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 | Lettuceleaf | 20316 | 05:38 | 99 (15) | 94 (15) | 99 (13) | 106 (13) | 101 (14) |
| 2 | mohn | 22377 | 05:55 | 86 (14) | 92 (15) | 103 (13) | 93 (17) | 125 (14) |
| 3 | Magoo | 16922 | 06:07 | 79 (7) | 94 (13) | 107 (13) | 96 (12) | 113 (11) |
| 4 | Eamon Ryan | 42770 | 06:11 | 93 (26) | 92 (25) | 102 (23) | 102 (26) | 109 (25) |
| 5 | Jason | 47420 | 07:07 | 91 (23) | 88 (25) | 100 (22) | 100 (26) | 116 (25) |
| 6 | verlaine | 51764 | 08:32 | 91 (26) | 85 (26) | 107 (22) | 103 (26) | 134 (11) |
| 7 | DaddyM | 23767 | 09:00 | 103 (9) | 95 (12) | 103 (12) | 96 (12) | 102 (9) |
| 8 | aphis99 | 62328 | 09:16 | 96 (24) | 90 (24) | 100 (23) | 92 (26) | 119 (25) |
| 9 | richard | 21894 | 09:21 | 88 (13) | 100 (10) | 101 (10) | 97 (9) | 125 (7) |
| 10 | AlanS | 51605 | 10:00 | 80 (19) | 96 (19) | 112 (17) | 89 (21) | 123 (20) |
| 11 | chindit | 68605 | 11:06 | 85 (25) | 95 (23) | 100 (20) | 91 (21) | 126 (24) |
| 12 | Topical Tim | 81722 | 11:44 | 84 (26) | 97 (25) | 104 (23) | 95 (26) | 117 (26) |
| 13 | lickert | 66808 | 11:50 | 87 (20) | 90 (22) | 102 (19) | 102 (20) | 115 (23) |
| 14 | glheard | 61180 | 11:51 | 90 (21) | 88 (19) | 107 (18) | 105 (21) | 110 (17) |
| 15 | Tom Stubbs | 85967 | 13:08 | 88 (25) | 88 (25) | 110 (21) | 97 (24) | 116 (24) |
| 16 | Stavros | 81086 | 13:22 | 87 (22) | 87 (24) | 107 (20) | 105 (22) | 112 (23) |
| 17 | keriothe_ | 76802 | 13:37 | 85 (23) | 89 (21) | 105 (20) | 104 (21) | 117 (19) |
| 18 | neilr | 98049 | 14:05 | 90 (26) | 88 (26) | 104 (23) | 101 (26) | 116 (25) |
| 19 | Ben Staveley | 62009 | 14:21 | 83 (15) | 90 (18) | 108 (15) | 102 (18) | 114 (16) |
| 20 | Silva | 94128 | 14:31 | 83 (22) | 92 (26) | 109 (21) | 97 (26) | 119 (23) |
| 21 | fshephe | 100397 | 14:48 | 92 (23) | 93 (26) | 102 (22) | 98 (26) | 112 (26) |
| 22 | ChuckB | 61497 | 15:04 | 87 (20) | 94 (17) | 97 (12) | 102 (16) | 127 (13) |
| 23 | Tibthorpe | 98461 | 15:28 | 75 (25) | 86 (24) | 113 (22) | 107 (20) | 120 (25) |
| 24 | noidea | 84323 | 15:36 | 91 (23) | 101 (22) | 104 (18) | 95 (18) | 109 (19) |
| 25 | Sue Sweeper | 64170 | 16:27 | 86 (14) | 93 (19) | 101 (15) | 103 (16) | 122 (11) |
| 26 | mikegrocott | 52544 | 16:31 | 95 (12) | 94 (10) | 104 (13) | 95 (13) | 105 (15) |
| 27 | sotira | 83308 | 16:31 | 93 (22) | 89 (20) | 104 (18) | 100 (14) | 112 (20) |
| 28 | robinh | 104701 | 16:56 | 83 (23) | 91 (23) | 103 (21) | 100 (24) | 121 (22) |
| 29 | mchalen | 55110 | 17:00 | 89 (13) | 90 (13) | 101 (13) | 95 (12) | 123 (13) |
| 30 | phthisis | 43142 | 17:07 | 98 (10) | 88 (14) | 106 (10) | 100 (8) | 110 (10) |
| 31 | Groucho | 98030 | 17:22 | 87 (25) | 100 (23) | 106 (18) | 103 (22) | 107 (16) |
| 32 | SimonAnthony | 111338 | 17:30 | 82 (24) | 88 (25) | 102 (20) | 123 (23) | 104 (24) |
| 33 | Ron's mum | 77934 | 17:33 | 61 (20) | 100 (21) | 132 (14) | 58 (14) | 161 (15) |
| 34 | Spanna | 62365 | 18:14 | 95 (15) | 101 (16) | 101 (10) | 101 (15) | 100 (11) |
| 35 | OliviaRhineb | 122464 | 18:23 | 83 (26) | 90 (25) | 110 (22) | 98 (25) | 120 (23) |
| 36 | David P | 86363 | 18:41 | 87 (18) | 95 (18) | 110 (16) | 99 (19) | 109 (16) |
| 37 | David Crooks | 119731 | 18:49 | 83 (24) | 94 (24) | 112 (21) | 98 (23) | 112 (24) |
| 38 | GMcD | 130204 | 18:52 | 84 (26) | 90 (26) | 114 (23) | 102 (25) | 110 (25) |
| 39 | John Arnold | 72176 | 19:43 | 97 (22) | 94 (14) | 107 (11) | 99 (12) | 106 (12) |
| 40 | sampson | 75847 | 20:03 | 98 (13) | 93 (19) | 108 (13) | 99 (16) | 105 (12) |
| 41 | barracuda | 141784 | 20:22 | 86 (26) | 94 (26) | 111 (22) | 99 (26) | 110 (26) |
| 42 | pterodactyl | 108393 | 20:31 | 86 (20) | 95 (20) | 115 (18) | 104 (21) | 100 (19) |
| 43 | Zabadak | 136012 | 21:23 | 85 (25) | 101 (23) | 99 (19) | 94 (24) | 117 (25) |
| 44 | KarenR | 73659 | 21:55 | 84 (17) | 87 (15) | 100 (7) | 106 (15) | 130 (12) |
| 45 | benedick | 70106 | 22:54 | 89 (10) | 91 (13) | 102 (12) | 103 (17) | 113 (9) |
| 46 | Scoffer | 95118 | 23:18 | 96 (12) | 86 (20) | 101 (16) | 114 (18) | 101 (12) |
| 47 | Kevin Gregg | 142240 | 23:42 | 84 (23) | 98 (24) | 103 (18) | 100 (23) | 113 (22) |
| 48 | zythum | 83969 | 23:43 | 85 (15) | 98 (13) | 100 (12) | 105 (14) | 109 (15) |
| 49 | crosswordian | 151470 | 24:45 | 88 (23) | 93 (23) | 111 (21) | 94 (21) | 112 (24) |
| 50 | Solver52 | 173032 | 25:17 | 95 (26) | 91 (26) | 107 (22) | 100 (25) | 107 (25) |
| 51 | Edprof | 135496 | 26:53 | 99 (18) | 91 (21) | 100 (18) | 97 (17) | 110 (20) |
| 52 | Chadwick | 126633 | 27:24 | 84 (15) | 85 (17) | 110 (19) | 102 (17) | 111 (19) |
| 53 | diogenes | 155766 | 27:54 | 89 (21) | 91 (19) | 100 (17) | 98 (24) | 118 (22) |
| 54 | Manveru | 61565 | 28:30 | 89 (8) | 95 (10) | 107 (11) | 100 (10) | 106 (7) |
| 55 | dec | 74656 | 29:37 | 88 (11) | 97 (8) | 105 (8) | 99 (14) | 109 (11) |
| 56 | fudgiebates | 80368 | 31:09 | 81 (13) | 92 (8) | 102 (10) | 112 (11) | 113 (11) |
| 57 | rosselliot | 183815 | 31:15 | 85 (23) | 89 (23) | 109 (21) | 105 (22) | 113 (19) |
| 58 | NAPASAI | 148071 | 31:38 | 103 (19) | 77 (20) | 105 (13) | 99 (17) | 117 (19) |
| 59 | nekabue | 210648 | 31:54 | 88 (26) | 84 (25) | 112 (19) | 96 (26) | 122 (24) |
| 60 | koro | 213141 | 32:17 | 86 (25) | 91 (23) | 110 (22) | 100 (24) | 109 (26) |
| 61 | Mkgnao | 194385 | 32:23 | 88 (22) | 89 (23) | 104 (20) | 94 (21) | 122 (24) |
| 62 | Jeeves | 88813 | 33:38 | 104 (8) | 76 (11) | 123 (9) | 93 (13) | 108 (13) |
| 63 | Glyndwr | 159693 | 35:01 | 86 (21) | 102 (18) | 97 (12) | 97 (19) | 120 (16) |
| 64 | cassandra | 246693 | 35:08 | 96 (26) | 100 (26) | 98 (23) | 99 (26) | 104 (26) |
| 65 | FelicityTT | 99486 | 35:16 | 90 (8) | 90 (11) | 107 (11) | 90 (13) | 115 (14) |
| 66 | ulaca | 205600 | 35:41 | 85 (18) | 88 (23) | 110 (22) | 95 (22) | 119 (21) |
| 67 | VictoriaW | 86381 | 35:59 | 117 (10) | 107 (10) | 114 (9) | 70 (7) | 86 (14) |
| 68 | JohnDun | 207304 | 35:59 | 78 (19) | 88 (21) | 102 (18) | 101 (24) | 123 (24) |
| 69 | Big Nug | 254966 | 38:16 | 90 (25) | 88 (24) | 105 (21) | 95 (26) | 120 (25) |
| 70 | 1234 | 222441 | 38:37 | 88 (22) | 94 (22) | 102 (18) | 95 (21) | 118 (23) |
| 71 | Jefe | 120939 | 47:59 | 60 (12) | 66 (11) | 137 (7) | 157 (8) | 113 (14) |
| 72 | JerryR | 313690 | 48:24 | 86 (24) | 85 (25) | 109 (23) | 93 (23) | 127 (23) |
| 73 | Clovis | 315983 | 54:17 | 43 (23) | 75 (22) | 136 (21) | 113 (21) | 140 (20) |