Dear WCA Community,
The WCA Board of Directors and Major Championship Team are excited to open bids for 2026 Continental Championships to be selected per procedures in Motion 22.2024.1. We would like to receive applications for the following regions for 2026 Continental Championships:

• Africa
• Asia
• North America
• Oceania
• South America

If you are interested in hosting one of these championships, please discuss with your country’s Delegates and Regional Organization. Please note that organizing a continental championship is a significant time commitment. Applications must be endorsed by a WCA Recognized Regional Organization. (Note: The WCA Board has proposed a change to Motion 22.2024.1, to accept applications from registered entities in regions not represented by a Regional Organization)

If you are interested, please send your application documents to assistants@worldcubeassociation.org, board@worldcubeassociation.org, and championships@worldcubeassociation.org, before August 31st, 2025, 23:59 UTC. Applications must contain the subject line “ bid for Championship 2026”. Documents must be sent in PDF format in two versions: one full version with all the details for the application, and another version with sensitive details (if any) removed to make public.

At a minimum, your application needs to address:

1. When would you like to hold the World Championship 2027

   • a. Possible dates.
   • b. Number of days of the competition.
   • c. Overlap with local school holiday periods.

2. Where would you like to hold the World Championship 2027 in your country?

   • a. City should be interesting to visit with ample sightseeing opportunities.
   • b. Ease of international, national, and local travel.
   • c. Availability of hotels/apartments with different price categories.
   • d. Venue, venue size, and venue setup (stage, audience, tables to practice, side rooms).
   • e. Technology available including internet capabilities, video streaming, lighting, sound equipment.
   • f. Number of competitors and spectators that can be hosted.

3. What would the organization team and competition volunteer look like?

   • a. Core team members
   • b. Experience of the core team.
   • c. Involvement of other parties.
   • d. Quantity and quality of local volunteers (guideline is 20% of competitors should be volunteers).
   • e. Required support by foreign Delegates.

4. What would be the competition budget?

   • a. Costs (venue, venue services, stage, equipment, decorations, website, badges/lanyards/gift packs, prizes).
   • b. Income (registration fees, local government).
     • Note: Your proposed budget should not assume any financial sponsorship from the WCA.

Previous public versions of Continental and Worlds Championship bid documents are contained in this folder. This Spreadsheet contains a fairly comprehensive list of topics that should be arranged and budgeted for a large competition.

We encourage all organization teams to reach out to WMCT. We are happy to answer questions, provide advice, or offer further resources to aid with your bid.

Once applications are closed, the WCA Board will appoint a selection committee, interview shortlisted applicants and vote in order to decide where the 2026 Continental Championships will take place.

We look forward to receiving your bid!

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The WCA Communication Team (WCT) is looking for new members! Interested community members of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Applications are open to everyone; it is not a requirement to hold a current position in the WCA to be considered.

​What does the WCT do?

The official rights and duties of the WCT are documented in WCA Motion 10.2024.1. The WCT has a variety of responsibilities including dealing with inquiries from general members of the public, working on social media projects, and maintaining and moderating the WCA Forums.

Where do you fit in?

​The team is split into various subteams, each focusing on various tasks. The positions the WCT is recruiting for are as follows:

Social Media: Do you like telling stories and bringing people together? Are you full of fun ideas to share the excitement of speedcubing with the world? If yes, then you might be a great fit for the Social Media subteam! In this role, you’ll work on all kinds of projects, like showcasing different regions and their WCA organisations, getting the speedcubing community engaged on social media, and more. We’d also love to hear your own ideas and help bring them to life!

Creative Media Production: We’re looking for people who can help with graphic design and video editing to support our current projects and take on exciting new ones. If you have skills in creating visuals, editing videos, or bringing creative ideas to life, we’d love to have you on the team!

​In addition to the above specified roles and responsibilities, the WCT has a variety of miscellaneous tasks which we are responsible for, which can include collaboration with other WCA Teams and more. Members are also expected to assist with general team duties, such as handling email enquiries.

The qualities and requirements expected of candidates are:

• At least 16 years of age as of August 1st, 2025
• Availability throughout the week – expected time commitment of 1-3 hours per week
• Ability to communicate fluently and professionally in English.

Candidacy documents must include:

• A brief personal introduction
• Summary of activities done for the WCA and the cubing community
• Motivation for joining the WCT
• Which position(s) you are most interested in

​Candidacy documents must be in PDF format. The application period is open for candidates to submit their candidacy document from now until August 10th, 2025, 23:59 UTC privately to Zain Ali Behzaad (sbehzaad@worldcubeassociation.org).

You can expect a reply to confirm whether your application is complete, and may receive a request for an interview with the WCT Leader and up to two other members.

If you have any questions about WCT work or the application cycle, you may email Zain (sbehzaad@worldcubeassociation.org)

Thank you for your interest in assisting the WCT and the WCA!

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Dear WCA Community,

The WCA Regulations Committee would like to inform you that the WCA Guidelines have now been merged into the WCA Regulations, bringing these important documents together. This change improves the accessibility of this information without changing the requirements in place at WCA Competitions.

A new version of the WCA Regulations, incorporating the content previously contained in the WCA Guidelines, has been published. This version is in effect for competitions beginning on, or after, July 17th, 2025.

You can review the changes made in this comparison on GitHub. You can click on “Files changed” to see the complete files of the Regulations and the former Guidelines, where all changes and additions are marked green and removals are marked red.

Changes include:

• Moving all former Guidelines into the Regulations
• Removing the Guidelines
• Updating cross-references to former Guidelines
• Amending the ‘Notes‘ header section to reflect the amended structure

The changes made are only structural, and no substantive changes to the procedures in place at WCA Competitions have been made at this time. The WCA Regulations Committee continues to work on the development of the WCA Regulations, and intends to publish the next update to the WCA Regulations to take effect for competitions beginning on, or after, January 1st, 2026.

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Dear WCA Community,

There will be an appointment of a new WCA Executive Assistants Team (WEAT) Leader. The WCA Board is currently overseeing WEAT, and recent team growth has created a need to formally appoint a leader.

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

• Solid knowledge of the structure and workflow inside the WCA
• Proficiency in English
• Good communication skills and proficiency in English
• A reasonable daily availability to deploy the duties
• Team and project management capabilities

The application period for candidates to submit their candidacy documents is from now until July 28th, 2025, 23:59 UTC. Interested candidates can send the application privately to the WCA Board (board@worldcubeassociation.org).

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

• Brief personal introduction.
• Summary of activities done for the WCA.
• Ambitions as the WEAT 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 WEAT can be found in WCA Motion 10.25.5.

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!

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Dear WCA Community,

The WCA Board together with the Major Championships Team (WMCT) is thrilled to officially announce that Uppsala, Sweden has been selected as the host city of the 2027 WCA World Championship.

The selection of Uppsala follows the highly successful Rubik’s WCA World Championship 2025 held in Seattle and marks a return to Europe for the WCA’s premier event, the first time since Paris hosted the Championship in 2017.

Sweden’s Regional Organization, SveKub, in collaboration with the WMCT, is committed to ensuring that the 2027 WCA World Championship reflects the spirit and talent within the speedcubing community. A WCA World Championship is a global gathering that unites our community as well as an opportunity to see the world’s best speedcubers compete and to crown the World Champions across all 17 official WCA events.

The Board and WMCT are looking forward to working with SveKub over the coming 24 months of intense preparation for the World Championships.

You can view the application document here. Sweden was the only applicant for this championship.

WMCT is happy to share that applications will soon open for all of the remaining 2026 Continental Championships.

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