World Cube Association
The Current logo of the World Cube Association. | |
Abbreviation | WCA |
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Founder | Ron van Bruchem, Tyson Mao |
Type | Sport Association |
Headquarters | World |
Membership | Free |
Official language | Any (depending on location) |
Ilkyoo Choi (최일규), Pedro Santos Guimarães, Ron van Bruchem, Chris Hardwick, Luis J. Iáñez | |
Staff | 68 delegates (excluding candidates) |
Website |
worldcubeassociation |
The World Cube Association (WCA) is the worldwide organization that regulates and holds competitions for the Rubik's Cube and similar puzzles around the world. It was founded by Ron van Bruchem of the Netherlands and Tyson Mao of the United States.[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]
Its current board members are:[3]
Member | Country |
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Chris Hardwick | United States |
Ilkyoo Choi | South Korea |
Luis J. Iáñez | Spain |
Ron van Bruchem | Netherlands |
Pedro Santos Guimarães | Brazil |
Its former board members are:[4][5][6]
Member | Country |
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Masayuki Akimoto | Japan |
Oliver Perge | Hungary |
Gilles Roux | France |
Tyson Mao | United States |
Sébastien Auroux | Germany |
Tim Reynolds | United States |
Natán Riggenbach | Peru |
As well as these board members, the World Cube Association also assigns delegates who can organize official competitions. The presence of a delegate is required in order to make the competition official. Currently, over 50,000 people from around the world have taken part in WCA events.
WCA Delegates
WCA Delegates are present at competition. Each competition requires at least one WCA delegate. 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. The WCA distinguishes between WCA Senior Delegates, WCA Delegates and WCA Candidate Delegates. Additional to the duties of a WCA Delegate, a WCA Senior Delegate is responsible for managing the Delegates in their area and can also be contacted by the community for regional matters. Delegates are at first listed as WCA Candidate Delegates and need to show that they are capable of managing competitions successfully before being listed as WCA Delegates.
The WCA acknowledges the following members as delegates for official WCA competitions:[7]
Name | Role | Region |
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Pedro Santos Guimarães | Board Member | World (Brazil) |
Ilkyoo Choi (최일규) | Board Member | World (Korea) |
Ron van Bruchem | Board Member | World (Netherlands) |
Luis J. Iáñez | Board Member | World (Spain) |
Chris Hardwick | Board Member | World (USA, Georgia) |
Radu Făciu | Senior Delegate | Eastern Europe and Middle East (Romania) |
Ilya Tereshko | Candidate Delegate | Belarus |
Arash Maslehatjoo (آرش مصلحت جو) | Candidate Delegate | Iran |
Mehdi Pourmotalleb (مهدی پورمطلب) | Candidate Delegate | Iran |
Dror Vomberg | Delegate | Israel |
Adam Polkowski | Delegate | Poland |
Grzegorz Łuczyna | Candidate Delegate | Poland |
Piotr Kózka | Candidate Delegate | Poland |
Tomasz Żołnowski | Candidate Delegate | Poland |
Bogdan Grigoruţă | Candidate Delegate | Romania |
Vasily Stasyev | Candidate Delegate | Russia |
Petra Kobal Vogrinec | Delegate | Slovenia |
İskender Aznavur | Delegate | Turkey |
Roman Ostapenko (Роман Остапенко) | Delegate | Ukraine |
Artem Melikian (Артем Мелікян) | Candidate Delegate | Ukraine |
Bob Burton | Senior Delegate | Eastern United States and Canada (New York) |
Dave Campbell | Delegate | Canada |
Kristopher De Asis | Delegate | Canada |
Micah Stairs | Delegate | Canada |
Arthur Adams | Candidate Delegate | Connecticut |
James LaChance | Candidate Delegate | Florida |
Chris Tran | Candidate Delegate | New Hampshire |
Mike Hughey | Delegate | Indiana |
Felix Lee | Delegate | Maryland |
Tim Reynolds | Delegate | Massachusetts |
James Hildreth | Candidate Delegate | Michigan |
Shaden Smith | Delegate | Minnesota |
Chris Braiedy | Candidate Delegate | Minnesota |
Kian Barry | Delegate | New Jersey |
Chester Lian | Delegate | North Carolina |
Jim Mertens | Delegate | Ohio |
Evan Liu | Candidate Delegate | Virginia |
Chris Hardwick | Delegate | Wisconsin |
Ming Zheng (郑鸣) | Senior Delegate | Far East Asia (China) |
Danyang Chen (陈丹阳) | Delegate | China |
Donglei Li (李冬雷) | Delegate | China |
Fangyuan Chang (常方圆) | Delegate | China |
Hao Wang (王皓) | Delegate | China |
Xiaobo Jin (金晓波) | Delegate | China |
Chan Tak Chuen (陳德泉) | Delegate | Hong Kong |
Khatanbaatar Khandsuren | Candidate Delegate | Mongolia |
Jun-Yi Guo (郭君逸) | Delegate | Taiwan |
Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) | Candidate Delegate | Taiwan |
Rui-Jun Liu (劉睿鈞) | Candidate Delegate | Taiwan |
Yohei Suzuki (鈴木洋平) | Senior Delegate | Japan |
Kei Suga (須賀慶) | Delegate | Japan |
Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行) | Delegate | Japan |
Sakae Tokuda (徳田栄) | Delegate | Japan |
Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) | Delegate | Japan |
Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史) | Delegate | Japan |
Rafael Werneck Cinoto | Senior Delegate | Latin America (Brazil) |
Claudio Gonzalez | Delegate | Argentina |
Axel Lifschitz | Candidate Delegate | Argentina |
Éder dos Santos Silva | Delegate | Brazil |
Leandro Vasconcellos Alleoni | Delegate | Brazil |
João Gabriel de Aguiar Milani | Candidate Delegate | Brazil |
Felipe Andres Rojas Garces | Delegate | Chile |
Wilson José Duarte Espitia | Delegate | Colombia |
Juan Camilo Vargas | Candidate Delegate | Colombia |
Nestor Sanchez | Candidate Delegate | Dominican Republic |
Adrián Ramírez | Candidate Delegate | Guatemala |
Areli Rubí Gordillo Martínez | Candidate Delegate | Mexico |
Natán Riggenbach | Delegate | Peru |
Noel Yzaguirre | Candidate Delegate | Peru |
Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras | Candidate Delegate | Venezuela |
Henrik Buus Aagaard | Senior Delegate | Northern Europe and Baltic States (Denmark) |
Matias Rasmussen | Candidate Delegate | Denmark |
Ivo Kruusamägi | Delegate | Estonia |
Juho Saarimaa | Delegate | Finland |
Tomi Ronkainen | Delegate | Finland |
Hilmar Magnusson | Candidate Delegate | Iceland |
Kārlis Iskrovs | Candidate Delegate | Latvia |
Vidar Norstein Klungre | Delegate | Norway |
Gunnar Krig | Delegate | Sweden |
Kåre Krig | Delegate | Sweden |
Tim McMahon | Senior Delegate | Oceania (Australia) |
Ray Li | Candidate Delegate | Australia |
David Lim | Delegate | New Zealand |
Dene Beardsley | Delegate | New Zealand |
Nikhil Mande | Senior Delegate | Southeast Asia and India |
Akula Pavan Kumar | Candidate Delegate | India |
Ayush Kumar | Candidate Delegate | India |
Gaurav Taneja | Candidate Delegate | India |
Shubhayan Kabir | Candidate Delegate | India |
Siva Shanmukh Vetcha | Candidate Delegate | India |
Swaminathan Chandrasekaran | Candidate Delegate | India |
Alvin Febrianth | Candidate Delegate | Indonesia |
Cendy Cahyo Rahmat | Candidate Delegate | Indonesia |
Hoe Zi Yang | Candidate Delegate | Malaysia |
Glenn Mark Salgado | Delegate | Philippines |
James Benedict Cañares | Delegate | Philippines |
John Edison Ubaldo | Candidate Delegate | Philippines |
Zhou Yichen (周奕臣) | Delegate | Singapore |
Chatchawan Jaruwattanakun (ชัชวาลย์ จารุวัฒนกุล) | Delegate | Thailand |
Do Cong Toan | Delegate | Vietnam |
Trịnh Nguyên Anh | Delegate | Vietnam |
Daniel Sheppard | Senior Delegate | Western Europe (United Kingdom) |
Geert Bicler | Delegate | Belgium |
Jean-Louis Mathieu | Delegate | France |
Loïc Petit | Delegate | France |
Philippe Virouleau | Delegate | France |
Hippolyte Moreau | Candidate Delegate | France |
Philippe Lucien | Candidate Delegate | France |
Björn Korbanka | Delegate | Germany |
Sébastien Auroux | Delegate | Germany |
Lorenzo Vigani Poli | Delegate | Italy |
Matteo Colombo | Delegate | Italy |
Matteo Provasi | Delegate | Italy |
Stefano Bevacqua | Delegate | Italy |
Ton Dennenbroek | Delegate | Netherlands |
António Gomes | Candidate Delegate | Portugal |
Alexander Olleta del Molino | Delegate | Spain |
Javier Tirado Ortiz | Delegate | Spain |
Luis J. Iáñez | Delegate | Spain |
Oleg Gritsenko | Delegate | Switzerland and Russia |
James Molloy | Delegate | United Kingdom |
Chris Krueger | Senior Delegate | Western U.S. (Georgia, U.S., and China) |
James Hamory | Delegate | California |
Jeremy Fleischman | Delegate | California |
Michael Young | Delegate | California |
Shelley Chang | Delegate | California |
Vincent Sheu | Delegate | California |
Daniel Hayes | Delegate | Colorado |
Kit Clement | Delegate | Oregon and Michigan |
Casey Pernsteiner | Delegate | Texas |
Shonathon Collins | Delegate | Texas |
Zheng Li | Delegate | Washington |
Donovan Hale | Delegate | South Africa |
History
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.
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 lots of issues, due to the lack of good regulations. After the World Championship, Ron 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 70 different countries.
Events
Currently, the WCA offers competitions in 18 events. Not all of them are offered at every competition, but they are usually all offered at national and global competitions. The events are:
- 2x2 Cube (Pocket Cube)
- 3x3 Cube (Rubik's Cube)
- 3x3 Cube: One-handed (OH)
- 3x3 Cube: Blindfolded (3BLD)
- 3x3 Cube: Multiple Blindfolded (MBLD)
- 3x3 Cube: With feet (WF)
- 3x3 Cube: Fewest moves (FMC)
- 4x4 Cube (Rubik's Revenge)
- 4x4 Cube: Blindfolded (4BLD)
- 5x5 Cube (Professor Cube)
- 5x5 Cube: Blindfolded (5BLD)
- 6x6 Cube
- 7x7 Cube
- Square-1
- Pyraminx
- Megaminx
- Rubik's Clock
- Skewb
Additionally, some events have had their official WCA event status removed. They are:
- Rubik's Magic
- Master Magic
- Rubik's Cube: Multiple Blindfolded (old style)
- Rainbow Cube
- 3x3 No inspection
- Siamese 3x3
See also
Notes
- ↑ New WCA board member
- ↑ "About the WCA". World Cube Association. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ↑ "WCA Organisation". Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ↑ Gilles Roux retires as member of WCA Board
- ↑ World Cube Association • View topic - Tyson Mao retires as member of WCA Board
- ↑ World Cube Association • View topic - Sébastien Auroux retires as WCA board member
- ↑ "WCA Delegates". World Cube Association. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
External links
- Official WCA Website
- Official WCA Forums
- Official WCA Results
- Skewb will be an official WCA Event as of January 1, 2014