The Board declares the decision final

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who has taken the time to engage in these discussions. We have carefully reviewed all of the emails, forums messages, and petitions, and we appreciate the passion that our community has expressed on this matter. The WCA Board of Directors have taken time to carefully review all of the feedback and reevaluate our original decision.

“Based on this process, the Board has affirmed the decision to remove Clock following the 2027 World Championship, as previously announced. This decision is final.”

This decision is driven by the factors supporting our original decision, along with all the feedback received since, including:

• Online feedback received from Volunteers and Community members;
• In person feedback received from Volunteers and Community members;
• Meetings with senior Volunteers at Rubik’s WCA North American Championship 2026 and Rubik’s WCA European Championship 2026;
• Detailed feedback provided by Team/Committee Leaders and Senior Delegates; and
• A vote by WCA voting members (Full Delegates and other senior Volunteers) to express their preferred outcome.

We appreciate the impact of this decision and know that it will not satisfy a portion of our Community. However, successive levels of input have shown a level of preference for sticking with the Board’s original decision despite public discourse showing more strong voices in favor of reverting the decision. In particular, WCA voting members preferred the original decision to alternatives during the recent vote. Although this is a difficult change, we continue to believe that it’s the right decision to set the WCA up for its best possible future.

Approaches to more formally reduce the status of some WCA events were not generally supported during surveys earlier this year. But following the announcement of Clock’s derecognition these “tiered” approaches were more widely suggested and discussed as potentially preferable options. The WCA will support an existing cross-functional working group considering the development of a framework that supports the changing of events, in line with our Strategic Plan.

“No further event changes are planned without a more transparent process and greater consultation.”

The WCA Board of Directors