World Cube Association

The Rybnik Open 2013 will take place on March 9, 2013 in Rybnik, Poland. Check out the Rybnik Open 2013 website for more information and registration.

The Arequipa Summer 2013 will take place on March 16, 2013 in Arequipa, Peru. Check out the Arequipa Summer 2013 website for more information and registration.

The Austrian Open 2013 will take place on May 4-5, 2013 in Vienna, Austria. Check out the Austrian Open 2013 website for more information and registration.

Results of the East Japan Big Cubes 2013 are now available.
Asian records: Yu Nakajima (中島悠) 5x5 Cube 53.11 (single).

Erik Akkersdijk won the ARGO Open 2013 with an average of 9.62 seconds. Bence Barát finished second (11.04) and Thomas Millen finished third (11.44).

The Berkeley Winter 2013 will take place on March 9, 2013 in Berkeley, California, USA. Check out the Berkeley Winter 2013 website for more information and registration.

The Danish Special 2013 will take place on March 30-31, 2013 in København, Denmark. Check out the Danish Special 2013 website for more information and registration.

Yudanis Taqwin Rohman won the Jember Open 2013 with an average of 15.83 seconds. Kevin Kaldera finished second (18.78) and Iqbal Habibi finished third (19.72).

The Rubikku Championship 2013 will take place on March 9-10, 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Check out the Rubikku Championship 2013 website for more information and registration.

The Murcia Open 2013 will take place on April 13, 2013 in Puente Tocinos, Murcia, Spain. Check out the Murcia Open 2013 website for more information and registration.

The German Open 2013 will take place on April 20-21, 2013 in Gütersloh, Germany. Check out the German Open 2013 website for more information and registration.

The Monticello Conte Otto Open 2013 will take place on April 20, 2013 in Monticello Conte Otto (Vicenza), Italy. Check out the Monticello Conte Otto Open 2013 website for more information and registration.

The Castellon Open 2013 will take place on March 16-17, 2013 in Castellón de la Plana, Spain. Check out the Castellon Open 2013 website for more information and registration.

Sergey Ryabko won the 100th Anniversary Meeting in Kyiv 2013 with an average of 9.29 seconds. Ivan Vynnyk (Іван Винник) finished second (9.37) and Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко) finished third (10.65).

Hendry Cahyadi won the Jawa Timur Open 2013 with an average of 10.45 seconds. Muhammad Jihan Khalilurrahman finished second (11.36) and Achmad Rizki Zakaria finished third (15.09).

Gabriel Dechichi Barbar won the São Paulo Open 2013 with an average of 10.63 seconds. Carlos Alberto de Alcântara Jr finished second (12.52) and Israel Machado Soares finished third (13.25).
South American records: Gabriel Dechichi Barbar 4x4 Cube 32.06 (single) 40.52 (average), 2x2 Cube 2.22 (average), Gustavo Maysonnave Franck 6x6 Cube 2:23.47 (single) 2:50.59 (average), 7x7 Cube 3:35.69 (single) 3:43.31 (average), Rafael Werneck Cinoto 3x3 with feet 41.03 (average), Walter Pereira Rodrigues de Souza 5x5 blindfolded 28:05.00 (single).

Leon Schmidtchen won the Hessen Open 2013 with an average of 9.95 seconds. Ramón Dersch finished second (11.02) and Björn Korbanka finished third (11.06).

The MIT Spring 2013 will take place on March 9, 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Check out the MIT Spring 2013 website for more information and registration.

Andrew Ricci won the Harvard Spring 2013 with an average of 9.72 seconds. Rowe Hessler finished second (10.36) and Louis Cormier finished third (10.97).
North American records: Louis Cormier Megaminx 51.02 (single).

Kristopher De Asis won the Vancouver Open, Winter 2013 with an average of 11.46 seconds. Ibrahim Vajgel-Shedid finished second (11.63) and Jacob Hutnyk finished third (12.75).

The Bandungan Mini Competition 2013 will take place on March 2-3, 2013 in Semarang, Indonesia. Check out the Bandungan Mini Competition 2013 website for more information and registration.

The Montréal Open 2013 will take place on March 23, 2013 in Montréal, Canada. Check out the Montréal Open 2013 website for more information and registration.

The Delhi Open 2013 will take place on March 4, 2013 in New Delhi, India. Check out the Delhi Open 2013 website for more information and registration.

The Slovenian Open 2013 will take place on April 20-21, 2013 in Maribor, Slovenia. Check out the Slovenian Open 2013 website for more information and registration.

The Serbian Open 2013 will take place on March 23-24, 2013 in Belgrade, Serbia. Check out the Serbian Open 2013 website for more information and registration.

The UAM Open 2013 will take place on February 22-23, 2013 in Madrid, Spain. Check out the UAM Open 2013 website for more information and registration.

The Winona Open 2013 will take place on April 27, 2013 in Winona, Minnesota, USA. Check out the Winona Open 2013 website for more information and registration.

Dear community,

On January 29, 2013 our fellow WCA member Raj Gala from India passed away due to Dengue fever. He was 18 years old.

Raj competed in 3 WCA competitions and was ranked #5 in India for Megaminx (single and average).

On the WCA Forum WCA delegate Gaurav Taneja and Raj's friends Yogesh and Bhargav write about Raj as a helpful and kind member of the Indian community.

Our thoughts and sympathy go out to Raj's family and friends.

Ron van Bruchem
WCA Board

Jorge Castillo Matas won the Molina Open 2013 with an average of 10.91 seconds. Guillermo Conde Gil finished second (13.90) and Alexander Olleta del Molino finished third (14.58).

Breandan Vallance won the Edinburgh Open 2013 with an average of 8.32 seconds. Alexander Lau finished second (8.63) and Joey Gouly finished third (11.81).