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 | mohn | 13402 | 05:43 | 91 (13) | 100 (11) | 103 (6) | 103 (11) | 107 (8) |
| 2 | Magoo | 24363 | 06:14 | 87 (14) | 111 (16) | 101 (13) | 99 (17) | 99 (15) |
| 3 | Eamon Ryan | 47270 | 06:47 | 91 (26) | 95 (25) | 108 (24) | 96 (26) | 108 (25) |
| 4 | Jason | 51068 | 07:40 | 84 (23) | 97 (23) | 110 (24) | 96 (25) | 109 (26) |
| 5 | verlaine | 57974 | 08:47 | 86 (26) | 100 (26) | 101 (20) | 102 (24) | 108 (24) |
| 6 | mistigris | 42252 | 08:48 | 85 (19) | 102 (19) | 100 (16) | 94 (18) | 117 (18) |
| 7 | aphis99 | 65004 | 09:25 | 84 (24) | 101 (25) | 107 (25) | 101 (25) | 103 (26) |
| 8 | Midas | 68446 | 09:40 | 90 (25) | 101 (26) | 103 (25) | 98 (26) | 105 (26) |
| 9 | AlanS | 73345 | 10:37 | 96 (26) | 97 (25) | 100 (25) | 91 (24) | 113 (25) |
| 10 | chindit | 70614 | 10:53 | 86 (24) | 97 (25) | 99 (19) | 103 (25) | 112 (25) |
| 11 | asaldanha | 70260 | 11:35 | 97 (23) | 93 (22) | 86 (18) | 96 (25) | 122 (23) |
| 12 | chriswords | 70576 | 11:38 | 86 (25) | 107 (18) | 99 (25) | 105 (25) | 104 (18) |
| 13 | glheard | 64633 | 11:50 | 91 (22) | 97 (19) | 101 (19) | 101 (24) | 109 (17) |
| 14 | lickert | 77473 | 11:57 | 84 (23) | 102 (24) | 98 (22) | 100 (23) | 111 (26) |
| 15 | Topical Tim | 84768 | 12:43 | 86 (25) | 107 (26) | 98 (19) | 101 (26) | 105 (25) |
| 16 | Spur58 | 54486 | 13:21 | 90 (15) | 100 (16) | 100 (17) | 100 (17) | 109 (13) |
| 17 | Tom Stubbs | 90833 | 13:23 | 91 (25) | 92 (25) | 100 (21) | 98 (26) | 116 (26) |
| 18 | PGooden | 42959 | 13:30 | 84 (13) | 112 (13) | 114 (13) | 85 (14) | 106 (10) |
| 19 | keriothe_ | 79166 | 14:02 | 84 (21) | 109 (20) | 107 (19) | 101 (24) | 97 (20) |
| 20 | Stavros | 89450 | 14:20 | 88 (24) | 94 (23) | 98 (23) | 107 (24) | 112 (20) |
| 21 | noidea | 71569 | 14:22 | 99 (22) | 101 (19) | 98 (17) | 95 (21) | 109 (14) |
| 22 | neilr | 97461 | 14:22 | 82 (26) | 96 (25) | 97 (22) | 99 (25) | 124 (25) |
| 23 | Silva | 89490 | 14:28 | 85 (25) | 104 (26) | 96 (15) | 105 (24) | 106 (23) |
| 24 | p.wild | 105379 | 14:38 | 90 (26) | 97 (26) | 98 (26) | 106 (26) | 107 (26) |
| 25 | fshephe | 105540 | 15:02 | 94 (24) | 97 (26) | 106 (25) | 98 (26) | 103 (26) |
| 26 | Ben Staveley | 40774 | 15:06 | 88 (9) | 93 (14) | 114 (9) | 78 (10) | 120 (13) |
| 27 | mikegrocott | 69874 | 15:19 | 82 (15) | 97 (14) | 107 (21) | 105 (18) | 102 (18) |
| 28 | SimonAnthony | 78778 | 15:26 | 78 (21) | 97 (20) | 87 (21) | 138 (17) | 108 (16) |
| 29 | jimpen | 84633 | 15:30 | 80 (22) | 105 (21) | 103 (21) | 99 (17) | 112 (20) |
| 30 | Sheapey | 103368 | 15:39 | 78 (24) | 90 (24) | 110 (22) | 103 (26) | 117 (24) |
| 31 | cyrillic | 69909 | 15:44 | 83 (18) | 102 (18) | 106 (19) | 102 (17) | 108 (12) |
| 32 | Jon88 | 82411 | 15:47 | 92 (22) | 97 (19) | 100 (19) | 104 (19) | 106 (18) |
| 33 | Malcj | 100181 | 15:54 | 84 (22) | 103 (24) | 100 (23) | 95 (23) | 115 (23) |
| 34 | Groucho | 77754 | 15:59 | 94 (25) | 102 (18) | 106 (19) | 96 (17) | 102 (12) |
| 35 | Tibthorpe | 112291 | 15:59 | 78 (26) | 98 (25) | 114 (26) | 97 (25) | 112 (25) |
| 36 | Sue Sweeper | 66836 | 16:37 | 71 (16) | 97 (14) | 89 (11) | 99 (20) | 138 (16) |
| 37 | phthisis | 91067 | 17:38 | 87 (20) | 99 (17) | 106 (17) | 102 (21) | 104 (21) |
| 38 | David Crooks | 109623 | 17:44 | 80 (24) | 103 (23) | 105 (24) | 103 (22) | 108 (20) |
| 39 | MikeOsborne | 116003 | 17:44 | 83 (26) | 103 (25) | 109 (21) | 97 (24) | 108 (23) |
| 40 | sotira | 98599 | 18:15 | 83 (18) | 101 (20) | 105 (16) | 97 (21) | 110 (25) |
| 41 | robinh | 124221 | 18:29 | 91 (25) | 98 (25) | 106 (24) | 95 (24) | 108 (24) |
| 42 | JezWoolfrey | 58198 | 18:39 | 89 (10) | 82 (13) | 101 (15) | 104 (11) | 119 (13) |
| 43 | OliviaRhineb | 137114 | 19:31 | 83 (26) | 100 (25) | 104 (26) | 103 (25) | 109 (25) |
| 44 | GMcD | 140343 | 19:39 | 85 (26) | 97 (26) | 106 (25) | 102 (26) | 108 (26) |
| 45 | RobR | 60054 | 20:01 | 93 (15) | 96 (13) | 99 (10) | 107 (14) | 104 (8) |
| 46 | Squallaby | 107925 | 20:26 | 79 (22) | 99 (24) | 98 (13) | 105 (21) | 120 (18) |
| 47 | LouWeed | 146921 | 20:55 | 92 (25) | 100 (26) | 103 (25) | 100 (26) | 104 (25) |
| 48 | annelambirth | 94777 | 21:03 | 87 (18) | 100 (14) | 96 (18) | 98 (19) | 120 (16) |
| 49 | diogenes | 52193 | 21:13 | 88 (12) | 100 (10) | 100 (8) | 100 (13) | 117 (8) |
| 50 | sampson | 84022 | 21:13 | 97 (18) | 99 (17) | 99 (13) | 92 (16) | 115 (12) |
| 51 | mcjwright | 136608 | 21:16 | 83 (24) | 105 (22) | 96 (23) | 95 (24) | 120 (24) |
| 52 | Craven | 148836 | 21:34 | 88 (25) | 102 (26) | 98 (23) | 97 (25) | 112 (26) |
| 53 | Zabadak | 134782 | 21:48 | 87 (23) | 102 (23) | 108 (21) | 94 (22) | 107 (24) |
| 54 | pterodactyl | 111490 | 21:51 | 94 (21) | 106 (18) | 102 (17) | 88 (19) | 108 (20) |
| 55 | barracuda | 156697 | 21:56 | 87 (26) | 99 (26) | 103 (26) | 96 (25) | 112 (26) |
| 56 | John Arnold | 83468 | 22:04 | 90 (20) | 101 (14) | 115 (12) | 81 (15) | 123 (12) |
| 57 | poskir | 126987 | 22:16 | 104 (23) | 99 (22) | 102 (18) | 94 (24) | 101 (18) |
| 58 | benedick | 94459 | 22:48 | 79 (15) | 107 (18) | 105 (14) | 98 (17) | 108 (15) |
| 59 | Ed freshpot | 141938 | 23:11 | 90 (24) | 95 (21) | 108 (22) | 94 (21) | 109 (24) |
| 60 | Looch | 109098 | 23:18 | 85 (19) | 105 (17) | 110 (18) | 87 (15) | 108 (19) |
| 61 | Kevin Gregg | 134865 | 23:24 | 75 (19) | 98 (22) | 116 (22) | 88 (22) | 118 (21) |
| 62 | gbestanley | 124668 | 23:36 | 91 (22) | 101 (19) | 101 (18) | 94 (20) | 112 (19) |
| 63 | Solver52 | 171211 | 24:35 | 87 (25) | 104 (25) | 104 (25) | 96 (25) | 106 (26) |
| 64 | colin2355 | 130213 | 24:39 | 82 (18) | 92 (23) | 86 (20) | 100 (18) | 140 (19) |
| 65 | rjcassidy | 143585 | 25:11 | 82 (23) | 108 (22) | 102 (22) | 93 (20) | 117 (18) |
| 66 | Edprof | 107434 | 25:13 | 86 (16) | 93 (15) | 107 (19) | 95 (18) | 121 (13) |
| 67 | zythum | 122801 | 25:16 | 89 (20) | 103 (18) | 103 (19) | 100 (17) | 104 (17) |
| 68 | phmfantom | 159570 | 26:35 | 88 (24) | 105 (19) | 99 (21) | 89 (21) | 116 (25) |
| 69 | Chadwick | 175522 | 26:50 | 86 (22) | 98 (23) | 106 (24) | 101 (25) | 104 (25) |
| 70 | dont_panic | 152637 | 27:39 | 84 (20) | 98 (23) | 113 (19) | 104 (18) | 99 (22) |
| 71 | dec | 110451 | 28:19 | 84 (16) | 100 (16) | 107 (16) | 102 (15) | 107 (12) |
| 72 | Manveru | 118048 | 29:21 | 92 (18) | 97 (15) | 110 (14) | 97 (15) | 105 (15) |
| 73 | Mkgnao | 121719 | 29:24 | 93 (16) | 97 (19) | 115 (14) | 90 (19) | 113 (11) |
| 74 | fudgiebates | 78395 | 29:41 | 77 (14) | 94 (9) | 98 (9) | 102 (12) | 135 (10) |
| 75 | NAPASAI | 140874 | 30:06 | 90 (18) | 95 (12) | 95 (22) | 107 (18) | 109 (18) |
| 76 | William M | 141700 | 30:16 | 76 (16) | 98 (19) | 111 (17) | 91 (17) | 118 (19) |
| 77 | struggler | 204106 | 30:22 | 94 (26) | 98 (25) | 102 (22) | 102 (26) | 103 (23) |
| 78 | cassandra | 225760 | 31:21 | 94 (26) | 99 (26) | 100 (26) | 104 (26) | 100 (26) |
| 79 | nekabue | 217733 | 32:06 | 87 (25) | 94 (25) | 109 (25) | 102 (23) | 105 (25) |
| 80 | branch | 65149 | 32:54 | 55 (7) | 117 (10) | 97 (7) | 109 (10) | 102 (9) |
| 81 | rosselliot | 162269 | 33:23 | 89 (23) | 97 (18) | 111 (17) | 92 (17) | 113 (16) |
| 82 | koro | 238652 | 33:42 | 86 (25) | 99 (26) | 99 (25) | 105 (26) | 108 (26) |
| 83 | JohnDun | 231405 | 33:49 | 75 (26) | 105 (25) | 104 (25) | 95 (24) | 121 (24) |
| 84 | FelicityTT | 100494 | 34:10 | 84 (10) | 97 (13) | 103 (12) | 96 (7) | 109 (17) |
| 85 | ulaca | 158579 | 34:46 | 84 (18) | 110 (16) | 93 (16) | 96 (20) | 118 (16) |
| 86 | Jeeves | 90565 | 35:06 | 88 (13) | 104 (10) | 123 (7) | 90 (13) | 109 (10) |
| 87 | Big Nug | 244395 | 35:06 | 84 (25) | 100 (26) | 102 (26) | 106 (24) | 107 (25) |
| 88 | Glyndwr | 200207 | 35:29 | 88 (25) | 107 (22) | 104 (19) | 95 (21) | 107 (17) |
| 89 | eniamretrauq | 163554 | 35:52 | 89 (15) | 100 (15) | 103 (18) | 94 (19) | 109 (19) |
| 90 | Tudds | 251661 | 37:47 | 83 (25) | 103 (24) | 104 (23) | 99 (24) | 108 (25) |
| 91 | 1234 | 258106 | 39:27 | 81 (25) | 111 (25) | 100 (22) | 94 (24) | 113 (23) |
| 92 | empty | 290234 | 40:38 | 90 (26) | 105 (26) | 105 (25) | 98 (26) | 99 (26) |
| 93 | Crippens1 | 244399 | 41:08 | 76 (24) | 97 (25) | 115 (21) | 104 (19) | 112 (20) |
| 94 | JerryR | 143692 | 49:53 | 74 (12) | 98 (13) | 120 (12) | 102 (11) | 106 (10) |