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 | 64 | 04:22 | 86 (15) | 92 (11) | 107 (10) | 101 (16) | 114 (12) |
| 2 | Nathan Panning | 79 | 05:31 | 84 (18) | 96 (19) | 93 (14) | 104 (12) | 125 (16) |
| 3 | Jason | 55 | 06:24 | 75 (12) | 86 (11) | 103 (15) | 120 (11) | 128 (6) |
| 4 | verlaine | 119 | 06:44 | 88 (24) | 87 (23) | 99 (22) | 108 (26) | 114 (24) |
| 5 | Diskus | 106 | 06:52 | 87 (23) | 84 (19) | 88 (22) | 119 (20) | 119 (22) |
| 6 | hilarym | 55 | 07:03 | 93 (16) | 95 (12) | 108 (10) | 94 (10) | 118 (7) |
| 7 | Paul Gilbert | 95 | 07:12 | 91 (21) | 79 (21) | 94 (20) | 106 (17) | 136 (16) |
| 8 | mistigris | 92 | 07:14 | 81 (19) | 95 (18) | 95 (17) | 110 (21) | 116 (17) |
| 9 | Magoo | 79 | 07:16 | 68 (11) | 68 (14) | 77 (18) | 107 (19) | 162 (17) |
| 10 | aphis99 | 122 | 07:30 | 86 (25) | 90 (25) | 93 (25) | 103 (23) | 127 (24) |
| 11 | asaldanha | 110 | 08:58 | 80 (21) | 87 (22) | 101 (24) | 109 (23) | 120 (20) |
| 12 | richard | 95 | 09:06 | 84 (18) | 100 (21) | 106 (22) | 99 (21) | 109 (13) |
| 13 | chindit | 99 | 09:53 | 88 (20) | 89 (16) | 97 (18) | 97 (23) | 122 (22) |
| 14 | lickert | 92 | 10:12 | 87 (19) | 81 (17) | 106 (19) | 106 (21) | 118 (16) |
| 15 | philjordan1147 | 98 | 10:16 | 83 (18) | 88 (22) | 103 (20) | 107 (19) | 118 (19) |
| 16 | Kinghedger | 95 | 10:20 | 89 (21) | 82 (18) | 101 (25) | 106 (16) | 126 (15) |
| 17 | scrabbler | 84 | 10:26 | 82 (17) | 88 (19) | 105 (18) | 108 (14) | 119 (16) |
| 18 | xyster | 80 | 10:38 | 96 (18) | 90 (18) | 99 (20) | 111 (16) | 105 (8) |
| 19 | AlanS | 95 | 10:47 | 82 (17) | 90 (22) | 104 (20) | 98 (20) | 127 (16) |
| 20 | chriswords | 80 | 10:55 | 87 (18) | 90 (14) | 111 (17) | 100 (18) | 112 (13) |
| 21 | glheard | 80 | 10:57 | 85 (20) | 92 (19) | 98 (11) | 112 (23) | 122 (7) |
| 22 | keriothe_ | 111 | 11:11 | 75 (21) | 93 (22) | 93 (23) | 114 (25) | 122 (20) |
| 23 | jimpen | 66 | 11:16 | 86 (14) | 89 (13) | 109 (12) | 103 (16) | 114 (11) |
| 24 | miked1961 | 94 | 11:17 | 84 (20) | 89 (20) | 107 (17) | 106 (20) | 115 (17) |
| 25 | markdobell | 112 | 11:25 | 86 (23) | 80 (23) | 95 (24) | 117 (21) | 122 (21) |
| 26 | Topical Tim | 122 | 11:28 | 83 (24) | 97 (25) | 85 (25) | 107 (24) | 127 (24) |
| 27 | Heyesey | 74 | 11:36 | 83 (15) | 93 (14) | 96 (18) | 95 (14) | 136 (13) |
| 28 | andy | 90 | 11:36 | 88 (22) | 89 (19) | 91 (20) | 105 (17) | 144 (12) |
| 29 | Deane Short | 75 | 11:39 | 89 (14) | 80 (16) | 108 (17) | 105 (17) | 120 (11) |
| 30 | fshephe | 109 | 12:00 | 93 (23) | 92 (21) | 101 (22) | 102 (19) | 109 (24) |
| 31 | neilr | 97 | 12:04 | 92 (19) | 85 (21) | 102 (21) | 105 (21) | 117 (15) |
| 32 | Sheapey | 122 | 12:09 | 80 (23) | 80 (25) | 99 (24) | 105 (26) | 133 (24) |
| 33 | David Crooks | 90 | 12:18 | 89 (20) | 91 (21) | 107 (20) | 105 (15) | 112 (14) |
| 34 | aphasic | 79 | 12:33 | 92 (18) | 87 (18) | 104 (14) | 92 (17) | 134 (12) |
| 35 | JimboFS | 101 | 12:33 | 81 (20) | 93 (23) | 99 (22) | 108 (17) | 119 (19) |
| 36 | tilbee | 106 | 12:33 | 85 (19) | 91 (22) | 89 (23) | 109 (21) | 123 (21) |
| 37 | Jim Conner | 46 | 12:34 | 102 (9) | 89 (9) | 105 (11) | 100 (10) | 101 (7) |
| 38 | canismiser | 60 | 12:36 | 97 (16) | 92 (12) | 104 (15) | 101 (10) | 104 (7) |
| 39 | Tom Stubbs | 125 | 12:47 | 80 (25) | 93 (24) | 95 (26) | 108 (25) | 121 (25) |
| 40 | Henry White | 39 | 13:00 | 91 (8) | 104 (8) | 99 (8) | 89 (8) | 117 (7) |
| 41 | Secondbass | 51 | 13:05 | 87 (8) | 89 (10) | 107 (16) | 88 (11) | 134 (6) |
| 42 | March | 97 | 13:11 | 82 (16) | 83 (20) | 99 (21) | 104 (20) | 126 (20) |
| 43 | Silva | 119 | 13:12 | 86 (24) | 94 (24) | 98 (26) | 102 (23) | 118 (22) |
| 44 | Stavros | 95 | 13:25 | 89 (21) | 85 (23) | 92 (17) | 108 (20) | 136 (14) |
| 45 | LouWeed | 115 | 13:38 | 92 (25) | 90 (25) | 105 (25) | 100 (23) | 117 (17) |
| 46 | Ben Staveley | 91 | 13:42 | 88 (21) | 80 (19) | 107 (18) | 111 (20) | 120 (13) |
| 47 | MikeOsborne | 102 | 13:53 | 89 (21) | 82 (24) | 99 (21) | 108 (19) | 127 (17) |
| 48 | 7dPenguin | 80 | 13:56 | 90 (20) | 86 (17) | 101 (15) | 99 (14) | 129 (14) |
| 49 | jonathan.leather | 44 | 14:00 | 102 (14) | 91 (6) | 103 (8) | 87 (10) | 118 (6) |
| 50 | Finzi | 126 | 14:11 | 88 (25) | 89 (26) | 99 (25) | 105 (26) | 117 (24) |
| 51 | Ed freshpot | 92 | 14:22 | 78 (18) | 96 (21) | 94 (16) | 112 (22) | 119 (15) |
| 52 | Peponi13 | 75 | 14:37 | 86 (16) | 93 (20) | 109 (17) | 100 (13) | 117 (9) |
| 53 | JezWoolfrey | 63 | 14:40 | 82 (13) | 98 (13) | 103 (15) | 101 (14) | 122 (8) |
| 54 | Groucho | 105 | 14:41 | 81 (24) | 90 (23) | 103 (21) | 109 (20) | 124 (17) |
| 55 | Penfold_61 | 79 | 14:42 | 89 (16) | 82 (13) | 101 (20) | 109 (10) | 114 (20) |
| 56 | AndyR | 60 | 14:51 | 89 (16) | 95 (13) | 106 (15) | 109 (10) | 105 (6) |
| 57 | franceslc11 | 61 | 14:54 | 91 (12) | 74 (8) | 94 (11) | 103 (13) | 118 (17) |
| 58 | CentralLine | 94 | 14:54 | 80 (19) | 75 (21) | 93 (17) | 108 (17) | 141 (20) |
| 59 | alexh | 89 | 14:55 | 90 (17) | 93 (23) | 104 (18) | 105 (16) | 110 (15) |
| 60 | phthisis | 97 | 15:00 | 91 (22) | 90 (20) | 101 (19) | 97 (16) | 120 (20) |
| 61 | Tibthorpe | 105 | 15:01 | 79 (22) | 86 (22) | 95 (18) | 106 (19) | 129 (24) |
| 62 | Semillon | 122 | 15:06 | 86 (26) | 84 (25) | 101 (25) | 107 (22) | 122 (24) |
| 63 | Jim Willis | 61 | 15:08 | 92 (11) | 74 (13) | 91 (14) | 111 (12) | 135 (11) |
| 64 | MK76 | 63 | 15:14 | 93 (14) | 88 (16) | 110 (12) | 93 (12) | 124 (9) |
| 65 | SimonAnthony | 109 | 15:14 | 65 (23) | 70 (23) | 72 (23) | 88 (21) | 224 (19) |
| 66 | john.marshall | 61 | 15:16 | 105 (11) | 89 (14) | 92 (15) | 102 (13) | 120 (8) |
| 67 | Achernar | 76 | 15:20 | 89 (20) | 96 (17) | 102 (12) | 109 (18) | 106 (9) |
| 68 | gabrojak | 80 | 15:28 | 88 (20) | 91 (17) | 108 (19) | 103 (14) | 116 (10) |
| 69 | Ease This Jam | 95 | 15:44 | 83 (18) | 89 (20) | 89 (20) | 112 (19) | 126 (18) |
| 70 | robinh | 108 | 15:51 | 94 (22) | 90 (25) | 108 (21) | 96 (20) | 112 (20) |
| 71 | Squallaby | 84 | 16:00 | 92 (21) | 82 (20) | 106 (16) | 114 (13) | 115 (14) |
| 72 | Ludo | 40 | 16:07 | 68 (8) | 107 (9) | 98 (8) | 102 (7) | 122 (8) |
| 73 | Crucifer | 74 | 16:08 | 82 (15) | 73 (16) | 84 (14) | 100 (14) | 159 (15) |
| 74 | Looch | 116 | 16:09 | 87 (24) | 91 (23) | 100 (23) | 102 (22) | 117 (24) |
| 75 | andrewlake | 117 | 16:09 | 85 (23) | 82 (22) | 93 (25) | 105 (23) | 131 (24) |
| 76 | Eddddddd | 46 | 16:17 | 97 (11) | 85 (8) | 92 (10) | 99 (8) | 125 (9) |
| 77 | Pootle | 103 | 16:20 | 87 (20) | 82 (19) | 101 (23) | 102 (19) | 122 (22) |
| 78 | tapbarker | 108 | 16:20 | 84 (21) | 84 (20) | 102 (22) | 105 (21) | 119 (24) |
| 79 | Valance | 68 | 16:36 | 84 (13) | 82 (13) | 92 (13) | 102 (16) | 137 (13) |
| 80 | ajcauk1 | 83 | 17:07 | 93 (19) | 91 (19) | 105 (14) | 100 (17) | 114 (14) |
| 81 | LJCN | 105 | 17:13 | 88 (21) | 90 (22) | 98 (23) | 117 (19) | 107 (20) |
| 82 | Craven | 107 | 17:15 | 89 (25) | 90 (21) | 98 (21) | 108 (20) | 115 (20) |
| 83 | DunPangolin | 108 | 17:47 | 90 (23) | 93 (23) | 97 (21) | 103 (21) | 118 (20) |
| 84 | OliviaRhineb | 72 | 17:49 | 88 (15) | 87 (13) | 101 (17) | 102 (12) | 118 (15) |
| 85 | Colin2355 | 84 | 17:49 | 92 (19) | 94 (16) | 102 (19) | 99 (16) | 113 (14) |
| 86 | Wyn Lewis | 66 | 17:53 | 90 (14) | 94 (14) | 91 (14) | 116 (12) | 109 (12) |
| 87 | benedick | 82 | 18:22 | 89 (16) | 92 (20) | 104 (18) | 99 (16) | 120 (12) |
| 88 | GMcD | 115 | 18:23 | 89 (25) | 82 (20) | 93 (24) | 116 (23) | 116 (23) |
| 89 | pterodactyl | 75 | 18:24 | 91 (20) | 98 (15) | 104 (20) | 98 (11) | 114 (9) |
| 90 | Crossiant | 78 | 18:34 | 76 (13) | 84 (15) | 90 (16) | 106 (14) | 130 (20) |
| 91 | uvofiz | 86 | 18:42 | 97 (18) | 92 (23) | 100 (15) | 92 (17) | 127 (13) |
| 92 | DanSolo | 47 | 18:45 | 96 (8) | 100 (12) | 92 (12) | 97 (9) | 120 (6) |
| 93 | John Arnold | 55 | 18:55 | 89 (15) | 91 (14) | 111 (11) | 106 (9) | 117 (6) |
| 94 | Zander | 105 | 18:59 | 86 (22) | 83 (20) | 102 (23) | 102 (19) | 125 (21) |
| 95 | Andrew Whiffin | 56 | 19:24 | 79 (10) | 90 (11) | 104 (13) | 96 (9) | 120 (13) |
| 96 | PGooden | 55 | 19:48 | 87 (6) | 72 (11) | 94 (10) | 100 (13) | 128 (15) |
| 97 | Kevin Gregg | 89 | 19:52 | 82 (17) | 91 (21) | 107 (20) | 99 (17) | 124 (14) |
| 98 | endafk | 111 | 19:57 | 85 (24) | 87 (22) | 98 (23) | 110 (21) | 120 (21) |
| 99 | Jeremy S | 77 | 20:07 | 91 (18) | 92 (20) | 108 (18) | 107 (14) | 105 (7) |
| 100 | Hamish.S | 90 | 20:09 | 84 (18) | 87 (19) | 103 (17) | 101 (15) | 121 (21) |
| 101 | npweston | 44 | 20:53 | 86 (11) | 80 (11) | 105 (8) | 113 (7) | 133 (7) |
| 102 | James P | 98 | 21:11 | 80 (19) | 86 (21) | 100 (24) | 103 (15) | 130 (19) |
| 103 | pc8 | 122 | 21:11 | 85 (25) | 81 (24) | 101 (25) | 109 (24) | 122 (24) |
| 104 | Jagsfan1971 | 70 | 21:28 | 83 (13) | 88 (18) | 92 (17) | 108 (10) | 139 (12) |
| 105 | David Bourne | 62 | 22:01 | 85 (12) | 87 (11) | 98 (11) | 111 (11) | 112 (17) |
| 106 | george.garlick | 65 | 22:07 | 90 (14) | 85 (10) | 98 (13) | 107 (16) | 114 (12) |
| 107 | crosswordian | 81 | 22:09 | 88 (16) | 87 (16) | 98 (16) | 103 (13) | 117 (20) |
| 108 | Nangle | 75 | 22:14 | 93 (18) | 94 (18) | 94 (16) | 106 (13) | 121 (10) |
| 109 | cyrillic | 68 | 22:20 | 75 (9) | 78 (11) | 97 (16) | 115 (17) | 115 (15) |
| 110 | Waterloo | 90 | 22:21 | 82 (21) | 88 (19) | 104 (16) | 103 (17) | 126 (17) |
| 111 | barracuda | 104 | 22:26 | 82 (19) | 86 (23) | 102 (22) | 106 (18) | 122 (22) |
| 112 | UisceTe | 52 | 22:31 | 95 (13) | 105 (10) | 92 (11) | 99 (11) | 113 (7) |
| 113 | Paul Hammond | 55 | 22:33 | 89 (10) | 87 (12) | 96 (13) | 100 (10) | 130 (10) |
| 114 | dec | 49 | 22:43 | 86 (11) | 91 (8) | 105 (12) | 107 (9) | 110 (9) |
| 115 | squark | 46 | 22:53 | 84 (8) | 84 (9) | 100 (11) | 109 (8) | 119 (10) |
| 116 | gsriordan52 | 52 | 23:00 | 65 (12) | 89 (8) | 95 (8) | 84 (13) | 166 (11) |
| 117 | brian.mcnamara | 38 | 23:12 | 85 (6) | 67 (7) | 99 (8) | 103 (11) | 145 (6) |
| 118 | goblin | 128 | 23:37 | 89 (26) | 86 (26) | 103 (25) | 103 (26) | 118 (25) |
| 119 | Edprof | 58 | 23:49 | 92 (9) | 92 (14) | 100 (11) | 97 (13) | 118 (11) |
| 120 | MichelinPoitiers | 60 | 23:54 | 101 (14) | 94 (14) | 97 (9) | 95 (12) | 111 (11) |
| 121 | Tudds | 119 | 24:08 | 87 (25) | 89 (26) | 99 (24) | 105 (26) | 125 (18) |
| 122 | DianeRS | 52 | 24:27 | 91 (10) | 81 (11) | 78 (9) | 76 (11) | 167 (11) |
| 123 | 1234 | 64 | 24:28 | 80 (13) | 82 (16) | 99 (14) | 120 (11) | 130 (10) |
| 124 | Galspray | 85 | 24:41 | 62 (17) | 59 (18) | 67 (19) | 86 (14) | 228 (17) |
| 125 | Corymbia | 78 | 24:54 | 89 (17) | 87 (9) | 85 (14) | 95 (17) | 126 (21) |
| 126 | medodd | 65 | 25:15 | 89 (14) | 89 (15) | 106 (17) | 105 (10) | 114 (9) |
| 127 | rjcassidy | 113 | 25:17 | 87 (23) | 84 (22) | 103 (21) | 105 (23) | 117 (24) |
| 128 | Fidelio | 76 | 25:19 | 89 (17) | 87 (14) | 91 (14) | 97 (15) | 132 (16) |
| 129 | Mkgnao | 79 | 25:32 | 84 (19) | 93 (19) | 107 (16) | 111 (13) | 113 (12) |
| 130 | Crippens1 | 72 | 26:10 | 89 (17) | 96 (15) | 105 (15) | 104 (12) | 108 (13) |
| 131 | JohnDun | 90 | 26:19 | 85 (19) | 86 (20) | 95 (20) | 114 (12) | 124 (19) |
| 132 | ulaca | 85 | 26:40 | 78 (18) | 79 (13) | 98 (20) | 104 (15) | 131 (19) |
| 133 | chris661554 | 110 | 26:50 | 85 (23) | 90 (25) | 92 (20) | 100 (22) | 134 (20) |
| 134 | eniamretrauq | 73 | 27:09 | 86 (17) | 92 (14) | 91 (15) | 106 (15) | 129 (12) |
| 135 | Lloyd | 49 | 27:27 | 96 (13) | 85 (11) | 113 (8) | 101 (10) | 110 (7) |
| 136 | JoeyC | 76 | 27:32 | 80 (20) | 111 (15) | 99 (16) | 110 (15) | 107 (10) |
| 137 | nekabue | 106 | 28:17 | 82 (20) | 86 (22) | 99 (20) | 123 (22) | 107 (22) |
| 138 | Deezzaa | 84 | 28:20 | 88 (18) | 94 (16) | 92 (16) | 116 (17) | 107 (17) |
| 139 | Yatton50 | 73 | 28:50 | 69 (11) | 88 (20) | 108 (15) | 102 (13) | 129 (14) |
| 140 | rosselliot | 55 | 29:27 | 83 (8) | 91 (12) | 97 (8) | 106 (16) | 114 (11) |
| 141 | Mike Harper | 94 | 29:29 | 78 (18) | 81 (20) | 96 (20) | 112 (17) | 133 (19) |
| 142 | bobbb | 50 | 29:31 | 83 (9) | 77 (10) | 106 (12) | 126 (10) | 104 (9) |
| 143 | Gussie | 51 | 29:39 | 78 (7) | 71 (10) | 96 (11) | 97 (7) | 130 (16) |
| 144 | gbestanley | 96 | 30:02 | 90 (21) | 87 (18) | 103 (20) | 107 (16) | 110 (21) |
| 145 | Manveru | 57 | 30:14 | 81 (12) | 75 (11) | 118 (14) | 104 (11) | 121 (9) |
| 146 | McBeak | 62 | 30:45 | 83 (16) | 82 (12) | 84 (13) | 124 (11) | 140 (10) |
| 147 | BertieVII | 76 | 31:21 | 90 (16) | 89 (13) | 97 (15) | 95 (16) | 125 (16) |
| 148 | koro | 94 | 32:22 | 86 (19) | 84 (17) | 100 (18) | 109 (19) | 116 (21) |
| 149 | dosbarth | 53 | 34:22 | 89 (15) | 100 (11) | 97 (8) | 86 (9) | 130 (10) |
| 150 | Pleasuredome | 87 | 34:46 | 87 (20) | 87 (17) | 96 (20) | 103 (17) | 137 (13) |
| 151 | marp | 57 | 35:25 | 89 (12) | 75 (8) | 101 (14) | 98 (13) | 131 (10) |
| 152 | maryht | 66 | 35:56 | 87 (13) | 90 (13) | 91 (10) | 113 (13) | 112 (17) |
| 153 | starstruck | 110 | 36:07 | 82 (23) | 94 (22) | 94 (23) | 109 (22) | 121 (20) |
| 154 | WordPlodder | 118 | 36:31 | 77 (22) | 90 (24) | 98 (23) | 108 (24) | 122 (25) |
| 155 | kapietro | 72 | 37:54 | 84 (16) | 103 (13) | 101 (16) | 104 (16) | 109 (11) |
| 156 | Cryptique | 89 | 38:05 | 67 (18) | 81 (20) | 105 (17) | 112 (16) | 137 (18) |
| 157 | tyrotim | 56 | 38:23 | 82 (13) | 82 (9) | 100 (12) | 116 (11) | 118 (11) |
| 158 | Rookie | 66 | 39:15 | 72 (16) | 115 (12) | 99 (13) | 110 (14) | 111 (11) |
| 159 | Shushannah | 80 | 39:35 | 91 (12) | 87 (17) | 95 (16) | 102 (16) | 118 (19) |
| 160 | empty | 92 | 43:25 | 90 (20) | 82 (18) | 101 (15) | 107 (20) | 117 (19) |
| 161 | algyw | 65 | 43:28 | 96 (10) | 78 (16) | 97 (10) | 107 (15) | 120 (14) |
| 162 | MartinP | 105 | 44:01 | 87 (24) | 84 (23) | 101 (18) | 99 (19) | 130 (21) |
| 163 | CoxBurglar | 45 | 51:20 | 92 (6) | 65 (9) | 95 (9) | 90 (11) | 150 (10) |