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 | 27292 | 05:45 | 83 (18) | 102 (19) | 102 (15) | 101 (19) | 110 (18) |
| 2 | Eamon Ryan | 45644 | 06:47 | 91 (24) | 104 (25) | 97 (22) | 96 (25) | 109 (26) |
| 3 | Jason | 48700 | 07:07 | 77 (23) | 102 (25) | 100 (25) | 98 (25) | 118 (26) |
| 4 | Lettuceleaf | 25298 | 07:16 | 88 (17) | 96 (13) | 100 (10) | 102 (14) | 114 (14) |
| 5 | Bogota Eagle | 30833 | 08:33 | 82 (10) | 98 (16) | 94 (13) | 101 (16) | 116 (15) |
| 6 | verlaine | 58540 | 09:33 | 75 (23) | 103 (24) | 99 (21) | 95 (21) | 126 (23) |
| 7 | DaddyM | 49376 | 09:47 | 76 (18) | 100 (24) | 69 (19) | 123 (15) | 137 (18) |
| 8 | auchiedollie | 54470 | 10:05 | 86 (22) | 101 (24) | 105 (21) | 105 (20) | 103 (13) |
| 9 | aphis99 | 62083 | 10:27 | 80 (21) | 100 (25) | 94 (21) | 107 (20) | 115 (22) |
| 10 | richard | 58068 | 10:38 | 86 (21) | 97 (22) | 107 (16) | 99 (22) | 111 (20) |
| 11 | tiggis | 18830 | 10:49 | 88 (9) | 98 (7) | 119 (6) | 91 (9) | 110 (8) |
| 12 | AlanS | 69588 | 10:50 | 83 (24) | 95 (22) | 100 (22) | 97 (23) | 121 (26) |
| 13 | Peter Fowler | 31979 | 11:06 | 97 (12) | 102 (14) | 99 (11) | 97 (9) | 101 (12) |
| 14 | Tom Stubbs | 75447 | 11:38 | 88 (25) | 95 (26) | 94 (22) | 99 (23) | 124 (22) |
| 15 | retiarius | 36536 | 11:42 | 83 (15) | 103 (13) | 101 (12) | 105 (15) | 119 (7) |
| 16 | lickert | 71264 | 11:45 | 84 (22) | 97 (23) | 93 (21) | 97 (21) | 124 (24) |
| 17 | chindit | 81419 | 12:00 | 83 (24) | 95 (23) | 102 (25) | 100 (26) | 116 (25) |
| 18 | tonysever | 78676 | 12:08 | 84 (23) | 110 (24) | 96 (24) | 94 (22) | 112 (25) |
| 19 | Heyesey | 34019 | 12:19 | 100 (13) | 79 (9) | 95 (13) | 102 (8) | 116 (13) |
| 20 | glheard | 54290 | 12:23 | 89 (20) | 109 (17) | 95 (15) | 100 (18) | 108 (13) |
| 21 | alanconnor | 41465 | 12:33 | 73 (12) | 92 (13) | 105 (13) | 93 (15) | 137 (12) |
| 22 | Denis | 52497 | 13:15 | 82 (14) | 93 (16) | 100 (13) | 105 (15) | 114 (18) |
| 23 | Topical Tim | 87028 | 13:33 | 75 (24) | 101 (25) | 105 (20) | 98 (24) | 120 (24) |
| 24 | keriothe_ | 55583 | 13:37 | 96 (18) | 98 (17) | 99 (16) | 110 (16) | 93 (11) |
| 25 | Stavros | 91112 | 13:48 | 86 (21) | 105 (26) | 93 (23) | 102 (25) | 109 (25) |
| 26 | aphasic | 50861 | 13:53 | 90 (18) | 95 (11) | 103 (16) | 93 (14) | 121 (12) |
| 27 | Silva | 82783 | 13:56 | 81 (22) | 99 (23) | 100 (21) | 104 (22) | 115 (21) |
| 28 | mikegrocott | 66848 | 14:06 | 90 (17) | 102 (16) | 93 (17) | 102 (17) | 107 (22) |
| 29 | neilr | 94384 | 14:10 | 85 (25) | 98 (24) | 99 (22) | 96 (25) | 119 (25) |
| 30 | Ben Staveley | 33299 | 14:13 | 97 (10) | 98 (10) | 82 (8) | 100 (13) | 121 (8) |
| 31 | mchalen | 96117 | 14:18 | 86 (24) | 101 (26) | 100 (23) | 102 (24) | 107 (25) |
| 32 | Tibthorpe | 88154 | 14:50 | 78 (21) | 91 (24) | 104 (18) | 91 (22) | 130 (24) |
| 33 | AndyOwl | 25842 | 14:51 | 87 (8) | 103 (8) | 90 (8) | 112 (7) | 108 (8) |
| 34 | SimonAnthony | 43248 | 15:01 | 90 (12) | 94 (11) | 89 (12) | 102 (12) | 125 (11) |
| 35 | jjp | 62400 | 15:04 | 91 (17) | 93 (19) | 99 (13) | 102 (17) | 116 (13) |
| 36 | fshephe | 95261 | 15:24 | 89 (22) | 100 (22) | 97 (20) | 100 (23) | 110 (26) |
| 37 | Toffer | 86590 | 15:41 | 82 (19) | 97 (20) | 97 (21) | 95 (20) | 122 (22) |
| 38 | phthisis | 88753 | 15:44 | 82 (19) | 105 (21) | 96 (22) | 95 (19) | 116 (23) |
| 39 | Sue Sweeper | 68693 | 16:21 | 78 (20) | 94 (17) | 103 (15) | 112 (13) | 121 (15) |
| 40 | sotira | 100164 | 16:31 | 79 (21) | 99 (24) | 98 (20) | 99 (23) | 121 (23) |
| 41 | Margaretlarb | 43820 | 16:35 | 98 (9) | 93 (12) | 101 (12) | 101 (10) | 105 (11) |
| 42 | robinh | 98223 | 16:42 | 84 (21) | 99 (23) | 101 (19) | 104 (24) | 110 (21) |
| 43 | OliviaRhineb | 112224 | 17:00 | 81 (26) | 103 (25) | 96 (21) | 104 (25) | 115 (23) |
| 44 | RHB | 89628 | 17:10 | 83 (19) | 103 (21) | 96 (22) | 92 (16) | 122 (19) |
| 45 | earlylight | 70018 | 17:25 | 90 (15) | 94 (17) | 111 (12) | 99 (14) | 106 (19) |
| 46 | nesbitt | 72020 | 17:39 | 79 (18) | 94 (20) | 112 (14) | 101 (14) | 125 (12) |
| 47 | ChuckB | 113525 | 17:40 | 80 (24) | 94 (24) | 103 (20) | 107 (25) | 114 (24) |
| 48 | Bernard S | 84087 | 17:58 | 86 (17) | 104 (18) | 88 (12) | 112 (18) | 102 (23) |
| 49 | mark oshin | 71630 | 18:05 | 77 (16) | 108 (13) | 98 (13) | 99 (17) | 115 (17) |
| 50 | pterodactyl | 82363 | 18:33 | 89 (19) | 89 (17) | 103 (12) | 100 (19) | 119 (17) |
| 51 | rpb | 101656 | 18:37 | 76 (24) | 101 (21) | 94 (18) | 101 (17) | 128 (21) |
| 52 | noidea | 83933 | 18:39 | 91 (14) | 95 (18) | 93 (14) | 96 (19) | 116 (20) |
| 53 | David P | 106716 | 19:19 | 89 (21) | 94 (15) | 93 (18) | 93 (23) | 123 (25) |
| 54 | Ron's mum | 96574 | 19:23 | 74 (18) | 114 (18) | 103 (20) | 76 (19) | 132 (18) |
| 55 | David Crooks | 123450 | 19:24 | 87 (24) | 99 (24) | 96 (22) | 97 (22) | 117 (24) |
| 56 | reindeer | 97907 | 19:39 | 86 (17) | 98 (19) | 104 (17) | 99 (19) | 108 (21) |
| 57 | Carol | 79497 | 19:46 | 89 (17) | 100 (17) | 109 (12) | 88 (14) | 112 (17) |
| 58 | GMcD | 128426 | 20:00 | 73 (24) | 110 (23) | 84 (22) | 97 (24) | 132 (24) |
| 59 | John Arnold | 69780 | 20:03 | 90 (18) | 94 (12) | 119 (13) | 88 (11) | 107 (14) |
| 60 | sampson | 82309 | 20:10 | 93 (18) | 100 (14) | 97 (16) | 91 (15) | 118 (15) |
| 61 | peter wild | 123267 | 20:32 | 83 (24) | 100 (24) | 93 (19) | 107 (23) | 116 (20) |
| 62 | Groucho | 95370 | 20:38 | 75 (21) | 106 (16) | 100 (17) | 104 (19) | 123 (14) |
| 63 | AnneGinger | 98823 | 20:50 | 82 (21) | 98 (20) | 110 (14) | 97 (17) | 117 (17) |
| 64 | Big Mick | 112531 | 20:50 | 84 (20) | 97 (25) | 101 (21) | 92 (19) | 133 (15) |
| 65 | Werm | 61144 | 21:13 | 80 (10) | 98 (13) | 96 (15) | 106 (12) | 126 (8) |
| 66 | barracuda | 122615 | 21:17 | 83 (23) | 102 (21) | 95 (21) | 98 (20) | 121 (21) |
| 67 | alanjcannon | 118989 | 21:47 | 82 (23) | 95 (22) | 97 (19) | 111 (17) | 117 (20) |
| 68 | Helly Welly | 74489 | 22:10 | 86 (13) | 86 (15) | 93 (13) | 117 (14) | 120 (11) |
| 69 | Kevin Gregg | 111541 | 22:23 | 86 (20) | 97 (17) | 97 (20) | 103 (19) | 116 (17) |
| 70 | Zabadak | 134463 | 22:38 | 80 (20) | 104 (20) | 94 (21) | 102 (24) | 114 (24) |
| 71 | zythum | 144447 | 22:42 | 87 (23) | 101 (23) | 91 (21) | 99 (24) | 118 (25) |
| 72 | anthea | 110885 | 23:06 | 98 (15) | 98 (21) | 100 (14) | 100 (19) | 101 (21) |
| 73 | Edprof | 140121 | 23:35 | 83 (23) | 102 (24) | 108 (21) | 96 (22) | 112 (19) |
| 74 | PeterMabey | 129144 | 24:27 | 83 (20) | 93 (14) | 91 (20) | 104 (24) | 123 (20) |
| 75 | Son of Smug | 125025 | 24:30 | 75 (16) | 98 (22) | 97 (18) | 112 (19) | 110 (20) |
| 76 | benedick | 96688 | 24:47 | 85 (14) | 92 (12) | 89 (20) | 95 (12) | 132 (17) |
| 77 | crosswordian | 142304 | 24:57 | 91 (21) | 96 (20) | 95 (20) | 101 (23) | 114 (21) |
| 78 | KarenR | 123506 | 25:24 | 79 (19) | 94 (18) | 112 (18) | 101 (16) | 112 (20) |
| 79 | Galspray | 139477 | 25:32 | 65 (21) | 100 (21) | 80 (22) | 96 (19) | 167 (18) |
| 80 | Smiler | 104683 | 26:26 | 86 (15) | 90 (17) | 99 (14) | 97 (15) | 127 (15) |
| 81 | me_phobete | 135100 | 26:29 | 80 (18) | 98 (21) | 92 (15) | 97 (19) | 122 (22) |
| 82 | Chadwick | 84676 | 26:37 | 81 (13) | 104 (14) | 105 (10) | 94 (14) | 118 (12) |
| 83 | leonora | 138983 | 26:37 | 84 (20) | 89 (20) | 96 (16) | 100 (19) | 124 (22) |
| 84 | NAPASAI | 93988 | 27:00 | 89 (13) | 91 (11) | 92 (15) | 98 (13) | 121 (16) |
| 85 | Julian West | 130257 | 27:08 | 72 (21) | 93 (17) | 118 (14) | 86 (20) | 139 (18) |
| 86 | Bobb | 91738 | 27:18 | 85 (11) | 106 (13) | 87 (13) | 96 (14) | 118 (15) |
| 87 | burrowz1b | 115353 | 28:41 | 103 (14) | 137 (14) | 90 (13) | 83 (15) | 90 (21) |
| 88 | ccy23 | 114432 | 28:53 | 67 (12) | 87 (17) | 121 (16) | 94 (16) | 122 (15) |
| 89 | oldpalace | 111777 | 29:06 | 102 (12) | 99 (17) | 96 (13) | 104 (13) | 97 (19) |
| 90 | Moles | 85687 | 29:08 | 88 (9) | 92 (11) | 101 (10) | 104 (15) | 106 (14) |
| 91 | Barry Smith | 131166 | 29:08 | 85 (18) | 97 (18) | 93 (14) | 101 (16) | 119 (19) |
| 92 | Manveru | 78209 | 29:37 | 91 (15) | 91 (14) | 106 (9) | 92 (8) | 135 (8) |
| 93 | Ben Ganly | 149748 | 30:26 | 68 (16) | 78 (20) | 64 (17) | 195 (20) | 78 (19) |
| 94 | dec | 87424 | 31:00 | 117 (13) | 98 (8) | 91 (9) | 86 (16) | 107 (11) |
| 95 | Jefe | 117532 | 31:35 | 85 (18) | 89 (19) | 89 (11) | 128 (9) | 124 (15) |
| 96 | Prytherch | 141369 | 31:50 | 89 (14) | 92 (19) | 103 (13) | 98 (18) | 113 (20) |
| 97 | stockynige | 67008 | 31:54 | 64 (7) | 87 (10) | 93 (8) | 86 (10) | 152 (10) |
| 98 | rjr520 | 44451 | 32:12 | 77 (6) | 97 (6) | 88 (6) | 97 (8) | 132 (7) |
| 99 | rosselliot | 150928 | 32:40 | 98 (17) | 87 (18) | 95 (14) | 99 (18) | 115 (20) |
| 100 | Jeeves | 140503 | 33:27 | 84 (13) | 97 (17) | 90 (14) | 100 (19) | 121 (17) |
| 101 | koro | 155653 | 33:41 | 86 (18) | 89 (17) | 100 (15) | 102 (19) | 120 (18) |
| 102 | nekabue | 135926 | 34:51 | 77 (16) | 113 (17) | 88 (15) | 95 (11) | 121 (16) |
| 103 | fudgiebates | 115555 | 35:39 | 84 (14) | 106 (15) | 100 (10) | 103 (11) | 105 (14) |
| 104 | Glyndwr | 139097 | 35:39 | 81 (19) | 88 (13) | 88 (11) | 108 (15) | 129 (17) |
| 105 | diogenes | 92118 | 38:22 | 68 (11) | 121 (11) | 124 (9) | 86 (12) | 111 (7) |
| 106 | lesbunch | 92326 | 39:27 | 76 (10) | 92 (9) | 71 (7) | 75 (10) | 152 (13) |
| 107 | 1234 | 110818 | 40:09 | 77 (10) | 106 (13) | 91 (8) | 93 (13) | 122 (12) |
| 108 | cassandra | 187012 | 40:28 | 91 (19) | 93 (18) | 105 (13) | 101 (17) | 108 (20) |
| 109 | JerryR | 135534 | 41:04 | 75 (15) | 98 (14) | 96 (9) | 103 (14) | 129 (13) |
| 110 | ulaca | 130178 | 41:43 | 78 (6) | 92 (12) | 90 (13) | 99 (16) | 120 (15) |
| 111 | Clovis | 214092 | 58:29 | 47 (14) | 49 (15) | 119 (13) | 125 (14) | 159 (15) |