World Cube Association

World Cube Association

The Current of the World Cube Association.
Abbreviation WCA
Founder Ron van Bruchem, Tyson Mao
Type Sport Association
Headquarters World
Membership
 Free (Obtained after registering at your first Competition.)
Official language
 Any (depending on location)
Ilkyoo Choi (최일규), Pedro Santos Guimarães, Ron van Bruchem
Staff
 WCA Delegates: 68 (-Candidates)

The World Cube Association (WCA) is the worldwide organization that regulates and holds Rubik's Cube competitions 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".

Its current board members are:[2]

Member Country
Ilkyoo Choi South Korea
Ron van Bruchem Netherlands
Pedro Santos Guimarães Brazil

Its former board members are:[3][4][5]

Member Country
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 45,000 people from around the world have taken part in WCA events.

WCA Delegates

WCA Delegates are present at competition. Each competition requires 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. Hi 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: Name Role Region

Pedro Santos Guimarães 	Board Member	World (Brazil)
Olivér Perge 	Board Member	World (Hungary)
Ilkyoo Choi (최일규) 	Board Member	World (Korea / USA, Illinois)
Ron van Bruchem 	Board Member	World (Netherlands)

Name Role Region

Radu Făciu 	Senior Delegate	Eastern Europe & 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

Name Role Region

Bob Burton 	Senior Delegate	Eastern USA & Canada (USA, New York)
Dave Campbell 	Delegate	Canada
Kristopher De Asis 	Delegate	Canada
Micah Stairs 	Delegate	Canada
Arthur Adams 	Candidate Delegate	USA (Connecticut)
James LaChance 	Candidate Delegate	USA (Florida)
Chris Tran 	Candidate Delegate	USA (Georgia)
Mike Hughey 	Delegate	USA (Indiana)
Felix Lee 	Delegate	USA (Maryland)
Tim Reynolds 	Delegate	USA (Massachusetts)
James Hildreth 	Candidate Delegate	USA (Michigan)
Shaden Smith 	Delegate	USA (Minnesota)
Chris Braiedy 	Candidate Delegate	USA (Minnesota)
Kian Barry 	Delegate	USA (New Jersey)
Chester Lian 	Delegate	USA (North Carolina)
Jim Mertens 	Delegate	USA (Ohio)
Evan Liu 	Candidate Delegate	USA (Virginia)
Chris Hardwick 	Delegate	USA (Wisconsin)

Name Role Region

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

Name Role Region

Yohei Suzuki (鈴木洋平) 	Senior Delegate	Japan (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

Name Role Region

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

Name Role Region

Henrik Buus Aagaard 	Senior Delegate	Northern Europe & 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

Name Role Region

Tim McMahon 	Senior Delegate	Oceania (Australia)
Ray Li 	Candidate Delegate	Australia
David Lim 	Delegate	New Zealand
Dene Beardsley 	Delegate	New Zealand

Name Role Region

Nikhil Mande 	Senior Delegate	Southeast Asia & India (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

Name Role Region

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 / Russia
James Molloy 	Delegate	United Kingdom

Name Role Region

Chris Krueger 	Senior Delegate	Western USA (USA, Georgia / China)
James Hamory 	Delegate	USA (California)
Jeremy Fleischman 	Delegate	USA (California)
Michael Young 	Delegate	USA (California)
Shelley Chang 	Delegate	USA (California)
Vincent Sheu 	Delegate	USA (California)
Daniel Hayes 	Delegate	USA (Colorado)
Kit Clement 	Delegate	USA (Oregon / Michigan)
Casey Pernsteiner 	Delegate	USA (Texas)
Shonathon Collins 	Delegate	USA (Texas)
Zheng Li 	Delegate	USA (Washington)

Name Role Region

Donovan Hale 	Delegate	South Africa

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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:

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

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ New WCA board member
  2. ↑ "WCA Organisation". Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Gilles Roux retires as member of WCA Board
  4. ↑ World Cube Association • View topic - Tyson Mao retires as member of WCA Board
  5. ↑ World Cube Association • View topic - Sébastien Auroux retires as WCA board member
  6. ↑ https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/delegates

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