Dear WCA Community,

The WCA Major Championships Team (WMCT) is happy to announce that Raleigh, North Carolina, USA has been selected to host the 2026 WCA North American Championship.

This team has significant experience in organizing Major Championships, having recently organized Worlds 2025 in Seattle, Washington. The 2025 World Championship was a big step forward for the WCA in many different aspects and we are confident its success will translate into an amazing 2026 North American Championship in Raleigh.

The competition website for the 2026 North American Championship has been announced as well. You can check it out here.

You can view the application documents for the WCA North American Championship 2026 here

Raleigh was the only applicant for the North American Championship.

All the other Continental Championships were already selected and announced in previous post, see the post for these here: European Championship and South American, Oceanic, African, Asian Championships.

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Dear WCA Community,

We are happy to announce that Roman Wofford will become the new Leader of the WCA Competition Announcement Team (WCAT). Roman was already working as a Senior Member of the WCAT.

Roman was selected by the WCA Board and approved in a vote, as described in Section 5 of our Motion about WCA Committees and Teams. This appointment is effective as of December 18th, 2025.

We thank Zeke Mackay, who will remain as a Senior Member of WCAT, for the work he has done as the leader, and wish Roman the best of luck in fulfilling his new duties.

Roman was one of the two applications we received. You can view all the candidacy documents here.

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Dear WCA Community,

We are happy to announce that Kyle Kayden Hayles will become the new Leader of the WCA Communication Team (WCT). Kyle was already working as a Member of the WCT.

Kyle was selected by the WCA Board and approved in a vote, as described in Section 5 of our Motion about WCA Committees and Teams. This appointment is effective as of December 18th, 2025.

We thank Zain Ali Behzaad, who will remain as a Senior Member of WCT, for the work he has done as the leader, and wish Kyle the best of luck in fulfilling his new duties.

Kyle was the only applicant for the role, and his successful candidacy document can be found here.

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Dear WCA Community,

We are happy to announce that Sarah Strong will become the new Leader of the WCA Quality Assurance Committee (WQAC). Sarah was already working as a Senior Member of the WQAC.

Sarah was selected by the WCA Board and approved in a vote, as described in Section 5 of our Motion about WCA Committees and Teams. This appointment is effective as of December 10, 2025.

We thank Deni Mintsaev, who will remain as a senior member of the WQAC, for the work he has done as the Leader, and wish Sarah the best of luck in fulfilling her new duties.

Sarah was one of the two applications we received. You can view all the candidacy documents here.

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Dear WCA Community,

There will be an appointment of a new WCA Integrity Committee (WIC) Leader, as Shain Longbehn’s term is ending. We would like to thank Shain for the work he has done leading the Integrity Committee.

Candidates are expected to fulfill their terms (24 months) and to spend at least 8 hours per week on average to work for the Integrity Committee. The qualities expected of candidates are:

• Strong leadership skills
• Experience in conducting and overseeing investigations
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Commitment to confidentiality and ethical conduct
• Good judgment and decision-making skills
• Familiarity with WCA activities
• Excellent communication skills

The application period for candidates to submit their candidacy documents is from now until December 31, 2025, 23:59 UTC. Interested candidates can send the application privately to the Executive Assistant Team (assistants@worldcubeassociation.org), CC’ing the WCA Board (board@worldcubeassociation.org).

The candidacy documents must be in PDF format, and must include:

1. Brief personal introduction.
2. Summary of activities done for the WCA.
3. Ambitions as the WIC Leader of the WCA.

Candidates are additionally asked to send a copy of their applications which can be made public at the end of the application period.

The rights and duties of the WIC can be found in WCA Motion 10.2025.3.

After the application period, the WCA Board will interview the most qualified applicants, make a selection by voting, and announce the new Leader, as described in Section 5 of WCA Motion 10.2025.0.

Thanks for your candidacies and support,

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