1a)
A competition must have the following officials: an organisation team (with one or more members), a WCA delegate, a main judge per event, judges, scramblers and score takers.
1b)
The organisation team of a competition is responsible for:
- 1b1) Making all arrangements before and during the competition.
- 1b2) Making a printed or electronic version of the WCA regulations available at the competition.
1c)
The WCA delegate for a competition is responsible for:
- 1c1) Reporting to the WCA Board about whether the full WCA regulations were followed during the competition. Reports must be available within one week after the competition.
- 1c2) Reporting to the WCA Board about the overall course of the competition, and about incidents. Reports must be available within one week after the competition.
- 1c3) Sending the competition results to the WCA Board. Results should be available at the end of the last day of the competition.
- 1c4) Sending corrections to the competition results to the WCA Board. Corrections should be available within one week after the competition.
- 1c5) Advising the other officials when needed.
- 1c6) Approving all events and event formats of a competition, before the competition starts and when changes are needed during the competition.
- 1c7) Decisions on disqualification of a competitor for the competition, as described in other articles.
- 1c8) Providing the scrambles.
1d)
Each event must have one main judge. The main judge for an event is responsible for:
- 1d1) Making sure that the regulations are followed.
- 1d2) Decisions on disqualification of a competitor for an event, as described in other articles.
- 1d3) Decisions on starting a round later or earlier than scheduled. In case of changes in the time schedule, there should be a clear announcement to all competitors.
1e)
Each event must have one or more judges.
- 1e1) A judge for an event is responsible for executing the procedures of the event.
- 1e2) All competitors should be available for judging, if needed by organisation team. Penalty: disqualification of the competitor for the competition.
1f)
Each event (except for puzzles that are not scrambled) must have one or more scramblers.
- 1f1) A scrambler for an event is responsible for applying the scramble sequences to the puzzles.
- 1f2) All competitors should be available for scrambling, if needed by organisation team. Penalty: disqualification of the competitor for the competition.
1g)
Each event must have one or more score takers.
- 1g1) A score taker for an event is responsible for registering the event results.
- 1g2) Changes to the score sheets must only be made with consent of the main judge.
1h)
Competitors can be divided into groups to handle large events or to enable competitors to help with scrambling or judging.
- 1h1) Competing judges/scramblers for a round must not judge or scramble in their own group, until after they have completed all their solves for the round.
- 1h2) Groups must have different scramble sequences.
1i)
The WCA delegate (before the competition starts) and main judge (before the event starts) must be announced to the competitors.
1j)
All officials may compete in the competition, but a main judge for an event must not compete in the event unless the WCA delegate is also the main judge.
1k)
Officials can have several roles combined (organisation team, WCA delegate, main judge, judge, score taker, scrambler).