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 | 19136 | 05:29 | 90 (14) | 99 (16) | 90 (8) | 104 (17) | 110 (13) |
| 2 | Magoo | 13866 | 06:14 | 90 (10) | 100 (10) | 107 (8) | 103 (11) | 100 (8) |
| 3 | Eamon Ryan | 48205 | 06:55 | 89 (26) | 89 (25) | 108 (24) | 95 (26) | 117 (25) |
| 4 | Jason | 49933 | 07:38 | 83 (23) | 98 (23) | 109 (24) | 94 (24) | 112 (25) |
| 5 | verlaine | 56250 | 08:13 | 80 (26) | 97 (26) | 105 (23) | 101 (25) | 117 (24) |
| 6 | mistigris | 40745 | 08:49 | 81 (15) | 106 (18) | 103 (18) | 86 (18) | 117 (18) |
| 7 | aphis99 | 61311 | 09:07 | 85 (22) | 92 (25) | 109 (25) | 102 (24) | 107 (26) |
| 8 | Midas | 67129 | 09:38 | 86 (25) | 95 (26) | 105 (25) | 98 (25) | 114 (25) |
| 9 | AlanS | 70034 | 10:08 | 88 (26) | 90 (25) | 112 (25) | 91 (24) | 118 (25) |
| 10 | chindit | 73152 | 10:36 | 86 (26) | 91 (24) | 108 (23) | 100 (26) | 113 (26) |
| 11 | asaldanha | 67860 | 10:52 | 89 (22) | 89 (23) | 99 (22) | 94 (25) | 128 (22) |
| 12 | chriswords | 64612 | 11:20 | 87 (25) | 97 (19) | 105 (24) | 106 (23) | 104 (14) |
| 13 | lickert | 77539 | 11:38 | 83 (23) | 92 (25) | 105 (24) | 102 (24) | 114 (25) |
| 14 | glheard | 65283 | 11:41 | 87 (22) | 93 (20) | 100 (20) | 107 (23) | 112 (18) |
| 15 | Topical Tim | 82854 | 12:06 | 79 (25) | 99 (26) | 106 (22) | 102 (26) | 113 (25) |
| 16 | trux | 27361 | 12:19 | 78 (10) | 97 (9) | 108 (15) | 89 (7) | 133 (6) |
| 17 | Spur58 | 45813 | 12:56 | 93 (13) | 98 (15) | 101 (14) | 95 (15) | 112 (12) |
| 18 | Tom Stubbs | 83096 | 12:56 | 86 (24) | 92 (24) | 104 (20) | 98 (25) | 119 (24) |
| 19 | keriothe_ | 89719 | 13:43 | 82 (24) | 108 (23) | 105 (23) | 91 (26) | 114 (23) |
| 20 | neilr | 90548 | 13:43 | 83 (24) | 92 (24) | 99 (24) | 101 (25) | 124 (23) |
| 21 | noidea | 64943 | 13:52 | 96 (23) | 99 (18) | 97 (13) | 97 (21) | 113 (13) |
| 22 | fshephe | 99241 | 14:08 | 93 (24) | 95 (26) | 103 (26) | 99 (26) | 107 (25) |
| 23 | Ben Staveley | 24647 | 14:09 | 87 (9) | 90 (9) | 125 (6) | 83 (8) | 130 (7) |
| 24 | Stavros | 92577 | 14:09 | 86 (24) | 91 (25) | 102 (25) | 106 (23) | 114 (22) |
| 25 | Silva | 92856 | 14:11 | 80 (25) | 93 (26) | 98 (19) | 105 (25) | 122 (24) |
| 26 | xyster | 23122 | 14:16 | 82 (9) | 98 (7) | 100 (8) | 97 (6) | 128 (7) |
| 27 | p.wild | 103133 | 14:19 | 91 (26) | 96 (26) | 97 (26) | 102 (26) | 111 (26) |
| 28 | SimonAnthony | 72858 | 14:37 | 73 (19) | 85 (17) | 91 (20) | 132 (17) | 118 (20) |
| 29 | jimpen | 85818 | 14:53 | 81 (24) | 101 (23) | 109 (20) | 100 (18) | 111 (21) |
| 30 | Malcj | 89832 | 14:58 | 83 (24) | 99 (23) | 103 (21) | 101 (22) | 115 (20) |
| 31 | mikegrocott | 60671 | 15:05 | 80 (12) | 92 (11) | 108 (19) | 102 (17) | 105 (18) |
| 32 | Sheapey | 101962 | 15:10 | 77 (25) | 86 (24) | 112 (23) | 105 (25) | 120 (25) |
| 33 | Groucho | 70157 | 15:11 | 92 (25) | 106 (19) | 105 (18) | 95 (18) | 104 (7) |
| 34 | cyrillic | 73727 | 15:21 | 81 (18) | 94 (20) | 111 (21) | 106 (18) | 106 (13) |
| 35 | Tibthorpe | 101606 | 15:32 | 80 (26) | 88 (23) | 116 (24) | 99 (24) | 117 (22) |
| 36 | Jon88 | 40185 | 15:34 | 98 (14) | 87 (10) | 105 (10) | 99 (10) | 110 (9) |
| 37 | Sue Sweeper | 67214 | 16:00 | 71 (19) | 91 (14) | 96 (14) | 104 (19) | 146 (14) |
| 38 | David Crooks | 97102 | 16:41 | 80 (24) | 100 (23) | 109 (21) | 98 (21) | 115 (18) |
| 39 | MikeOsborne | 109632 | 16:45 | 84 (25) | 103 (25) | 110 (23) | 94 (23) | 108 (23) |
| 40 | phthisis | 82454 | 17:10 | 82 (20) | 101 (17) | 109 (16) | 97 (19) | 112 (18) |
| 41 | JezWoolfrey | 47897 | 18:08 | 87 (9) | 93 (16) | 96 (11) | 93 (9) | 136 (9) |
| 42 | sotira | 102406 | 18:09 | 76 (19) | 95 (20) | 103 (18) | 102 (23) | 115 (24) |
| 43 | robinh | 119769 | 18:18 | 89 (24) | 97 (24) | 112 (24) | 92 (24) | 108 (23) |
| 44 | GMcD | 135007 | 18:45 | 87 (26) | 94 (26) | 110 (26) | 98 (26) | 108 (26) |
| 45 | OliviaRhineb | 134234 | 18:57 | 77 (26) | 98 (26) | 106 (26) | 103 (25) | 114 (25) |
| 46 | Squallaby | 116920 | 19:41 | 81 (24) | 92 (24) | 100 (15) | 101 (24) | 127 (22) |
| 47 | LouWeed | 138911 | 19:47 | 88 (25) | 97 (26) | 104 (25) | 97 (26) | 112 (25) |
| 48 | sampson | 75076 | 20:30 | 98 (17) | 96 (16) | 94 (11) | 97 (16) | 117 (11) |
| 49 | Craven | 142922 | 20:32 | 87 (26) | 97 (26) | 101 (23) | 97 (26) | 116 (25) |
| 50 | mcjwright | 136648 | 20:42 | 83 (25) | 104 (21) | 103 (24) | 93 (25) | 116 (25) |
| 51 | annelambirth | 106324 | 20:50 | 88 (21) | 94 (18) | 99 (20) | 97 (18) | 122 (18) |
| 52 | Zabadak | 119694 | 20:59 | 84 (23) | 90 (18) | 115 (18) | 98 (22) | 112 (24) |
| 53 | pterodactyl | 110493 | 21:10 | 93 (20) | 102 (21) | 99 (17) | 97 (21) | 108 (18) |
| 54 | barracuda | 154831 | 21:30 | 87 (26) | 97 (26) | 103 (26) | 95 (26) | 115 (26) |
| 55 | John Arnold | 85741 | 21:39 | 85 (22) | 100 (15) | 110 (12) | 90 (16) | 132 (11) |
| 56 | poskir | 115690 | 21:39 | 99 (21) | 102 (20) | 99 (16) | 98 (23) | 100 (19) |
| 57 | benedick | 80407 | 21:58 | 80 (14) | 100 (16) | 106 (12) | 102 (17) | 113 (12) |
| 58 | Looch | 114896 | 22:16 | 85 (19) | 93 (18) | 112 (22) | 89 (16) | 113 (21) |
| 59 | Ed freshpot | 150893 | 22:39 | 87 (25) | 94 (22) | 107 (25) | 93 (24) | 114 (25) |
| 60 | Kevin Gregg | 137380 | 22:40 | 75 (22) | 96 (24) | 112 (23) | 93 (22) | 124 (20) |
| 61 | Solver52 | 168416 | 23:47 | 87 (26) | 100 (25) | 106 (26) | 97 (25) | 108 (26) |
| 62 | gbestanley | 133709 | 24:29 | 88 (23) | 101 (22) | 102 (17) | 99 (21) | 111 (18) |
| 63 | colin2355 | 134698 | 24:40 | 75 (18) | 93 (24) | 92 (20) | 101 (18) | 133 (21) |
| 64 | zythum | 87668 | 24:45 | 86 (16) | 100 (13) | 106 (16) | 104 (11) | 105 (13) |
| 65 | Edprof | 97445 | 25:22 | 85 (16) | 97 (17) | 112 (16) | 92 (16) | 124 (9) |
| 66 | rjcassidy | 144199 | 25:34 | 76 (23) | 99 (21) | 107 (20) | 99 (22) | 123 (18) |
| 67 | diogenes | 92499 | 25:41 | 75 (16) | 102 (15) | 107 (12) | 105 (14) | 115 (13) |
| 68 | dec | 76149 | 25:54 | 81 (13) | 98 (12) | 120 (11) | 89 (11) | 112 (12) |
| 69 | fudgiebates | 67480 | 26:09 | 81 (13) | 102 (12) | 98 (9) | 95 (10) | 131 (9) |
| 70 | Chadwick | 144515 | 26:28 | 86 (20) | 97 (20) | 107 (20) | 102 (20) | 106 (21) |
| 71 | dont_panic | 148412 | 27:10 | 82 (19) | 90 (21) | 119 (19) | 103 (17) | 103 (25) |
| 72 | phmfantom | 154865 | 27:10 | 82 (23) | 101 (15) | 103 (22) | 90 (22) | 121 (23) |
| 73 | NAPASAI | 137891 | 28:43 | 88 (21) | 103 (15) | 100 (20) | 92 (15) | 114 (19) |
| 74 | Manveru | 136601 | 28:49 | 88 (21) | 98 (18) | 112 (14) | 95 (20) | 112 (16) |
| 75 | William M | 129261 | 29:06 | 72 (20) | 92 (14) | 122 (15) | 91 (18) | 128 (17) |
| 76 | Mkgnao | 107164 | 29:46 | 84 (16) | 93 (15) | 119 (12) | 103 (16) | 106 (11) |
| 77 | cassandra | 216041 | 30:00 | 93 (26) | 97 (26) | 101 (26) | 105 (26) | 101 (26) |
| 78 | struggler | 127795 | 30:52 | 93 (18) | 94 (17) | 103 (13) | 103 (17) | 107 (14) |
| 79 | nekabue | 210236 | 31:17 | 84 (25) | 88 (25) | 110 (23) | 99 (25) | 118 (24) |
| 80 | ulaca | 167177 | 32:23 | 81 (22) | 105 (21) | 97 (17) | 105 (20) | 114 (16) |
| 81 | rosselliot | 165590 | 33:15 | 86 (23) | 96 (17) | 112 (19) | 97 (19) | 111 (15) |
| 82 | Glyndwr | 188327 | 33:23 | 88 (25) | 99 (23) | 115 (18) | 96 (22) | 106 (16) |
| 83 | JohnDun | 225320 | 33:31 | 76 (23) | 94 (26) | 116 (24) | 96 (25) | 114 (24) |
| 84 | Jeeves | 80714 | 33:37 | 72 (11) | 96 (7) | 149 (6) | 86 (16) | 132 (10) |
| 85 | FelicityTT | 91540 | 33:54 | 75 (9) | 93 (11) | 101 (10) | 95 (9) | 117 (16) |
| 86 | koro | 242178 | 34:12 | 80 (25) | 101 (25) | 103 (26) | 102 (26) | 110 (26) |
| 87 | eniamretrauq | 168504 | 35:32 | 84 (17) | 95 (14) | 102 (20) | 96 (20) | 118 (18) |
| 88 | Big Nug | 237217 | 35:37 | 80 (24) | 99 (25) | 109 (25) | 102 (24) | 107 (23) |
| 89 | 1234 | 241637 | 36:36 | 80 (26) | 109 (25) | 99 (22) | 97 (25) | 115 (22) |
| 90 | Tudds | 254108 | 37:48 | 84 (25) | 95 (24) | 104 (24) | 97 (25) | 119 (24) |
| 91 | Crippens1 | 225419 | 38:43 | 75 (22) | 94 (25) | 111 (21) | 107 (19) | 114 (20) |
| 92 | empty | 295737 | 41:25 | 90 (26) | 102 (26) | 105 (25) | 100 (26) | 101 (26) |