Dear WCA Community,

The Regulations Committee have started working on a new regulations cycle to take effect on January 1st 2027, and we are now requesting proposals from the community, in line with Section 1.1 of the Amendments of Regulations Motion. In order to submit a proposal, please make a forum post under the WCA Regulations category on the WCA Forum. Please include „[January 2027 Regulations]“ in the title of the forum post.

The WRC will consider all proposals that are submitted on or before July 25th, 2026, at which point we will start discussing and drafting proposals internally. We will publish our drafts for the next regulations cycle later in the year, for feedback from the Community and Volunteers. We will not be discussing any proposals submitted for previous regulation cycles, so Community members are welcome to submit proposals that have been discussed previously.

If you have any questions regarding the process, you may ask in the announcement forum post.

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Dear WCA Community,

The WCA Competition Announcement Team (WCAT) has updated the WCA Competition Requirements Policy to Version 5.5. You can view the full details of the updates on the Github PR. A list of all major updates are available below:

The addition of a “Quiet Championship”

Countries can now have a separate championship featuring Blindfolded events and Fewest Moves. For further information, please view this explainer document.

Qualification times can have a start date.

For competitions which require qualification times, the organisers can now set a start date of which the qualification results must have been achieved. This change is made to ensure that competitors may not qualify for a competition solely from an old result which does not represent their current skill.

Example: A qualification for 3x3x3 Blindfolded can be a single time better than 3 minutes that is set between January 1st 2020 and November 1st 2026.

For further information on smaller changes, please refer to the forums announcement.

If you have any questions regarding the changes to the WCA Competition Requirements Policy, please contact your local delegates or use the WCA Contact Form.

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Dear WCA Community,

Following recent changes to the WCA’s Board of Directors, the Board has refreshed appointments to the WCA’s Officer roles. Officer positions are specific legal roles related to running the WCA non-profit organization.

Dan Smith has been appointed as WCA Executive Director. Dan had previously been acting as the WCA’s Chief Operating Officer. This appointment better reflects Dan’s leadership across all WCA Volunteers and aligns his role with the structures in the WCA’s governance documents. There is no change to Dan’s day-to-day duties and responsibilities.

Abdullah Gulab has been appointed as WCA Chair. Abdullah was previously WCA Treasurer and WCA Vice-Chair.

Oliver Hexter has been appointed as WCA Secretary.

Sachin Arvind has been appointed as WCA Treasurer.

Glib Vedmid and Rubén López de Juan have been appointed as WCA Vice-Chairs.

With their Board terms coming to an end soon, Nick Silvestri has vacated the position of WCA Chair and Blake Thompson has vacated the position of WCA Secretary. The Board wishes to thank Nick and Blake for their service to the WCA through their Director and Officer roles.

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Dear WCA Community,

With the term of Board Members Blake Thompson and Nick Silvestri coming to an end, an anonymous election took place on May 1st, 2026. The election was conducted according to the WCA Motion: Election of Directors.

The Board received the applications of:

• Callum James Goodyear-Jørgensen
• Glib Vedmid
• Oliver Hexter
• Rubén López de Juan
• Sachin Arvind

We are happy to announce that Glib, Oliver, Rubén, and Sachin have been elected members of the WCA Board of Directors.

These changes have become effective immediately.

The applications can be viewed here.

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Dear WCA Community,

We are excited to introduce a new way to share volunteer positions across the WCA.

New Volunteer Position Board

All WCA Team Member positions will now be published on a centralized Volunteer Position Board via a link located on the WCA home page under “Volunteer”. Each listing will include role details and number of openings as well as application instructions and deadlines. Applicants can also easily compare open positions in one location. Click this link to view the current open positions.

This is a temporary solution for now to accommodate several Teams having expressed interest in attracting candidates. A permanent solution will be implemented as part of a new WCA website rollout later this year.

As part of this change, most individual volunteer positions will no longer be posted on the WCA Website or Forums. However, they will continue to be promoted via our Social Media channels.

Expanding the WCA Volunteer Base

This initiative is part of a larger effort to bring more volunteers into the WCA community. You don’t have to be a speedcuber to apply for a position or even know how to solve the Rubik’s Cube. You can be a family member, a friend, or just someone interested in growing our sport. Also, a number of positions require specialized skills such as: child safeguarding, bookkeeping, human resources, social media, software development, etc.

Recruitment for Team Leaders and Senior Delegates

Team Leader and Senior Delegate positions will continue to be recruited only through current volunteers via internal email channels. This ensures candidates have the experience required for these specialized roles.

We will also continue to publicly announce all new appointments.

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