WCA Guidelines



[ official:83ac1f5 ] Version: January 01, 2018

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Latest textual revision: May 29, 2018



WCA Regulations

The WCA Guidelines supplement the WCA Regulations. Please see the Regulations for more information about the WCA.



Numbering

Guidelines are numbered in correspondence with related regulations. Note that multiple Guidelines may correspond to the same Regulation, and some Guidelines correspond to Regulations that do not exist anymore.



Labels

To be more informative, each Guideline is classified using one of the following labels. Note that this should be treated as metadata, not as a description of importance.



ADDITION Additional information to supplement the Regulations.

Additional information to supplement the Regulations. CLARIFICATION Information to address any possible questions about the interpretation of the Regulations.

Information to address any possible questions about the interpretation of the Regulations. EXPLANATION Information that clarifies the intent of Regulations.

Information that clarifies the intent of Regulations. RECOMMENDATION Something that is not strictly mandatory, but that should be done if possible.

Something that is not strictly mandatory, but that should be done if possible. REMINDER Information that may be addressed by other Regulations/Guideline, but whose relevance is worth reiterating.

Information that may be addressed by other Regulations/Guideline, but whose relevance is worth reiterating. EXAMPLE An example of how to apply a Regulation.

Article 1: Officials

Article 2: Competitors

Article 3: Puzzles

Article 4: Scrambling

Article 5: Puzzle Defects

Article 7: Environment

Article 8: Competitions

Article 9: Events

Article 10: Solved State

Article 11: Incidents

Article A: Speed Solving

Article B: Blindfolded Solving

B1+) REMINDER Regulation 3k). This should be given special attention for Blindfolded Solving.

Regulation 3k). This should be given special attention for Blindfolded Solving. B1b+) RECOMMENDATION

Article C: One-Handed Solving

Article D: Solving With Feet

Article E: Fewest Moves Solving

Article H: Multiple Blindfolded Solving