), Finn Ickler (Germany), Jonatan Kłosko (Poland)Cailyn Hoover (United States), Daniel M. James (India), Joseph Coppin (United Kingdom), Kevin Matthews (Canada), Meenakshi D. Nair (India), Richard Jiankun Peng (India), Simon Kelly (Republic of Ireland)
Sports Organization TeamEthan Pride (Australia)Chris Mills (New Zealand), Sam Spendla (United Kingdom), Sean Moran (United Kingdom), Soma Török (Hungary)
Advisory CouncilAbhijeet 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 Magic, Master Magic, and 3x3 with Feet were but are no 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]

Additionally, some events have had their official WCA event status removed. They are: [27] [29]


Some events also formally held unofficial status at WCA events and no records were ever kept of them. [30]

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.

EventTypeResultPersonCompetition (Date(s))Result details (Min:Sec.100ths)
3×3×3 Single3.13 Flag of the United States.svg Max Park Pride in Long Beach 2023 (11 June)—
Average4.48 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)Mofunland Cruise Open 2023 (19-20 June)4.72 / 4.72 / 3.99 / (3.95) / (5.99)
2×2×2 Single0.43 Flag of Poland.svg Teodor ZajderWarsaw Cube Masters 2023 (5 November)—
Average0.92 Flag of the United States.svg Zayn KhananiNew-Cumberland County 2024 (9 March)0.84 / (2.69) / (0.71) / 1.04 / 0.88
4×4×4 Single15.83 Flag of the United States.svg Max Park Nub Open Yucaipa 2024 (20 April)—
Average19.38 Flag of the United States.svg Max Park Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023 (19 March)(17.60) / 18.49 / 19.37 / (23.80) / 20.28
5×5×5 Single32.52 Flag of the United States.svg Max Park DFW Megacomp 2024 (26-17 March)—
Average35.94 Flag of the United States.svg Max Park UCSD Winter 2023 (16 December)37.37 / 35.13 / 35.32 / (32.60) / (40.31)
6×6×6 Single59.74 Flag of the United States.svg Max Park CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 (29-31 July)—
Average1:06.46 Flag of South Korea.svg Sueng Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)Daegu Cold Winter 2024 (3-4 February)1:08.52 / 1:02.67 / 1:08.18
7×7×7 Single1:35.68 Flag of the United States.svg Max Park Marshall Cubing September 2022 (24 September)—
Average1:39.68 Flag of the United States.svg Max Park Nub Open Yucaipa 2024 (20 April)1:36.19 / 1:38.19 / 1:44.65
3×3×3 BlindfoldedSingle12.00 Flag of the United States.svg Tommy CherryTriton Tricubealon 2024 (11 February)—
Mean14.15 Flag of the United States.svg Tommy CherryRubik's WCA World Championship 2023 (12-15 August)14.07 / 13.98 / 14.39
3×3×3 Fewest MovesSingle16 Flag of Italy.svg Sebastiano TrontoFMC 2019 (15–16 June)—
Mean20.00 Flag of Singapore.svg Wong Chong WenFMC Johor Bahru 2023 (17 September)20 / 21 / 19
FMC West Melbourne 2024 (14 April)23 / 18 / 19
3×3×3 One-handedSingle6.20 Flag of the United States.svg Max Park Marshall Middle Slice 2022 (27 August)—
Average8.62 Flag of the United States.svg Max Park Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023 (3 December)9.33 / (10.62) / 8.22 / 8.31 / (7.19)
Rubik's Clock Single2.40 Flag of Poland.svg Eryk KasperekCube4fun Lublin on WEII 2024 (20-21 April)
Average2.52 Flag of Poland.svg Eryk KasperekCube4fun Lublin on WEII 2024 (20-21 April)2.44 / (3.36) / 2.59 / (2.40) / 2.52
Megaminx Single23.18 Flag of Argentina.svg Leandro Martín LópezDi Tella Inspira 2024 (13 April)—
Average26.84 Flag of Argentina.svg Leandro Martín LópezNacionales Argentinas 2023 (1-3 September)(25.22) / 26.31 / 26.55 / 27.67 / (28.15)
Pyraminx Single0.73 Flag of the United States.svg Simon KellumMiddleton Meetup Thursday 2023 (21 December)—
Average1.43 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)Hangzhou Spring 2024 (2 March)1.67 / 1.34 / (1.72) / 1.29 / (1.29)
Average1.43 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)Xuzhou Open 2024 (30 March)1.36 / 1.46 / (1.05) / 1.46 / (1.51)
Skewb Single0.75 Flag of the United States.svg Carter KucalaGoing Fast in Grandview 2024 (23 March)—
Average1.53 Flag of the United States.svg Carter KucalaCanadian Championship 2023 (13-16 July)1.89 / (1.14) / 1.55 / 1.14 / (4.15)
Square-1 Single3.41 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan PilatWichita Family ArtVenture 2024 (2 March)—
Average4.91 Flag of the United States.svg Max SiauwStumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023 (22 July)5.32 / 4.60 / (6.26) / 4.80 / (4.58)
4×4×4 BlindfoldedSingle51.96 Flag of the United States.svg Stanley Chapel4BLD in a Madison Hall 2023 (28-29 January)—
Average1:06.46 Flag of the United States.svg Stanley ChapelPBQ and a Little Eggstra Oxford 2024 (30-31 March)1:01.14 / 1:04.03 /1:14.20
5×5×5 BlindfoldedSingle2:04.41 Flag of the United States.svg Stanley ChapelVirginia Championship 2023 (10-12 November)—
Average2:27.63 Flag of the United States.svg Stanley ChapelMichigan Cubing Club Epsilon 2019 (14 December)2:32.48 / 2:28.80 / 2:21.62
3×3×3 Multiple BlindfoldedSingle62/65 Flag of the United States.svg Graham SigginsBlind Is Back LA 2022 (26 June)62/65 57:47
A scatter plot of Rubik's Cube world records (single and average) against time. This depicts the improvement made over the years, as well as highlights records that stayed unbroken for an unusual amount of time. Progression of Rubik's Cube world records.png
A scatter plot of Rubik's Cube world records (single and average) against time. This depicts the improvement made over the years, as well as highlights records that stayed unbroken for an unusual amount of time.

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 was held in Incheon, South Korea from 12 to 15 August 2023. The next Championship is scheduled to be held in Seattle, United States in 2025. The 2021 World Championship was to be held in Almere, Amsterdam from 28 to 31 December 2021, already delayed [32] from its initial July dates due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before being ultimately cancelled by the association in August 2021. [33]

ChampionshipYearHostDate(s)NationsPuzzlesEvents3x3 WinnerAverageRef
I 1982 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 5 June1911 Flag of the United States.svg Minh Thai 22.95 [note 1] [34]
II2003 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto 23–24 August15914 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Knights20.00 [35]
III2005 Flag of the United States.svg Lake Buena Vista 5–6 November16915 Flag of France.svg Jean Pons15.10 [36]
IV2007 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 5–7 October281017 Flag of Japan.svg Yu Nakajima 12.46 [37]
V2009 Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf 9–11 October321219 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Breandan Vallance10.74 [38]
VI2011 Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok 14–16 October351219 Flag of Poland.svg Michał Pleskowicz8.65 [39]
VII2013 Flag of the United States.svg Las Vegas 26–28 July351017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Feliks Zemdegs 8.18 [40]
VIII2015 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 17–19 July371118 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Feliks Zemdegs 7.56 [41]
IX2017 Flag of France.svg Paris 13–16 July641118 Flag of the United States.svg Max Park 6.85 [42]
X2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne 11–14 July521118 Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Weyer6.74 [43]
XI2021 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Almere Cancelled-1117-- [44]
XII2023 Flag of South Korea.svg Incheon 12-15 August-1117 Flag of the United States.svg Max Park 5.31 [45]
XIII2025 Flag of the United States.svg Seattle 3-6 July----- [46]
  1. ↑ 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. 1 2 "New WCA board member". World Cube Association. 24 September 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "About the WCA". World Cube Association. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "WCA database export". World Cube Association. Retrieved 9 February 2024. See in table "Persons".
  4. ↑ "All Past WCA Competitions". World Cube Association. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024. All WCA Past Competitions (Might Take a Moment to Load)
  5. ↑ "Changes in the Board of Directors – July 2022". World Cube Association. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Changes in the Board of Directors – July 2019". World Cube Association. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Changes in the WCA Board of Directors (July 2023) | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Gilles Roux retires as member of WCA Board". World Cube Association. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 "Changes in the WCA Board". World Cube Association. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Tyson Mao retires as member of WCA Board". World Cube Association. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Tim Reynolds and Sébastien Auroux in WCA Board". World Cube Association. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "Sébastien Auroux retires as WCA board member". World Cube Association. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "Tim Reynolds retires as WCA Board Member". World Cube Association. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  14. 1 2 "New WCA Board Members". World Cube Association. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "Natán Riggenbach resigns from the WCA Board". World Cube Association. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  16. 1 2 "Changes in the Board of Directors (WCA Board)". World Cube Association. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  17. 1 2 "New WCA Board Members". World Cube Association. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  18. 1 2 "Changes in the Board of Directors – November 2017". World Cube Association. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  19. ↑ "Changes in the Board of Directors (November 2019) | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  20. ↑ "Changes in the Board of Directors – September 2018". World Cube Association. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  21. ↑ "Changes in the Board of Directors – September 2020". World Cube Association. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  22. ↑ "WCA Marketing Team Appliances & About". World Cube Association. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  23. ↑ "WCA Github Repository". World Cube Association. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  24. ↑ "WCA Workbook Assistant versions". World Cube Association. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  25. ↑ "WCA Teams, Committees, and Councils | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  26. ↑ "WCA Delegates". World Cube Association. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  27. 1 2 "WCA Regulations History". World Cube Association. Retrieved 1 May 2021. WCA Updated Regulations Page
  28. ↑ "WCA Regulations" . Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  29. ↑ "World Cube Association Competition regulations, history of changes" . Retrieved 28 August 2021. Final version for 2007: Article 9a/d
  30. ↑ "Remove Events that were never official · Issue #96 · thewca/worldcubeassociation.org". GitHub. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  31. ↑ "Records". World Cube Association. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  32. ↑ "Postponement of WCA World Championship 2021 (December 2020) | World Cube Association".
  33. ↑ "WCA World Championship 2021 Cancellation | World Cube Association".
  34. ↑ "World Rubik's Cube Championship 1982". World Cube Association. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  35. ↑ "World Rubik's Games Championship 2003". World Cube Association. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  36. ↑ "Rubik's World Championship 2005". World Cube Association. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  37. ↑ "World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007". World Cube Association. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  38. ↑ "World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009". World Cube Association. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  39. ↑ "World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011". World Cube Association. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  40. ↑ "World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013". World Cube Association. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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  42. ↑ "World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017". World Cube Association. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
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