The following solvers are used as references for the NITCH calculations in this month. The time indicated is their average solving time for error-free puzzles during the prior six months. The solvers average NITCH for each day of week is also shown, with the number of solutions for that day.
| Rank | Solver | Solutions used | Average time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magoo | 33453 | 05:55 | 90 (22) | 100 (24) | 99 (19) | 106 (21) | 105 (18) |
| 2 | mohn | 17218 | 06:31 | 75 (10) | 100 (14) | 112 (7) | 102 (12) | 111 (11) |
| 3 | Lettuceleaf | 15771 | 06:55 | 87 (12) | 100 (7) | 97 (10) | 122 (8) | 100 (11) |
| 4 | Jason | 46838 | 07:01 | 90 (25) | 95 (24) | 99 (22) | 101 (25) | 112 (25) |
| 5 | Eamon Ryan | 49764 | 07:20 | 91 (27) | 99 (25) | 103 (24) | 101 (23) | 105 (24) |
| 6 | Ludo | 39594 | 07:57 | 99 (17) | 88 (19) | 109 (20) | 100 (19) | 101 (18) |
| 7 | mistigris | 17386 | 08:02 | 79 (7) | 96 (10) | 117 (8) | 109 (13) | 87 (8) |
| 8 | Bogota Eagle | 28377 | 08:35 | 87 (10) | 92 (11) | 100 (15) | 111 (14) | 102 (15) |
| 9 | auchiedollie | 53917 | 09:10 | 89 (19) | 94 (23) | 100 (23) | 105 (19) | 108 (24) |
| 10 | verlaine | 49762 | 09:25 | 79 (22) | 92 (22) | 105 (15) | 110 (21) | 118 (18) |
| 11 | aphis99 | 56226 | 09:58 | 77 (20) | 109 (20) | 95 (20) | 102 (22) | 113 (22) |
| 12 | richard | 53781 | 10:40 | 84 (20) | 105 (21) | 100 (17) | 97 (17) | 111 (19) |
| 13 | Tom Stubbs | 73650 | 11:15 | 88 (26) | 104 (25) | 96 (19) | 96 (24) | 113 (25) |
| 14 | tonysever | 76404 | 11:22 | 90 (26) | 102 (25) | 94 (20) | 97 (26) | 114 (25) |
| 15 | lickert | 71460 | 11:27 | 85 (25) | 106 (22) | 102 (23) | 105 (23) | 101 (21) |
| 16 | Peter Fowler | 70028 | 12:01 | 98 (22) | 97 (18) | 107 (20) | 95 (23) | 101 (24) |
| 17 | trux | 19912 | 12:17 | 87 (7) | 95 (10) | 116 (8) | 93 (6) | 106 (6) |
| 18 | Heyesey | 55087 | 12:24 | 75 (20) | 97 (18) | 95 (18) | 104 (15) | 143 (13) |
| 19 | Quizimodo | 90769 | 12:36 | 92 (25) | 104 (26) | 97 (27) | 100 (25) | 104 (27) |
| 20 | AlanS | 72479 | 12:42 | 79 (21) | 97 (22) | 104 (21) | 105 (20) | 112 (21) |
| 21 | chindit | 79973 | 12:48 | 88 (25) | 105 (21) | 96 (18) | 101 (23) | 107 (27) |
| 22 | Topical Tim | 67470 | 13:04 | 81 (20) | 93 (18) | 109 (14) | 108 (22) | 107 (22) |
| 23 | Silva | 79943 | 13:11 | 97 (23) | 105 (22) | 92 (18) | 104 (25) | 98 (23) |
| 24 | Ben Staveley | 24070 | 13:22 | 72 (10) | 100 (7) | 123 (7) | 111 (7) | 105 (9) |
| 25 | KenTurner | 79633 | 13:32 | 98 (23) | 96 (20) | 102 (23) | 107 (20) | 95 (22) |
| 26 | Denis | 80665 | 13:43 | 93 (22) | 92 (22) | 101 (22) | 112 (21) | 100 (21) |
| 27 | Toffer | 68128 | 13:50 | 88 (20) | 107 (18) | 93 (13) | 94 (21) | 113 (20) |
| 28 | mikegrocott | 62879 | 13:58 | 80 (19) | 113 (10) | 103 (16) | 103 (23) | 107 (17) |
| 29 | mchalen | 100177 | 14:08 | 84 (25) | 100 (27) | 100 (27) | 104 (24) | 110 (25) |
| 30 | neilr | 85963 | 14:11 | 88 (24) | 102 (23) | 96 (18) | 102 (21) | 109 (25) |
| 31 | jjp | 43085 | 14:21 | 89 (14) | 110 (13) | 97 (14) | 97 (12) | 113 (7) |
| 32 | glheard | 56868 | 14:21 | 83 (15) | 99 (14) | 106 (15) | 96 (17) | 115 (15) |
| 33 | Stavros | 81378 | 14:35 | 87 (23) | 97 (18) | 106 (19) | 107 (22) | 102 (21) |
| 34 | aphasic | 47907 | 14:47 | 76 (11) | 101 (14) | 102 (11) | 109 (16) | 104 (12) |
| 35 | Sue Sweeper | 61521 | 14:51 | 79 (18) | 102 (20) | 113 (16) | 98 (13) | 109 (12) |
| 36 | Tibthorpe | 87075 | 14:57 | 74 (20) | 106 (21) | 97 (20) | 101 (23) | 116 (23) |
| 37 | AndyOwl | 90761 | 15:45 | 78 (23) | 95 (20) | 110 (20) | 113 (21) | 103 (22) |
| 38 | fshephe | 91237 | 15:50 | 87 (21) | 103 (25) | 98 (21) | 97 (18) | 110 (21) |
| 39 | earlylight | 82142 | 16:06 | 93 (21) | 95 (20) | 106 (18) | 103 (18) | 103 (18) |
| 40 | sotira | 83782 | 16:37 | 84 (21) | 107 (20) | 96 (16) | 106 (19) | 105 (18) |
| 41 | OliviaRhineb | 111953 | 16:39 | 82 (26) | 98 (24) | 107 (25) | 100 (24) | 114 (23) |
| 42 | robinh | 94044 | 16:40 | 86 (21) | 101 (20) | 94 (19) | 102 (22) | 113 (22) |
| 43 | phthisis | 102003 | 16:49 | 91 (22) | 102 (24) | 101 (22) | 96 (21) | 106 (22) |
| 44 | rpb | 88973 | 16:51 | 93 (22) | 104 (22) | 98 (18) | 98 (18) | 105 (18) |
| 45 | RHB | 61503 | 17:05 | 83 (14) | 111 (17) | 93 (16) | 99 (12) | 114 (11) |
| 46 | pterodactyl | 50493 | 17:10 | 91 (16) | 94 (14) | 113 (6) | 103 (11) | 110 (12) |
| 47 | Margaretlarb | 78146 | 17:21 | 94 (18) | 101 (18) | 110 (16) | 111 (14) | 87 (19) |
| 48 | subbswamysg | 42120 | 17:33 | 83 (8) | 101 (9) | 91 (10) | 109 (12) | 106 (11) |
| 49 | andyt | 41573 | 17:45 | 92 (12) | 107 (10) | 99 (8) | 100 (10) | 101 (9) |
| 50 | nesbitt | 47006 | 17:48 | 88 (13) | 101 (11) | 104 (14) | 113 (8) | 95 (8) |
| 51 | ChuckB | 80129 | 17:48 | 84 (15) | 91 (18) | 108 (19) | 103 (15) | 108 (18) |
| 52 | noidea | 34725 | 18:05 | 90 (10) | 99 (7) | 119 (6) | 85 (7) | 107 (12) |
| 53 | Eylesie | 63940 | 18:22 | 99 (14) | 98 (14) | 98 (15) | 109 (13) | 93 (12) |
| 54 | mark oshin | 53513 | 18:34 | 77 (7) | 98 (14) | 100 (11) | 103 (13) | 108 (13) |
| 55 | Kevin Gregg | 46230 | 18:47 | 92 (10) | 95 (13) | 105 (8) | 108 (12) | 100 (8) |
| 56 | Bernard S | 67899 | 18:51 | 84 (11) | 112 (15) | 113 (15) | 91 (16) | 91 (13) |
| 57 | Werm | 104054 | 19:16 | 80 (20) | 98 (20) | 105 (19) | 104 (22) | 111 (19) |
| 58 | sampson | 90060 | 19:29 | 89 (22) | 101 (18) | 100 (19) | 103 (16) | 113 (12) |
| 59 | GMcD | 131041 | 19:40 | 83 (23) | 103 (24) | 101 (27) | 100 (24) | 109 (23) |
| 60 | MickinEly2 | 66291 | 20:05 | 91 (17) | 104 (13) | 100 (13) | 104 (11) | 104 (11) |
| 61 | David Crooks | 130520 | 20:08 | 88 (23) | 100 (24) | 108 (24) | 102 (24) | 99 (23) |
| 62 | peter wild | 141839 | 20:22 | 87 (26) | 102 (26) | 100 (24) | 98 (26) | 111 (24) |
| 63 | reindeer | 106865 | 20:28 | 92 (20) | 96 (19) | 103 (19) | 106 (20) | 100 (19) |
| 64 | Carol | 42047 | 20:36 | 96 (8) | 94 (10) | 92 (9) | 108 (10) | 110 (7) |
| 65 | David P | 123091 | 20:43 | 81 (23) | 102 (24) | 107 (18) | 105 (21) | 104 (23) |
| 66 | AnneGinger | 89372 | 21:16 | 85 (15) | 102 (17) | 91 (12) | 112 (19) | 101 (17) |
| 67 | Helly Welly | 87057 | 21:20 | 93 (14) | 103 (18) | 90 (12) | 102 (19) | 105 (15) |
| 68 | Zabadak | 123469 | 21:39 | 83 (19) | 107 (21) | 94 (22) | 106 (20) | 106 (23) |
| 69 | Big Mick | 103840 | 21:54 | 91 (20) | 99 (16) | 102 (19) | 102 (17) | 106 (17) |
| 70 | Groucho | 108834 | 22:07 | 91 (21) | 98 (17) | 100 (17) | 100 (21) | 111 (16) |
| 71 | alanjcannon | 114138 | 22:22 | 87 (18) | 99 (20) | 105 (20) | 99 (19) | 107 (18) |
| 72 | NJeagle | 104946 | 22:42 | 84 (17) | 98 (19) | 102 (16) | 100 (16) | 111 (19) |
| 73 | barracuda | 146111 | 22:45 | 78 (24) | 104 (23) | 106 (24) | 102 (24) | 109 (22) |
| 74 | zythum | 144994 | 23:00 | 89 (25) | 98 (21) | 108 (25) | 95 (20) | 106 (24) |
| 75 | Galspray | 103596 | 23:01 | 92 (18) | 94 (16) | 99 (19) | 107 (17) | 106 (15) |
| 76 | Bobb | 106352 | 23:01 | 84 (16) | 101 (21) | 96 (19) | 118 (13) | 102 (18) |
| 77 | Edprof | 121112 | 23:44 | 85 (20) | 87 (17) | 116 (21) | 93 (18) | 114 (19) |
| 78 | scouse1 | 65652 | 23:47 | 86 (10) | 98 (12) | 95 (8) | 106 (15) | 106 (11) |
| 79 | PeterMabey | 106373 | 23:57 | 86 (16) | 103 (13) | 98 (19) | 103 (20) | 108 (16) |
| 80 | leonora | 93993 | 24:06 | 86 (17) | 100 (12) | 99 (14) | 102 (15) | 111 (17) |
| 81 | Julian West | 87404 | 24:41 | 77 (13) | 108 (17) | 106 (16) | 101 (11) | 101 (12) |
| 82 | benedick | 118547 | 25:00 | 87 (19) | 101 (17) | 100 (20) | 102 (16) | 108 (17) |
| 83 | KarenR | 112594 | 25:01 | 81 (18) | 101 (14) | 99 (18) | 105 (16) | 112 (19) |
| 84 | crosswordian | 141368 | 25:36 | 86 (22) | 95 (23) | 106 (22) | 105 (16) | 109 (19) |
| 85 | me_phobete | 119310 | 25:49 | 90 (20) | 104 (14) | 97 (18) | 109 (19) | 100 (16) |
| 86 | Chadwick | 111671 | 26:35 | 89 (15) | 93 (16) | 100 (18) | 103 (14) | 111 (17) |
| 87 | Son of Smug | 77443 | 26:53 | 87 (9) | 109 (12) | 90 (13) | 98 (11) | 109 (13) |
| 88 | NAPASAI | 71066 | 26:55 | 69 (8) | 105 (11) | 100 (13) | 112 (12) | 100 (10) |
| 89 | Solver52 | 101881 | 26:57 | 85 (18) | 101 (15) | 103 (15) | 103 (11) | 110 (14) |
| 90 | oldpalace | 87987 | 27:40 | 95 (15) | 104 (13) | 98 (9) | 100 (13) | 100 (13) |
| 91 | burrowz1b | 70486 | 27:58 | 79 (7) | 94 (11) | 90 (11) | 99 (10) | 121 (13) |
| 92 | Jefe | 84287 | 28:40 | 70 (11) | 90 (13) | 99 (9) | 107 (14) | 128 (12) |
| 93 | nekabue | 56828 | 28:42 | 75 (13) | 85 (7) | 138 (8) | 104 (6) | 112 (9) |
| 94 | Barry Smith | 129658 | 29:12 | 78 (16) | 103 (19) | 107 (13) | 99 (19) | 111 (17) |
| 95 | Moles | 54706 | 29:24 | 83 (7) | 105 (7) | 107 (8) | 96 (10) | 105 (9) |
| 96 | Prytherch | 116825 | 29:30 | 93 (11) | 99 (15) | 111 (16) | 92 (18) | 101 (16) |
| 97 | anthea | 106688 | 29:38 | 104 (9) | 96 (13) | 104 (14) | 93 (14) | 101 (20) |
| 98 | Ron's mum | 77435 | 30:00 | 87 (9) | 96 (10) | 106 (15) | 87 (11) | 124 (8) |
| 99 | stockynige | 67199 | 30:16 | 81 (11) | 93 (9) | 101 (10) | 103 (8) | 124 (9) |
| 100 | Clovis | 75138 | 30:32 | 88 (13) | 108 (8) | 87 (11) | 117 (8) | 108 (11) |
| 101 | rosselliot | 61798 | 31:12 | 90 (8) | 100 (8) | 97 (8) | 109 (8) | 101 (11) |
| 102 | diogenes | 88356 | 31:19 | 85 (13) | 101 (9) | 117 (12) | 93 (13) | 106 (10) |
| 103 | Big Nug | 96009 | 32:00 | 85 (13) | 116 (12) | 84 (14) | 107 (10) | 113 (11) |
| 104 | Ben Ganly | 140314 | 32:28 | 52 (15) | 63 (18) | 79 (19) | 62 (13) | 230 (17) |
| 105 | Glyndwr | 60749 | 33:44 | 65 (6) | 81 (7) | 116 (7) | 91 (8) | 119 (12) |
| 106 | Bobchapman | 97796 | 33:57 | 65 (12) | 60 (10) | 154 (14) | 115 (12) | 81 (10) |
| 107 | koro | 119531 | 34:20 | 85 (10) | 102 (10) | 109 (14) | 96 (17) | 102 (17) |
| 108 | DaddyM | 48672 | 35:16 | 82 (7) | 97 (6) | 115 (6) | 95 (6) | 108 (8) |
| 109 | Jeeves | 144553 | 35:25 | 85 (13) | 97 (18) | 110 (19) | 91 (12) | 106 (16) |
| 110 | ccy23 | 78628 | 37:26 | 65 (13) | 86 (7) | 183 (8) | 84 (10) | 112 (7) |
| 111 | ulaca | 82721 | 38:17 | 71 (11) | 101 (8) | 102 (12) | 102 (7) | 134 (8) |