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 | Eylesie | 19528 | 03:36 | 100 (21) | 97 (19) | 100 (16) | 100 (21) | 101 (23) |
| 2 | Magoo | 36322 | 05:56 | 76 (22) | 103 (22) | 102 (22) | 98 (25) | 117 (21) |
| 3 | mohn | 28574 | 06:48 | 82 (17) | 106 (17) | 100 (17) | 101 (14) | 109 (15) |
| 4 | Jason | 43692 | 07:12 | 78 (23) | 109 (22) | 100 (22) | 97 (22) | 114 (22) |
| 5 | Lettuceleaf | 16829 | 07:22 | 91 (8) | 84 (7) | 86 (13) | 128 (9) | 108 (11) |
| 6 | Eamon Ryan | 47839 | 07:39 | 88 (23) | 96 (22) | 103 (22) | 102 (24) | 109 (23) |
| 7 | Bogota Eagle | 35546 | 08:42 | 82 (18) | 109 (16) | 99 (17) | 108 (13) | 105 (14) |
| 8 | auchiedollie | 35711 | 09:01 | 85 (18) | 106 (17) | 102 (16) | 102 (11) | 106 (14) |
| 9 | aphis99 | 51393 | 09:24 | 81 (18) | 111 (21) | 100 (21) | 97 (23) | 108 (18) |
| 10 | verlaine | 56217 | 09:51 | 72 (20) | 96 (20) | 97 (21) | 107 (20) | 120 (24) |
| 11 | richard | 51056 | 10:00 | 81 (16) | 100 (21) | 92 (18) | 95 (20) | 124 (20) |
| 12 | alanconnor | 27615 | 10:27 | 84 (16) | 99 (12) | 104 (9) | 119 (9) | 110 (8) |
| 13 | Tom Stubbs | 74126 | 11:39 | 82 (25) | 90 (24) | 104 (22) | 95 (23) | 131 (22) |
| 14 | lickert | 69583 | 11:42 | 80 (23) | 111 (22) | 97 (21) | 100 (21) | 110 (22) |
| 15 | tonysever | 76690 | 12:10 | 82 (23) | 103 (23) | 101 (22) | 96 (23) | 114 (24) |
| 16 | Heyesey | 52729 | 12:12 | 79 (18) | 106 (17) | 108 (15) | 101 (18) | 108 (14) |
| 17 | Peter Fowler | 70801 | 12:17 | 95 (21) | 104 (19) | 98 (23) | 97 (21) | 103 (22) |
| 18 | Quizimodo | 78245 | 12:39 | 81 (22) | 110 (24) | 97 (24) | 102 (21) | 107 (22) |
| 19 | KenTurner | 74184 | 12:52 | 95 (21) | 100 (25) | 102 (19) | 103 (20) | 99 (21) |
| 20 | chindit | 75995 | 12:55 | 82 (22) | 100 (22) | 98 (21) | 99 (23) | 121 (20) |
| 21 | Silva | 78791 | 13:15 | 80 (24) | 110 (22) | 96 (19) | 103 (23) | 110 (21) |
| 22 | AlanS | 73364 | 13:35 | 78 (23) | 103 (21) | 94 (19) | 99 (17) | 125 (20) |
| 23 | Topical Tim | 70433 | 13:38 | 74 (23) | 98 (18) | 105 (17) | 102 (18) | 124 (20) |
| 24 | Toffer | 57428 | 13:40 | 75 (16) | 94 (15) | 112 (19) | 100 (16) | 115 (14) |
| 25 | Stavros | 62870 | 13:58 | 83 (19) | 111 (16) | 95 (19) | 95 (16) | 119 (15) |
| 26 | neilr | 73850 | 13:59 | 83 (24) | 107 (20) | 102 (20) | 97 (16) | 113 (18) |
| 27 | Denis | 84773 | 13:59 | 83 (22) | 100 (22) | 95 (21) | 104 (24) | 115 (22) |
| 28 | mikegrocott | 58756 | 14:11 | 79 (19) | 108 (17) | 107 (15) | 95 (14) | 114 (14) |
| 29 | mchalen | 93565 | 14:26 | 79 (25) | 102 (23) | 98 (24) | 97 (22) | 122 (24) |
| 30 | jjp | 49688 | 14:47 | 81 (18) | 119 (13) | 94 (10) | 103 (13) | 109 (12) |
| 31 | phineus | 25927 | 14:54 | 91 (8) | 116 (7) | 98 (9) | 79 (7) | 113 (8) |
| 32 | Tibthorpe | 79582 | 15:04 | 86 (18) | 106 (19) | 100 (20) | 95 (20) | 109 (21) |
| 33 | earlylight | 82663 | 15:18 | 100 (19) | 105 (19) | 99 (20) | 98 (19) | 97 (23) |
| 34 | Sue Sweeper | 57496 | 15:27 | 78 (13) | 98 (17) | 102 (15) | 94 (14) | 125 (13) |
| 35 | AndyOwl | 95817 | 15:48 | 75 (22) | 102 (24) | 94 (21) | 106 (21) | 119 (23) |
| 36 | Margaretlarb | 49043 | 16:01 | 90 (13) | 101 (13) | 111 (10) | 110 (10) | 92 (15) |
| 37 | sotira | 61208 | 16:11 | 83 (17) | 114 (19) | 93 (10) | 87 (12) | 113 (15) |
| 38 | rpb | 71966 | 16:25 | 76 (18) | 120 (17) | 107 (17) | 82 (15) | 113 (16) |
| 39 | nesbitt | 45586 | 16:31 | 86 (16) | 114 (13) | 111 (9) | 91 (11) | 104 (7) |
| 40 | robinh | 81347 | 16:32 | 84 (20) | 99 (19) | 102 (17) | 106 (18) | 109 (18) |
| 41 | OliviaRhineb | 101435 | 16:44 | 77 (23) | 105 (23) | 101 (22) | 99 (21) | 116 (22) |
| 42 | phthisis | 100047 | 17:00 | 89 (22) | 96 (22) | 103 (20) | 105 (24) | 105 (20) |
| 43 | subbswamysg | 41812 | 17:25 | 85 (12) | 96 (9) | 109 (10) | 102 (8) | 108 (11) |
| 44 | RHB | 68743 | 17:37 | 77 (16) | 107 (16) | 100 (16) | 106 (14) | 112 (13) |
| 45 | fshephe | 96019 | 17:58 | 72 (18) | 96 (22) | 105 (21) | 102 (20) | 123 (18) |
| 46 | Bernard S | 57859 | 18:11 | 88 (11) | 104 (13) | 102 (11) | 104 (16) | 97 (12) |
| 47 | andyt | 84001 | 18:40 | 92 (17) | 104 (17) | 93 (16) | 97 (17) | 110 (18) |
| 48 | Kevin Gregg | 55452 | 19:15 | 81 (12) | 87 (8) | 108 (16) | 94 (12) | 124 (10) |
| 49 | reindeer | 94820 | 19:16 | 86 (17) | 96 (16) | 90 (20) | 110 (21) | 114 (18) |
| 50 | pterodactyl | 63775 | 19:19 | 87 (13) | 91 (14) | 109 (15) | 104 (11) | 107 (12) |
| 51 | David Crooks | 111627 | 19:35 | 89 (23) | 101 (20) | 95 (22) | 99 (20) | 116 (20) |
| 52 | John Arnold | 43847 | 19:45 | 92 (16) | 96 (7) | 96 (11) | 119 (7) | 112 (6) |
| 53 | sampson | 77401 | 19:50 | 87 (16) | 96 (14) | 108 (17) | 102 (18) | 106 (10) |
| 54 | Zabadak | 112796 | 20:12 | 77 (19) | 108 (20) | 104 (19) | 97 (23) | 110 (22) |
| 55 | GMcD | 113088 | 20:16 | 81 (22) | 97 (23) | 102 (18) | 98 (18) | 120 (22) |
| 56 | David P | 111110 | 20:34 | 83 (21) | 100 (19) | 91 (19) | 102 (22) | 122 (19) |
| 57 | peter wild | 119257 | 20:42 | 75 (23) | 108 (19) | 99 (21) | 99 (21) | 119 (22) |
| 58 | AnneGinger | 90223 | 20:53 | 80 (20) | 113 (15) | 99 (14) | 103 (19) | 109 (14) |
| 59 | MickinEly2 | 70719 | 21:25 | 106 (8) | 97 (18) | 101 (12) | 92 (13) | 105 (14) |
| 60 | trishwain | 33675 | 21:35 | 88 (8) | 107 (6) | 97 (6) | 110 (7) | 98 (9) |
| 61 | Ben Ganly | 73863 | 21:35 | 83 (17) | 103 (11) | 110 (16) | 82 (10) | 118 (13) |
| 62 | PeterMabey | 100805 | 21:49 | 80 (19) | 113 (18) | 97 (19) | 99 (20) | 117 (11) |
| 63 | Groucho | 84270 | 22:17 | 84 (15) | 99 (18) | 99 (12) | 96 (16) | 125 (12) |
| 64 | Bobb | 89748 | 22:19 | 77 (13) | 103 (20) | 94 (13) | 100 (14) | 116 (17) |
| 65 | alanjcannon | 99650 | 22:26 | 78 (20) | 99 (20) | 104 (14) | 99 (15) | 127 (15) |
| 66 | NJeagle | 113551 | 22:31 | 81 (16) | 98 (20) | 106 (18) | 92 (18) | 115 (22) |
| 67 | Helly Welly | 77341 | 23:01 | 78 (14) | 92 (13) | 104 (6) | 92 (17) | 130 (16) |
| 68 | barracuda | 140913 | 23:15 | 71 (21) | 105 (23) | 99 (21) | 93 (24) | 128 (22) |
| 69 | Edprof | 101273 | 23:26 | 72 (12) | 101 (16) | 104 (16) | 96 (17) | 113 (21) |
| 70 | zythum | 129761 | 23:45 | 76 (20) | 95 (20) | 107 (17) | 96 (21) | 121 (23) |
| 71 | Big Mick | 99492 | 24:01 | 78 (18) | 105 (16) | 100 (13) | 102 (16) | 115 (16) |
| 72 | Solver52 | 94138 | 24:08 | 85 (18) | 108 (11) | 96 (16) | 93 (15) | 121 (15) |
| 73 | frost | 91799 | 24:17 | 78 (15) | 124 (12) | 92 (16) | 99 (18) | 116 (12) |
| 74 | Julian West | 83871 | 24:31 | 66 (14) | 112 (12) | 95 (17) | 105 (13) | 131 (11) |
| 75 | Galspray | 100730 | 25:03 | 71 (15) | 106 (9) | 83 (19) | 107 (18) | 133 (16) |
| 76 | benedick | 99523 | 25:07 | 81 (10) | 110 (18) | 103 (17) | 92 (16) | 103 (15) |
| 77 | Bobchapman | 83974 | 25:55 | 65 (13) | 106 (14) | 88 (12) | 107 (12) | 130 (13) |
| 78 | leonora | 78263 | 26:05 | 73 (14) | 107 (12) | 91 (10) | 106 (14) | 128 (10) |
| 79 | crosswordian | 122641 | 26:32 | 76 (18) | 109 (20) | 103 (17) | 105 (16) | 106 (16) |
| 80 | Chadwick | 94215 | 26:36 | 75 (16) | 115 (13) | 102 (13) | 107 (15) | 105 (12) |
| 81 | Jefe | 62383 | 26:39 | 75 (9) | 94 (8) | 92 (10) | 103 (12) | 128 (10) |
| 82 | KarenR | 119614 | 26:56 | 76 (19) | 94 (18) | 97 (14) | 113 (16) | 122 (17) |
| 83 | me_phobete | 109063 | 27:07 | 74 (17) | 103 (15) | 96 (10) | 100 (16) | 121 (19) |
| 84 | Manveru | 57403 | 27:20 | 92 (12) | 100 (11) | 82 (7) | 113 (8) | 117 (7) |
| 85 | Son of Smug | 89944 | 28:17 | 84 (14) | 116 (13) | 90 (13) | 97 (13) | 117 (10) |
| 86 | stockynige | 67762 | 28:57 | 80 (11) | 106 (8) | 88 (10) | 124 (9) | 107 (11) |
| 87 | oldpalace | 82151 | 29:45 | 97 (6) | 98 (15) | 91 (9) | 97 (8) | 106 (18) |
| 88 | Prytherch | 109083 | 29:48 | 87 (9) | 102 (13) | 100 (14) | 97 (16) | 105 (19) |
| 89 | diogenes | 89569 | 29:51 | 76 (14) | 93 (10) | 100 (11) | 110 (13) | 122 (12) |
| 90 | Moles | 67193 | 30:16 | 84 (10) | 107 (10) | 99 (7) | 95 (12) | 116 (8) |
| 91 | rosselliot | 60398 | 30:30 | 86 (7) | 101 (10) | 98 (7) | 117 (8) | 96 (11) |
| 92 | Barry Smith | 84019 | 31:07 | 75 (11) | 118 (11) | 101 (7) | 88 (12) | 113 (14) |
| 93 | Ron's mum | 82579 | 32:00 | 61 (6) | 96 (9) | 85 (12) | 94 (12) | 131 (14) |
| 94 | rjr520 | 84694 | 32:04 | 74 (13) | 113 (12) | 80 (6) | 107 (14) | 118 (9) |
| 95 | MaxenEH | 89701 | 32:30 | 78 (9) | 99 (12) | 115 (12) | 97 (13) | 103 (10) |
| 96 | Big Nug | 100629 | 34:13 | 79 (6) | 98 (13) | 84 (11) | 92 (15) | 128 (14) |
| 97 | Petecollett | 74919 | 34:41 | 80 (6) | 104 (8) | 74 (6) | 98 (10) | 111 (16) |
| 98 | koro | 109953 | 35:14 | 77 (8) | 110 (14) | 83 (11) | 108 (14) | 105 (15) |
| 99 | Jeeves | 128474 | 36:55 | 72 (11) | 116 (11) | 92 (13) | 98 (16) | 113 (17) |
| 100 | cassandra | 98907 | 38:20 | 99 (8) | 100 (13) | 87 (9) | 103 (9) | 105 (14) |
| 101 | ulaca | 70988 | 39:26 | 66 (6) | 104 (10) | 64 (6) | 96 (6) | 125 (12) |