World Cube Association
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The World Cube Association is the international organization that regulates and oversees official speedcubing competitions for puzzles like the Rubik’s Cube worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WCA Results database | 1 |
| World Cube Association canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8505609 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Cube Association Context triple: [Rubik's Cube, governingBodyForCompetitions, World Cube Association]
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A.
International World Games Association
The International World Games Association is the governing body responsible for overseeing and promoting the multi-sport World Games for disciplines not contested in the Olympic Games.
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B.
World Ethnosport Confederation
The World Ethnosport Confederation is an international organization dedicated to preserving, promoting, and regulating traditional ethnic sports and games around the world.
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C.
International Table Tennis Federation
The International Table Tennis Federation is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of table tennis, including international competitions and rules.
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D.
World Urban Games
The World Urban Games is an international multi-sport event focused on modern, youth-oriented urban sports and culture, featuring disciplines like BMX, parkour, and 3x3 basketball in a festival-style setting.
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E.
IBSA
IBSA is the abbreviation for the International Bible Students Association, a religious organization historically associated with early Jehovah’s Witnesses and Bible study activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Cube Association Target entity description: The World Cube Association is the international organization that regulates and oversees official speedcubing competitions for puzzles like the Rubik’s Cube worldwide.
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A.
International World Games Association
The International World Games Association is the governing body responsible for overseeing and promoting the multi-sport World Games for disciplines not contested in the Olympic Games.
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B.
World Ethnosport Confederation
The World Ethnosport Confederation is an international organization dedicated to preserving, promoting, and regulating traditional ethnic sports and games around the world.
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C.
International Table Tennis Federation
The International Table Tennis Federation is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of table tennis, including international competitions and rules.
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D.
World Urban Games
The World Urban Games is an international multi-sport event focused on modern, youth-oriented urban sports and culture, featuring disciplines like BMX, parkour, and 3x3 basketball in a festival-style setting.
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E.
IBSA
IBSA is the abbreviation for the International Bible Students Association, a religious organization historically associated with early Jehovah’s Witnesses and Bible study activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international organization
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non-profit organization ⓘ sports governing body ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
puzzle competitions
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speedcubing ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Ron van Bruchem
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Tyson Mao ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 2004 ⓘ |
| governs | official WCA competitions ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | WCA ⓘ |
| hasMainGoal |
ensure fair and comparable results across competitions worldwide
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organize competitions for mechanical puzzles that are operated by twisting groups of pieces ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.worldcubeassociation.org ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Netherlands ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | non-profit association ⓘ |
| maintains |
official continental records for WCA events
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official national records for WCA events ⓘ official world records for WCA events ⓘ |
| operatesIn | worldwide ⓘ |
| organizes |
Continental Championships in speedcubing
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World Championship in speedcubing ⓘ |
| oversees |
WCA Delegates
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WCA Guidelines ⓘ WCA Regulations ⓘ WCA Results database ⓘ
linked to:
World Cube Association
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| recognizes |
2x2x2 Cube event
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3x3x3 Blindfolded event ⓘ 3x3x3 Cube event ⓘ 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event ⓘ 3x3x3 Multi-Blind event ⓘ 3x3x3 One-Handed event ⓘ 4x4x4 Cube event ⓘ 5x5x5 Cube event ⓘ 6x6x6 Cube event ⓘ 7x7x7 Cube event ⓘ Clock event ⓘ Megaminx event ⓘ Pyraminx event ⓘ Skewb event ⓘ Square-1 event ⓘ |
| regulates |
Rubik's Cube competitions
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official speedcubing competitions ⓘ twisty puzzle competitions ⓘ |
| setsRulesFor |
competition formats
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puzzle events ⓘ world records recognition ⓘ |
| shortName | WCA ⓘ |
| usesScoringSystem |
average of 5 for most events
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mean of 3 for some events ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: World Cube Association Description of subject: The World Cube Association is the international organization that regulates and oversees official speedcubing competitions for puzzles like the Rubik’s Cube worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: World Cube Association