WCA Logins Are Finally Here!
25 Mar 2026
RecordRanks [update v0.16](https://codeberg.org/mintydev/RecordRanks/releases/tag/0.16) has been released, and it finally brings the option to log in using your WCA account, which has been a planned feature for a couple years now. See below how to log in using your WCA account, link your WCA account to your existing email + password account, and tie your WCA competitor profile to your Cubing Contests account.
This is a great change for the website, as it will make it easier for people to sign up, which is an important step towards adding a contest registration feature. This also means that users who have a WCA account with a WCA ID will now be able to link their competitor profile on their own, without an admin having to do this manually. Oh, and it's also finally possible to change your email address in the settings.
I should also explain a little bit what RecordRanks is. RecordRanks is the software that powers Cubing Contests. It wasn’t always known by this name, but since CC is now no longer the only instance running on this software, it made sense to give the project a name. RecordRanks – which is open source software – was always intended to work in a way that would enable other people to deploy their own instances, so that there is a software solution that works for many different use cases. For example, Cubing Contests does not host online competitions, but an instance of RecordRanks could be set up to accommodate that use case. Please feel free to reach you if this is something you’re interested in doing.
### How to link your WCA account
If you don’t have an email + password account already, you can simply log in using your WCA account, which will create a Cubing Contests account for you. If you do have an email + password account, you can link your WCA account to it in the settings\*. In both cases, CC will attempt to also link your WCA competitor profile to your account after your WCA account is added to CC. If your competitor profile is somehow already linked to another user, please contact us.
\* Note: you can only link your WCA account to your existing email + password account if the emails are the same. If they’re not, you will have to first change your email on your existing CC account in the settings.
### How to delete your email + password account
If you would like to switch to just using your WCA account and get rid of your existing email + password account, you should first delete your account in the settings\*. You can then sign up with your WCA account like normal.
\* Note: if you had the moderator role on the website, you will lose it by doing that. If you would like to keep your moderator role, please reach out to the admin team in the [Discord server](https://discord.gg/7rRMQA8jnU).
Posted by Deni Mintsaev
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