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 | 28918 | 05:48 | 83 (21) | 96 (20) | 101 (14) | 108 (19) | 112 (19) |
| 2 | Ludo | 11288 | 06:43 | 100 (7) | 92 (8) | 101 (8) | 107 (8) | 98 (7) |
| 3 | Jason | 47580 | 07:04 | 76 (23) | 95 (25) | 104 (24) | 102 (24) | 119 (26) |
| 4 | Eamon Ryan | 47654 | 07:05 | 87 (24) | 98 (25) | 105 (23) | 101 (24) | 107 (26) |
| 5 | Lettuceleaf | 22167 | 07:23 | 90 (15) | 107 (12) | 93 (8) | 100 (13) | 107 (12) |
| 6 | Bogota Eagle | 33707 | 08:55 | 83 (11) | 95 (13) | 103 (17) | 106 (17) | 103 (15) |
| 7 | verlaine | 52775 | 09:27 | 80 (23) | 96 (23) | 101 (15) | 105 (21) | 118 (21) |
| 8 | auchiedollie | 55536 | 09:50 | 85 (21) | 94 (25) | 105 (22) | 105 (18) | 112 (18) |
| 9 | richard | 50966 | 10:29 | 82 (20) | 101 (20) | 106 (13) | 102 (19) | 109 (19) |
| 10 | tiggis | 21630 | 10:55 | 88 (11) | 108 (8) | 103 (9) | 94 (9) | 116 (6) |
| 11 | aphis99 | 59136 | 10:57 | 72 (16) | 98 (23) | 94 (19) | 101 (20) | 123 (22) |
| 12 | retiarius | 38600 | 11:17 | 83 (16) | 104 (15) | 102 (16) | 107 (14) | 109 (6) |
| 13 | AlanS | 68595 | 11:19 | 80 (23) | 95 (22) | 103 (22) | 102 (20) | 116 (24) |
| 14 | lickert | 68661 | 11:26 | 86 (22) | 100 (22) | 94 (20) | 102 (21) | 114 (25) |
| 15 | Peter Fowler | 50449 | 11:31 | 101 (19) | 99 (18) | 100 (16) | 98 (14) | 99 (16) |
| 16 | Tom Stubbs | 73323 | 11:38 | 82 (25) | 93 (26) | 97 (18) | 100 (23) | 127 (23) |
| 17 | tonysever | 75168 | 11:42 | 84 (24) | 102 (25) | 95 (20) | 100 (23) | 115 (25) |
| 18 | chindit | 76121 | 12:11 | 87 (22) | 90 (22) | 103 (20) | 99 (25) | 117 (25) |
| 19 | Quizimodo | 27941 | 12:35 | 96 (10) | 97 (10) | 98 (9) | 106 (9) | 101 (9) |
| 20 | alanconnor | 40376 | 12:41 | 71 (12) | 92 (13) | 103 (10) | 92 (17) | 150 (11) |
| 21 | glheard | 59892 | 12:57 | 90 (21) | 96 (18) | 115 (15) | 95 (18) | 107 (15) |
| 22 | Denis | 73299 | 13:16 | 84 (19) | 91 (21) | 103 (19) | 108 (21) | 111 (22) |
| 23 | Heyesey | 45174 | 13:26 | 74 (16) | 75 (12) | 145 (15) | 83 (9) | 110 (14) |
| 24 | Silva | 75975 | 13:36 | 87 (21) | 93 (22) | 98 (18) | 109 (22) | 110 (20) |
| 25 | keriothe_ | 43412 | 13:39 | 106 (11) | 89 (16) | 94 (14) | 107 (13) | 109 (9) |
| 26 | Stavros | 88793 | 13:57 | 88 (22) | 99 (26) | 98 (21) | 107 (24) | 105 (23) |
| 27 | Topical Tim | 90091 | 14:01 | 73 (24) | 97 (25) | 109 (21) | 98 (23) | 122 (24) |
| 28 | mchalen | 95313 | 14:03 | 87 (24) | 92 (26) | 106 (24) | 107 (24) | 106 (25) |
| 29 | mikegrocott | 64370 | 14:06 | 76 (16) | 109 (12) | 98 (18) | 109 (20) | 105 (20) |
| 30 | aphasic | 51937 | 14:11 | 87 (16) | 97 (14) | 105 (16) | 102 (15) | 111 (10) |
| 31 | Ben Staveley | 37695 | 14:16 | 90 (12) | 90 (10) | 93 (9) | 105 (13) | 120 (10) |
| 32 | neilr | 87189 | 14:31 | 91 (24) | 91 (22) | 96 (16) | 96 (23) | 120 (25) |
| 33 | Tibthorpe | 88003 | 14:40 | 72 (20) | 95 (25) | 107 (18) | 101 (24) | 121 (23) |
| 34 | jjp | 32180 | 14:53 | 90 (8) | 96 (13) | 99 (8) | 89 (9) | 128 (8) |
| 35 | Toffer | 78205 | 15:09 | 84 (16) | 100 (20) | 96 (20) | 89 (19) | 124 (21) |
| 36 | Sue Sweeper | 65246 | 15:32 | 79 (20) | 101 (19) | 115 (13) | 105 (15) | 109 (13) |
| 37 | SimonAnthony | 27500 | 15:48 | 99 (6) | 82 (8) | 94 (7) | 96 (10) | 127 (8) |
| 38 | phthisis | 92088 | 15:49 | 83 (19) | 99 (23) | 106 (22) | 96 (19) | 109 (24) |
| 39 | AndyOwl | 67552 | 15:51 | 82 (17) | 97 (17) | 105 (16) | 112 (15) | 104 (16) |
| 40 | DaddyM | 73079 | 16:01 | 76 (16) | 87 (20) | 75 (18) | 123 (15) | 142 (17) |
| 41 | fshephe | 91318 | 16:01 | 88 (21) | 100 (21) | 100 (20) | 102 (19) | 107 (24) |
| 42 | robinh | 94019 | 16:29 | 83 (20) | 100 (22) | 96 (20) | 110 (23) | 106 (20) |
| 43 | sotira | 91122 | 16:30 | 80 (18) | 99 (22) | 100 (19) | 105 (22) | 110 (21) |
| 44 | OliviaRhineb | 115358 | 17:09 | 79 (25) | 95 (25) | 104 (22) | 104 (24) | 115 (26) |
| 45 | RHB | 84226 | 17:19 | 80 (17) | 105 (21) | 102 (21) | 93 (16) | 116 (16) |
| 46 | Margaretlarb | 65834 | 17:41 | 100 (12) | 95 (16) | 101 (13) | 104 (15) | 99 (16) |
| 47 | mark oshin | 78368 | 17:53 | 81 (16) | 105 (15) | 101 (17) | 101 (16) | 109 (19) |
| 48 | nesbitt | 54814 | 17:54 | 74 (14) | 94 (16) | 118 (12) | 103 (11) | 127 (8) |
| 49 | ChuckB | 112875 | 17:55 | 76 (22) | 91 (24) | 104 (22) | 112 (24) | 112 (23) |
| 50 | pterodactyl | 73197 | 18:12 | 79 (17) | 87 (17) | 102 (8) | 102 (19) | 130 (16) |
| 51 | rpb | 96468 | 18:16 | 78 (22) | 100 (22) | 94 (19) | 109 (16) | 122 (19) |
| 52 | Bernard S | 81477 | 18:21 | 81 (14) | 104 (18) | 112 (16) | 109 (18) | 88 (18) |
| 53 | earlylight | 69900 | 18:29 | 90 (14) | 95 (16) | 109 (14) | 104 (14) | 101 (15) |
| 54 | noidea | 64209 | 18:46 | 100 (11) | 93 (14) | 108 (10) | 86 (13) | 109 (19) |
| 55 | David Crooks | 125691 | 19:34 | 84 (23) | 96 (24) | 103 (23) | 104 (23) | 111 (24) |
| 56 | John Arnold | 61478 | 19:42 | 86 (15) | 98 (11) | 108 (14) | 91 (10) | 115 (12) |
| 57 | GMcD | 127576 | 19:52 | 77 (23) | 103 (23) | 96 (24) | 100 (24) | 122 (23) |
| 58 | David P | 115693 | 20:05 | 89 (22) | 97 (20) | 103 (18) | 94 (22) | 114 (24) |
| 59 | reindeer | 102183 | 20:16 | 87 (18) | 96 (19) | 103 (18) | 102 (19) | 109 (20) |
| 60 | Carol | 72554 | 20:29 | 89 (14) | 94 (15) | 110 (13) | 94 (12) | 110 (15) |
| 61 | sampson | 78734 | 20:30 | 89 (18) | 100 (15) | 98 (17) | 98 (13) | 122 (11) |
| 62 | peter wild | 130135 | 20:39 | 86 (25) | 101 (25) | 97 (21) | 102 (24) | 115 (20) |
| 63 | AnneGinger | 94198 | 20:55 | 82 (19) | 100 (20) | 104 (13) | 96 (15) | 118 (18) |
| 64 | alanjcannon | 103311 | 20:59 | 79 (21) | 98 (20) | 104 (20) | 103 (15) | 120 (16) |
| 65 | Kevin Gregg | 75729 | 21:02 | 80 (16) | 88 (16) | 111 (15) | 109 (13) | 122 (10) |
| 66 | Big Mick | 111545 | 21:07 | 86 (20) | 97 (23) | 107 (23) | 93 (17) | 118 (15) |
| 67 | Ron's mum | 77610 | 21:33 | 80 (13) | 107 (14) | 113 (16) | 89 (14) | 104 (13) |
| 68 | Werm | 103002 | 21:43 | 77 (16) | 95 (20) | 107 (21) | 107 (18) | 111 (14) |
| 69 | Helly Welly | 100791 | 21:48 | 89 (16) | 92 (19) | 93 (17) | 114 (20) | 109 (15) |
| 70 | Zabadak | 123588 | 21:54 | 82 (17) | 96 (18) | 96 (23) | 106 (22) | 111 (24) |
| 71 | barracuda | 128989 | 22:09 | 76 (22) | 103 (23) | 102 (22) | 102 (19) | 115 (21) |
| 72 | NJeagle | 37900 | 22:33 | 78 (7) | 104 (9) | 88 (7) | 108 (9) | 118 (6) |
| 73 | Groucho | 112815 | 22:39 | 84 (22) | 100 (15) | 102 (18) | 99 (20) | 117 (18) |
| 74 | Ben Ganly | 96588 | 22:40 | 73 (10) | 101 (20) | 111 (18) | 96 (16) | 102 (17) |
| 75 | zythum | 144534 | 22:43 | 88 (22) | 99 (23) | 98 (23) | 97 (22) | 114 (26) |
| 76 | Edprof | 131114 | 23:29 | 84 (21) | 93 (22) | 115 (22) | 101 (20) | 106 (18) |
| 77 | Eylesie | 49887 | 23:45 | 100 (10) | 92 (9) | 107 (12) | 99 (7) | 95 (7) |
| 78 | PeterMabey | 98690 | 23:50 | 85 (16) | 87 (10) | 95 (17) | 98 (19) | 126 (17) |
| 79 | Galspray | 110006 | 24:07 | 65 (16) | 98 (20) | 101 (19) | 112 (17) | 123 (14) |
| 80 | Bobb | 87483 | 24:42 | 86 (13) | 101 (13) | 92 (14) | 102 (13) | 114 (16) |
| 81 | benedick | 104510 | 24:53 | 85 (15) | 101 (13) | 97 (20) | 96 (15) | 117 (17) |
| 82 | Smiler | 77033 | 25:10 | 86 (13) | 88 (15) | 111 (13) | 99 (11) | 126 (9) |
| 83 | Son of Smug | 105779 | 25:11 | 79 (13) | 99 (17) | 93 (17) | 115 (15) | 108 (18) |
| 84 | crosswordian | 143567 | 25:11 | 89 (21) | 95 (21) | 101 (20) | 97 (19) | 113 (24) |
| 85 | burrowz1b | 66668 | 25:15 | 102 (8) | 98 (8) | 102 (11) | 98 (11) | 98 (16) |
| 86 | Julian West | 109197 | 25:16 | 74 (17) | 101 (15) | 131 (13) | 91 (21) | 112 (16) |
| 87 | KarenR | 112844 | 25:24 | 76 (17) | 91 (14) | 109 (16) | 103 (17) | 115 (20) |
| 88 | scouse1 | 62706 | 25:29 | 87 (8) | 95 (15) | 99 (7) | 104 (12) | 112 (9) |
| 89 | leonora | 113476 | 25:33 | 83 (18) | 90 (16) | 107 (14) | 104 (16) | 113 (20) |
| 90 | me_phobete | 129915 | 25:46 | 83 (18) | 98 (20) | 98 (18) | 98 (20) | 121 (18) |
| 91 | Chadwick | 105624 | 25:53 | 79 (14) | 96 (18) | 102 (14) | 92 (16) | 127 (16) |
| 92 | NAPASAI | 62063 | 26:31 | 84 (7) | 96 (7) | 101 (12) | 89 (11) | 117 (12) |
| 93 | anthea | 95071 | 26:51 | 104 (9) | 92 (15) | 109 (12) | 98 (14) | 99 (19) |
| 94 | Solver52 | 56915 | 27:53 | 84 (10) | 93 (10) | 99 (9) | 119 (8) | 112 (7) |
| 95 | oldpalace | 105990 | 28:02 | 93 (11) | 102 (16) | 97 (10) | 101 (15) | 101 (21) |
| 96 | Manveru | 59339 | 28:15 | 90 (10) | 93 (12) | 127 (7) | 80 (7) | 114 (9) |
| 97 | dec | 56827 | 28:42 | 85 (7) | 109 (7) | 100 (8) | 85 (10) | 115 (11) |
| 98 | Barry Smith | 123568 | 29:00 | 82 (18) | 94 (15) | 99 (14) | 110 (16) | 114 (18) |
| 99 | ccy23 | 91345 | 29:16 | 77 (12) | 96 (14) | 99 (13) | 98 (12) | 132 (11) |
| 100 | rjr520 | 50815 | 30:14 | 83 (7) | 105 (6) | 99 (11) | 96 (6) | 114 (8) |
| 101 | lesbunch | 69916 | 30:39 | 97 (8) | 102 (11) | 84 (9) | 99 (10) | 113 (10) |
| 102 | Prytherch | 115365 | 31:31 | 96 (9) | 91 (17) | 106 (13) | 96 (15) | 109 (17) |
| 103 | Glyndwr | 79306 | 33:02 | 76 (11) | 94 (9) | 105 (9) | 99 (9) | 121 (12) |
| 104 | rosselliot | 95431 | 33:08 | 91 (10) | 86 (11) | 94 (11) | 98 (12) | 120 (14) |
| 105 | nekabue | 100166 | 33:23 | 74 (15) | 99 (11) | 100 (11) | 103 (10) | 126 (13) |
| 106 | Jeeves | 132201 | 34:25 | 91 (10) | 84 (15) | 116 (15) | 94 (18) | 109 (16) |
| 107 | Clovis | 82776 | 34:29 | 71 (11) | 77 (8) | 110 (12) | 138 (8) | 106 (11) |
| 108 | koro | 130450 | 34:30 | 85 (13) | 78 (12) | 105 (15) | 106 (17) | 114 (16) |
| 109 | cassandra | 129801 | 40:03 | 86 (12) | 89 (10) | 118 (12) | 97 (14) | 105 (16) |
| 110 | JerryR | 80159 | 40:29 | 74 (11) | 100 (8) | 102 (6) | 100 (10) | 135 (8) |
| 111 | ulaca | 104033 | 42:17 | 78 (6) | 74 (6) | 94 (12) | 101 (15) | 121 (12) |
| 112 | Bobchapman | 89820 | 46:46 | 38 (9) | 49 (8) | 200 (9) | 137 (9) | 53 (7) |