Dear WCA Community,
The WRC would like to inform you about the versions of the WCA Regulations and Guidelines, which are going into effect May 1, 2019.
You can review all changes in this comparison on GitHub. If you do not want to open all the individual changes, you can click on “Files changed” to see the complete files of the regulation and guidelines. All changes and additions are marked green and removals are red.
Round format changes:
Competition organization changes:
The China Championship 2019 will take place on July 26 - 28, 2019 in Hefei, Anhui, China. Check out the China Championship 2019 website for more information and registration.
The WCA Marketing Team is asking for membership applications with the primary task of handling the distribution of WCA Competition Gear. The responsibilities of these team members will be to receive equipment orders, re-pack the equipment for international shipping, and make routine trips to the post office.
Applicants must be based within the United States for this unique position. Otherwise, the applications are open to everyone; it is not a requirement to hold a current position within the WCA to be considered.
The CubingUSA Nationals 2019 will take place on August 1 - 4, 2019 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Check out the CubingUSA Nationals 2019 website for more information and registration.
The WCA World Championship 2019 will take place on July 11 - 14, 2019 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Check out the WCA World Championship 2019 website for more information and registration.
Hunor Mogyorósi won the Slovenian Nationals 2019 with an average of 8.11 seconds. Mattia Furlan finished second (8.85) and Lir Ukaj finished third (9.32).
Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez won the Tunas Open 2019 with an average of 8.55 seconds. Joaquín Infante Medrano finished second (8.83) and Marcos Meibel Corral Murillo finished third (9.45).
The Blind N' Feet Wisconsin 2019 will take place on June 15, 2019 in Waunakee, Wisconsin, United States. Check out the Blind N' Feet Wisconsin 2019 website for more information and registration.
The Speedcubing Academy Xelajú 2019 will take place on May 17 - 19, 2019 in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Check out the Speedcubing Academy Xelajú 2019 website for more information and registration.
The LYN Cubing Days 2019 will take place on August 10 - 11, 2019 in Winterthur, Switzerland. Check out the LYN Cubing Days 2019 website for more information and registration.
The Nacionales Uruguayo 2019 will take place on May 18, 2019 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Check out the Nacionales Uruguayo 2019 website for more information and registration.
Eric Pesci won the Utah's April Surprise 2019 with an average of 10.60 seconds. Adrian Guzman finished second (11.63) and Riley Workman finished third (11.99).
Antonio Gabriel Freitas da Silva won the Arnold Classic South America 2019 with an average of 8.08 seconds. Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho finished second (8.57) and Caio Hideaki Sato finished third (8.63).
Danila Lebedev (Данила Лебедев) won the Novosibirsk Planetarium Open 2019 with an average of 11.36 seconds. Dmitriy Shevchenko finished second (11.68) and Anton Nazarov (Антон Назаров) finished third (12.16).
Vladislav Kaminskiy won the Grodno Cube 2019 with an average of 8.89 seconds. Oleg Sechko finished second (9.99) and Vadzim Smirnou finished third (9.99).
Jakub Drobný won the Slovakian Spring 2019 with an average of 9.58 seconds. Marek Majerik finished second (9.89) and Tomáš Szyszkowicz finished third (10.38).
Ben Baron won the Israel Championship 2019 with an average of 8.28 seconds. Daniel Yakhkind finished second (10.14) and Shlomo Ben Shalom finished third (10.18).
The Jieyang Open 2019 will take place on August 11, 2019 in Jieyang, Guangdong, China. Check out the Jieyang Open 2019 website for more information and registration.
Xinyuan Fan (范歆远) won the FMC Shanghai 2019 with a mean of 26.67 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. Baiqiang Dong (董百强) finished second (28.67) and Bo Huang (黄镈) finished third (29.67).
Max Siauw won the SnoCo Feet Fest 2019 with an average of 7.75 seconds. Ethan Rusnak finished second (8.92) and Sameer Aggarwal finished third (9.59).
North American records: Aiden Bartlett Square-1 7.93 (average).
Dmitry Dobrjakov won the CCC Open Moscow 2019 with an average of 8.02 seconds. Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) finished second (8.17) and Mykyta Tytar (Микита Титарь) finished third (8.29).
The White City Cubing 2019 will take place on May 18 - 19, 2019 in Belgorod, Russia. Check out the White City Cubing 2019 website for more information and registration.
Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won the Changsha Spring Open 2019 with an average of 7.76 seconds. Jiekang Pan (潘杰康) finished second (8.38) and Yuxuan Guo (郭雨轩) finished third (8.88).
Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程) won the Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019 with an average of 8.61 seconds. Mulun Yin (阴目仑) finished second (8.67) and Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) finished third (8.77).
Asian records: Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) 2x2x2 Cube 1.25 (average).
Drew Brads won the Bekubes Gold 2019 with an average of 7.48 seconds. Andrés Irías Li finished second (9.10) and Miguel Angel Edelman Vindel finished third (11.20).
