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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Dear WCA Community,

The WCA Regulations Committee would like to inform you about a new version of the WCA Regulations. This version will be in effect for competitions beginning on, or after, January 1st, 2026.

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

You can read a more detailed description of changes in this explainer document. Below is a summary of the changes in the new version of the Regulations.

Major Changes:

• Introduce Head to Head format changes
• Introduce Dual Rounds changes
• Change 3×3 Blindfolded format to Best of 5 changes
• Simplify Regulation 2i (electronics) changes
• Introduce Approved Timer List changes
• 5×5 & Megaminx misscramble requirements changes
• Allow certain extras to be scrambled on an unsolved puzzle changes

Minor Changes:

• Remove gender from 2c changes
• Remove Board discretion in 2e changes
• Remove stateless recognition changes
• Restrict 2s++ accommodations changes
• Remove 2t changes
• Clarify 3d1b color blind accommodations changes
• Add „reasonably“ to 3h2a changes
• Clock puzzle legality changes
• Forbid photographing scrambles changes
• Clarify intentional puzzle defects changes
• Clarify Square-1 scrambles changes
• Clarify recording no results changes
• Clarify record recognition changes
• Clarify record timing changes
• Clarify extra timing changes
• 9l1++ consistency update changes
• Clarify amending round format changes
• Restrict adding rounds after final changes
• Remove 10h changes
• Remove 11e1+ changes
• Clarify order of results changes
• Note attempt order for combined cumulative rounds changes
• Clarify one minute to start attempt changes
• Clarify Square-1 moves in inspection changes
• Clarify timer start hand position changes
• Change A5b assistance changes
• Change A6c default to +2 changes
• Clarify A6e (touching the puzzle after the solve) changes
• Clarify time format changes
• Add discretion to A7c3 penalty changes
• Clarify A7c8 attestation changes
• Remove A7g+++ example changes
• Clarify B3c exception changes
• Add discretion to FMC penalties changes
• Clarify penalty for revealing FMC scramble changes
• Clarify Multi-Blind latecomers changes
• Remove H1b1++ changes
• Generalize H1e changes

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We are happy to announce we have a new Senior Delegate, Abhimanyu Singhal, for USA & Canada.

Abhimanyu (“Manu”) was selected by the WCA Board by voting among them, following Section 4 of our Motion about Senior Delegates.

We extend our support and best wishes to Manu in fulfilling his new responsibilities. His term as Senior Delegate starts on November 18, 2025.

Manu was among two applicants we had for the Senior Delegate USA & Canada role. The candidacy documents can be found here.

In addition to Manu, the other applicant for USA & Canada was:

• Sarah Strong

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