Dear WCA Community,

With the term of Board Members Ethan Pride and Kerrie Jarman coming to an end, an anonymous election took place on June 1st, 2025. The election was conducted according to the WCA Motion: Election of Directors.

As Ethan has completed his third consecutive term, he is not eligible for re-election. Ethan’s term on the WCA Board of Directors will be concluded on July 1st, 2025. We thank him for his tremendous service as both a WCA Board member, WCA Chair, and WCA Executive Director.

The Board received the applications of:

• Abdullah Gulab
• Kerrie Jarman

We are happy to announce that the election was successful and that Kerrie was re-elected and Abdullah was newly elected member of the WCA Board of Directors.

These changes have become effective immediately.

The applications can be viewed here.

Source:: worldcubeassociation

Dear WCA Community,

The WCA is calling for applications trom suitable individuals to lead the WCA Software Team (WST). The current leader, Gregor Billing was appointed to the role in June 2021 and has served two consecutive 24 month terms. The WCA thanks Gregor for his exemplary leadership during this time. As Gregor’s role cannot be renewed for an additional term, an open-election is required as per the WCA Motion 10.2025.0. Gregor is permitted to reapply.

Candidates are expected to fulfill their terms (24 months) and to spend at least 10 hours per week on average to work for the Team. The qualities expected of candidates are:

Strong technical expertise (including experience with tools, frameworks and platforms used by the WCA e.g. GitHub, React, NextJS etc)

• Exceptional communication skills

• Problem solving skills

• High level of trustworthiness and responsiveness

• Project management experience

• Strong leadership skills

The application period is open for candidates to submit their candidacy documents until June 1st, 2025, 23:59 UTC. Interested candidates should send their application to the Executive Assistants Team (assistants@worldcubeassociation.org), CC’ing the 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 WST 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 WST can be found in WCA Motion 10.2024.11.

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

Thanks for your candidacies and support.

Source:: worldcubeassociation

Dear WCA Community,

The WCA Executive Assistants Team is seeking new members!

What does WEAT do?

The WCA Executive Assistants Team (WEAT) is a team that assists the WCA Board with administrative tasks. The rights and duties of the WEAT are documented in WCA Motion 10.25.5.

Requirements and expectations

The following are the expected requirements for applicant:

• Commitment of approximately 4-5 hours per week
• Strong organizational skills
• Good communication skills
• Trustworthiness

How to Apply

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

• Brief personal introduction
• Summary of activities done for the WCA Community
• Reasons you are fit for the role

The application period is open for applicants to submit their application document from now until May 25, 2025 23:59 UTC. Interested candidates should send their application to the Executive Assistants Team (assistants@worldcubeassociation.org), CC’ing the Board (board@worldcubeassociation.org).

Source:: worldcubeassociation

Heute mal ein Teil meines Scriptes das ich verwende im in die Geheimnisse einen 4x4x4 Cube’s und dessen Parity-Algorithmen einzusteigen.

Hier ist der Algorithmus den ich verwende für den „Two Corner Swaps – Adjacent“ Fall

4x4x4 -Zauberwürfel-Parity-Algorithmen – Two Corner Swaps – Adjacent