World Cube Association
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The Current of the World Cube Association.
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| Abbreviation | WCA |
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| Founder | Ron van Bruchem, Tyson Mao |
| Type | Sport Association |
| Headquarters | World |
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Membership
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Free (Obtained after registering at your first Competition.) |
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Official language
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Any (depending on location) |
| Ilkyoo Choi (최일규), Pedro Santos Guimarães, Ron van Bruchem | |
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Staff
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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 |
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| Ilkyoo Choi | South Korea |
| Ron van Bruchem | Netherlands |
| Pedro Santos Guimarães | Brazil |
Its former board members are:[3][4][5]
| 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 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:
- 2x2 Cube
- 3x3 Cube
- 3x3 Cube: One-handed
- 3x3 Cube: Blindfolded
- 3x3 Cube: Multiple Blindfolded
- 3x3 Cube: With feet
- 3x3 Cube: Fewest moves
- 4x4 Cube
- 4x4 Cube: Blindfolded
- 5x5 Cube
- 5x5 Cube: Blindfolded
- 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
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/delegates
External links
- Official WCA Website
- Official WCA Forums
- Official WCA Results
- Skewb will be an official WCA Event as of January 1, 2014
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