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 | 11329 | 05:14 | 94 (11) | 97 (10) | 100 (8) | 100 (8) | 108 (9) |
| 2 | mohn | 19127 | 06:00 | 90 (13) | 97 (12) | 102 (10) | 95 (16) | 118 (12) |
| 3 | Eamon Ryan | 48633 | 06:45 | 90 (27) | 98 (26) | 95 (24) | 102 (27) | 112 (26) |
| 4 | Jason | 52785 | 07:39 | 88 (26) | 92 (25) | 95 (22) | 101 (26) | 121 (26) |
| 5 | 99evers | 18497 | 08:06 | 110 (8) | 116 (11) | 90 (9) | 110 (11) | 65 (9) |
| 6 | verlaine | 45750 | 08:28 | 88 (24) | 87 (24) | 110 (21) | 105 (23) | 134 (8) |
| 7 | mistigris | 20138 | 09:04 | 82 (9) | 100 (10) | 84 (8) | 113 (10) | 113 (10) |
| 8 | DaddyM | 15499 | 09:13 | 100 (8) | 99 (7) | 100 (8) | 98 (8) | 100 (7) |
| 9 | aphis99 | 66197 | 09:30 | 90 (24) | 89 (25) | 102 (24) | 97 (27) | 119 (26) |
| 10 | AlanS | 71012 | 10:17 | 82 (26) | 101 (26) | 103 (23) | 88 (26) | 126 (24) |
| 11 | richard | 25632 | 10:25 | 85 (12) | 97 (10) | 110 (9) | 104 (11) | 106 (9) |
| 12 | chindit | 74586 | 11:24 | 84 (26) | 97 (24) | 100 (22) | 93 (22) | 123 (25) |
| 13 | lickert | 64194 | 11:37 | 90 (20) | 93 (21) | 98 (18) | 100 (20) | 114 (23) |
| 14 | trux | 34490 | 12:13 | 82 (12) | 93 (16) | 104 (11) | 110 (11) | 126 (7) |
| 15 | glheard | 70863 | 12:33 | 85 (23) | 93 (20) | 101 (19) | 110 (23) | 110 (19) |
| 16 | Topical Tim | 90997 | 12:44 | 82 (27) | 100 (27) | 101 (24) | 97 (25) | 119 (26) |
| 17 | Ben Staveley | 45984 | 13:41 | 96 (14) | 93 (14) | 111 (12) | 92 (16) | 114 (10) |
| 18 | Tom Stubbs | 95404 | 14:04 | 81 (26) | 93 (25) | 107 (22) | 102 (25) | 115 (25) |
| 19 | Stavros | 72894 | 14:07 | 85 (20) | 92 (22) | 99 (15) | 106 (19) | 117 (20) |
| 20 | ChuckB | 42152 | 14:38 | 89 (17) | 94 (11) | 104 (11) | 95 (11) | 134 (8) |
| 21 | neilr | 105074 | 14:42 | 89 (27) | 90 (26) | 99 (24) | 100 (26) | 120 (26) |
| 22 | keriothe_ | 81499 | 14:45 | 75 (21) | 97 (20) | 102 (22) | 99 (20) | 128 (19) |
| 23 | fshephe | 105976 | 14:58 | 93 (24) | 95 (27) | 98 (23) | 100 (27) | 110 (27) |
| 24 | Silva | 100764 | 14:59 | 80 (25) | 93 (27) | 111 (23) | 96 (25) | 121 (22) |
| 25 | noidea | 81367 | 15:24 | 90 (22) | 106 (22) | 103 (17) | 94 (19) | 106 (18) |
| 26 | mikegrocott | 44466 | 15:46 | 95 (12) | 88 (8) | 107 (12) | 92 (9) | 106 (16) |
| 27 | Tibthorpe | 105661 | 16:00 | 76 (26) | 91 (25) | 107 (23) | 111 (21) | 116 (25) |
| 28 | phthisis | 43949 | 17:02 | 100 (11) | 93 (14) | 100 (11) | 93 (8) | 115 (9) |
| 29 | sotira | 89253 | 17:17 | 90 (23) | 91 (18) | 106 (19) | 102 (18) | 111 (18) |
| 30 | SimonAnthony | 105516 | 17:24 | 81 (22) | 85 (24) | 112 (19) | 111 (24) | 110 (22) |
| 31 | Ron's mum | 81678 | 17:27 | 80 (21) | 101 (20) | 118 (17) | 59 (16) | 153 (14) |
| 32 | Groucho | 96145 | 17:36 | 87 (27) | 105 (22) | 102 (17) | 103 (20) | 106 (15) |
| 33 | Sue Sweeper | 66807 | 17:40 | 90 (13) | 93 (17) | 109 (13) | 93 (19) | 123 (11) |
| 34 | robinh | 113333 | 17:49 | 84 (23) | 92 (24) | 102 (22) | 99 (25) | 122 (22) |
| 35 | mchalen | 31271 | 17:58 | 86 (8) | 87 (8) | 103 (7) | 93 (7) | 124 (9) |
| 36 | Spanna | 60826 | 18:06 | 100 (15) | 100 (16) | 103 (11) | 96 (16) | 100 (8) |
| 37 | OliviaRhineb | 130123 | 18:41 | 83 (27) | 94 (27) | 105 (24) | 99 (27) | 123 (21) |
| 38 | GMcD | 137776 | 18:58 | 85 (27) | 90 (27) | 107 (24) | 102 (27) | 116 (26) |
| 39 | David Crooks | 113382 | 19:05 | 81 (25) | 96 (23) | 112 (20) | 100 (21) | 114 (20) |
| 40 | David P | 82767 | 19:09 | 94 (16) | 95 (17) | 108 (16) | 91 (17) | 110 (16) |
| 41 | MickinEly2 | 49332 | 20:03 | 99 (16) | 102 (9) | 100 (8) | 99 (10) | 98 (8) |
| 42 | sampson | 80755 | 20:23 | 96 (18) | 99 (20) | 103 (13) | 101 (18) | 98 (7) |
| 43 | barracuda | 148691 | 20:28 | 85 (27) | 97 (27) | 102 (24) | 98 (26) | 116 (27) |
| 44 | John Arnold | 83723 | 20:31 | 100 (23) | 95 (15) | 104 (15) | 92 (13) | 106 (12) |
| 45 | xmogg | 37166 | 21:21 | 79 (8) | 107 (6) | 91 (8) | 115 (11) | 101 (6) |
| 46 | pterodactyl | 108192 | 21:59 | 81 (17) | 106 (18) | 107 (20) | 100 (20) | 101 (17) |
| 47 | Zabadak | 158002 | 22:42 | 82 (26) | 100 (26) | 101 (23) | 97 (25) | 117 (26) |
| 48 | benedick | 79880 | 23:21 | 90 (11) | 97 (14) | 96 (14) | 104 (19) | 112 (9) |
| 49 | Scoffer | 58439 | 23:45 | 98 (9) | 85 (14) | 100 (11) | 111 (11) | 115 (6) |
| 50 | Kevin Gregg | 145764 | 24:03 | 90 (24) | 104 (25) | 99 (18) | 94 (24) | 112 (20) |
| 51 | crosswordian | 151211 | 24:57 | 89 (21) | 92 (25) | 106 (22) | 96 (20) | 113 (23) |
| 52 | Bert Dove | 60003 | 25:00 | 92 (17) | 103 (10) | 102 (11) | 90 (6) | 125 (6) |
| 53 | Solver52 | 184646 | 25:26 | 92 (27) | 98 (27) | 104 (24) | 98 (26) | 106 (27) |
| 54 | alexh | 40458 | 25:56 | 85 (10) | 102 (8) | 114 (6) | 107 (6) | 103 (6) |
| 55 | zythum | 78604 | 26:12 | 82 (13) | 110 (13) | 100 (9) | 102 (12) | 105 (13) |
| 56 | Chadwick | 127271 | 27:32 | 89 (16) | 100 (16) | 100 (19) | 95 (17) | 112 (19) |
| 57 | Edprof | 140226 | 27:49 | 86 (16) | 96 (20) | 102 (20) | 96 (19) | 116 (19) |
| 58 | diogenes | 179564 | 28:14 | 87 (25) | 98 (22) | 103 (21) | 99 (25) | 112 (23) |
| 59 | dec | 92639 | 29:07 | 86 (17) | 104 (11) | 105 (11) | 104 (14) | 109 (10) |
| 60 | Manveru | 79296 | 29:22 | 81 (11) | 96 (11) | 110 (14) | 97 (11) | 117 (8) |
| 61 | Mkgnao | 174203 | 30:14 | 81 (22) | 91 (20) | 96 (19) | 101 (21) | 124 (24) |
| 62 | koro | 220379 | 32:30 | 84 (27) | 96 (23) | 106 (23) | 100 (24) | 114 (26) |
| 63 | fudgiebates | 94618 | 32:51 | 81 (12) | 94 (10) | 95 (11) | 99 (10) | 120 (15) |
| 64 | NAPASAI | 156141 | 32:56 | 96 (18) | 81 (19) | 122 (15) | 92 (16) | 109 (21) |
| 65 | nekabue | 218016 | 33:20 | 86 (26) | 91 (26) | 105 (20) | 95 (23) | 125 (24) |
| 66 | VictoriaW | 92752 | 33:36 | 103 (12) | 100 (12) | 115 (9) | 77 (9) | 100 (14) |
| 67 | rosselliot | 197629 | 34:18 | 81 (22) | 101 (23) | 114 (18) | 103 (22) | 103 (21) |
| 68 | FelicityTT | 138982 | 35:05 | 87 (12) | 96 (16) | 98 (14) | 89 (15) | 119 (19) |
| 69 | Glyndwr | 199236 | 36:05 | 91 (24) | 103 (21) | 93 (17) | 96 (23) | 119 (17) |
| 70 | cassandra | 265231 | 36:14 | 97 (27) | 98 (27) | 101 (24) | 101 (27) | 101 (27) |
| 71 | ulaca | 185888 | 36:26 | 76 (17) | 104 (22) | 97 (21) | 91 (18) | 129 (17) |
| 72 | Jeeves | 98437 | 37:17 | 87 (7) | 94 (13) | 116 (11) | 94 (11) | 102 (12) |
| 73 | JohnDun | 217518 | 37:22 | 72 (22) | 100 (22) | 101 (18) | 96 (21) | 126 (24) |
| 74 | 1234 | 228864 | 38:55 | 87 (24) | 101 (22) | 98 (18) | 91 (23) | 124 (21) |
| 75 | Big Nug | 281275 | 40:45 | 91 (26) | 96 (25) | 98 (23) | 95 (26) | 118 (25) |
| 76 | Jefe | 173234 | 50:39 | 60 (16) | 74 (14) | 127 (11) | 171 (8) | 111 (18) |
| 77 | JerryR | 348866 | 51:00 | 81 (25) | 92 (26) | 103 (24) | 91 (24) | 131 (25) |
| 78 | Clovis | 365499 | 59:08 | 52 (24) | 93 (23) | 117 (22) | 116 (22) | 124 (22) |