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 | 56 | 04:25 | 85 (14) | 91 (11) | 98 (9) | 104 (13) | 127 (9) |
| 2 | Nathan Panning | 85 | 05:38 | 84 (21) | 94 (21) | 96 (13) | 107 (15) | 124 (15) |
| 3 | Magoo | 71 | 06:15 | 78 (13) | 83 (15) | 92 (16) | 104 (13) | 142 (14) |
| 4 | Jason | 81 | 06:18 | 77 (18) | 90 (18) | 107 (20) | 111 (17) | 126 (8) |
| 5 | Diskus | 115 | 06:59 | 85 (24) | 91 (21) | 91 (26) | 116 (24) | 117 (20) |
| 6 | verlaine | 113 | 07:05 | 85 (23) | 88 (23) | 103 (19) | 108 (25) | 113 (23) |
| 7 | mistigris | 89 | 07:19 | 83 (17) | 89 (19) | 100 (17) | 109 (19) | 117 (17) |
| 8 | hilarym | 60 | 07:32 | 90 (15) | 92 (13) | 102 (13) | 103 (12) | 123 (7) |
| 9 | aphis99 | 118 | 07:37 | 87 (24) | 87 (26) | 94 (23) | 108 (21) | 123 (24) |
| 10 | cmjhutton | 97 | 07:49 | 90 (21) | 87 (21) | 104 (18) | 97 (19) | 124 (18) |
| 11 | richard | 103 | 08:43 | 87 (21) | 93 (24) | 103 (22) | 107 (22) | 111 (14) |
| 12 | asaldanha | 104 | 08:56 | 82 (20) | 83 (22) | 107 (22) | 108 (22) | 120 (18) |
| 13 | chindit | 105 | 09:55 | 89 (21) | 83 (18) | 102 (21) | 100 (21) | 119 (24) |
| 14 | philjordan1147 | 91 | 10:07 | 78 (18) | 95 (21) | 97 (18) | 107 (16) | 122 (18) |
| 15 | xyster | 84 | 10:25 | 90 (19) | 92 (20) | 104 (21) | 111 (14) | 107 (10) |
| 16 | lickert | 93 | 10:30 | 82 (20) | 86 (19) | 106 (19) | 108 (20) | 121 (15) |
| 17 | glheard | 75 | 10:34 | 91 (20) | 92 (18) | 95 (8) | 110 (22) | 113 (7) |
| 18 | scrabbler | 95 | 10:37 | 80 (19) | 92 (22) | 102 (18) | 105 (18) | 121 (18) |
| 19 | Kinghedger | 90 | 10:41 | 86 (19) | 81 (17) | 102 (23) | 109 (16) | 124 (15) |
| 20 | AlanS | 103 | 10:48 | 74 (20) | 92 (24) | 102 (23) | 107 (19) | 128 (17) |
| 21 | chriswords | 51 | 10:57 | 84 (12) | 91 (10) | 110 (10) | 105 (10) | 112 (9) |
| 22 | jimpen | 69 | 11:06 | 88 (14) | 87 (15) | 108 (12) | 104 (14) | 112 (14) |
| 23 | keriothe_ | 114 | 11:06 | 76 (23) | 99 (24) | 93 (22) | 108 (23) | 122 (22) |
| 24 | Heyesey | 86 | 11:20 | 76 (16) | 84 (17) | 102 (20) | 112 (16) | 122 (17) |
| 25 | miked1961 | 72 | 11:30 | 83 (15) | 95 (15) | 98 (14) | 113 (14) | 110 (14) |
| 26 | andy | 100 | 11:32 | 82 (22) | 91 (22) | 95 (22) | 115 (17) | 122 (17) |
| 27 | Topical Tim | 120 | 11:39 | 81 (25) | 88 (24) | 91 (25) | 116 (24) | 126 (22) |
| 28 | Deane Short | 79 | 11:47 | 85 (18) | 93 (15) | 98 (16) | 112 (16) | 112 (14) |
| 29 | markdobell | 108 | 11:54 | 81 (19) | 91 (24) | 94 (22) | 119 (22) | 112 (21) |
| 30 | Sheapey | 113 | 11:59 | 78 (22) | 81 (21) | 95 (22) | 109 (25) | 132 (23) |
| 31 | neilr | 102 | 12:08 | 92 (21) | 90 (22) | 100 (20) | 105 (21) | 113 (18) |
| 32 | fshephe | 108 | 12:12 | 91 (24) | 95 (21) | 98 (22) | 104 (18) | 110 (23) |
| 33 | tilbee | 99 | 12:18 | 81 (19) | 95 (22) | 91 (20) | 113 (20) | 118 (18) |
| 34 | David Crooks | 86 | 12:20 | 85 (22) | 88 (20) | 108 (17) | 110 (12) | 116 (15) |
| 35 | aphasic | 70 | 12:28 | 93 (18) | 87 (13) | 94 (13) | 97 (15) | 134 (11) |
| 36 | Tom Stubbs | 125 | 12:37 | 79 (25) | 91 (24) | 96 (25) | 112 (26) | 119 (25) |
| 37 | Silva | 117 | 12:40 | 81 (24) | 96 (24) | 103 (25) | 106 (23) | 113 (21) |
| 38 | JimboFS | 103 | 12:50 | 82 (19) | 89 (22) | 100 (22) | 104 (19) | 121 (21) |
| 39 | jonathan.leather | 38 | 12:56 | 106 (10) | 80 (6) | 94 (8) | 94 (8) | 122 (6) |
| 40 | canismiser | 59 | 13:06 | 94 (18) | 99 (12) | 96 (15) | 112 (8) | 109 (6) |
| 41 | March | 106 | 13:09 | 82 (20) | 85 (24) | 103 (20) | 105 (22) | 125 (20) |
| 42 | MikeOsborne | 107 | 13:18 | 86 (23) | 85 (25) | 93 (19) | 110 (18) | 127 (22) |
| 43 | Stavros | 91 | 13:37 | 84 (22) | 90 (21) | 100 (17) | 102 (17) | 134 (14) |
| 44 | Finzi | 125 | 13:58 | 86 (25) | 90 (26) | 100 (25) | 108 (25) | 114 (24) |
| 45 | Penfold_61 | 98 | 14:03 | 95 (21) | 85 (21) | 107 (21) | 107 (14) | 107 (21) |
| 46 | JezWoolfrey | 62 | 14:05 | 80 (15) | 92 (11) | 109 (15) | 97 (11) | 127 (10) |
| 47 | Secondbass | 67 | 14:06 | 81 (13) | 93 (15) | 106 (18) | 100 (13) | 125 (8) |
| 48 | 7dPenguin | 85 | 14:08 | 86 (21) | 89 (19) | 106 (17) | 104 (13) | 120 (15) |
| 49 | LouWeed | 116 | 14:10 | 90 (25) | 91 (25) | 99 (25) | 106 (24) | 118 (17) |
| 50 | Ben Staveley | 101 | 14:17 | 87 (18) | 86 (22) | 106 (21) | 112 (23) | 106 (17) |
| 51 | SimonAnthony | 106 | 14:22 | 65 (23) | 82 (24) | 91 (20) | 97 (19) | 170 (20) |
| 52 | Peponi13 | 85 | 14:30 | 90 (18) | 90 (19) | 101 (17) | 105 (17) | 116 (14) |
| 53 | Tibthorpe | 108 | 14:43 | 83 (22) | 89 (22) | 96 (20) | 109 (21) | 120 (23) |
| 54 | Groucho | 93 | 14:50 | 80 (24) | 93 (19) | 102 (19) | 111 (18) | 127 (13) |
| 55 | Ed freshpot | 96 | 14:55 | 74 (18) | 88 (22) | 95 (16) | 117 (23) | 121 (17) |
| 56 | Crucifer | 78 | 14:58 | 86 (20) | 79 (15) | 92 (17) | 127 (12) | 126 (14) |
| 57 | Semillon | 126 | 15:19 | 78 (25) | 92 (26) | 98 (25) | 115 (25) | 115 (25) |
| 58 | pitcaithlie | 65 | 15:22 | 82 (17) | 87 (14) | 108 (14) | 108 (11) | 128 (9) |
| 59 | alexh | 77 | 15:24 | 86 (14) | 97 (20) | 98 (14) | 108 (14) | 109 (15) |
| 60 | franceslc11 | 69 | 15:31 | 84 (11) | 85 (8) | 89 (12) | 112 (16) | 109 (22) |
| 61 | phthisis | 96 | 15:31 | 86 (19) | 93 (20) | 99 (20) | 101 (17) | 118 (20) |
| 62 | CentralLine | 93 | 15:34 | 80 (18) | 80 (21) | 91 (17) | 113 (17) | 134 (20) |
| 63 | john.marshall | 49 | 15:39 | 97 (10) | 94 (12) | 100 (10) | 93 (10) | 122 (7) |
| 64 | gabrojak | 79 | 15:49 | 79 (16) | 90 (16) | 108 (20) | 110 (15) | 111 (12) |
| 65 | Ease This Jam | 98 | 15:59 | 83 (20) | 85 (19) | 90 (20) | 111 (21) | 129 (18) |
| 66 | Looch | 118 | 16:01 | 85 (24) | 91 (24) | 103 (23) | 102 (23) | 116 (24) |
| 67 | Pootle | 107 | 16:04 | 88 (21) | 85 (20) | 98 (22) | 109 (22) | 115 (22) |
| 68 | george.plumbly | 32 | 16:11 | 77 (6) | 93 (8) | 98 (6) | 98 (6) | 133 (6) |
| 69 | andrewlake | 117 | 16:11 | 79 (21) | 87 (23) | 97 (25) | 108 (24) | 124 (24) |
| 70 | MK76 | 61 | 16:12 | 82 (14) | 99 (16) | 105 (9) | 98 (11) | 120 (11) |
| 71 | robinh | 104 | 16:13 | 91 (22) | 92 (25) | 105 (21) | 96 (18) | 118 (18) |
| 72 | tapbarker | 102 | 16:18 | 78 (20) | 85 (18) | 106 (21) | 106 (20) | 117 (23) |
| 73 | Squallaby | 89 | 16:28 | 87 (22) | 90 (19) | 106 (16) | 99 (16) | 123 (16) |
| 74 | Valance | 67 | 16:48 | 73 (11) | 82 (15) | 97 (13) | 105 (14) | 137 (14) |
| 75 | BlackburnRover | 108 | 17:00 | 94 (21) | 94 (24) | 90 (21) | 107 (23) | 114 (19) |
| 76 | Craven | 109 | 17:01 | 89 (24) | 91 (23) | 102 (20) | 105 (22) | 114 (20) |
| 77 | ajcauk1 | 78 | 17:07 | 92 (19) | 93 (17) | 105 (17) | 99 (14) | 115 (11) |
| 78 | LJCN | 111 | 17:30 | 82 (23) | 98 (23) | 100 (24) | 115 (20) | 105 (21) |
| 79 | Crossiant | 75 | 17:34 | 75 (13) | 91 (16) | 86 (14) | 110 (14) | 127 (18) |
| 80 | DunPangolin | 102 | 17:36 | 93 (24) | 95 (23) | 94 (19) | 103 (18) | 116 (18) |
| 81 | GMcD | 107 | 17:59 | 88 (23) | 89 (20) | 91 (23) | 117 (20) | 114 (21) |
| 82 | Ludo | 49 | 18:09 | 75 (10) | 96 (13) | 103 (9) | 116 (8) | 113 (9) |
| 83 | Colin2355 | 91 | 18:22 | 91 (19) | 77 (18) | 101 (19) | 114 (20) | 116 (15) |
| 84 | uvofiz | 76 | 18:23 | 86 (16) | 94 (20) | 99 (15) | 99 (14) | 132 (11) |
| 85 | Wyn Lewis | 40 | 18:40 | 84 (6) | 95 (8) | 89 (8) | 115 (9) | 108 (9) |
| 86 | OliviaRhineb | 56 | 18:41 | 82 (11) | 95 (11) | 103 (12) | 100 (10) | 117 (12) |
| 87 | Zander | 103 | 18:43 | 90 (20) | 84 (22) | 95 (22) | 105 (19) | 126 (20) |
| 88 | pterodactyl | 74 | 18:54 | 91 (19) | 94 (14) | 101 (19) | 106 (11) | 113 (11) |
| 89 | benedick | 73 | 18:55 | 90 (15) | 91 (17) | 97 (16) | 100 (12) | 124 (13) |
| 90 | PGooden | 66 | 19:10 | 82 (10) | 83 (15) | 88 (13) | 102 (12) | 132 (16) |
| 91 | cmcnsmith | 45 | 19:30 | 97 (16) | 94 (10) | 104 (6) | 104 (7) | 105 (6) |
| 92 | endafk | 98 | 19:33 | 83 (23) | 86 (18) | 97 (21) | 116 (17) | 121 (19) |
| 93 | Andrew Whiffin | 64 | 19:48 | 67 (10) | 94 (12) | 109 (16) | 98 (10) | 115 (16) |
| 94 | Jeremy S | 73 | 19:59 | 89 (22) | 96 (16) | 104 (17) | 112 (12) | 109 (6) |
| 95 | hugh schofield | 55 | 20:07 | 83 (17) | 92 (13) | 89 (10) | 121 (7) | 141 (8) |
| 96 | Hamish.S | 90 | 20:08 | 79 (19) | 92 (20) | 100 (17) | 116 (14) | 115 (20) |
| 97 | John Arnold | 56 | 20:21 | 88 (13) | 90 (13) | 113 (13) | 102 (11) | 111 (6) |
| 98 | Kevin Gregg | 88 | 20:25 | 81 (17) | 90 (19) | 104 (19) | 103 (18) | 123 (15) |
| 99 | DanSolo | 42 | 20:33 | 87 (6) | 107 (9) | 84 (12) | 94 (8) | 133 (7) |
| 100 | pc8 | 114 | 20:44 | 86 (23) | 79 (23) | 102 (22) | 114 (25) | 118 (21) |
| 101 | cyrillic | 61 | 20:53 | 72 (8) | 75 (10) | 91 (13) | 118 (14) | 119 (16) |
| 102 | James P | 104 | 20:59 | 75 (20) | 86 (23) | 91 (22) | 114 (16) | 132 (23) |
| 103 | FrameShift | 41 | 21:01 | 69 (10) | 99 (8) | 129 (7) | 94 (7) | 115 (9) |
| 104 | Cookincats | 42 | 21:06 | 89 (7) | 90 (10) | 102 (11) | 106 (8) | 115 (6) |
| 105 | npweston | 67 | 21:29 | 86 (15) | 82 (15) | 99 (13) | 120 (11) | 119 (13) |
| 106 | barracuda | 106 | 21:51 | 81 (17) | 89 (25) | 103 (23) | 105 (20) | 117 (21) |
| 107 | george.garlick | 66 | 21:52 | 86 (15) | 84 (10) | 105 (14) | 113 (13) | 107 (14) |
| 108 | Waterloo | 89 | 21:52 | 84 (21) | 90 (19) | 101 (16) | 104 (15) | 122 (18) |
| 109 | David Bourne | 59 | 21:59 | 78 (13) | 83 (12) | 106 (8) | 117 (9) | 115 (17) |
| 110 | Jagsfan1971 | 68 | 22:06 | 75 (14) | 91 (17) | 101 (18) | 108 (9) | 137 (10) |
| 111 | crosswordian | 101 | 22:10 | 87 (20) | 89 (21) | 99 (20) | 106 (16) | 115 (24) |
| 112 | Nangle | 69 | 22:27 | 92 (14) | 88 (18) | 88 (12) | 113 (14) | 123 (11) |
| 113 | dec | 47 | 23:00 | 90 (8) | 81 (8) | 102 (12) | 113 (9) | 106 (10) |
| 114 | UisceTe | 49 | 23:05 | 90 (11) | 90 (9) | 98 (11) | 105 (10) | 119 (8) |
| 115 | Onelug | 50 | 23:08 | 84 (11) | 100 (11) | 96 (9) | 101 (11) | 122 (8) |
| 116 | DianeRS | 45 | 23:11 | 95 (8) | 84 (8) | 88 (10) | 90 (8) | 131 (11) |
| 117 | goblin | 127 | 23:12 | 83 (26) | 89 (26) | 100 (25) | 103 (26) | 125 (24) |
| 118 | Tudds | 114 | 23:49 | 81 (23) | 87 (26) | 101 (24) | 112 (22) | 122 (19) |
| 119 | Corymbia | 90 | 24:08 | 83 (23) | 96 (11) | 94 (17) | 95 (18) | 127 (21) |
| 120 | 1234 | 68 | 24:12 | 79 (13) | 93 (19) | 102 (15) | 105 (12) | 131 (9) |
| 121 | MichelinPoitiers | 59 | 24:21 | 98 (12) | 91 (13) | 95 (11) | 100 (12) | 116 (11) |
| 122 | Edprof | 63 | 24:43 | 88 (13) | 98 (12) | 93 (12) | 93 (14) | 128 (12) |
| 123 | medodd | 63 | 24:45 | 91 (15) | 91 (14) | 110 (15) | 103 (10) | 105 (9) |
| 124 | rjcassidy | 117 | 25:04 | 87 (25) | 83 (23) | 105 (22) | 110 (24) | 113 (23) |
| 125 | Pauline Minter | 66 | 25:16 | 77 (13) | 89 (12) | 102 (13) | 102 (14) | 124 (14) |
| 126 | Galspray | 81 | 25:31 | 60 (17) | 65 (17) | 62 (19) | 94 (11) | 219 (17) |
| 127 | Fidelio | 67 | 25:39 | 85 (15) | 91 (12) | 92 (14) | 107 (13) | 125 (13) |
| 128 | Mkgnao | 83 | 25:47 | 85 (22) | 96 (17) | 102 (16) | 102 (13) | 120 (15) |
| 129 | Crippens1 | 74 | 26:06 | 88 (19) | 97 (16) | 105 (13) | 104 (12) | 109 (14) |
| 130 | SlumdogEngineer | 49 | 26:07 | 80 (15) | 79 (9) | 86 (8) | 116 (8) | 151 (9) |
| 131 | chris661554 | 114 | 26:07 | 83 (24) | 93 (25) | 90 (21) | 104 (21) | 128 (23) |
| 132 | JohnDun | 91 | 26:38 | 86 (21) | 89 (19) | 96 (19) | 109 (12) | 122 (20) |
| 133 | NAPASAI | 36 | 26:49 | 84 (6) | 92 (6) | 102 (8) | 111 (9) | 101 (7) |
| 134 | ulaca | 87 | 26:59 | 80 (20) | 84 (17) | 93 (18) | 117 (15) | 130 (17) |
| 135 | nekabue | 100 | 27:31 | 82 (21) | 89 (20) | 96 (21) | 127 (18) | 107 (20) |
| 136 | eniamretrauq | 76 | 28:00 | 78 (15) | 95 (15) | 96 (15) | 104 (16) | 123 (15) |
| 137 | bobbb | 44 | 28:01 | 84 (8) | 72 (10) | 99 (9) | 138 (9) | 107 (8) |
| 138 | timbo | 43 | 28:14 | 81 (9) | 105 (6) | 91 (7) | 101 (11) | 117 (10) |
| 139 | JoeyC | 79 | 28:16 | 84 (18) | 94 (18) | 96 (14) | 108 (15) | 122 (14) |
| 140 | Manveru | 60 | 28:42 | 85 (17) | 74 (12) | 134 (12) | 102 (11) | 112 (8) |
| 141 | Mike Harper | 95 | 28:42 | 73 (18) | 86 (22) | 100 (21) | 115 (20) | 133 (14) |
| 142 | 99evers | 48 | 28:46 | 68 (7) | 78 (10) | 107 (10) | 134 (11) | 97 (10) |
| 143 | Deezzaa | 62 | 28:59 | 82 (13) | 93 (8) | 98 (15) | 114 (13) | 109 (13) |
| 144 | Yatton50 | 74 | 29:00 | 75 (12) | 89 (21) | 109 (14) | 105 (14) | 123 (13) |
| 145 | Gussie | 45 | 29:27 | 71 (8) | 77 (6) | 90 (12) | 126 (6) | 124 (13) |
| 146 | gbestanley | 102 | 30:20 | 87 (21) | 92 (21) | 103 (21) | 104 (18) | 113 (21) |
| 147 | rosselliot | 53 | 31:34 | 96 (8) | 97 (9) | 96 (9) | 100 (16) | 107 (11) |
| 148 | koro | 94 | 31:52 | 80 (19) | 80 (17) | 103 (18) | 111 (20) | 119 (20) |
| 149 | BertieVII | 78 | 32:11 | 89 (21) | 92 (15) | 95 (14) | 90 (12) | 131 (16) |
| 150 | McBeak | 45 | 35:14 | 80 (14) | 92 (6) | 72 (8) | 126 (9) | 137 (8) |
| 151 | marp | 61 | 35:57 | 86 (12) | 82 (8) | 96 (13) | 103 (16) | 125 (12) |
| 152 | Pleasuredome | 83 | 36:11 | 86 (17) | 87 (17) | 100 (21) | 101 (15) | 131 (13) |
| 153 | starstruck | 108 | 36:23 | 81 (23) | 92 (24) | 96 (21) | 110 (20) | 121 (20) |
| 154 | WordPlodder | 113 | 36:28 | 71 (22) | 88 (23) | 107 (21) | 110 (22) | 120 (25) |
| 155 | dosbarth | 46 | 37:38 | 84 (12) | 95 (9) | 87 (7) | 93 (8) | 136 (10) |
| 156 | Rookie | 69 | 37:44 | 74 (13) | 111 (16) | 102 (12) | 97 (14) | 110 (14) |
| 157 | kapietro | 75 | 37:51 | 80 (18) | 105 (16) | 92 (13) | 105 (16) | 123 (12) |
| 158 | tyrotim | 58 | 38:45 | 77 (11) | 90 (11) | 97 (13) | 113 (11) | 118 (12) |
| 159 | Shushannah | 64 | 40:53 | 87 (8) | 87 (11) | 88 (10) | 105 (16) | 113 (19) |
| 160 | Cryptique | 82 | 41:44 | 66 (16) | 84 (23) | 143 (14) | 105 (13) | 114 (16) |
| 161 | empty | 90 | 42:15 | 87 (23) | 88 (18) | 100 (14) | 110 (18) | 117 (17) |
| 162 | jackk.larg | 49 | 42:29 | 97 (12) | 92 (12) | 94 (6) | 91 (8) | 119 (11) |
| 163 | algyw | 82 | 43:56 | 89 (16) | 87 (21) | 101 (14) | 104 (18) | 125 (13) |
| 164 | MartinP | 106 | 44:06 | 87 (25) | 80 (19) | 93 (19) | 107 (19) | 126 (24) |