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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Dear WCA Volunteers & Regional Organizations,

We are happy to announce that Kaidyn De Luca-Mazza has been appointed as the new Leader of the WCA Regulations Committee (WRC). Kaidyn was already working as a Member of the WRC.

Kaidyn 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 March 14, 2026.

We thank Carter Kucala, who will remain as a senior member of the WRC, for the work he has done as the leader, and wish Kaidyn the best of luck in his new role.

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

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Hi WCA Community,

Below you can find a summary of some of the notable cases the WCA Integrity Committee has worked on, as well as some general WIC updates from the past three months.
In the last quarter, the WCA Integrity Committee opened 12 cases and closed 16. This resulted in 5 bans and 4 warnings, while 7 cases ended with no action. Below, you can find summaries of some notable cases:

• The WCA Integrity Committee was made aware of serious concerns regarding a competitor, which also involved legal action being pursued. Although these incidents happened outside the sphere of the WCA and proceedings are still ongoing, the WCA Integrity Committee and WCA Board determined that precautionary action was warranted. With the prior approval of the WCA Board, the WIC issued a suspension from competing, attending official competitions and posting on the forum. The WCA Integrity Committee will monitor the legal proceedings and take the necessary actions once they are concluded.
• * With this in mind, the WIC would like to remind all community members that if you notice behavior that is inappropriate or violates our policies, please report such behavior to your local WCA delegates, as well as the WIC at integrity@worldcubeassociation.org. Our mission is to be able to serve as the confidant for disciplinary issues for the community, and we will always take these matters seriously.
• The WCA Integrity Committee was informed of a competitor who had been caught stealing puzzles from other competitors and engaging in disruptive behavior. In addition, the competitor had previously been involved in multiple minor incidents of a similar nature. The competitor was issued a ban from competing and attending official competitions.
• The WCA Integrity Committee was made aware of a competitor who was engaging in inappropriate behavior at a WCA competition. This behavior continued at other competitions after the competitor was warned by the WIC. The competitor in question was issued a ban from participating and attending WCA competitions.
• The WCT noted to the WIC that a competitor had made multiple posts on the WCA Forum that violated the WCA Code of Conduct, which were flagged and removed from public view. The competitor was issued a warning for these posts. The WIC would like to remind the WCA Community that all officially managed platforms, including the WCA Forum, are under the purview of the WCA’s Code of Conduct and to make sure to conduct themselves in these spaces accordingly.
• The majority of our cases this quarter involved the WCA Integrity Committee handling a number of incidents in which some competitors cheated in various ways, including:
• * Stopping the timer with their wrists before finishing the solve
• * Peeking under their blindfolds during blindfolded events
• * Applying moves during inspection
• Some competitors were banned from competing for these respective incidents, and the concerned attempts were disqualified.

General WIC updates:

• Since its creation, the WCA Integrity Committee has been working to create and update a variety of documents aimed at supporting the WCA Volunteers in safety matters. In light of the first incident described in this digest, the WIC Development Team will step up its efforts to develop training resources for ensuring the safety of WCA Volunteers, competitors and spectators at WCA competitions. The WIC recently received support to develop such resources, and we are extremely excited and eager to develop these with potential partners over the coming quarters.
• The WIC anticipates opening a new call for applicants soon to fill positions across all subteams. We should have more information to share closer to the end of the month. We highly encourage any interested community members to apply when the call for applicants opens!
• Swami Srinivasan (2015SRIN02) was recently appointed as Senior Member of the WCA Integrity Committee. He was also appointed as Leader of the Ethics sub-team. We congratulate him and wish him the best of luck in his new roles.
• Cade Beck (2018BECK05) was recently appointed as Senior Member of the WCA Integrity Committee. We congratulate him and wish him the best of luck in their new role.
• Glenn Koster (2022JRGL01) and Bertie Longden (2014LONG06) recently stepped down from their positions as WIC members. Thank you so much for your work Glenn and Bertie!

Do you have questions for the WCA Integrity Committee? Feel free to send us an email. Our inboxes are always open!

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