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 |
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1 | mohn | 83 | 04:26 | 85 (21) | 87 (18) | 109 (17) | 107 (11) | 117 (16) |
2 | Jason | 50 | 05:55 | 82 (11) | 89 (10) | 89 (11) | 125 (10) | 119 (8) |
3 | Nathan Panning | 65 | 06:02 | 85 (17) | 103 (13) | 96 (14) | 97 (12) | 132 (9) |
4 | Diskus | 107 | 06:19 | 81 (22) | 87 (21) | 95 (20) | 111 (23) | 122 (21) |
5 | lili | 65 | 06:31 | 81 (17) | 90 (14) | 97 (15) | 125 (10) | 126 (9) |
6 | mistigris | 93 | 06:32 | 81 (17) | 84 (20) | 94 (20) | 120 (18) | 119 (18) |
7 | verlaine | 112 | 06:47 | 77 (24) | 89 (25) | 88 (21) | 112 (20) | 135 (22) |
8 | hilarym | 56 | 07:04 | 91 (19) | 103 (13) | 100 (12) | 103 (6) | 115 (6) |
9 | aphis99 | 122 | 07:19 | 79 (25) | 86 (25) | 99 (25) | 115 (24) | 120 (23) |
10 | Paul Gilbert | 87 | 07:26 | 76 (17) | 89 (21) | 94 (16) | 104 (16) | 137 (17) |
11 | Magoo | 63 | 07:31 | 62 (9) | 66 (11) | 66 (9) | 79 (12) | 157 (22) |
12 | cmjhutton | 105 | 08:08 | 75 (20) | 87 (23) | 86 (22) | 143 (20) | 109 (20) |
13 | richard | 87 | 08:54 | 87 (17) | 94 (20) | 96 (19) | 121 (16) | 103 (15) |
14 | asaldanha | 105 | 09:01 | 83 (20) | 87 (22) | 103 (22) | 108 (20) | 117 (21) |
15 | boulemiche | 62 | 09:12 | 94 (18) | 100 (18) | 94 (12) | 117 (7) | 106 (7) |
16 | glheard | 75 | 09:41 | 85 (18) | 91 (15) | 96 (12) | 104 (16) | 126 (14) |
17 | Dr Dolittle | 50 | 09:48 | 55 (9) | 101 (11) | 115 (9) | 130 (11) | 91 (10) |
18 | chindit | 109 | 09:54 | 81 (26) | 94 (22) | 90 (16) | 124 (22) | 108 (23) |
19 | philjordan1147 | 82 | 10:15 | 82 (18) | 91 (19) | 87 (13) | 122 (13) | 117 (19) |
20 | markdobell | 111 | 10:15 | 77 (21) | 84 (22) | 100 (24) | 121 (24) | 116 (20) |
21 | Kinghedger | 99 | 10:21 | 76 (20) | 90 (20) | 98 (20) | 126 (20) | 108 (19) |
22 | lickert | 105 | 10:26 | 82 (18) | 89 (22) | 87 (20) | 115 (22) | 119 (23) |
23 | keriothe_ | 103 | 10:37 | 72 (21) | 93 (23) | 90 (19) | 116 (20) | 128 (20) |
24 | Deane Short | 85 | 10:53 | 83 (20) | 92 (16) | 92 (19) | 105 (17) | 139 (13) |
25 | AlanS | 98 | 11:00 | 82 (20) | 84 (20) | 98 (24) | 113 (15) | 125 (19) |
26 | miked1961 | 107 | 11:07 | 83 (24) | 95 (23) | 99 (21) | 106 (18) | 119 (21) |
27 | Heyesey | 70 | 11:14 | 75 (17) | 80 (13) | 89 (13) | 134 (11) | 126 (16) |
28 | Topical Tim | 109 | 11:20 | 76 (21) | 91 (25) | 95 (19) | 115 (24) | 121 (20) |
29 | Golvellius | 49 | 11:25 | 82 (10) | 89 (11) | 97 (11) | 119 (9) | 118 (8) |
30 | andy | 76 | 11:25 | 76 (16) | 97 (17) | 97 (20) | 116 (13) | 125 (10) |
31 | xyster | 80 | 11:29 | 83 (18) | 96 (18) | 101 (15) | 103 (16) | 121 (13) |
32 | Umpire | 102 | 11:39 | 80 (21) | 95 (20) | 99 (18) | 105 (21) | 117 (22) |
33 | chriswords | 90 | 11:51 | 85 (23) | 97 (18) | 99 (22) | 109 (14) | 121 (13) |
34 | Sheapey | 114 | 11:58 | 77 (24) | 91 (23) | 88 (21) | 117 (22) | 124 (24) |
35 | Tom Stubbs | 117 | 11:58 | 79 (26) | 83 (25) | 91 (17) | 121 (24) | 123 (25) |
36 | David Crooks | 83 | 12:06 | 77 (18) | 88 (13) | 100 (17) | 106 (18) | 123 (17) |
37 | JimboFS | 98 | 12:22 | 81 (20) | 92 (20) | 92 (19) | 108 (18) | 123 (21) |
38 | neilr | 82 | 12:23 | 87 (18) | 90 (19) | 97 (18) | 108 (10) | 121 (17) |
39 | canismiser | 63 | 12:30 | 82 (18) | 104 (10) | 91 (15) | 113 (11) | 127 (9) |
40 | fshephe | 109 | 12:30 | 87 (24) | 96 (22) | 98 (21) | 108 (19) | 111 (23) |
41 | HoneyBadger | 120 | 12:30 | 86 (25) | 90 (26) | 98 (25) | 111 (22) | 118 (22) |
42 | Stavros | 103 | 12:33 | 78 (24) | 100 (23) | 89 (14) | 122 (21) | 109 (21) |
43 | Silva | 108 | 12:55 | 84 (25) | 97 (24) | 97 (18) | 117 (21) | 105 (20) |
44 | aphasic | 73 | 12:58 | 82 (21) | 97 (14) | 103 (12) | 116 (15) | 111 (11) |
45 | Henry White | 86 | 13:05 | 77 (18) | 107 (18) | 91 (18) | 112 (14) | 114 (18) |
46 | March | 94 | 13:08 | 83 (23) | 94 (18) | 103 (22) | 117 (17) | 107 (14) |
47 | tilbee | 78 | 13:17 | 77 (16) | 89 (14) | 101 (15) | 111 (15) | 117 (18) |
48 | Ben Staveley | 104 | 13:32 | 81 (20) | 95 (21) | 99 (20) | 113 (24) | 108 (19) |
49 | Groucho | 92 | 13:36 | 82 (21) | 89 (20) | 99 (20) | 111 (15) | 125 (16) |
50 | Tibthorpe | 103 | 13:37 | 85 (21) | 85 (23) | 98 (23) | 123 (18) | 113 (18) |
51 | MikeOsborne | 110 | 13:43 | 77 (22) | 100 (22) | 95 (23) | 114 (24) | 111 (19) |
52 | alexh | 77 | 13:49 | 93 (21) | 96 (15) | 105 (14) | 102 (14) | 106 (13) |
53 | 7dPenguin | 82 | 13:51 | 84 (19) | 93 (21) | 94 (15) | 122 (14) | 114 (13) |
54 | Penfold_61 | 94 | 14:01 | 80 (22) | 94 (17) | 94 (14) | 113 (20) | 114 (21) |
55 | Ed freshpot | 79 | 14:04 | 74 (17) | 93 (14) | 109 (17) | 108 (14) | 115 (17) |
56 | LouWeed | 101 | 14:14 | 81 (21) | 92 (21) | 105 (20) | 111 (19) | 109 (20) |
57 | CentralLine | 88 | 14:16 | 80 (19) | 88 (21) | 98 (14) | 115 (14) | 119 (20) |
58 | chriss | 78 | 14:20 | 76 (14) | 79 (18) | 94 (20) | 144 (16) | 111 (10) |
59 | Eddddddd | 66 | 14:37 | 78 (15) | 101 (17) | 96 (9) | 113 (13) | 114 (12) |
60 | myles | 56 | 14:41 | 91 (15) | 96 (15) | 99 (9) | 108 (8) | 111 (9) |
61 | Peponi13 | 61 | 14:42 | 86 (19) | 90 (13) | 97 (13) | 123 (8) | 128 (8) |
62 | Semillon | 125 | 14:46 | 74 (25) | 91 (26) | 94 (24) | 115 (26) | 124 (24) |
63 | howardwilde1 | 60 | 14:55 | 79 (14) | 93 (12) | 103 (11) | 102 (13) | 130 (10) |
64 | pitcaithlie | 62 | 14:55 | 76 (15) | 91 (13) | 107 (17) | 123 (10) | 113 (7) |
65 | Crucifer | 63 | 14:55 | 73 (11) | 93 (12) | 81 (13) | 115 (13) | 128 (14) |
66 | Finzi | 122 | 14:59 | 86 (26) | 92 (24) | 95 (25) | 111 (24) | 116 (23) |
67 | BlackburnRover | 102 | 15:06 | 93 (24) | 95 (19) | 104 (20) | 105 (21) | 102 (18) |
68 | AndyR | 62 | 15:17 | 83 (14) | 99 (13) | 103 (14) | 107 (10) | 110 (11) |
69 | Pootle | 103 | 15:20 | 75 (23) | 91 (24) | 98 (16) | 120 (21) | 119 (19) |
70 | grape | 54 | 15:27 | 78 (12) | 105 (13) | 83 (8) | 96 (10) | 132 (11) |
71 | phthisis | 93 | 15:32 | 85 (19) | 97 (21) | 97 (22) | 112 (16) | 110 (15) |
72 | njnclarke | 48 | 15:33 | 89 (13) | 94 (8) | 90 (10) | 117 (8) | 115 (9) |
73 | JezWoolfrey | 76 | 15:35 | 72 (17) | 90 (16) | 113 (17) | 117 (12) | 112 (14) |
74 | robinh | 113 | 15:40 | 88 (23) | 88 (22) | 98 (23) | 112 (22) | 111 (23) |
75 | gabrojak | 92 | 15:41 | 85 (19) | 94 (21) | 101 (22) | 108 (18) | 115 (12) |
76 | LJCN | 110 | 15:44 | 81 (20) | 90 (26) | 93 (20) | 107 (22) | 125 (22) |
77 | Achernar | 66 | 15:52 | 86 (15) | 102 (16) | 102 (16) | 112 (8) | 101 (11) |
78 | Looch | 110 | 16:02 | 80 (21) | 94 (25) | 96 (24) | 117 (22) | 112 (18) |
79 | tapbarker | 106 | 16:14 | 75 (21) | 93 (19) | 95 (20) | 115 (22) | 116 (24) |
80 | andrewlake | 114 | 16:51 | 75 (23) | 94 (22) | 110 (22) | 108 (23) | 111 (24) |
81 | Squallaby | 90 | 16:53 | 68 (21) | 86 (21) | 93 (19) | 134 (13) | 138 (16) |
82 | PGooden | 72 | 16:54 | 66 (10) | 83 (17) | 103 (17) | 122 (14) | 116 (14) |
83 | ajcauk1 | 70 | 16:58 | 87 (19) | 101 (13) | 96 (16) | 116 (12) | 107 (10) |
84 | Crossiant | 83 | 17:12 | 77 (15) | 87 (11) | 94 (15) | 109 (22) | 116 (20) |
85 | ilan | 107 | 17:13 | 87 (23) | 88 (22) | 103 (24) | 112 (19) | 111 (19) |
86 | Galspray | 84 | 17:26 | 78 (18) | 100 (14) | 97 (18) | 110 (17) | 114 (17) |
87 | Craven | 107 | 17:32 | 86 (20) | 93 (24) | 99 (22) | 109 (21) | 110 (20) |
88 | DunPangolin | 98 | 17:43 | 82 (23) | 95 (23) | 104 (20) | 118 (17) | 106 (15) |
89 | Encota | 69 | 18:10 | 78 (13) | 83 (15) | 98 (13) | 114 (16) | 126 (12) |
90 | Freemers | 71 | 18:18 | 81 (12) | 92 (14) | 94 (14) | 100 (16) | 127 (15) |
91 | Jeremy S | 71 | 18:24 | 92 (20) | 96 (16) | 102 (17) | 113 (10) | 102 (8) |
92 | earlylight | 51 | 18:25 | 83 (9) | 91 (12) | 100 (12) | 107 (6) | 116 (12) |
93 | jeremy.kenyon | 47 | 18:29 | 82 (15) | 74 (7) | 124 (8) | 118 (11) | 105 (6) |
94 | GMcD | 115 | 18:30 | 72 (23) | 95 (22) | 104 (25) | 116 (20) | 110 (25) |
95 | Dzhigit | 63 | 18:54 | 87 (17) | 89 (13) | 103 (13) | 102 (10) | 127 (10) |
96 | pterodactyl | 74 | 18:56 | 81 (19) | 102 (16) | 108 (16) | 109 (10) | 106 (13) |
97 | Andrew Whiffin | 62 | 19:06 | 78 (13) | 101 (7) | 99 (16) | 100 (13) | 120 (13) |
98 | Zander | 95 | 19:07 | 68 (19) | 101 (19) | 89 (19) | 113 (18) | 126 (20) |
99 | benedick | 56 | 19:16 | 82 (12) | 99 (11) | 103 (8) | 104 (10) | 109 (15) |
100 | squark | 60 | 19:19 | 76 (12) | 84 (12) | 100 (10) | 113 (14) | 122 (12) |
101 | pc8 | 111 | 19:26 | 78 (24) | 84 (22) | 101 (19) | 114 (23) | 122 (23) |
102 | gsriordan52 | 89 | 19:55 | 78 (19) | 89 (19) | 95 (17) | 127 (15) | 114 (19) |
103 | uvofiz | 86 | 19:56 | 77 (11) | 95 (19) | 94 (15) | 111 (21) | 108 (20) |
104 | hopkinb | 62 | 20:05 | 72 (15) | 80 (10) | 106 (18) | 99 (6) | 137 (13) |
105 | Colin2355 | 92 | 20:06 | 77 (15) | 84 (21) | 92 (19) | 114 (19) | 128 (18) |
106 | Kevin Gregg | 61 | 20:07 | 83 (16) | 95 (15) | 99 (14) | 110 (7) | 129 (9) |
107 | LuckOfLucien | 71 | 20:10 | 78 (17) | 87 (13) | 106 (15) | 115 (14) | 118 (12) |
108 | DanSolo | 56 | 20:12 | 70 (7) | 94 (12) | 94 (12) | 119 (16) | 103 (9) |
109 | Hamish.S | 98 | 20:13 | 82 (23) | 81 (18) | 101 (19) | 118 (20) | 119 (18) |
110 | UisceTe | 53 | 20:26 | 84 (12) | 83 (14) | 107 (9) | 113 (8) | 124 (10) |
111 | James P | 100 | 20:39 | 75 (21) | 82 (21) | 98 (21) | 129 (18) | 119 (19) |
112 | endafk | 64 | 20:59 | 77 (13) | 94 (9) | 100 (15) | 101 (12) | 121 (15) |
113 | valerian1967 | 47 | 21:00 | 80 (10) | 91 (12) | 103 (8) | 114 (10) | 118 (7) |
114 | Nangle | 71 | 21:01 | 85 (19) | 94 (15) | 101 (15) | 116 (13) | 114 (9) |
115 | Riche | 71 | 21:10 | 84 (19) | 88 (14) | 100 (16) | 120 (11) | 120 (11) |
116 | John Arnold | 55 | 21:19 | 82 (15) | 96 (12) | 106 (12) | 105 (8) | 122 (8) |
117 | Zabadak3 | 106 | 21:21 | 75 (20) | 94 (20) | 102 (21) | 111 (23) | 113 (22) |
118 | hugh schofield | 52 | 21:34 | 76 (12) | 83 (11) | 95 (7) | 116 (16) | 139 (6) |
119 | dec | 51 | 21:44 | 87 (12) | 95 (12) | 97 (12) | 115 (8) | 116 (7) |
120 | Waterloo | 81 | 21:52 | 80 (19) | 83 (16) | 102 (18) | 113 (15) | 128 (13) |
121 | Leegoods | 54 | 21:56 | 67 (10) | 86 (12) | 118 (13) | 98 (10) | 129 (9) |
122 | Rod B | 54 | 21:59 | 79 (8) | 100 (9) | 85 (12) | 112 (15) | 114 (10) |
123 | daniel.faith | 108 | 22:04 | 84 (23) | 94 (23) | 102 (19) | 107 (21) | 112 (22) |
124 | The Caffeine Kid | 70 | 22:08 | 90 (16) | 99 (13) | 99 (13) | 106 (13) | 104 (15) |
125 | goblin | 127 | 22:15 | 84 (26) | 94 (26) | 102 (25) | 108 (25) | 110 (25) |
126 | george.garlick | 70 | 22:17 | 82 (16) | 84 (11) | 97 (15) | 125 (12) | 110 (16) |
127 | crosswordian | 65 | 22:33 | 83 (11) | 88 (13) | 102 (12) | 114 (13) | 106 (16) |
128 | Corymbia | 94 | 22:37 | 81 (22) | 85 (15) | 99 (18) | 112 (20) | 120 (19) |
129 | Tudds | 98 | 22:37 | 72 (23) | 96 (21) | 94 (19) | 134 (16) | 115 (19) |
130 | 1234 | 57 | 22:55 | 79 (13) | 101 (14) | 100 (9) | 98 (10) | 123 (11) |
131 | richardCV22 | 48 | 23:04 | 73 (11) | 87 (8) | 111 (12) | 113 (10) | 119 (7) |
132 | McBeak | 83 | 23:11 | 71 (21) | 99 (20) | 87 (14) | 117 (16) | 142 (12) |
133 | Brenk | 49 | 23:36 | 72 (11) | 84 (11) | 100 (9) | 105 (7) | 138 (11) |
134 | klamery4 | 59 | 23:46 | 85 (11) | 87 (11) | 93 (13) | 111 (6) | 117 (18) |
135 | rjcassidy | 105 | 24:00 | 81 (18) | 93 (22) | 97 (23) | 107 (20) | 117 (22) |
136 | stainl665 | 58 | 24:22 | 89 (10) | 92 (14) | 105 (14) | 107 (12) | 104 (8) |
137 | Mkgnao | 87 | 24:32 | 88 (21) | 92 (16) | 106 (16) | 109 (17) | 104 (17) |
138 | MichelinPoitiers | 53 | 24:44 | 80 (14) | 94 (13) | 131 (7) | 100 (6) | 109 (13) |
139 | JohnDun | 71 | 24:44 | 72 (15) | 85 (13) | 90 (13) | 130 (12) | 119 (18) |
140 | chris661554 | 122 | 24:46 | 75 (25) | 99 (24) | 95 (24) | 112 (25) | 117 (24) |
141 | DamienKnapma | 50 | 24:50 | 82 (10) | 88 (10) | 113 (10) | 94 (10) | 121 (10) |
142 | medodd | 45 | 25:03 | 88 (11) | 89 (8) | 106 (8) | 99 (10) | 120 (8) |
143 | Crippens1 | 79 | 25:40 | 87 (19) | 91 (17) | 85 (16) | 113 (12) | 129 (15) |
144 | barracuda | 91 | 26:02 | 77 (17) | 89 (21) | 108 (16) | 114 (17) | 111 (20) |
145 | Fidelio | 91 | 26:09 | 77 (15) | 83 (21) | 103 (21) | 119 (17) | 117 (17) |
146 | Deezzaa | 87 | 26:21 | 79 (19) | 92 (20) | 95 (13) | 117 (15) | 117 (20) |
147 | eniamretrauq | 71 | 26:54 | 74 (12) | 83 (12) | 89 (14) | 121 (17) | 117 (16) |
148 | ulaca | 86 | 26:59 | 80 (20) | 97 (16) | 100 (22) | 96 (12) | 130 (16) |
149 | Mike Harper | 95 | 27:19 | 74 (17) | 91 (15) | 87 (22) | 117 (21) | 123 (20) |
150 | Yatton50 | 75 | 27:32 | 77 (18) | 105 (18) | 91 (16) | 121 (10) | 117 (13) |
151 | JoeyC | 78 | 27:50 | 85 (18) | 80 (16) | 97 (15) | 137 (14) | 105 (15) |
152 | nekabue | 102 | 28:12 | 78 (23) | 91 (19) | 93 (22) | 108 (16) | 130 (22) |
153 | infinitejest | 59 | 28:26 | 73 (15) | 87 (13) | 96 (13) | 133 (9) | 132 (9) |
154 | Dr_Bob | 59 | 29:02 | 85 (11) | 88 (13) | 102 (14) | 115 (10) | 111 (11) |
155 | phcbarnes | 53 | 29:46 | 99 (7) | 96 (13) | 85 (6) | 100 (14) | 110 (13) |
156 | koro | 123 | 31:49 | 77 (26) | 95 (24) | 96 (26) | 115 (24) | 116 (23) |
157 | SlumdogEngineer | 62 | 31:50 | 68 (13) | 89 (11) | 92 (16) | 108 (15) | 174 (7) |
158 | Manveru | 62 | 31:51 | 81 (17) | 106 (12) | 94 (13) | 117 (12) | 113 (8) |
159 | alistair.boere | 72 | 31:51 | 93 (19) | 104 (16) | 89 (13) | 95 (11) | 119 (13) |
160 | gbestanley | 106 | 32:15 | 85 (23) | 95 (20) | 98 (25) | 109 (15) | 114 (23) |
161 | rosselliot | 65 | 32:27 | 77 (14) | 91 (12) | 91 (14) | 107 (14) | 139 (11) |
162 | bruce.johnston22 | 51 | 33:17 | 104 (10) | 93 (7) | 93 (9) | 106 (10) | 99 (15) |
163 | Grumpole | 59 | 33:30 | 77 (11) | 109 (13) | 107 (12) | 109 (13) | 91 (10) |
164 | Rookie | 62 | 34:14 | 89 (17) | 98 (12) | 96 (14) | 113 (6) | 112 (13) |
165 | WordPlodder | 87 | 34:33 | 80 (17) | 84 (16) | 92 (16) | 119 (21) | 117 (17) |
166 | starstruck | 98 | 34:36 | 84 (20) | 89 (22) | 98 (21) | 113 (17) | 119 (18) |
167 | tyrotim | 64 | 34:54 | 83 (16) | 93 (15) | 106 (14) | 112 (11) | 116 (8) |
168 | Birdingbob | 61 | 34:55 | 69 (12) | 81 (16) | 117 (9) | 110 (13) | 134 (11) |
169 | BertieVII | 86 | 35:29 | 86 (14) | 92 (19) | 89 (17) | 113 (16) | 113 (20) |
170 | Rozz | 53 | 35:55 | 90 (11) | 87 (11) | 78 (10) | 130 (9) | 116 (12) |
171 | Pleasuredome | 84 | 36:19 | 81 (18) | 88 (19) | 102 (18) | 104 (15) | 130 (14) |
172 | NAPASAI | 55 | 37:25 | 59 (12) | 115 (12) | 77 (12) | 141 (8) | 121 (11) |
173 | Shushannah | 92 | 38:26 | 76 (15) | 94 (21) | 90 (19) | 125 (19) | 109 (18) |
174 | rv_1 | 61 | 38:33 | 85 (10) | 96 (16) | 106 (12) | 95 (12) | 116 (11) |
175 | kapietro | 89 | 38:44 | 79 (22) | 86 (18) | 100 (17) | 126 (16) | 116 (16) |
176 | maryht | 96 | 39:23 | 91 (17) | 95 (18) | 94 (18) | 108 (20) | 106 (23) |
177 | CoxBurglar | 52 | 40:24 | 67 (12) | 116 (12) | 139 (9) | 79 (7) | 98 (12) |
178 | Cryptique | 73 | 42:08 | 138 (15) | 85 (15) | 81 (16) | 91 (14) | 105 (13) |
179 | baronrob | 50 | 43:11 | 79 (8) | 80 (9) | 103 (16) | 101 (6) | 124 (11) |
180 | empty | 92 | 43:16 | 79 (17) | 93 (17) | 97 (21) | 123 (16) | 106 (21) |