It is with great pleasure that we can finally announce that the World Cube Association has been recognized as a Non-Profit Organization! We have just received the Determination Letter from the Internal Revenue Service of the United States that confirms we are exempt from federal income tax under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3).
We would like to seize this moment to thank every one of you for your dedication towards our organization and our Mission through the years. It has been a long way since this journey began, but the best is yet to come!
We are informing you that the winning candidate to host the WCA World Championship 2019 is Melbourne, Australia!
We believe that their plan was the strongest among the four candidates and that their team will lead to a successful championship next year.
Thank you to the applicants from Brest, Belarus and Beijing/Guangzhou, China for their submissions. You can view all of the application documents here.
The WCA South American Championship 2018 will take place on December 15 - 16, 2018 in Poá, SP, Brazil. Check out the WCA South American Championship 2018 website for more information and registration.
The Larnaca Open 2019 will take place on January 12, 2019 in Larnaca, Cyprus. Check out the Larnaca Open 2019 website for more information and registration.
The Edmonton New Year 2019 will take place on January 5, 2019 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Check out the Edmonton New Year 2019 website for more information and registration.
Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won the Fuengirola Cubea 2018 with an average of 8.07 seconds. Marcos Aparicio Caro finished second (9.60) and Leonard Wetzel finished third (10.99).
The Elisa Kulma Open 2019 will take place on January 12 - 13, 2019 in Helsinki, Finland. Check out the Elisa Kulma Open 2019 website for more information and registration.
Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won the Hangzhou Open 2018 with an average of 7.62 seconds. Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) finished second (7.85) and Antoine Cantin finished third (8.48).
Myagmardorj Ulziijargal (Мягмардорж) won the Umnugovi Autumn 2018 with an average of 7.74 seconds. Munkhdelger Shinekhuu finished second (8.62) and Zayabaatar Batbayr finished third (9.88).
Philipp Weyer won the Luxembourg Open 2018 with an average of 6.81 seconds. Sebastian Weyer finished second (7.30) and Mats Valk finished third (7.50).
Dylan Miller won the Trinity Valley Open 2018 with an average of 7.90 seconds. Riley Norrid finished second (8.71) and Mahith Bandi finished third (8.83).
The Cojedes Cubing 2018 will take place on December 14 - 15, 2018 in San Carlos, Cojedes, Venezuela. Check out the Cojedes Cubing 2018 website for more information and registration.
Martin Vædele Egdal won the Kvissel Fall 2018 with an average of 8.07 seconds. Rasmus Stub Detlefsen finished second (9.63) and Daniel Vædele Egdal finished third (10.22).
Giovane Rubin Fioravanti won the Viva Vida SBC Open 2018 with an average of 10.13 seconds. Caio Hideaki Sato finished second (10.70) and Lucas Ichiro Yunomae finished third (11.95).
Emily Wang won the Dalhousie Open 2018 with an average of 9.36 seconds. Walter Duff finished second (10.07) and Liam Orovec finished third (11.06).
The Cusco Speedcubing 2019 will take place on January 5, 2019 in Cusco, Peru. Check out the Cusco Speedcubing 2019 website for more information and registration.
Aryan Chhabra won the BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2018 with an average of 7.61 seconds. Akash Rupela finished second (10.04) and Dhruv Arora finished third (10.50).
Michał Pleskowicz won the Les Automnales 2018 with an average of 7.05 seconds. Alexandre Carlier finished second (7.97) and Alessio Giuliano finished third (8.46).
Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won the Saitama 2018 with an average of 8.25 seconds. Asato Irifune (入船朝斗) finished second (8.46) and Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) finished third (9.23).
Asian records: Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) Square-1 7.74 (average).
The Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2018 will take place on December 9, 2018 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Check out the Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2018 website for more information and registration.
The Albany Winter 2019 will take place on February 16, 2019 in Albany, Wisconsin, United States. Check out the Albany Winter 2019 website for more information and registration.
The Eden Court Winter Open 2018 will take place on December 9, 2018 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Check out the Eden Court Winter Open 2018 website for more information and registration.
Feliks Zemdegs won the Odd Day in Sydney 2018 with an average of 6.31 seconds. Jayden McNeill finished second (7.55) and Bryan Eng finished third (8.93).
Michał Rzewuski won the Project Łuków 2018 with an average of 7.87 seconds. Piotr Tokarski finished second (9.14) and Kajetan Maślak finished third (10.48).
Kailong Li (李开隆) won the Maoming Open 2018 with an average of 8.46 seconds. Kai Su (苏锴) finished second (8.71) and Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) finished third (10.01).
