World Cube Association
The World Cube Association is the organization that governs official competitions for mechanical puzzles operated by twisting groups of pieces, commonly called twisty puzzles. Its website is the central hub for competition schedules, rankings, records, athlete profiles, and live results for competitive cubing.1
Role in competitive cubing
The WCA sanctions competitions and publishes the official results and records for recognized events. Its public site links competitors to competition listings, rankings, records, personal profiles, statistics, multimedia, and developer exports, making it both the rules body and the public data hub for modern speedcubing.1
Regulations
The WCA Regulations are the rule set for all official competitions sanctioned by the organization. The April 1, 2026 version says the regulations contain the full set of rules for official WCA competitions and notes that, beginning with the July 17, 2025 release, the former separate regulations and guidelines were combined into one regulations document.2
The regulations require every competition to include a WCA Delegate and an organization team. They also require judges, scramblers, and score takers, and they place ultimate responsibility for regulatory compliance on the WCA Delegate.2
Events and records
The regulations define the official events contested in WCA competition and the framework for rankings and regional records. They also lay out procedures for scrambling, solved state, incidents, and event-specific disciplines such as blindfolded solving, one-handed solving, fewest moves, multi-blind, and head-to-head solving.2
References
- World Cube Association(accessed May 2, 2026)