Dear WCA Community,

The WCA Regulations Committee (WRC) has been hard at work over the past few months, and we have some updates to share with you!

General Updates

• In January, the team onboarded 10 new members, who have all been a huge help in continuing our operations. Congratulations to those members!
• We would like to recognize Jonas Balsfulland (Delegate Reports subteam leader) and Oliver Hexter (Regulations Development subteam leader), who have recently been promoted to Senior Member!
• 3 new Translations have been added since the most recent Regulations update. If you would like to assist in translating the WCA Regulations, please contact us!

Incidents Resolved in Q1

The WRC resolved incidents from over 100 competitions in Q1! A summary from some of the most notable incidents can be seen below, a few of which describe applications of Regulations in the most recent Regulations update:

Al-Madar Open 2025 - Competitor likely received a misscramble on a National Record attempt

Franconia Spring 2025 - Competitor thought timer malfunctioned after getting second DNF for timer start

German Newcomer Day 2025 - Missing signatures from the judge and competitor, video evidence was available but the judge could not be located

NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025 - Competitor checked if camera was on during inspection

Pampulha Open 2025 - Judge did not reset timer and recorded the previous competitor's time

PBQtah 7 2024 - Competitor got a DNF result on a timer that was not reset

PUCP Cubing Festival IV 2025 - Competitor stopped timer with potential karate chop

Rzeszow Open 2025 - Competitor entered the scramble area after scrambling started, but before his first solve

SacQuiet Winter 2025 - Competitor started a Multiblind attempt without a judge present

Santa Barbara Winter 2025 - Competitor realized the color scheme on their puzzle was swapped during their solve

If you have any questions about the application of the Regulations, please reach out to us at regulations@worldcubeassociation.org