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 | 49 | 04:11 | 90 (14) | 90 (9) | 90 (9) | 106 (11) | 138 (6) |
| 2 | Nathan Panning | 82 | 05:45 | 87 (17) | 91 (18) | 96 (16) | 108 (16) | 118 (15) |
| 3 | Magoo | 48 | 06:14 | 83 (9) | 89 (9) | 97 (11) | 114 (9) | 113 (10) |
| 4 | Jason | 92 | 06:19 | 85 (19) | 96 (17) | 107 (21) | 94 (21) | 120 (14) |
| 5 | mistigris | 86 | 07:01 | 85 (16) | 86 (19) | 102 (16) | 110 (19) | 115 (16) |
| 6 | Diskus | 114 | 07:03 | 79 (24) | 90 (23) | 91 (25) | 117 (23) | 125 (19) |
| 7 | verlaine | 112 | 07:05 | 81 (21) | 85 (22) | 104 (20) | 110 (24) | 114 (25) |
| 8 | hilarym | 65 | 07:30 | 87 (18) | 91 (14) | 103 (14) | 110 (13) | 129 (6) |
| 9 | aphis99 | 118 | 07:37 | 85 (24) | 85 (25) | 97 (21) | 107 (24) | 122 (24) |
| 10 | cmjhutton | 68 | 08:09 | 94 (14) | 88 (15) | 112 (12) | 96 (14) | 111 (13) |
| 11 | richard | 105 | 08:21 | 84 (22) | 89 (22) | 100 (20) | 112 (22) | 114 (19) |
| 12 | asaldanha | 103 | 08:56 | 84 (20) | 80 (23) | 107 (20) | 107 (21) | 123 (19) |
| 13 | trux | 46 | 09:23 | 76 (11) | 87 (9) | 97 (9) | 119 (11) | 130 (6) |
| 14 | chindit | 113 | 09:35 | 85 (24) | 79 (20) | 106 (23) | 109 (23) | 118 (23) |
| 15 | philjordan1147 | 77 | 10:14 | 87 (16) | 94 (17) | 91 (16) | 110 (14) | 119 (14) |
| 16 | AlanS | 103 | 10:26 | 75 (21) | 93 (23) | 105 (22) | 113 (18) | 115 (19) |
| 17 | glheard | 82 | 10:31 | 82 (22) | 92 (16) | 96 (12) | 117 (22) | 114 (10) |
| 18 | Kinghedger | 83 | 10:40 | 89 (20) | 82 (17) | 101 (18) | 109 (16) | 128 (12) |
| 19 | scrabbler | 100 | 10:47 | 85 (19) | 86 (22) | 101 (19) | 107 (21) | 119 (19) |
| 20 | xyster | 86 | 10:58 | 86 (19) | 85 (18) | 105 (18) | 107 (17) | 120 (14) |
| 21 | lickert | 93 | 11:03 | 82 (18) | 83 (19) | 110 (19) | 108 (21) | 114 (16) |
| 22 | keriothe_ | 107 | 11:09 | 79 (20) | 98 (22) | 99 (21) | 95 (21) | 124 (23) |
| 23 | Heyesey | 108 | 11:18 | 72 (21) | 82 (22) | 102 (24) | 114 (22) | 129 (19) |
| 24 | Topical Tim | 121 | 11:26 | 79 (25) | 87 (24) | 97 (26) | 110 (25) | 129 (21) |
| 25 | andy | 91 | 11:36 | 81 (19) | 91 (18) | 98 (20) | 119 (18) | 110 (16) |
| 26 | miked1961 | 45 | 11:53 | 87 (11) | 90 (8) | 93 (9) | 123 (8) | 108 (9) |
| 27 | markdobell | 107 | 11:55 | 81 (20) | 86 (23) | 100 (20) | 111 (24) | 119 (20) |
| 28 | tilbee | 102 | 12:01 | 80 (21) | 88 (20) | 100 (19) | 110 (21) | 119 (21) |
| 29 | fshephe | 105 | 12:01 | 89 (23) | 96 (20) | 98 (20) | 106 (20) | 110 (22) |
| 30 | neilr | 107 | 12:11 | 91 (23) | 88 (23) | 101 (21) | 108 (21) | 113 (19) |
| 31 | HenryBW | 77 | 12:12 | 85 (17) | 88 (15) | 107 (15) | 105 (17) | 116 (13) |
| 32 | Tom Stubbs | 126 | 12:19 | 79 (26) | 83 (24) | 99 (25) | 117 (26) | 119 (25) |
| 33 | Sheapey | 111 | 12:23 | 77 (23) | 83 (21) | 92 (21) | 110 (23) | 132 (23) |
| 34 | Deane Short | 81 | 12:25 | 85 (21) | 91 (15) | 93 (13) | 117 (17) | 114 (15) |
| 35 | Silva | 115 | 12:34 | 83 (25) | 91 (23) | 98 (24) | 112 (23) | 117 (20) |
| 36 | JimboFS | 101 | 12:41 | 85 (21) | 85 (20) | 102 (22) | 96 (18) | 130 (20) |
| 37 | David Crooks | 85 | 12:43 | 82 (21) | 89 (20) | 111 (18) | 113 (12) | 115 (14) |
| 38 | March | 114 | 12:49 | 82 (22) | 87 (25) | 106 (21) | 107 (25) | 118 (21) |
| 39 | aphasic | 73 | 12:53 | 89 (18) | 94 (15) | 101 (12) | 94 (14) | 124 (14) |
| 40 | Stavros | 89 | 13:03 | 86 (21) | 86 (20) | 100 (19) | 103 (16) | 136 (13) |
| 41 | MikeOsborne | 107 | 13:23 | 83 (17) | 89 (24) | 93 (22) | 106 (21) | 124 (23) |
| 42 | Secondbass | 77 | 13:29 | 82 (14) | 93 (17) | 102 (21) | 114 (15) | 108 (10) |
| 43 | Finzi | 125 | 13:33 | 87 (26) | 92 (26) | 98 (24) | 110 (25) | 112 (24) |
| 44 | JezWoolfrey | 63 | 13:57 | 83 (16) | 90 (12) | 105 (14) | 100 (9) | 124 (12) |
| 45 | Penfold_61 | 93 | 13:59 | 93 (18) | 84 (21) | 106 (18) | 107 (16) | 111 (20) |
| 46 | Ben Staveley | 104 | 14:02 | 88 (17) | 91 (24) | 104 (24) | 114 (24) | 95 (15) |
| 47 | jamesah | 74 | 14:11 | 89 (18) | 93 (17) | 96 (13) | 111 (17) | 117 (9) |
| 48 | tunflog | 65 | 14:21 | 98 (17) | 97 (16) | 98 (14) | 98 (11) | 114 (7) |
| 49 | grape | 55 | 14:28 | 97 (15) | 85 (8) | 100 (14) | 100 (11) | 120 (7) |
| 50 | 7dPenguin | 84 | 14:28 | 86 (16) | 90 (19) | 106 (16) | 97 (16) | 120 (17) |
| 51 | Peponi13 | 92 | 14:31 | 93 (19) | 92 (18) | 101 (18) | 101 (18) | 109 (19) |
| 52 | Ed freshpot | 98 | 14:31 | 80 (18) | 87 (23) | 92 (19) | 115 (20) | 125 (18) |
| 53 | LouWeed | 112 | 14:31 | 86 (25) | 84 (21) | 103 (23) | 108 (25) | 119 (18) |
| 54 | Groucho | 88 | 14:48 | 83 (23) | 92 (19) | 104 (17) | 107 (16) | 126 (13) |
| 55 | Tibthorpe | 110 | 14:56 | 84 (20) | 91 (23) | 97 (22) | 102 (23) | 122 (22) |
| 56 | Crucifer | 73 | 15:06 | 76 (19) | 86 (16) | 99 (13) | 132 (12) | 121 (13) |
| 57 | pitcaithlie | 68 | 15:11 | 84 (15) | 79 (16) | 112 (15) | 106 (12) | 129 (10) |
| 58 | franceslc11 | 72 | 15:14 | 88 (14) | 94 (12) | 89 (13) | 113 (14) | 109 (19) |
| 59 | Achernar | 74 | 15:23 | 90 (18) | 96 (19) | 105 (17) | 108 (13) | 103 (7) |
| 60 | phthisis | 86 | 15:27 | 83 (16) | 95 (18) | 95 (17) | 103 (17) | 119 (18) |
| 61 | alexh | 73 | 15:35 | 88 (15) | 95 (16) | 91 (12) | 107 (15) | 115 (15) |
| 62 | Semillon | 128 | 15:35 | 78 (25) | 95 (26) | 94 (25) | 109 (26) | 120 (26) |
| 63 | CentralLine | 88 | 15:54 | 79 (18) | 87 (18) | 86 (14) | 113 (20) | 127 (18) |
| 64 | Pootle | 112 | 15:55 | 87 (23) | 82 (23) | 101 (21) | 110 (23) | 118 (22) |
| 65 | gabrojak | 67 | 16:08 | 84 (13) | 91 (15) | 105 (17) | 107 (12) | 114 (10) |
| 66 | Looch | 112 | 16:13 | 85 (21) | 86 (25) | 104 (21) | 106 (22) | 117 (23) |
| 67 | Ease This Jam | 90 | 16:16 | 78 (18) | 89 (19) | 96 (18) | 113 (19) | 124 (16) |
| 68 | tapbarker | 99 | 16:19 | 76 (20) | 90 (18) | 113 (18) | 96 (20) | 120 (23) |
| 69 | MK76 | 63 | 16:24 | 75 (15) | 97 (15) | 116 (11) | 102 (13) | 123 (9) |
| 70 | robinh | 87 | 16:31 | 86 (20) | 96 (21) | 103 (17) | 98 (16) | 123 (13) |
| 71 | Squallaby | 85 | 16:34 | 83 (19) | 89 (18) | 103 (15) | 97 (17) | 130 (16) |
| 72 | andrewlake | 116 | 16:36 | 77 (20) | 89 (25) | 98 (24) | 108 (23) | 123 (24) |
| 73 | Craven | 109 | 16:41 | 90 (24) | 91 (23) | 101 (20) | 108 (23) | 111 (19) |
| 74 | Valance | 71 | 16:54 | 77 (12) | 88 (15) | 104 (16) | 111 (14) | 114 (14) |
| 75 | LJCN | 112 | 17:14 | 81 (22) | 100 (22) | 101 (24) | 105 (22) | 110 (22) |
| 76 | DunPangolin | 98 | 17:30 | 92 (24) | 91 (22) | 96 (19) | 107 (17) | 120 (16) |
| 77 | Crossiant | 85 | 17:33 | 79 (15) | 89 (17) | 89 (18) | 106 (16) | 129 (19) |
| 78 | Ludo | 64 | 17:35 | 80 (14) | 88 (17) | 106 (10) | 115 (13) | 119 (10) |
| 79 | rupe | 37 | 17:54 | 74 (9) | 97 (8) | 90 (6) | 106 (7) | 136 (7) |
| 80 | ajcauk1 | 83 | 17:59 | 91 (19) | 91 (18) | 105 (18) | 99 (15) | 117 (13) |
| 81 | GMcD | 107 | 18:00 | 85 (22) | 94 (20) | 94 (23) | 110 (22) | 117 (20) |
| 82 | uvofiz | 67 | 18:02 | 89 (15) | 95 (16) | 96 (12) | 102 (14) | 123 (10) |
| 83 | OliviaRhineb | 88 | 18:35 | 76 (17) | 93 (19) | 105 (18) | 109 (16) | 115 (18) |
| 84 | pterodactyl | 86 | 18:57 | 87 (19) | 91 (18) | 102 (21) | 113 (13) | 111 (15) |
| 85 | Colin2355 | 89 | 18:59 | 89 (18) | 72 (18) | 97 (16) | 106 (19) | 133 (18) |
| 86 | endafk | 77 | 19:01 | 78 (19) | 82 (14) | 100 (15) | 117 (15) | 126 (14) |
| 87 | Zander | 104 | 19:15 | 86 (19) | 81 (20) | 105 (20) | 102 (23) | 121 (22) |
| 88 | PGooden | 46 | 19:16 | 77 (7) | 86 (11) | 82 (9) | 112 (7) | 131 (12) |
| 89 | Jeremy S | 62 | 19:18 | 87 (18) | 95 (14) | 112 (15) | 113 (8) | 98 (7) |
| 90 | BlackburnRover | 104 | 19:22 | 92 (21) | 93 (22) | 93 (22) | 106 (21) | 116 (18) |
| 91 | cyrillic | 59 | 19:29 | 79 (9) | 77 (11) | 94 (14) | 115 (12) | 124 (13) |
| 92 | Galspray | 75 | 19:39 | 85 (18) | 90 (15) | 91 (15) | 120 (13) | 118 (14) |
| 93 | hugh schofield | 69 | 20:09 | 79 (16) | 89 (16) | 96 (14) | 116 (12) | 132 (11) |
| 94 | Andrew Whiffin | 66 | 20:10 | 74 (10) | 91 (15) | 112 (15) | 97 (9) | 112 (17) |
| 95 | Hamish.S | 95 | 20:15 | 79 (21) | 92 (21) | 100 (19) | 119 (15) | 114 (19) |
| 96 | John Arnold | 55 | 20:18 | 91 (13) | 87 (14) | 114 (12) | 105 (10) | 110 (6) |
| 97 | Kevin Gregg | 97 | 20:33 | 82 (22) | 91 (23) | 107 (19) | 97 (17) | 130 (16) |
| 98 | pc8 | 113 | 20:37 | 86 (24) | 84 (23) | 103 (21) | 110 (24) | 116 (21) |
| 99 | FrameShift | 79 | 21:04 | 70 (18) | 98 (15) | 116 (14) | 108 (15) | 111 (17) |
| 100 | Waterloo | 78 | 21:07 | 81 (18) | 88 (16) | 103 (14) | 108 (16) | 123 (14) |
| 101 | barracuda | 110 | 21:27 | 79 (19) | 87 (24) | 103 (24) | 103 (21) | 123 (22) |
| 102 | David Bourne | 56 | 21:31 | 75 (14) | 77 (8) | 104 (10) | 120 (9) | 119 (15) |
| 103 | DanSolo | 40 | 21:40 | 85 (8) | 95 (8) | 92 (9) | 104 (8) | 127 (7) |
| 104 | James P | 98 | 21:46 | 74 (18) | 88 (20) | 93 (20) | 101 (17) | 135 (23) |
| 105 | crosswordian | 95 | 21:53 | 85 (20) | 92 (20) | 101 (19) | 105 (16) | 115 (20) |
| 106 | Jagsfan1971 | 63 | 21:56 | 74 (15) | 84 (12) | 107 (17) | 105 (8) | 135 (11) |
| 107 | Nangle | 72 | 22:05 | 98 (16) | 89 (18) | 92 (13) | 105 (15) | 123 (10) |
| 108 | george.garlick | 69 | 22:10 | 81 (14) | 86 (11) | 107 (15) | 114 (15) | 105 (14) |
| 109 | npweston | 54 | 22:23 | 84 (11) | 81 (13) | 96 (11) | 130 (8) | 118 (11) |
| 110 | UisceTe | 48 | 22:33 | 88 (9) | 86 (10) | 109 (9) | 108 (13) | 105 (7) |
| 111 | dec | 46 | 22:49 | 79 (9) | 92 (9) | 104 (10) | 110 (11) | 113 (7) |
| 112 | goblin | 129 | 22:54 | 79 (26) | 88 (26) | 98 (26) | 103 (26) | 131 (25) |
| 113 | Onelug | 59 | 23:11 | 82 (14) | 92 (11) | 94 (9) | 108 (13) | 122 (12) |
| 114 | Corymbia | 90 | 23:33 | 82 (24) | 95 (14) | 103 (16) | 102 (16) | 119 (20) |
| 115 | 1234 | 67 | 23:35 | 76 (16) | 103 (16) | 104 (14) | 105 (14) | 127 (7) |
| 116 | Leegoods | 48 | 24:04 | 74 (12) | 97 (8) | 111 (8) | 111 (11) | 112 (9) |
| 117 | MichelinPoitiers | 57 | 24:08 | 89 (13) | 81 (11) | 103 (12) | 111 (10) | 116 (11) |
| 118 | Edprof | 66 | 24:08 | 80 (13) | 93 (12) | 97 (14) | 97 (13) | 129 (14) |
| 119 | Tudds | 109 | 24:13 | 78 (22) | 86 (24) | 108 (23) | 112 (22) | 118 (18) |
| 120 | rjcassidy | 113 | 24:47 | 86 (23) | 87 (23) | 100 (21) | 108 (22) | 117 (24) |
| 121 | chris661554 | 103 | 25:27 | 76 (20) | 94 (21) | 87 (19) | 111 (21) | 126 (22) |
| 122 | medodd | 67 | 25:31 | 87 (15) | 94 (17) | 114 (14) | 95 (10) | 110 (11) |
| 123 | suethepotterer | 76 | 25:45 | 87 (14) | 102 (12) | 100 (18) | 95 (16) | 113 (16) |
| 124 | Fidelio | 48 | 26:01 | 80 (9) | 88 (8) | 97 (11) | 110 (10) | 118 (10) |
| 125 | JohnDun | 90 | 26:09 | 82 (21) | 86 (15) | 98 (20) | 104 (16) | 129 (18) |
| 126 | Pauline Minter | 77 | 26:27 | 81 (15) | 88 (14) | 101 (18) | 101 (14) | 124 (16) |
| 127 | Mkgnao | 79 | 26:29 | 83 (20) | 91 (15) | 106 (15) | 108 (14) | 116 (15) |
| 128 | Crippens1 | 82 | 26:52 | 88 (22) | 88 (19) | 106 (14) | 114 (13) | 114 (14) |
| 129 | SlumdogEngineer | 59 | 27:07 | 75 (11) | 72 (12) | 98 (10) | 114 (13) | 132 (13) |
| 130 | eniamretrauq | 76 | 27:27 | 81 (15) | 86 (15) | 100 (14) | 108 (15) | 120 (17) |
| 131 | ulaca | 89 | 27:50 | 79 (20) | 78 (16) | 92 (18) | 113 (18) | 138 (17) |
| 132 | nekabue | 99 | 27:53 | 82 (20) | 90 (19) | 97 (22) | 115 (18) | 114 (20) |
| 133 | Mike Harper | 87 | 28:12 | 71 (16) | 88 (19) | 101 (22) | 112 (18) | 135 (12) |
| 134 | 99evers | 68 | 28:36 | 73 (9) | 81 (16) | 102 (13) | 137 (13) | 100 (17) |
| 135 | Yatton50 | 87 | 29:08 | 76 (18) | 92 (19) | 109 (17) | 99 (18) | 127 (15) |
| 136 | JoeyC | 74 | 29:41 | 82 (17) | 82 (16) | 93 (13) | 101 (15) | 149 (13) |
| 137 | Manveru | 60 | 29:53 | 84 (13) | 74 (14) | 140 (13) | 100 (12) | 101 (8) |
| 138 | infinitejest | 42 | 30:01 | 91 (10) | 96 (12) | 89 (7) | 98 (6) | 130 (7) |
| 139 | rosselliot | 54 | 30:28 | 97 (10) | 81 (10) | 94 (11) | 110 (12) | 112 (11) |
| 140 | gbestanley | 94 | 31:20 | 89 (19) | 96 (21) | 100 (17) | 102 (18) | 110 (19) |
| 141 | BertieVII | 84 | 31:40 | 91 (22) | 88 (19) | 97 (16) | 96 (11) | 130 (16) |
| 142 | koro | 116 | 32:03 | 81 (24) | 78 (23) | 106 (22) | 107 (23) | 125 (24) |
| 143 | Lloyd | 65 | 35:36 | 75 (13) | 74 (14) | 115 (14) | 116 (15) | 121 (9) |
| 144 | marp | 57 | 36:06 | 85 (11) | 87 (7) | 98 (15) | 111 (13) | 110 (11) |
| 145 | starstruck | 105 | 36:10 | 78 (23) | 83 (21) | 94 (18) | 110 (21) | 132 (22) |
| 146 | WordPlodder | 113 | 37:02 | 77 (23) | 85 (23) | 109 (21) | 107 (21) | 119 (25) |
| 147 | Rookie | 70 | 37:06 | 74 (10) | 89 (18) | 101 (13) | 110 (14) | 118 (15) |
| 148 | tyrotim | 56 | 37:30 | 83 (13) | 94 (13) | 105 (14) | 110 (8) | 116 (8) |
| 149 | Pleasuredome | 85 | 37:41 | 80 (18) | 89 (16) | 97 (21) | 101 (15) | 136 (15) |
| 150 | dosbarth | 43 | 37:44 | 71 (10) | 102 (9) | 84 (9) | 110 (9) | 151 (6) |
| 151 | kapietro | 81 | 40:01 | 79 (19) | 95 (16) | 88 (15) | 104 (18) | 141 (13) |
| 152 | empty | 86 | 42:25 | 87 (19) | 90 (14) | 100 (17) | 103 (19) | 117 (17) |
| 153 | jackk.larg | 47 | 42:53 | 94 (13) | 89 (10) | 101 (7) | 84 (7) | 127 (10) |
| 154 | MartinP | 111 | 44:05 | 80 (25) | 80 (17) | 92 (22) | 107 (23) | 133 (24) |
| 155 | algyw | 74 | 44:19 | 86 (19) | 91 (14) | 100 (17) | 106 (15) | 129 (9) |
| 156 | Cryptique | 80 | 45:04 | 63 (15) | 84 (24) | 149 (13) | 128 (12) | 96 (16) |