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 | 27924 | 05:44 | 80 (20) | 102 (19) | 104 (15) | 106 (19) | 108 (18) |
| 2 | Ludo | 18825 | 06:49 | 107 (10) | 90 (12) | 95 (11) | 103 (12) | 104 (11) |
| 3 | Jason | 47302 | 07:02 | 82 (23) | 97 (24) | 100 (25) | 98 (24) | 118 (26) |
| 4 | Eamon Ryan | 47932 | 07:11 | 87 (24) | 99 (25) | 104 (24) | 99 (23) | 108 (25) |
| 5 | Lettuceleaf | 16107 | 07:15 | 90 (12) | 96 (9) | 94 (6) | 103 (10) | 113 (10) |
| 6 | Bogota Eagle | 35444 | 08:49 | 88 (13) | 98 (15) | 105 (16) | 103 (17) | 100 (16) |
| 7 | auchiedollie | 46507 | 09:27 | 85 (18) | 98 (22) | 104 (20) | 105 (15) | 107 (17) |
| 8 | verlaine | 52967 | 09:29 | 79 (23) | 99 (23) | 109 (17) | 105 (22) | 111 (18) |
| 9 | aphis99 | 56031 | 10:36 | 73 (17) | 108 (22) | 92 (20) | 98 (18) | 120 (21) |
| 10 | richard | 51885 | 10:40 | 82 (19) | 104 (20) | 112 (14) | 101 (20) | 103 (18) |
| 11 | tiggis | 22052 | 10:48 | 85 (10) | 109 (8) | 102 (11) | 94 (9) | 117 (6) |
| 12 | retiarius | 44702 | 11:17 | 85 (19) | 106 (18) | 103 (19) | 105 (14) | 104 (6) |
| 13 | lickert | 65143 | 11:25 | 86 (22) | 105 (22) | 95 (20) | 102 (19) | 109 (22) |
| 14 | AlanS | 66958 | 11:30 | 80 (23) | 95 (21) | 103 (21) | 104 (19) | 116 (23) |
| 15 | Tom Stubbs | 72527 | 11:30 | 82 (25) | 101 (25) | 92 (18) | 100 (24) | 122 (23) |
| 16 | Peter Fowler | 54676 | 11:32 | 96 (18) | 98 (18) | 105 (18) | 98 (16) | 99 (19) |
| 17 | tonysever | 73708 | 11:35 | 87 (23) | 105 (24) | 91 (21) | 98 (23) | 114 (25) |
| 18 | Heyesey | 45425 | 11:49 | 79 (17) | 92 (15) | 102 (18) | 94 (10) | 134 (14) |
| 19 | chindit | 72848 | 12:08 | 85 (22) | 91 (20) | 103 (21) | 99 (22) | 116 (25) |
| 20 | alanconnor | 37354 | 12:27 | 81 (13) | 91 (13) | 112 (8) | 92 (15) | 135 (11) |
| 21 | Quizimodo | 43289 | 12:53 | 98 (14) | 103 (13) | 98 (13) | 97 (13) | 101 (13) |
| 22 | glheard | 64361 | 12:55 | 90 (21) | 98 (19) | 110 (17) | 94 (18) | 107 (18) |
| 23 | keriothe_ | 34122 | 13:13 | 106 (8) | 87 (14) | 92 (11) | 108 (11) | 112 (9) |
| 24 | Denis | 76514 | 13:25 | 86 (19) | 96 (22) | 103 (21) | 106 (21) | 106 (22) |
| 25 | Stavros | 81628 | 13:44 | 89 (20) | 98 (22) | 100 (21) | 107 (23) | 102 (23) |
| 26 | Ben Staveley | 33057 | 13:46 | 78 (11) | 94 (8) | 105 (11) | 106 (9) | 115 (11) |
| 27 | Silva | 80447 | 13:49 | 92 (22) | 97 (23) | 97 (18) | 106 (23) | 105 (21) |
| 28 | Topical Tim | 87683 | 13:55 | 75 (23) | 103 (25) | 103 (20) | 96 (22) | 119 (25) |
| 29 | mchalen | 95458 | 13:57 | 87 (24) | 96 (26) | 100 (25) | 107 (24) | 107 (25) |
| 30 | mikegrocott | 60888 | 14:05 | 78 (15) | 117 (9) | 98 (20) | 107 (19) | 103 (19) |
| 31 | jjp | 28363 | 14:19 | 94 (6) | 103 (12) | 95 (9) | 90 (10) | 122 (6) |
| 32 | neilr | 85331 | 14:30 | 92 (24) | 94 (21) | 102 (17) | 94 (22) | 115 (24) |
| 33 | aphasic | 51187 | 14:42 | 81 (13) | 97 (13) | 105 (15) | 108 (15) | 105 (12) |
| 34 | Toffer | 72503 | 14:44 | 81 (14) | 108 (20) | 97 (19) | 93 (19) | 111 (20) |
| 35 | Tibthorpe | 88575 | 14:54 | 71 (19) | 101 (23) | 104 (19) | 98 (25) | 119 (23) |
| 36 | KenTurner | 36412 | 15:10 | 100 (10) | 94 (9) | 101 (13) | 109 (10) | 90 (8) |
| 37 | fshephe | 88149 | 15:37 | 89 (21) | 102 (22) | 103 (21) | 99 (18) | 103 (22) |
| 38 | AndyOwl | 82863 | 15:52 | 84 (21) | 98 (20) | 106 (19) | 108 (18) | 104 (19) |
| 39 | Sue Sweeper | 63223 | 15:57 | 75 (19) | 110 (17) | 110 (13) | 105 (14) | 107 (13) |
| 40 | sotira | 82325 | 16:08 | 83 (17) | 101 (19) | 101 (20) | 107 (21) | 103 (18) |
| 41 | phthisis | 94121 | 16:20 | 86 (20) | 102 (22) | 103 (23) | 91 (18) | 112 (23) |
| 42 | robinh | 92295 | 16:32 | 82 (19) | 102 (20) | 94 (20) | 106 (23) | 110 (21) |
| 43 | OliviaRhineb | 117639 | 17:02 | 81 (25) | 98 (25) | 104 (24) | 101 (25) | 114 (26) |
| 44 | RHB | 76160 | 17:09 | 77 (15) | 110 (21) | 99 (20) | 94 (15) | 116 (13) |
| 45 | ChuckB | 108044 | 17:28 | 80 (22) | 98 (23) | 106 (24) | 99 (22) | 114 (22) |
| 46 | mark oshin | 70763 | 17:36 | 82 (14) | 105 (15) | 104 (16) | 94 (15) | 109 (17) |
| 47 | Margaretlarb | 64995 | 18:03 | 101 (13) | 97 (15) | 101 (14) | 110 (13) | 92 (15) |
| 48 | noidea | 48813 | 18:04 | 95 (8) | 93 (11) | 120 (8) | 87 (11) | 104 (17) |
| 49 | rpb | 93498 | 18:07 | 80 (22) | 108 (21) | 99 (19) | 101 (16) | 113 (18) |
| 50 | pterodactyl | 64282 | 18:28 | 79 (15) | 86 (13) | 112 (9) | 100 (17) | 126 (14) |
| 51 | Bernard S | 71424 | 18:36 | 81 (13) | 111 (16) | 121 (13) | 98 (15) | 88 (17) |
| 52 | nesbitt | 49204 | 18:38 | 84 (12) | 93 (13) | 107 (13) | 103 (10) | 129 (6) |
| 53 | earlylight | 77112 | 18:54 | 95 (15) | 92 (17) | 107 (15) | 102 (15) | 102 (16) |
| 54 | John Arnold | 54981 | 19:29 | 85 (13) | 95 (10) | 106 (14) | 94 (8) | 114 (12) |
| 55 | David Crooks | 131540 | 19:34 | 86 (24) | 98 (24) | 103 (25) | 102 (24) | 108 (25) |
| 56 | MickinEly2 | 46462 | 19:51 | 89 (14) | 104 (9) | 104 (11) | 101 (8) | 109 (7) |
| 57 | GMcD | 132333 | 20:03 | 81 (23) | 107 (24) | 97 (26) | 97 (25) | 117 (22) |
| 58 | sampson | 80869 | 20:07 | 92 (18) | 98 (16) | 99 (18) | 100 (14) | 114 (11) |
| 59 | David P | 111411 | 20:10 | 84 (20) | 103 (20) | 103 (18) | 92 (21) | 114 (23) |
| 60 | reindeer | 105802 | 20:30 | 88 (19) | 97 (20) | 104 (19) | 102 (18) | 107 (20) |
| 61 | AnneGinger | 89245 | 20:39 | 87 (19) | 103 (17) | 104 (12) | 95 (17) | 112 (17) |
| 62 | Kevin Gregg | 64665 | 20:43 | 83 (15) | 87 (13) | 119 (13) | 102 (13) | 118 (8) |
| 63 | Carol | 62427 | 20:48 | 91 (12) | 91 (13) | 113 (11) | 98 (11) | 106 (13) |
| 64 | peter wild | 132689 | 20:51 | 86 (25) | 102 (25) | 100 (22) | 102 (24) | 111 (20) |
| 65 | DaddyM | 85991 | 21:04 | 83 (13) | 81 (18) | 82 (17) | 116 (14) | 138 (16) |
| 66 | Werm | 107088 | 21:14 | 79 (18) | 94 (21) | 110 (20) | 101 (19) | 117 (16) |
| 67 | Helly Welly | 92453 | 21:24 | 94 (14) | 94 (19) | 95 (15) | 107 (20) | 106 (14) |
| 68 | alanjcannon | 103048 | 21:28 | 80 (19) | 99 (19) | 104 (22) | 99 (14) | 117 (16) |
| 69 | Zabadak | 124669 | 21:52 | 81 (17) | 100 (18) | 92 (24) | 103 (22) | 115 (24) |
| 70 | Big Mick | 109236 | 21:56 | 86 (17) | 100 (21) | 104 (23) | 94 (16) | 113 (16) |
| 71 | Ben Ganly | 94739 | 22:14 | 73 (10) | 95 (19) | 111 (19) | 92 (16) | 113 (17) |
| 72 | zythum | 142334 | 22:35 | 88 (22) | 101 (23) | 102 (24) | 95 (21) | 110 (25) |
| 73 | barracuda | 134869 | 22:42 | 76 (22) | 106 (23) | 104 (23) | 99 (20) | 112 (21) |
| 74 | NJeagle | 54847 | 22:51 | 76 (10) | 96 (12) | 102 (9) | 106 (11) | 124 (8) |
| 75 | Groucho | 104517 | 22:55 | 87 (20) | 98 (13) | 102 (17) | 102 (20) | 111 (16) |
| 76 | Ron's mum | 79660 | 23:17 | 86 (11) | 114 (12) | 106 (17) | 88 (14) | 102 (13) |
| 77 | Eylesie | 50567 | 23:24 | 99 (10) | 93 (9) | 106 (12) | 100 (8) | 96 (7) |
| 78 | Edprof | 128658 | 23:33 | 88 (20) | 94 (20) | 114 (23) | 99 (20) | 101 (18) |
| 79 | Galspray | 99565 | 23:42 | 72 (15) | 103 (18) | 99 (19) | 112 (16) | 114 (12) |
| 80 | Bobb | 78537 | 23:47 | 88 (12) | 109 (13) | 94 (15) | 104 (10) | 104 (15) |
| 81 | PeterMabey | 93208 | 23:53 | 86 (15) | 98 (9) | 99 (17) | 101 (19) | 113 (15) |
| 82 | Julian West | 94189 | 24:09 | 76 (14) | 106 (15) | 117 (14) | 96 (18) | 103 (14) |
| 83 | leonora | 93607 | 24:22 | 84 (17) | 99 (12) | 106 (14) | 101 (13) | 108 (18) |
| 84 | Smiler | 61899 | 24:33 | 96 (12) | 83 (11) | 109 (10) | 103 (11) | 112 (8) |
| 85 | KarenR | 102301 | 24:42 | 78 (15) | 105 (12) | 107 (17) | 97 (15) | 107 (20) |
| 86 | benedick | 104032 | 25:07 | 86 (15) | 102 (12) | 96 (21) | 103 (14) | 111 (17) |
| 87 | Son of Smug | 107781 | 25:18 | 82 (14) | 107 (18) | 90 (16) | 108 (14) | 107 (19) |
| 88 | crosswordian | 139504 | 25:33 | 86 (19) | 97 (19) | 103 (22) | 102 (18) | 107 (23) |
| 89 | Chadwick | 99183 | 25:49 | 80 (13) | 96 (17) | 100 (14) | 100 (15) | 120 (15) |
| 90 | me_phobete | 118322 | 25:56 | 85 (17) | 98 (18) | 99 (18) | 100 (18) | 118 (15) |
| 91 | Jefe | 74545 | 27:00 | 68 (13) | 91 (16) | 102 (11) | 125 (6) | 142 (10) |
| 92 | NAPASAI | 65699 | 27:22 | 75 (6) | 101 (6) | 100 (12) | 96 (12) | 109 (14) |
| 93 | Solver52 | 51069 | 27:27 | 80 (9) | 95 (9) | 98 (9) | 120 (7) | 113 (7) |
| 94 | oldpalace | 94904 | 27:44 | 95 (11) | 101 (12) | 98 (10) | 103 (14) | 100 (20) |
| 95 | lesbunch | 55455 | 28:00 | 89 (7) | 107 (9) | 93 (10) | 96 (9) | 113 (8) |
| 96 | dec | 58848 | 28:01 | 74 (6) | 112 (7) | 101 (10) | 94 (12) | 110 (10) |
| 97 | ccy23 | 74656 | 28:16 | 84 (12) | 101 (12) | 96 (11) | 100 (11) | 130 (8) |
| 98 | Manveru | 51043 | 28:21 | 88 (8) | 99 (8) | 134 (6) | 81 (8) | 105 (10) |
| 99 | Barry Smith | 125910 | 28:44 | 80 (16) | 95 (17) | 103 (16) | 108 (16) | 110 (18) |
| 100 | anthea | 97145 | 29:26 | 100 (9) | 92 (14) | 112 (12) | 95 (12) | 100 (18) |
| 101 | rjr520 | 62326 | 30:33 | 84 (8) | 113 (9) | 97 (11) | 80 (6) | 113 (10) |
| 102 | nekabue | 67895 | 30:35 | 80 (13) | 91 (8) | 110 (9) | 91 (7) | 128 (10) |
| 103 | Prytherch | 95319 | 31:09 | 97 (6) | 91 (14) | 110 (12) | 94 (14) | 104 (15) |
| 104 | Glyndwr | 60130 | 31:19 | 64 (8) | 100 (6) | 105 (8) | 104 (9) | 116 (11) |
| 105 | stockynige | 62427 | 31:31 | 81 (8) | 85 (9) | 92 (7) | 95 (10) | 140 (9) |
| 106 | rosselliot | 74487 | 31:49 | 88 (8) | 86 (8) | 93 (10) | 100 (12) | 121 (11) |
| 107 | koro | 113125 | 34:16 | 80 (10) | 88 (11) | 106 (15) | 101 (15) | 113 (14) |
| 108 | Jeeves | 126490 | 34:33 | 88 (11) | 90 (14) | 112 (16) | 94 (16) | 109 (14) |
| 109 | Bobchapman | 80384 | 39:24 | 52 (10) | 56 (9) | 163 (10) | 159 (8) | 64 (7) |
| 110 | cassandra | 98209 | 39:55 | 80 (9) | 84 (7) | 122 (11) | 97 (12) | 103 (12) |