What Does a Delegate do?
Delegates are the officials of the WCA, and they are responsible for ensuring the WCA Regulations are followed during the competition. They also handle incidents and are responsible for scrambles and results. If you ever have any doubts or questions, they should be your first choice for asking.
Get to Know Your Local Delegates
Below you can find your local delegates in Oregon and Washington! Unfortunately, all other PNW states do not have a delegate, however these guys are willing to travel under the right circumstances! If you are interesting in organizing your own competition, feel free to contact one or multiple of your local delegates letting them know of your interest.
Oregon Delegates
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Chris Brotzman (Portland)Chris was the organizer of some of Oregon's first competitions in 2015! This, along with Kit moving to the PNW, sparked a huge interest in cubing throughout the Northwest. Chris has attended over 30 competitions and continues to attend whatever he can! His main focus is big cubes, and is an avid proponent of the Hoya Method. Chris is originally from Pennsylvania. There he was a DJ and organizer for the local EDM scene, and has a passion for house music. Along with cubing, Chris recently became interested in chess and following the games of top players.
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Jason White (Corvallis)Jason, a delegate since mid-2019 is located in Corvallis, OR. Originally from Banks, OR he is now in his fifth year at Oregon State University studying Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics. Jason is the only cuber to have ever successfully completed two Means in 5BLD in the same competition. Not only does he have an impressive success rate in 5BLD, but he also enjoys all WCA events, although he definitely leans more toward the blindfolded events. He is president of the OSU Cubing Society and enjoys watching movies in his free time! His favorite movie is The Dark Knight.
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Kit Clement (Portland)Kit is the Senior Delegate overlooking all of North America. He is arguably one of the best delegates in the WCA and we are extremely luck to have him up here! Kit has attended over 150 competitions and does not plan on stopping. While originally from Michigan, Kit moved to Oregon for Graduate school and currently teaches Statistics at Portland State University. He is a huge reason we have such a large cubing community in the PNW. Kit's favorite event is FMC and he placed 2nd place at US Nationals 2018 with a mean of 26.67.
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Lauren Clement (Portland)Lauren Clement is all about data. The majority of the competitions she attends, she will be at the data entry table working there the entire day. She has even dealt with data entry at much larger competitions such as US Nationals, which have hundreds of thousands of scorecards. Lauren is currently the leader of the WCA Communication Team. Her and her husband, Kit, were recently featured in a documentary by Chris Olson called "Why We Cube." Lauren has attended over 100 competitions all over the world. Check out this incredible proposal in which Kit proposes to Lauren!
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Vancouver, BC Delegates
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Kevin Matthews (Vancouver, BC)Originally from Vancouver, BC, Kevin became a delegate during his time studying at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. After receiving his Masters in Mathematics, he moved back up to Canada. Kevin is currently Ranked 2nd in MBLD and 3rd in 4/5BLD in Canada. Be sure to keep an eye out for the way he films his solves - he has a pretty clever camera stand.
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Washington Delegates
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Caleb Hoover (Eastern Washington)Caleb looks over all competitions in Eastern Washington. He has attended 40+ competitions and continues to regularly delegate all Richland, Yakima Valley, Spokane, and now Ellensburg competitions. You'll almost always see Caleb helping out by running before you'll see him judging or scrambling!
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Daniel Lo (Western Washington)Daniel became a delegate in 2015 and has delegated many Puget Sound competitions throughout his time as a delegate. Daniel currently works for Microsoft as a Research Hardware Design Engineer. In 2007, he placed 1st in FMC at US Open 2007 with a result of 39. Daniel has been cubing since 2005!!!! That's insane! Throughout his 35+ competitions, he has had many different experiences due to the major regulation changes that have happened since 2005. If you ever see him at a competition, he will most likely be doing all of his official solves while standing!
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Matthew Dickman (Western Washington)Matthew is originally from Los Angeles, but moved to Tacoma, WA just after graduating from University of Puget Sound in May of 2018. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and Business and is currently working as an Underwriter at Kaiser Permanente. Matthew has been the sole organizer of all the Puget Sound competitions and also made YouTube videos under the name "tehcubedude." Matthew became a delegate in February of 2018 and as of March 2019, he is also the Region Lead for the entire Pacific Northwest. Matthew is colorblind and just recently learned that peanut butter is NOT green! He also has a collection of over 850 twisty puzzles!
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