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 delegates 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 (Hillsboro)Jason, a delegate since mid-2019 is currently located near Portland, OR. While made a delegate while located in Corvallis, he has since graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in 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. Other than cubing, he enjoys watching movies in his free time! His favorite movie is The Dark Knight.
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Keenan Johnson (Banks)Keenan Johnson was made a delegate at the same time as Jason White while studying at Oregon State University. Keenan temporarily moved to New York to work at TheCubicle on the Pro Shop team, but has since moved back to Oregon just west of Portland, OR. Keenan has attended 50+ competitions and averages just over 10 seconds officially. His passion for cubing can be seen in the form of a tattoo on his forearm.
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Kit Clement (Portland)Kit 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 any time soon. 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 (Western Washington)Caleb has delegated the majority of the Eastern WA comps, until moving to Western WA in early 2022. 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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Matthew Dickman (Western Washington)Matthew is originally from Los Angeles, but moved to Renton, WA just after graduating from University of Puget Sound in May of 2018. 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. In November 2021, Matthew was appointed the position of Senior Delegate for USA and Canada. Matthew is colorblind and just recently learned that peanut butter is NOT green! He also has a collection of over 1000 twisty puzzles!
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Peter Preston (Western Washington)Peter became a Junior Delegate in March 2022. His favorite competition was his first competition being an organizer, SnoCo Summer 2018. Not only was world class speed solver Feliks Zemdegs there to compete, but organizing was the best part for him, helping the cubing community put on a competition. Since then, Peter has organized all of the SnoCo competitions, and helps out as much as he can at every competition he goes to. Peter has played the piano since he was 7 and helps his family teach in their thriving Music Academy. Peter enjoys playing in his church worship band, as well as accompanying local school musicals.
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Chris Tabar (Eastern Washington)Chris is an original cuber, having solved his first Rubik's Cube in 1981, and watched Minh Thai compete on the "That's Incredible" TV show. He caught the speedcubing bug in late 2016 and attended his first competition in Spokane in 2017. Since then, Chris has attended over a dozen competitions and taken over as the organizer of Spokane competitions. Chris sees his mission as growing cubing in general but in Eastern Washington and the PNW in particular. Chris is a frequent participant in cubing groups on Facebook and in local meetups. He has a collection of roughly 200 cubes and counts 3x3 and 5x5 as his favorite events.
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