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 | 7970 | 03:47 | 102 (9) | 98 (8) | 99 (8) | 100 (10) | 99 (10) |
| 2 | Magoo | 31449 | 06:01 | 81 (17) | 96 (22) | 100 (14) | 108 (23) | 109 (21) |
| 3 | mohn | 26141 | 06:42 | 87 (16) | 101 (18) | 99 (13) | 106 (14) | 106 (14) |
| 4 | Jason | 42209 | 06:57 | 92 (25) | 101 (19) | 96 (23) | 105 (23) | 106 (21) |
| 5 | Lettuceleaf | 23732 | 07:03 | 90 (13) | 95 (13) | 105 (14) | 98 (15) | 113 (11) |
| 6 | Eamon Ryan | 51611 | 08:02 | 77 (22) | 98 (25) | 105 (24) | 110 (23) | 106 (23) |
| 7 | auchiedollie | 17437 | 08:32 | 90 (13) | 108 (9) | 106 (7) | 98 (8) | 103 (7) |
| 8 | Bogota Eagle | 45896 | 08:41 | 77 (20) | 107 (20) | 96 (19) | 111 (20) | 107 (19) |
| 9 | aphis99 | 49260 | 09:13 | 83 (20) | 99 (19) | 105 (23) | 98 (20) | 115 (17) |
| 10 | verlaine | 50833 | 09:44 | 75 (19) | 96 (18) | 98 (21) | 100 (19) | 127 (20) |
| 11 | richard | 52276 | 10:15 | 96 (20) | 99 (21) | 90 (15) | 110 (21) | 99 (18) |
| 12 | lickert | 70019 | 11:33 | 84 (23) | 104 (24) | 100 (21) | 103 (21) | 106 (22) |
| 13 | Tom Stubbs | 68993 | 11:44 | 90 (22) | 89 (23) | 100 (19) | 108 (21) | 110 (23) |
| 14 | Heyesey | 48180 | 11:59 | 72 (17) | 102 (13) | 139 (15) | 96 (19) | 94 (13) |
| 15 | tonysever | 79161 | 11:59 | 87 (25) | 103 (24) | 100 (21) | 107 (24) | 101 (26) |
| 16 | alanconnor | 37442 | 12:14 | 74 (17) | 98 (10) | 109 (16) | 97 (8) | 134 (10) |
| 17 | Quizimodo | 83138 | 12:28 | 83 (23) | 102 (24) | 103 (24) | 111 (26) | 98 (24) |
| 18 | retiarius | 38017 | 12:40 | 86 (12) | 105 (15) | 95 (13) | 108 (9) | 105 (11) |
| 19 | Ben Staveley | 33539 | 12:42 | 76 (12) | 106 (12) | 103 (9) | 113 (12) | 103 (9) |
| 20 | mchalen | 83976 | 12:43 | 71 (25) | 110 (21) | 97 (25) | 105 (25) | 118 (24) |
| 21 | AlanS | 71377 | 12:47 | 81 (23) | 101 (21) | 103 (20) | 107 (16) | 108 (23) |
| 22 | chindit | 73788 | 12:48 | 85 (23) | 105 (23) | 92 (19) | 107 (23) | 110 (18) |
| 23 | Peter Fowler | 73829 | 12:49 | 93 (20) | 102 (23) | 105 (24) | 98 (19) | 98 (20) |
| 24 | BoxBrownie | 43962 | 13:05 | 87 (19) | 102 (14) | 97 (9) | 108 (9) | 111 (15) |
| 25 | Toffer | 63282 | 13:11 | 84 (21) | 104 (19) | 102 (21) | 100 (12) | 111 (17) |
| 26 | Topical Tim | 77070 | 13:22 | 78 (23) | 98 (21) | 120 (17) | 96 (22) | 112 (23) |
| 27 | Silva | 80213 | 13:38 | 86 (22) | 107 (24) | 89 (16) | 98 (24) | 112 (22) |
| 28 | Denis | 93281 | 13:38 | 83 (26) | 100 (23) | 99 (24) | 106 (25) | 110 (26) |
| 29 | mikegrocott | 50399 | 13:46 | 87 (16) | 96 (12) | 113 (15) | 93 (13) | 107 (15) |
| 30 | Stavros | 72775 | 13:56 | 89 (24) | 106 (18) | 94 (20) | 103 (17) | 111 (18) |
| 31 | neilr | 86405 | 14:07 | 86 (23) | 104 (23) | 97 (19) | 98 (22) | 111 (25) |
| 32 | aphasic | 47470 | 14:23 | 90 (17) | 111 (14) | 100 (12) | 100 (13) | 99 (9) |
| 33 | KenTurner | 62602 | 14:54 | 98 (15) | 98 (19) | 100 (16) | 107 (14) | 96 (16) |
| 34 | Chris Marr | 29642 | 14:58 | 82 (11) | 94 (7) | 102 (9) | 111 (9) | 116 (7) |
| 35 | Tibthorpe | 91161 | 15:11 | 80 (23) | 102 (21) | 109 (22) | 102 (23) | 106 (21) |
| 36 | phineus | 93789 | 15:19 | 78 (23) | 122 (23) | 98 (22) | 91 (21) | 107 (23) |
| 37 | Sue Sweeper | 50459 | 15:34 | 86 (15) | 92 (10) | 91 (14) | 113 (15) | 120 (10) |
| 38 | jjp | 46018 | 15:39 | 77 (15) | 114 (11) | 105 (9) | 92 (10) | 115 (14) |
| 39 | subbswamysg | 56562 | 15:58 | 87 (14) | 94 (13) | 93 (13) | 108 (13) | 113 (16) |
| 40 | AndyOwl | 100629 | 16:07 | 77 (22) | 102 (24) | 98 (22) | 106 (24) | 113 (22) |
| 41 | rpb | 72738 | 16:22 | 86 (17) | 107 (20) | 100 (17) | 93 (17) | 114 (13) |
| 42 | RHB | 65343 | 16:30 | 82 (16) | 108 (14) | 93 (16) | 107 (18) | 110 (12) |
| 43 | robinh | 82324 | 16:43 | 87 (19) | 94 (19) | 106 (18) | 108 (20) | 103 (16) |
| 44 | OliviaRhineb | 103489 | 16:44 | 82 (23) | 97 (22) | 101 (22) | 108 (22) | 109 (24) |
| 45 | nesbitt | 65464 | 17:02 | 84 (20) | 110 (14) | 100 (13) | 106 (18) | 106 (9) |
| 46 | sotira | 55450 | 17:26 | 86 (17) | 103 (16) | 84 (8) | 116 (8) | 111 (14) |
| 47 | fshephe | 92627 | 17:32 | 78 (21) | 103 (18) | 107 (21) | 105 (20) | 107 (18) |
| 48 | phthisis | 105348 | 17:54 | 91 (21) | 97 (23) | 102 (20) | 100 (23) | 108 (21) |
| 49 | andyt | 109471 | 18:14 | 95 (23) | 97 (24) | 92 (19) | 102 (23) | 112 (21) |
| 50 | Margaretlarb | 39597 | 18:19 | 104 (8) | 101 (7) | 108 (8) | 127 (6) | 87 (17) |
| 51 | earlylight | 90519 | 18:23 | 96 (18) | 104 (16) | 83 (17) | 98 (20) | 114 (21) |
| 52 | mark oshin | 55804 | 18:36 | 80 (10) | 94 (11) | 98 (13) | 113 (12) | 107 (14) |
| 53 | Bernard S | 83777 | 18:37 | 90 (18) | 97 (12) | 102 (16) | 102 (23) | 105 (16) |
| 54 | pterodactyl | 71171 | 18:49 | 83 (15) | 93 (10) | 104 (21) | 99 (13) | 116 (14) |
| 55 | Kevin Gregg | 63587 | 18:55 | 77 (16) | 98 (12) | 113 (16) | 110 (12) | 104 (10) |
| 56 | Mick in Iraq | 33357 | 19:10 | 93 (12) | 97 (7) | 100 (7) | 112 (6) | 105 (7) |
| 57 | Zabadak | 87118 | 19:21 | 88 (16) | 99 (15) | 98 (14) | 101 (22) | 109 (18) |
| 58 | David Crooks | 121935 | 19:21 | 86 (24) | 101 (25) | 101 (21) | 97 (24) | 115 (21) |
| 59 | sampson | 81755 | 19:27 | 88 (20) | 103 (12) | 101 (16) | 108 (18) | 101 (14) |
| 60 | reindeer | 93170 | 19:39 | 90 (16) | 98 (19) | 98 (19) | 103 (21) | 110 (14) |
| 61 | John Arnold | 55973 | 19:50 | 91 (19) | 104 (7) | 97 (14) | 114 (8) | 108 (9) |
| 62 | noidea | 63505 | 19:58 | 82 (11) | 106 (15) | 99 (12) | 89 (10) | 111 (15) |
| 63 | AnneGinger | 85182 | 20:16 | 87 (19) | 102 (16) | 107 (14) | 103 (19) | 103 (12) |
| 64 | GMcD | 120982 | 20:34 | 84 (25) | 106 (23) | 106 (22) | 93 (18) | 110 (20) |
| 65 | peter wild | 129589 | 20:46 | 81 (24) | 102 (22) | 104 (24) | 106 (23) | 105 (21) |
| 66 | David P | 113105 | 20:56 | 90 (26) | 96 (18) | 97 (16) | 110 (20) | 107 (20) |
| 67 | MickinEly2 | 89621 | 21:20 | 90 (15) | 103 (19) | 103 (19) | 103 (12) | 97 (15) |
| 68 | Bobb | 78405 | 21:25 | 84 (15) | 115 (13) | 90 (13) | 108 (16) | 101 (14) |
| 69 | Julian West | 72556 | 21:35 | 81 (15) | 108 (12) | 106 (15) | 91 (14) | 120 (10) |
| 70 | Ben Ganly | 83433 | 21:43 | 85 (14) | 102 (13) | 98 (16) | 100 (17) | 112 (14) |
| 71 | alanjcannon | 45936 | 21:52 | 96 (10) | 83 (12) | 100 (7) | 96 (8) | 134 (8) |
| 72 | NJeagle | 103770 | 22:10 | 82 (18) | 97 (15) | 109 (19) | 102 (20) | 108 (16) |
| 73 | Edprof | 105288 | 23:05 | 86 (16) | 86 (17) | 99 (18) | 111 (17) | 114 (18) |
| 74 | Groucho | 70905 | 23:10 | 84 (14) | 91 (11) | 97 (11) | 119 (12) | 108 (13) |
| 75 | PeterMabey | 110592 | 23:19 | 81 (16) | 111 (18) | 95 (19) | 104 (17) | 104 (19) |
| 76 | Big Mick | 112011 | 23:37 | 80 (21) | 100 (16) | 94 (17) | 116 (17) | 112 (18) |
| 77 | frost | 83960 | 23:43 | 79 (12) | 109 (13) | 87 (17) | 104 (14) | 121 (13) |
| 78 | barracuda | 136397 | 23:55 | 79 (24) | 101 (21) | 107 (21) | 105 (20) | 110 (19) |
| 79 | zythum | 146907 | 24:14 | 81 (18) | 106 (23) | 101 (21) | 102 (25) | 103 (24) |
| 80 | Bert Dove | 45111 | 24:15 | 83 (12) | 122 (8) | 103 (6) | 103 (9) | 96 (6) |
| 81 | Galspray | 95292 | 24:26 | 76 (19) | 111 (15) | 98 (17) | 119 (11) | 108 (13) |
| 82 | benedick | 101181 | 25:10 | 76 (13) | 100 (12) | 101 (17) | 110 (16) | 104 (19) |
| 83 | Jefe | 94360 | 25:46 | 77 (16) | 97 (14) | 113 (14) | 115 (14) | 100 (13) |
| 84 | tony13 | 61908 | 25:47 | 79 (11) | 100 (14) | 107 (10) | 111 (8) | 110 (7) |
| 85 | leonora | 68628 | 25:59 | 82 (12) | 111 (9) | 105 (12) | 94 (12) | 112 (9) |
| 86 | me_phobete | 114543 | 26:09 | 80 (18) | 100 (17) | 94 (15) | 99 (17) | 126 (16) |
| 87 | Son of Smug | 105735 | 26:18 | 85 (13) | 104 (18) | 97 (20) | 106 (14) | 105 (12) |
| 88 | Solver52 | 101099 | 26:19 | 87 (12) | 95 (17) | 101 (14) | 105 (16) | 107 (15) |
| 89 | crosswordian | 116286 | 27:41 | 83 (16) | 107 (16) | 100 (16) | 106 (15) | 101 (17) |
| 90 | Mkgnao | 51623 | 27:45 | 72 (8) | 101 (8) | 111 (6) | 117 (10) | 96 (9) |
| 91 | KarenR | 112865 | 28:04 | 83 (18) | 103 (19) | 99 (15) | 112 (13) | 107 (12) |
| 92 | Pwil3058 | 105704 | 28:24 | 82 (15) | 100 (16) | 98 (11) | 113 (15) | 105 (15) |
| 93 | oldpalace | 89453 | 28:40 | 105 (6) | 101 (14) | 96 (12) | 99 (15) | 100 (15) |
| 94 | Prytherch | 81255 | 29:26 | 86 (8) | 104 (12) | 92 (13) | 103 (13) | 108 (10) |
| 95 | Moles | 84795 | 29:26 | 81 (8) | 103 (14) | 94 (7) | 106 (16) | 100 (13) |
| 96 | stockynige | 83417 | 30:13 | 77 (7) | 95 (12) | 86 (11) | 110 (9) | 113 (17) |
| 97 | Bobchapman | 94762 | 31:35 | 48 (10) | 91 (12) | 88 (12) | 95 (10) | 146 (16) |
| 98 | rjr520 | 99580 | 31:55 | 73 (13) | 111 (15) | 88 (10) | 105 (14) | 121 (10) |
| 99 | koro | 95437 | 34:34 | 88 (6) | 97 (12) | 99 (13) | 95 (8) | 106 (17) |
| 100 | cassandra | 79386 | 40:05 | 80 (6) | 103 (8) | 98 (10) | 106 (9) | 103 (10) |