Changes to the WCA event list.

[Thomas.Caleb]

If it being removed from the wca hampshire this weekend will be the last time i compete in clock cuz there is no point now

 

[MrCubert]

I highly doubt it will work but signed it anyway

It has 100+ signatures in 20 minutes

 

[-Cube Kid-]

It has 100+ signatures in 20 minutes

lol.

 

[Hazel]

My assumption is that a petition is unlikely to work, as they already ran polls and made their decision based on those results. Nothing wrong with trying though!

I should also add that I do believe this is a net benefit, as I think FTO has much more potential as an event than Clock. It's bittersweet, and I wish that clock wasn't being removed, but I'd rather it go than FTO not be added.

 

[Thomas.Caleb]

I mean the wca are 100% correct about the problems with clock but if they were going to do it they should have removed it 4 years ago when most people wanted it gone

 

[ILCubing]

Changes to the WCA’s List of Official Events (June 2026) | World Cube Association

The World Cube Association governs competitions for mechanical puzzles that are operated by twisting groups of pieces, commonly known as 'twisty puzzles'. The most famous of these puzzles is the Rubik's Cube, invented by professor Rubik from Hungary. A selection of these puzzles are chosen as...

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its joever

i was about to type a paragraph of really bad things but im not going to because im a good and bad person. all i have to say is, what the hell were they thinking? clock is super spectator friendly for most people, and its also the most beginner friendly event imo because it has no algs. what is the point, i dont see one.

 

[Thomas.Caleb]

i was about to type a paragraph of really bad things but im not going to because im a good and bad person. all i have to say is, what the hell were they thinking? clock is super spectator friendly for most people, and its also the most beginner friendly event imo because it has no algs. what is the point, i dont see one.

its not spectator friendly

 

[gsingh]

clock is super spectator friendly

This simply isn't true

 

[micow46]

what is the point, i dont see one.

The WCA says that Clock still has a high amount of incidents even after regulation changes, Clock is difficult to run, and spectators don't know what's going on, as per the statement they made.

 

[one_ace_of_cubes]

Ive spent so much time into this event, and when im getting good the wca decides to do this


But hey, make sure to sign this Petition to give clock a final chance

I signed it.

As someone who's spent so long practicing Clock to the point where it's become my main event (alongside 3x3), I don't want to see Clock get removed

 

[Thomas.Caleb]

The WCA says that Clock still has a high amount of incidents even after regulation changes, Clock is difficult to run, and spectators don't know what's going on, as per the statement they made.

They are 100% correct there

 

[mdcuber9]

I never thought this would actually happen…especially this soon…(for both FTO and clock). I really hate that they made this decision. It made sense to remove feet back then, but I never really thought the WCA would remove events ever again

 

[AJT17]

My assumption is that a petition is unlikely to work, as they already ran polls and made their decision based on those results. Nothing wrong with trying though!

I should also add that I do believe this is a net benefit, as I think FTO has much more potential as an event than Clock. It's bittersweet, and I wish that clock wasn't being removed, but I'd rather it go than FTO not be added.

Just adding this, they did not listen to the results of the poll; it is the WCA executives that are going against pretty much everyone else.
It's just like the Yiheng sliding incidents, where only a few people in the WCA don't want to remove the results or only want to implement frame by frame for future results. It was not the choice of the vast majority of the WCA but instead only a few people going over everyone else to make it happen. But as we saw with sliding, ignoring literally everyone saying otherwise did not go over well, and the WCA ultimately did the right thing and followed the vast majority and took down Yiheng's sliding results. I believe we might see a similar thing happen here, since they also went against the poll they made for this very reason, as well as the people who would understand this more than anyone else.
So if you want to try to fix this misuse of power, then be sure to sign the petition and voice your concern in the community, but be respectful, as we are still dealing with real people.

EDIT: Additionally, more people voted for the removal of 5BLD than Clock, so take that as you will.

 

[Thomas.Caleb]

Just adding this, they did not listen to the results of the poll; it is the WCA executives that are going against pretty much everyone else.
It's just like the Yiheng sliding incidents, where only a few people in the WCA don't want to remove the results or only want to implement frame by frame for future results. It was not the choice of the vast majority of the WCA but instead only a few people going over everyone else to make it happen. But as we saw with sliding, ignoring literally everyone saying otherwise did not go over well, and the WCA ultimately did the right thing and followed the vast majority and took down Yiheng's sliding results. I believe we might see a similar thing happen here, since they also went against the poll they made for this very reason, as well as the people who would understand this more than anyone else.
So if you want to try to fix this misuse of power, then be sure to sign the petition and voice your concern in the community, but be respectful, as we are still dealing with real people.


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The final sum of all wca staff and normal cubers did vote out as clock to removed.

 

[abunickabhi]

Why clock????

 

[AJT17]

The final sum of all wca staff and normal cubers did vote out as clock to removed.

I just added an edit, but 5BLD got more votes to be removed than clock did, so that's another point of the executives going over the board just to remove clock.

 

[Thomas.Caleb]

I just added an edit, but 5BLD got more votes to be removed than clock did, so that's another point of the executives going over the board just to remove clock.

But if you add them together clock still has more

 

[Thomas.Caleb]

I just added an edit, but 5BLD got more votes to be removed than clock did, so that's another point of the executives going over the board just to remove clock.

Also clock has a lot more reasons to be removed than 5bld

 

[CrossPetrus]

Let’s go!! I’ve been waiting for FTO to get added. FTO is a really cool event, and lines up well with the other events. And I love that they removed Clock, I‘ve hated that event. Clock never really fit in, and lowkey I think that Clock is just stupid. Out of all of the recent mistakes the WCA has made, they finally realized that they needed to listen to the community.

 

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interesting decision, i wasn't expecting this given how much support i've seen for clock lately

i guess i've heard some of the things mentioned in the statement, especially the thing with incidents, which to me makes it seem at least somewhat reasonable. i also think a lot of people will disagree on what is spectator friendly but i also thought that clock wasnt really spectator friendly

one thing i guess i notably thought about clock was that people became fast really fast. just looking at wca profiles, it looks like a few of the top clockers didnt take more than 2 years to become world class. to me this makes it look like clock doesn't take much effort (since i've been doing bigs only for 2.5 years and am still like 25-30 seconds from the top in 7x7 which i practice the most) then again i'm not a clock solver and have no idea how clock improvement works so i probably have no idea what i'm talking about

also i use 10mm and it feels like theres just no room for creativity not sure if thats the case for 7 simul but again i do not know what i am talking about

thing about wca executives is interesting i might look into that