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 | 23341 | 06:22 | 78 (10) | 110 (13) | 101 (16) | 95 (15) | 106 (17) |
| 2 | Eamon Ryan | 49233 | 06:57 | 87 (26) | 98 (25) | 98 (25) | 106 (26) | 108 (26) |
| 3 | Jason | 51928 | 07:39 | 82 (25) | 94 (24) | 101 (24) | 103 (24) | 117 (26) |
| 4 | verlaine | 46357 | 08:40 | 87 (23) | 96 (23) | 99 (19) | 107 (21) | 119 (13) |
| 5 | mistigris | 49745 | 09:00 | 87 (22) | 99 (22) | 86 (17) | 108 (20) | 116 (21) |
| 6 | aphis99 | 65853 | 09:27 | 80 (24) | 99 (25) | 102 (26) | 105 (26) | 111 (25) |
| 7 | Midas | 68613 | 09:41 | 89 (26) | 103 (26) | 100 (26) | 102 (26) | 104 (24) |
| 8 | AlanS | 71747 | 10:40 | 94 (26) | 99 (25) | 88 (25) | 96 (23) | 123 (23) |
| 9 | richard | 35296 | 10:53 | 84 (12) | 101 (13) | 90 (13) | 116 (16) | 99 (10) |
| 10 | Ron's mum | 37314 | 10:54 | 117 (18) | 127 (12) | 96 (14) | 62 (12) | 85 (11) |
| 11 | chindit | 66521 | 11:25 | 85 (22) | 96 (23) | 100 (19) | 104 (22) | 114 (21) |
| 12 | lickert | 65351 | 11:35 | 90 (21) | 106 (20) | 87 (19) | 97 (21) | 115 (23) |
| 13 | chriswords | 75392 | 11:58 | 96 (25) | 105 (20) | 91 (25) | 96 (22) | 111 (23) |
| 14 | asaldanha | 77562 | 12:11 | 92 (25) | 103 (24) | 87 (19) | 103 (24) | 110 (24) |
| 15 | trux | 31674 | 12:16 | 77 (12) | 101 (13) | 108 (12) | 110 (8) | 109 (8) |
| 16 | glheard | 65463 | 12:23 | 86 (19) | 101 (19) | 102 (18) | 101 (23) | 107 (19) |
| 17 | Spur58 | 56691 | 12:56 | 91 (18) | 104 (16) | 99 (18) | 101 (18) | 105 (13) |
| 18 | Derek Harrison | 57523 | 12:57 | 86 (10) | 98 (17) | 97 (20) | 100 (22) | 112 (15) |
| 19 | Topical Tim | 86202 | 13:25 | 83 (24) | 107 (25) | 95 (21) | 110 (23) | 102 (24) |
| 20 | Tom Stubbs | 91081 | 13:33 | 86 (26) | 96 (24) | 102 (22) | 102 (25) | 112 (25) |
| 21 | Silva | 89721 | 14:39 | 84 (25) | 105 (26) | 98 (18) | 103 (22) | 109 (21) |
| 22 | neilr | 98845 | 14:42 | 85 (26) | 98 (24) | 95 (23) | 101 (24) | 119 (25) |
| 23 | Stavros | 72602 | 14:45 | 83 (19) | 97 (20) | 88 (16) | 113 (20) | 116 (17) |
| 24 | Ben Staveley | 43494 | 14:47 | 85 (9) | 99 (14) | 107 (13) | 84 (13) | 124 (10) |
| 25 | noidea | 73648 | 14:58 | 90 (19) | 105 (19) | 101 (19) | 98 (19) | 105 (16) |
| 26 | p.wild | 106303 | 15:00 | 91 (26) | 99 (26) | 94 (26) | 107 (26) | 108 (24) |
| 27 | fshephe | 106444 | 15:09 | 94 (24) | 97 (26) | 102 (25) | 99 (26) | 105 (26) |
| 28 | mikegrocott | 58315 | 15:11 | 93 (16) | 97 (11) | 98 (17) | 103 (13) | 106 (17) |
| 29 | keriothe_ | 83871 | 15:21 | 77 (19) | 101 (21) | 100 (20) | 103 (20) | 115 (21) |
| 30 | SimonAnthony | 75641 | 15:22 | 84 (21) | 104 (20) | 100 (18) | 104 (17) | 110 (16) |
| 31 | jimpen | 83970 | 15:22 | 86 (22) | 104 (21) | 99 (21) | 99 (20) | 114 (17) |
| 32 | PGooden | 87343 | 15:29 | 83 (23) | 100 (23) | 104 (18) | 93 (22) | 123 (18) |
| 33 | Jon88 | 111818 | 15:47 | 85 (25) | 100 (26) | 101 (26) | 100 (26) | 112 (25) |
| 34 | xyster | 41409 | 16:03 | 79 (12) | 97 (13) | 98 (9) | 114 (10) | 118 (9) |
| 35 | Sheapey | 99444 | 16:14 | 78 (21) | 90 (23) | 106 (22) | 101 (24) | 123 (22) |
| 36 | cyrillic | 76539 | 16:21 | 89 (17) | 94 (18) | 95 (20) | 108 (17) | 114 (16) |
| 37 | Tibthorpe | 110951 | 16:21 | 76 (26) | 99 (24) | 102 (26) | 112 (26) | 111 (21) |
| 38 | Groucho | 87935 | 16:28 | 90 (26) | 109 (19) | 99 (21) | 102 (17) | 102 (16) |
| 39 | Malcj | 108730 | 16:37 | 85 (24) | 104 (25) | 97 (24) | 95 (23) | 117 (23) |
| 40 | Spanna | 46435 | 16:49 | 97 (16) | 106 (9) | 101 (13) | 96 (12) | 101 (6) |
| 41 | Sue Sweeper | 74841 | 17:49 | 78 (15) | 102 (15) | 97 (14) | 101 (18) | 115 (18) |
| 42 | sotira | 100654 | 18:02 | 86 (22) | 100 (20) | 102 (19) | 101 (20) | 109 (22) |
| 43 | phthisis | 61963 | 18:07 | 86 (15) | 102 (13) | 100 (13) | 100 (13) | 112 (13) |
| 44 | robinh | 123521 | 18:13 | 87 (25) | 95 (25) | 104 (24) | 100 (24) | 113 (25) |
| 45 | David Crooks | 101906 | 18:27 | 83 (23) | 110 (21) | 98 (22) | 104 (19) | 107 (17) |
| 46 | MikeOsborne | 108318 | 18:48 | 83 (23) | 102 (22) | 103 (18) | 103 (22) | 108 (21) |
| 47 | OliviaRhineb | 132133 | 19:08 | 81 (26) | 98 (25) | 100 (26) | 107 (26) | 114 (22) |
| 48 | JezWoolfrey | 91132 | 19:28 | 80 (15) | 85 (15) | 108 (19) | 97 (17) | 116 (22) |
| 49 | GMcD | 142426 | 19:56 | 86 (26) | 93 (26) | 92 (25) | 111 (26) | 116 (26) |
| 50 | David P | 43933 | 20:20 | 96 (8) | 93 (9) | 105 (9) | 92 (9) | 109 (11) |
| 51 | Squallaby | 115053 | 20:50 | 80 (24) | 96 (23) | 105 (19) | 111 (21) | 114 (15) |
| 52 | annelambirth | 93914 | 20:52 | 92 (20) | 106 (16) | 96 (18) | 89 (18) | 123 (13) |
| 53 | sampson | 90216 | 21:10 | 94 (20) | 103 (22) | 103 (14) | 94 (17) | 112 (8) |
| 54 | John Arnold | 86889 | 21:36 | 94 (20) | 100 (13) | 104 (13) | 84 (16) | 121 (15) |
| 55 | barracuda | 151935 | 21:38 | 88 (26) | 101 (26) | 100 (26) | 101 (23) | 107 (26) |
| 56 | mcjwright | 134988 | 22:16 | 83 (22) | 103 (23) | 94 (21) | 96 (22) | 121 (23) |
| 57 | Ed freshpot | 110284 | 22:24 | 90 (21) | 91 (18) | 108 (20) | 97 (14) | 112 (19) |
| 58 | Kevin Gregg | 123667 | 22:24 | 91 (20) | 110 (22) | 100 (20) | 89 (22) | 109 (18) |
| 59 | RobR | 89472 | 22:35 | 88 (18) | 99 (16) | 95 (13) | 114 (16) | 104 (13) |
| 60 | Zabadak | 158693 | 22:36 | 86 (26) | 100 (26) | 96 (25) | 102 (25) | 114 (25) |
| 61 | LouWeed | 161653 | 22:38 | 90 (26) | 99 (26) | 95 (26) | 105 (25) | 109 (26) |
| 62 | benedick | 91622 | 22:47 | 82 (16) | 114 (18) | 98 (17) | 96 (14) | 107 (12) |
| 63 | gbestanley | 108505 | 22:53 | 88 (20) | 104 (11) | 100 (22) | 94 (19) | 116 (17) |
| 64 | Craven | 155526 | 22:56 | 86 (24) | 100 (25) | 97 (25) | 104 (24) | 111 (25) |
| 65 | pterodactyl | 108979 | 22:59 | 84 (19) | 106 (17) | 102 (20) | 95 (16) | 111 (17) |
| 66 | diogenes | 86917 | 23:21 | 86 (18) | 109 (15) | 106 (15) | 97 (15) | 106 (9) |
| 67 | Looch | 101807 | 23:33 | 78 (16) | 103 (18) | 107 (17) | 96 (13) | 110 (18) |
| 68 | poskir | 126948 | 23:46 | 97 (20) | 93 (18) | 106 (23) | 96 (20) | 103 (18) |
| 69 | colin2355 | 145550 | 25:00 | 88 (19) | 101 (25) | 89 (23) | 108 (21) | 112 (19) |
| 70 | Edprof | 111147 | 25:01 | 83 (17) | 100 (17) | 105 (21) | 100 (19) | 118 (10) |
| 71 | Solver52 | 175884 | 25:03 | 92 (25) | 104 (26) | 102 (25) | 94 (25) | 105 (26) |
| 72 | rjcassidy | 138922 | 25:10 | 82 (22) | 108 (24) | 96 (22) | 96 (18) | 119 (16) |
| 73 | crosswordian | 74565 | 25:21 | 80 (11) | 92 (11) | 103 (17) | 105 (9) | 117 (11) |
| 74 | zythum | 115151 | 25:56 | 87 (18) | 107 (18) | 97 (15) | 100 (17) | 107 (16) |
| 75 | phmfantom | 168230 | 27:29 | 89 (24) | 106 (20) | 94 (23) | 102 (21) | 108 (24) |
| 76 | Chadwick | 133817 | 27:32 | 84 (16) | 102 (17) | 105 (19) | 96 (20) | 108 (19) |
| 77 | Mkgnao | 106078 | 27:37 | 91 (16) | 97 (16) | 95 (13) | 98 (16) | 120 (13) |
| 78 | struggler | 186561 | 28:00 | 92 (24) | 103 (24) | 101 (24) | 101 (25) | 101 (24) |
| 79 | dont_panic | 151517 | 28:22 | 86 (20) | 101 (23) | 101 (21) | 98 (17) | 112 (18) |
| 80 | dec | 114515 | 29:21 | 84 (18) | 103 (17) | 105 (16) | 105 (15) | 106 (9) |
| 81 | Manveru | 103576 | 29:45 | 81 (16) | 98 (12) | 105 (16) | 106 (12) | 113 (12) |
| 82 | iagmathewson | 141885 | 29:56 | 86 (18) | 95 (20) | 105 (18) | 96 (15) | 116 (18) |
| 83 | William M | 141527 | 30:38 | 79 (16) | 99 (19) | 100 (17) | 110 (15) | 107 (20) |
| 84 | fudgiebates | 96611 | 32:51 | 74 (13) | 95 (11) | 90 (8) | 96 (12) | 131 (15) |
| 85 | koro | 229623 | 33:16 | 84 (25) | 101 (25) | 98 (25) | 102 (25) | 112 (25) |
| 86 | branch | 174470 | 33:25 | 73 (18) | 107 (20) | 94 (18) | 112 (21) | 107 (20) |
| 87 | NAPASAI | 133009 | 33:35 | 92 (16) | 108 (11) | 90 (20) | 102 (14) | 114 (15) |
| 88 | nekabue | 202323 | 33:43 | 86 (23) | 94 (24) | 101 (21) | 103 (19) | 114 (23) |
| 89 | cassandra | 244280 | 33:55 | 94 (26) | 98 (26) | 103 (26) | 103 (26) | 99 (26) |
| 90 | FelicityTT | 135287 | 35:13 | 89 (13) | 98 (15) | 99 (17) | 92 (9) | 110 (20) |
| 91 | ulaca | 144509 | 35:25 | 84 (16) | 115 (17) | 89 (17) | 87 (15) | 127 (13) |
| 92 | rosselliot | 184825 | 35:49 | 83 (21) | 110 (19) | 108 (18) | 95 (19) | 105 (19) |
| 93 | Glyndwr | 203681 | 36:53 | 92 (24) | 107 (19) | 98 (23) | 97 (20) | 109 (16) |
| 94 | JohnDun | 234985 | 37:17 | 71 (24) | 109 (23) | 98 (25) | 103 (20) | 120 (23) |
| 95 | Big Nug | 261604 | 38:35 | 87 (25) | 99 (25) | 88 (26) | 114 (24) | 111 (23) |
| 96 | Crippens1 | 224368 | 38:57 | 79 (25) | 105 (24) | 108 (19) | 87 (18) | 124 (20) |
| 97 | Tudds | 261444 | 39:15 | 90 (25) | 92 (25) | 87 (22) | 118 (24) | 109 (25) |
| 98 | 1234 | 249618 | 39:37 | 84 (24) | 107 (24) | 99 (22) | 96 (24) | 115 (21) |
| 99 | Jeeves | 119030 | 39:40 | 82 (12) | 111 (12) | 85 (12) | 106 (11) | 113 (13) |
| 100 | eniamretrauq | 183168 | 40:10 | 86 (15) | 106 (15) | 88 (17) | 98 (18) | 115 (21) |
| 101 | empty | 290916 | 40:44 | 90 (26) | 107 (25) | 100 (26) | 98 (26) | 102 (26) |
| 102 | Jefe | 119998 | 46:30 | 76 (11) | 107 (13) | 93 (11) | 119 (6) | 111 (12) |
| 103 | JerryR | 304525 | 53:25 | 73 (21) | 105 (21) | 93 (22) | 115 (22) | 113 (19) |