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Allows countries to have two championships per year - one quiet and one main. This supersedes the previous FMC championship guidelines. Championships must now only have 3x3 as their main event, fixing inconsistencies with championships having no main event or FMC/3BLD for quiet championships
In line with recent communication from the WCA Board.
Qualifications may now apply to only results from a certain time period of at least 90 days ending on the qualification deadline.
A competition name is allowed if it is in a language other than English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish - the languages spoken in the greatest number of countries. Arabic is excluded since competition names already wouldn't be written in Arabic due to permitted characters.
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| 1. Exception: Two competitions may have the same Championship status if one of the competitions has only 3x3x3 Fewest Moves as an event and the other competition does not hold the event 3x3x3 Fewest Moves. The two competitions must be held in the same calendar year. | ||
| 3. A championship type for a region must only be assigned on the following basis, with each event held at most once per region per year. | ||
| 1. One competition per region per year is to be considered the Main Championship for the region and is permitted to hold any events. This competition must hold 3x3x3 Cube. | ||
| 2. A competition to be considered the Quiet Championship may be held. This competition is permitted to hold any combination of the following events: 3x3x3 Blindfolded, 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, 4x4x4 Blindfolded, 5x5x5 Blindfolded, and 3x3x3 Multi-Blind. |
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| 2. A competition to be considered the Quiet Championship may be held. This competition is permitted to hold any combination of the following events: 3x3x3 Blindfolded, 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, 4x4x4 Blindfolded, 5x5x5 Blindfolded, and 3x3x3 Multi-Blind. | |
| 2. If a Main Championship is held, one competition per region per year may be designated as the Quiet Championship for the region. This competition is permitted to hold any combination of the following events: 3x3x3 Blindfolded, 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, 4x4x4 Blindfolded, 5x5x5 Blindfolded, and 3x3x3 Multi-Blind. |
Clarify and align with Main Championship / Fewest Moves Championship
| 3. A championship type for a region must only be assigned to one competition in a year. | ||
| 1. Exception: Two competitions may have the same Championship status if one of the competitions has only 3x3x3 Fewest Moves as an event and the other competition does not hold the event 3x3x3 Fewest Moves. The two competitions must be held in the same calendar year. | ||
| 3. A championship type for a region must only be assigned on the following basis, with each event held at most once per region per year. | ||
| 1. One competition per region per year is to be considered the Main Championship for the region and is permitted to hold any events. This competition must hold 3x3x3 Cube. |
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| 1. One competition per region per year is to be considered the Main Championship for the region and is permitted to hold any events. This competition must hold 3x3x3 Cube. | |
| 1. One competition per region per year may be designated as the Main Championship for the region. This competition is permitted to hold any events. This competition must hold 3x3x3 Cube. |
Clarify and align with Quiet Championship / Fewest Moves Championship
| 1. One competition per region per year is to be considered the Main Championship for the region and is permitted to hold any events. This competition must hold 3x3x3 Cube. | ||
| 2. A competition to be considered the Quiet Championship may be held. This competition is permitted to hold any combination of the following events: 3x3x3 Blindfolded, 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, 4x4x4 Blindfolded, 5x5x5 Blindfolded, and 3x3x3 Multi-Blind. | ||
| 1. Any of the listed events may also be held at the Main Championship, at the discretion of the organization team. | ||
| 3. If a Main Championship is also present, a competition to be considered the Fewest Moves Championship may be held. This competition is permitted to hold only the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. |
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| 3. If a Main Championship is also present, a competition to be considered the Fewest Moves Championship may be held. This competition is permitted to hold only the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. | |
| 3. If a Main Championship is held, one competition per region per year may be designated as the Fewest Moves Championship for the region. This competition is permitted to hold only the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. |
Clarify and align with Main Championship / Quiet Championship
| 2. A registration period for the competition must have a minimum of 24 hours before it closes. | ||
| 3. The competitor limit must not be completely filled. | ||
| 5. The Delegate may request to hold a Head to Head round. | ||
| 1. The Head to Head round must follow Article I of the WCA Regulations |
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| 1. The Head to Head round must follow Article I of the WCA Regulations |
Remove: Redundant to Point 2 of the WCA Competition Requirements section. Relevant Regulations also mentioned in previous suggestion.
| 4. The registration requirements may include the deadline for adding registered events for competitors with completed registrations. | ||
| 1. If there is a deadline, it must not be earlier than the time registration is set to close. | ||
| 2. The deadline for adding registered events may be left blank, in which competitors may add registered events up until an event takes place. | ||
| 1. If this deadline is left blank and a competitor wishes to add a registered event after the round has started, it may be approved at the delegate's discretion. |
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| 1. If this deadline is left blank and a competitor wishes to add a registered event after the round has started, it may be approved at the delegate's discretion. | |
| 1. If this deadline is left blank and a competitor wishes to add a registered event after the round has started, it may be added at the Delegate's discretion. |
Clarify verb, apply usual capitalization.
| 2. If any location of such competitions is closer than 10 km to any other competition, then: | ||
| 1. both competitions should be at least 5 days apart, or | ||
| 2. the other competition must not have the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. | ||
| 2. The proximity policy applies to each location of a simultaneous competition. |
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| 2. The proximity policy applies to each location of a simultaneous competition. | |
| 2. The proximity requirements in section 2.2.3 of the Announcement Criteria apply to each location of a simultaneous competition. |
"Proximity policy" is informal, it's part of WCRP and not an official WCA Policy.
| 4. Be open to all competitors and spectators who wish to attend, up to the maximum capacity stated on the website or otherwise permitted by the venue. | ||
| 1. Any restrictions placed on competitors and/or spectators who can attend must be publicly outlined in the competition information section and approved by the WCA Board or WCA Competition Announcement Team. | ||
| 2. Individuals suspended from attending WCA sanctioned competitions must not attend any WCA sanctioned competitions until the period of their suspension has expired (see 1.1 of Suspensions and other Sanctions). | ||
| 1. The WCA Integrity Committee may cancel the registrations of competitors for upcoming competitions when they are sanctioned. |
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| 1. The WCA Integrity Committee may cancel the registrations of competitors for upcoming competitions when they are sanctioned. | |
| 1. The WCA Integrity Committee may cancel the registrations of suspended competitors for upcoming competitions while they are suspended. |
"Sanctioned" gets a little confusing this in this context, as it was just used to reference the recognition of competitions and is now used to refer to suspensions.
| 1. Exception: a qualification requirement for the entire competition may be having competed in at least one WCA competition. | ||
| 2. Exception: Any success in a Blindfolded event may be used as a qualification result for other blind events. | ||
| 1. Exception: a qualification requirement for the entire competition may be having competed in at least one WCA competition. | ||
| 2. Exception: Any success in a Blindfolded event may be used as a qualification result for other blind events. |
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| 2. Exception: Any success in a Blindfolded event may be used as a qualification result for other blind events. | |
| 2. Exception: Any success in a blindfolded event may be used as a qualification result for other blindfolded events. |
Align capitalization and wording with usual usage.
| 1. The competition is at least 5 days away. | ||
| 2. A registration period for the competition must have a minimum of 24 hours before it closes. | ||
| 3. The competitor limit must not be completely filled. | ||
| 5. The Delegate may request to hold a Head to Head round. |
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| 5. The Delegate may request to hold a Head to Head round. | |
| 5. The Delegate may request to hold Head to Head rounds in accordance with Article I of the WCA Regulations. |
Clarify that this refers to the official H2H format, and not old-style H2H rounds.
Plural acknowledges that there may be a H2H rounds for multiple events, singular suggests only one is permitted.
| 4. An additional selection process is conducted by the WCA Board for organizing Continental and World Championships. | ||
| 5. If a championship type is being assigned to a competition, a Main Championship must be present, and optionally a Quiet Championship and/or a Fewest Moves Championship. | ||
| 6. Only 3x3x3 Cube may be the main event for a championship competition. | ||
| 1. If present, the Quiet Championship and/or Fewest Moves Championship must have no main event. |
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Redundant, since these competitions can't hold 3x3, but not harmful to keep for clarity.
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