We are happy to announce that we have a new Committee Leader. Henrik Buus Aagard will become the Leader of the WCA Competition Announcement Team (WCAT).
Henrik was selected by the WCA Board and approved in a voting among the current Committee/Team Leaders and Senior Delegates, following Section 4 of our Motion 10.2017.0 about WCA Committees and Teams.
We wish Henrik the best of luck in fulfilling his new duty!
The new Leader will be promoted immediately. Henrik Buus Aagard was among the five applicants we had and his candidacy document (and the others) can be found here if you are interested in viewing it.
List of the other candidates who applied:
- Jacob Ambrose
- Clément Cherblanc
- Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar
- Sam Spendla
There will be an appointment of a new WCA Regulations Committee Leader, since Laura Ohrndorf recently stepped down as the Leader of the WCA Regulations Committee. We thank Laura for all her hard work leading this Committee for the past years!
Candidates are expected to fulfill their terms (24 months) and to spend at least 10 hours per week on average to work for the Committee. The qualities expected of candidates are:
The application period is opened for candidates to submit their candidacy documents until October 23rd, 2018, 23:59 UTC privately to the WCA Board (board@worldcubeassociation.org).
Dear WCA Community,
As most of you know Red Bull has created their own series of speedcubing competitions in 2018 without the involvement of the WCA.
Their series has finished for this year with their finals in Boston, but they will surely continue for future seasons too. Regarding the 2019 season, we are in talks with them about a possible cooperation between the two parties. So far nothing has been decided, the negotiations have not yet started, but we wanted to inform you that we are in communication with Red Bull right now.
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 Cubing Kerala Aleppey Open 2018 will take place on November 17, 2018 in Alappuzha, Kerala, India. Check out the Cubing Kerala Aleppey Open 2018 website for more information and registration.
The Luisita Speedcubing Open 2018 will take place on November 24 - 25, 2018 in Luisita, Tarlac City, Philippines. Check out the Luisita Speedcubing Open 2018 website for more information and registration.
Vaishnav Nitesh won the Gravitas Cube Open 2018 with an average of 12.78 seconds. Madhava Rajan finished second (12.83) and Nitheesh Kumar Elangovan finished third (13.13).
The Basauri Open 2018 will take place on November 17 - 18, 2018 in Basauri, Bilbao, Spain. Check out the Basauri Open 2018 website for more information and registration.
The Northside Cube Day 2019 will take place on January 12, 2019 in Brisbane, Australia. Check out the Northside Cube Day 2019 website for more information and registration.
The Wuhu Open 2018 will take place on November 24 - 25, 2018 in Wuhu, China. Check out the Wuhu Open 2018 website for more information and registration.
The Pando City Open 2018 will take place on November 18, 2018 in Pando, Uruguay. Check out the Pando City Open 2018 website for more information and registration.
The Oculus Cube Open 2019 will take place on January 19 - 20, 2019 in Mumbai, India. Check out the Oculus Cube Open 2019 website for more information and registration.
Esedullah Ragimov won the CCC Kalmykia 2018 with an average of 11.45 seconds. Oleg Eminov finished second (12.43) and Saveliy Surikov finished third (13.00).
Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won the Spanish Championship 2018 with an average of 8.46 seconds. Marcos Aparicio Caro finished second (8.77) and Rafael Rodriguez Santana finished third (9.18).
Lev Holub (Лев Голуб) won the Ukrainian Nationals 2018 with an average of 7.67 seconds. Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) finished second (8.37) and Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі) finished third (8.49).
The Fargo Fall 2018 will take place on November 17 - 18, 2018 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Check out the Fargo Fall 2018 website for more information and registration.
The Arkansas Cubing Drive 2018 will take place on December 1, 2018 in Bentonville, Arkansas, United States. Check out the Arkansas Cubing Drive 2018 website for more information and registration.
The Santa Cruz Open 2018 will take place on November 18, 2018 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Check out the Santa Cruz Open 2018 website for more information and registration.
The Cluj-Napoca Big Blind 2018 will take place on December 8, 2018 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Check out the Cluj-Napoca Big Blind 2018 website for more information and registration.
The Gdańsk Side Day 2018 will take place on November 17, 2018 in Gdańsk, Poland. Check out the Gdańsk Side Day 2018 website for more information and registration.
Bernardo Torres won the Valencia Summer 2018 with an average of 8.78 seconds. Franklin Ronquillo finished second (11.34) and Rafael Antonio Sanchez finished third (12.27).
The CUTORY Autumn Open 2018 will take place on November 17, 2018 in 대구광역시 (Daegu), Korea. Check out the CUTORY Autumn Open 2018 website for more information and registration.
The Happy Spring MDQ 2018 will take place on November 17 - 18, 2018 in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Check out the Happy Spring MDQ 2018 website for more information and registration.
The La Tienda Cubera Christmas 2018 will take place on December 22 - 23, 2018 in Lima, Peru. Check out the La Tienda Cubera Christmas 2018 website for more information and registration.
