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 | 96 | 04:39 | 82 (18) | 83 (19) | 109 (18) | 100 (19) | 120 (22) |
2 | Nathan Panning | 79 | 05:36 | 89 (19) | 102 (20) | 107 (11) | 94 (16) | 111 (13) |
3 | Diskus | 117 | 05:42 | 91 (24) | 91 (25) | 103 (22) | 100 (24) | 115 (22) |
4 | verlaine | 55 | 06:18 | 84 (10) | 79 (13) | 102 (12) | 97 (8) | 134 (12) |
5 | Jason | 77 | 06:24 | 74 (14) | 102 (15) | 95 (16) | 102 (17) | 123 (15) |
6 | lili | 110 | 06:26 | 86 (25) | 93 (23) | 100 (22) | 99 (22) | 127 (18) |
7 | Magoo | 75 | 06:29 | 73 (11) | 76 (14) | 91 (16) | 89 (16) | 151 (18) |
8 | mistigris | 97 | 06:44 | 81 (19) | 81 (17) | 102 (20) | 102 (21) | 128 (20) |
9 | Paul Gilbert | 94 | 07:07 | 76 (19) | 81 (19) | 104 (18) | 114 (20) | 122 (18) |
10 | aphis99 | 117 | 07:24 | 80 (22) | 83 (25) | 111 (25) | 108 (22) | 116 (23) |
11 | richard | 82 | 08:38 | 79 (16) | 94 (21) | 105 (14) | 108 (19) | 115 (12) |
12 | asaldanha | 103 | 09:00 | 73 (21) | 92 (19) | 111 (21) | 99 (22) | 122 (20) |
13 | boulemiche | 55 | 09:03 | 89 (17) | 94 (14) | 112 (9) | 114 (7) | 105 (8) |
14 | samgdavies | 58 | 09:09 | 84 (12) | 91 (16) | 84 (9) | 131 (15) | 99 (6) |
15 | glheard | 87 | 09:42 | 85 (21) | 95 (20) | 102 (17) | 114 (20) | 106 (9) |
16 | markdobell | 109 | 09:45 | 76 (24) | 84 (23) | 107 (20) | 112 (24) | 126 (18) |
17 | Umpire | 115 | 09:46 | 85 (24) | 88 (23) | 102 (25) | 106 (23) | 120 (20) |
18 | chindit | 96 | 10:01 | 79 (21) | 85 (13) | 116 (19) | 100 (22) | 113 (21) |
19 | Kinghedger | 111 | 10:13 | 76 (23) | 91 (23) | 113 (23) | 109 (24) | 110 (18) |
20 | lickert | 101 | 10:30 | 79 (22) | 83 (19) | 103 (21) | 107 (22) | 131 (17) |
21 | Deane Short | 80 | 10:34 | 74 (20) | 100 (20) | 113 (14) | 107 (14) | 115 (12) |
22 | Topical Tim | 113 | 10:45 | 88 (22) | 85 (24) | 104 (21) | 102 (24) | 120 (22) |
23 | philjordan1147 | 91 | 10:57 | 80 (20) | 90 (18) | 105 (18) | 113 (19) | 113 (16) |
24 | AlanS | 98 | 11:00 | 79 (19) | 82 (18) | 103 (20) | 110 (22) | 121 (19) |
25 | keriothe_ | 108 | 11:06 | 74 (22) | 88 (23) | 112 (20) | 109 (25) | 118 (18) |
26 | HoneyBadger | 120 | 11:09 | 77 (24) | 84 (25) | 107 (24) | 107 (24) | 124 (23) |
27 | miked1961 | 92 | 11:13 | 79 (21) | 93 (19) | 106 (12) | 105 (19) | 117 (21) |
28 | Tom Stubbs | 119 | 11:26 | 79 (23) | 84 (26) | 106 (23) | 107 (24) | 124 (23) |
29 | neilr | 81 | 11:28 | 77 (17) | 89 (20) | 109 (17) | 120 (16) | 109 (11) |
30 | fshephe | 107 | 11:34 | 81 (25) | 92 (21) | 109 (18) | 106 (21) | 115 (22) |
31 | Henry White | 44 | 11:38 | 86 (7) | 87 (8) | 106 (13) | 106 (7) | 107 (9) |
32 | Heyesey | 59 | 11:41 | 76 (14) | 72 (9) | 105 (16) | 132 (11) | 114 (9) |
33 | Morphosis | 44 | 11:45 | 66 (6) | 85 (9) | 114 (10) | 99 (10) | 120 (9) |
34 | scrabbler | 74 | 11:45 | 82 (17) | 83 (15) | 114 (14) | 106 (16) | 120 (12) |
35 | chriss | 64 | 11:50 | 73 (16) | 80 (15) | 123 (10) | 119 (13) | 122 (10) |
36 | David Crooks | 79 | 11:54 | 79 (15) | 96 (16) | 101 (17) | 116 (15) | 106 (16) |
37 | chriswords | 107 | 11:54 | 87 (23) | 93 (25) | 101 (21) | 110 (21) | 110 (17) |
38 | Sheapey | 114 | 12:00 | 78 (24) | 88 (21) | 112 (23) | 100 (25) | 121 (21) |
39 | andy | 87 | 12:05 | 72 (19) | 102 (16) | 110 (18) | 103 (19) | 115 (15) |
40 | tilbee | 94 | 12:17 | 78 (20) | 94 (20) | 104 (18) | 102 (18) | 123 (18) |
41 | Golvellius | 95 | 12:24 | 79 (21) | 92 (22) | 107 (18) | 111 (19) | 117 (15) |
42 | aphasic | 76 | 12:42 | 84 (18) | 86 (18) | 113 (14) | 108 (12) | 117 (14) |
43 | March | 87 | 12:46 | 82 (17) | 87 (18) | 115 (16) | 93 (19) | 123 (17) |
44 | ChuckB | 62 | 13:00 | 92 (18) | 90 (15) | 106 (9) | 107 (12) | 115 (8) |
45 | JimboFS | 96 | 13:08 | 78 (18) | 87 (18) | 96 (20) | 107 (19) | 126 (21) |
46 | Silva | 111 | 13:11 | 80 (25) | 82 (23) | 108 (20) | 113 (23) | 119 (20) |
47 | Ed freshpot | 76 | 13:12 | 75 (16) | 93 (15) | 110 (14) | 105 (16) | 116 (15) |
48 | MikeOsborne | 108 | 13:15 | 78 (22) | 91 (21) | 99 (19) | 108 (24) | 121 (22) |
49 | Eddddddd | 50 | 13:21 | 93 (14) | 87 (13) | 102 (8) | 117 (9) | 112 (6) |
50 | Penfold_61 | 95 | 13:35 | 80 (19) | 84 (17) | 111 (22) | 108 (20) | 111 (17) |
51 | 7dPenguin | 66 | 13:38 | 82 (18) | 85 (13) | 110 (11) | 109 (13) | 123 (11) |
52 | Groucho | 107 | 13:40 | 80 (24) | 90 (24) | 104 (20) | 112 (21) | 118 (18) |
53 | Ben Staveley | 76 | 13:47 | 80 (17) | 93 (17) | 101 (14) | 110 (15) | 119 (13) |
54 | LouWeed | 110 | 13:50 | 81 (25) | 88 (20) | 106 (22) | 105 (24) | 121 (19) |
55 | howardwilde1 | 58 | 14:00 | 79 (16) | 94 (11) | 107 (13) | 107 (12) | 133 (6) |
56 | Crucifer | 72 | 14:06 | 75 (14) | 89 (19) | 103 (14) | 124 (13) | 115 (12) |
57 | njnclarke | 48 | 14:11 | 72 (10) | 92 (11) | 109 (9) | 109 (9) | 119 (9) |
58 | Tibthorpe | 102 | 14:13 | 76 (19) | 90 (18) | 111 (23) | 102 (23) | 116 (19) |
59 | Semillon | 121 | 14:15 | 75 (24) | 85 (26) | 110 (25) | 104 (26) | 127 (20) |
60 | Pootle | 98 | 14:18 | 79 (21) | 83 (22) | 110 (22) | 112 (17) | 122 (16) |
61 | Freemers | 77 | 14:25 | 87 (15) | 100 (16) | 106 (18) | 103 (16) | 101 (12) |
62 | alexh | 90 | 14:27 | 85 (20) | 93 (19) | 110 (15) | 111 (20) | 102 (16) |
63 | Peponi13 | 66 | 14:31 | 89 (18) | 98 (20) | 108 (10) | 106 (10) | 108 (8) |
64 | franceslc11 | 69 | 14:47 | 83 (14) | 89 (10) | 96 (10) | 101 (15) | 117 (20) |
65 | Finzi | 125 | 14:49 | 88 (24) | 92 (25) | 100 (26) | 106 (25) | 112 (25) |
66 | cdb_100 | 56 | 14:56 | 73 (10) | 92 (10) | 103 (14) | 109 (10) | 116 (12) |
67 | phthisis | 88 | 14:57 | 81 (19) | 90 (18) | 100 (13) | 112 (19) | 114 (19) |
68 | grape | 48 | 15:04 | 88 (11) | 85 (13) | 106 (8) | 105 (8) | 129 (8) |
69 | CentralLine | 95 | 15:04 | 74 (21) | 78 (19) | 105 (17) | 107 (17) | 134 (21) |
70 | BlackburnRover | 82 | 15:06 | 93 (20) | 97 (21) | 107 (17) | 102 (15) | 102 (9) |
71 | RobR | 74 | 15:16 | 77 (16) | 86 (16) | 107 (16) | 112 (9) | 120 (17) |
72 | Looch | 109 | 15:31 | 79 (21) | 85 (22) | 110 (23) | 108 (22) | 114 (21) |
73 | andrewlake | 115 | 15:35 | 79 (22) | 82 (24) | 109 (24) | 104 (23) | 123 (22) |
74 | Squallaby | 91 | 15:40 | 74 (21) | 83 (18) | 107 (20) | 121 (17) | 120 (15) |
75 | JezWoolfrey | 81 | 15:43 | 72 (16) | 88 (21) | 105 (14) | 111 (16) | 129 (14) |
76 | pitcaithlie | 57 | 15:45 | 70 (10) | 85 (15) | 107 (12) | 114 (10) | 128 (10) |
77 | tapbarker | 113 | 15:49 | 72 (23) | 89 (23) | 105 (19) | 112 (24) | 119 (24) |
78 | Achernar | 75 | 15:51 | 89 (20) | 99 (16) | 101 (16) | 115 (12) | 100 (11) |
79 | LJCN | 101 | 15:51 | 78 (21) | 81 (23) | 111 (20) | 104 (20) | 132 (17) |
80 | robinh | 107 | 15:56 | 84 (22) | 93 (21) | 103 (21) | 105 (22) | 112 (21) |
81 | MK76 | 66 | 16:04 | 82 (19) | 90 (17) | 119 (12) | 133 (8) | 100 (10) |
82 | Jeremy S | 63 | 16:12 | 87 (16) | 96 (17) | 112 (13) | 109 (11) | 100 (6) |
83 | ilan | 97 | 16:36 | 83 (17) | 95 (21) | 105 (21) | 100 (19) | 113 (19) |
84 | DunPangolin | 92 | 16:54 | 87 (23) | 95 (22) | 102 (15) | 111 (16) | 109 (16) |
85 | ajcauk1 | 72 | 17:05 | 86 (15) | 97 (18) | 109 (11) | 101 (15) | 109 (13) |
86 | Stavros | 107 | 17:06 | 180 (24) | 61 (22) | 84 (20) | 78 (20) | 84 (21) |
87 | Colin2355 | 83 | 17:07 | 86 (20) | 83 (21) | 120 (19) | 106 (12) | 113 (11) |
88 | Galspray | 91 | 17:17 | 84 (20) | 87 (20) | 103 (20) | 113 (17) | 118 (14) |
89 | Encota | 98 | 17:21 | 80 (22) | 78 (21) | 109 (16) | 112 (20) | 124 (19) |
90 | Craven | 106 | 17:32 | 84 (24) | 91 (22) | 105 (18) | 105 (23) | 116 (19) |
91 | Crossiant | 75 | 17:34 | 70 (10) | 85 (16) | 101 (16) | 103 (16) | 126 (17) |
92 | GMcD | 117 | 17:36 | 83 (23) | 89 (25) | 106 (22) | 106 (24) | 115 (23) |
93 | PGooden | 84 | 17:38 | 72 (12) | 91 (15) | 97 (19) | 112 (21) | 115 (17) |
94 | pterodactyl | 84 | 18:00 | 84 (17) | 93 (19) | 109 (16) | 103 (18) | 111 (14) |
95 | jeremy.kenyon | 43 | 18:06 | 90 (11) | 87 (10) | 121 (7) | 94 (8) | 119 (7) |
96 | Riche | 83 | 18:11 | 87 (20) | 86 (20) | 114 (17) | 110 (13) | 110 (13) |
97 | DanSolo | 63 | 18:20 | 73 (14) | 77 (11) | 115 (13) | 123 (14) | 109 (11) |
98 | LuckOfLucien | 60 | 18:21 | 77 (12) | 96 (16) | 104 (13) | 103 (10) | 126 (9) |
99 | hopkinb | 64 | 18:24 | 74 (16) | 99 (16) | 112 (12) | 100 (9) | 124 (11) |
100 | TB22 | 42 | 18:37 | 69 (8) | 79 (8) | 157 (7) | 102 (11) | 96 (8) |
101 | Dzhigit | 57 | 18:44 | 92 (15) | 85 (13) | 103 (8) | 105 (13) | 124 (8) |
102 | pc8 | 113 | 18:44 | 79 (22) | 83 (23) | 108 (21) | 109 (24) | 118 (23) |
103 | KET | 43 | 19:02 | 75 (11) | 76 (6) | 125 (10) | 108 (8) | 111 (8) |
104 | Zabadak3 | 119 | 19:03 | 81 (23) | 89 (23) | 100 (24) | 111 (25) | 115 (24) |
105 | Andrew Whiffin | 50 | 19:06 | 78 (11) | 85 (10) | 115 (10) | 111 (9) | 111 (10) |
106 | Zander | 95 | 19:07 | 73 (22) | 83 (16) | 109 (17) | 114 (20) | 119 (20) |
107 | julian_w | 51 | 19:15 | 86 (6) | 79 (14) | 115 (9) | 103 (12) | 118 (10) |
108 | Gallion Fish | 43 | 19:20 | 91 (11) | 94 (8) | 108 (11) | 88 (7) | 120 (6) |
109 | James P | 98 | 19:20 | 69 (18) | 88 (22) | 111 (21) | 110 (20) | 120 (17) |
110 | Hamish.S | 87 | 19:28 | 76 (16) | 80 (18) | 111 (19) | 106 (20) | 127 (14) |
111 | daniel.faith | 103 | 19:35 | 84 (22) | 94 (23) | 88 (14) | 101 (23) | 128 (21) |
112 | Mike C | 64 | 19:36 | 70 (13) | 87 (9) | 121 (14) | 99 (13) | 113 (15) |
113 | endafk | 51 | 19:41 | 81 (11) | 89 (8) | 108 (12) | 95 (12) | 129 (8) |
114 | UisceTe | 54 | 19:59 | 82 (13) | 87 (13) | 118 (13) | 119 (7) | 101 (8) |
115 | gsriordan52 | 80 | 20:10 | 77 (16) | 85 (17) | 115 (19) | 110 (16) | 112 (12) |
116 | squark | 48 | 20:34 | 74 (10) | 83 (7) | 107 (7) | 107 (11) | 117 (13) |
117 | DamienKnapma | 44 | 20:36 | 81 (6) | 92 (14) | 117 (7) | 99 (9) | 111 (8) |
118 | uvofiz | 64 | 20:41 | 86 (10) | 89 (12) | 98 (14) | 106 (16) | 114 (12) |
119 | Kevin Gregg | 83 | 20:56 | 78 (19) | 95 (20) | 112 (17) | 107 (15) | 114 (12) |
120 | Nangle | 70 | 21:01 | 89 (19) | 88 (15) | 105 (16) | 107 (10) | 121 (10) |
121 | Corymbia | 92 | 21:08 | 79 (20) | 79 (10) | 102 (18) | 108 (24) | 117 (20) |
122 | Waterloo | 70 | 21:19 | 72 (15) | 96 (14) | 112 (15) | 106 (13) | 115 (13) |
123 | george.garlick | 83 | 21:20 | 78 (17) | 87 (17) | 108 (16) | 108 (16) | 118 (17) |
124 | Upfisher | 38 | 21:23 | 63 (8) | 73 (7) | 109 (6) | 117 (9) | 131 (8) |
125 | David Bourne | 50 | 21:30 | 72 (6) | 76 (10) | 95 (11) | 100 (10) | 133 (13) |
126 | Leegoods | 61 | 21:46 | 77 (14) | 90 (10) | 117 (15) | 100 (12) | 114 (10) |
127 | crosswordian | 68 | 21:48 | 85 (13) | 91 (14) | 101 (15) | 110 (13) | 111 (13) |
128 | The Caffeine Kid | 79 | 22:07 | 73 (16) | 89 (19) | 100 (13) | 112 (16) | 127 (15) |
129 | Rod B | 70 | 22:12 | 87 (15) | 100 (16) | 101 (13) | 105 (17) | 108 (9) |
130 | Tudds | 95 | 22:30 | 72 (21) | 105 (22) | 95 (16) | 112 (18) | 117 (18) |
131 | richardCV22 | 107 | 22:31 | 77 (22) | 88 (19) | 110 (23) | 102 (23) | 121 (20) |
132 | stainl665 | 44 | 22:38 | 68 (6) | 83 (11) | 113 (8) | 98 (9) | 128 (10) |
133 | goblin | 126 | 23:10 | 84 (26) | 93 (26) | 104 (24) | 100 (25) | 117 (25) |
134 | JohnDun | 67 | 23:30 | 75 (11) | 71 (11) | 108 (14) | 109 (16) | 120 (15) |
135 | medodd | 41 | 23:35 | 88 (10) | 85 (10) | 99 (6) | 110 (9) | 126 (6) |
136 | 1234 | 65 | 23:38 | 75 (12) | 89 (14) | 113 (13) | 114 (14) | 104 (12) |
137 | Crippens1 | 73 | 23:50 | 85 (17) | 96 (17) | 108 (15) | 104 (13) | 111 (11) |
138 | rjcassidy | 110 | 24:21 | 81 (20) | 85 (23) | 106 (22) | 108 (25) | 117 (20) |
139 | Brenk | 82 | 24:23 | 77 (20) | 96 (18) | 113 (14) | 106 (17) | 117 (13) |
140 | klamery4 | 66 | 24:38 | 80 (13) | 91 (9) | 103 (12) | 120 (15) | 98 (17) |
141 | MichelinPoitiers | 71 | 24:48 | 87 (16) | 88 (17) | 116 (13) | 113 (10) | 103 (15) |
142 | Dr_Bob | 70 | 25:09 | 82 (14) | 94 (14) | 105 (16) | 96 (14) | 123 (12) |
143 | Fidelio | 92 | 25:18 | 74 (16) | 85 (19) | 108 (20) | 110 (21) | 118 (16) |
144 | Mkgnao | 80 | 25:23 | 93 (20) | 86 (18) | 105 (16) | 108 (11) | 114 (15) |
145 | chris661554 | 114 | 25:26 | 71 (21) | 83 (23) | 110 (23) | 109 (23) | 121 (24) |
146 | timbo | 57 | 25:53 | 82 (8) | 95 (17) | 102 (14) | 107 (7) | 112 (11) |
147 | crucihacker | 60 | 26:05 | 69 (10) | 77 (12) | 111 (15) | 105 (11) | 128 (12) |
148 | Yatton50 | 80 | 26:07 | 85 (20) | 93 (21) | 97 (13) | 110 (13) | 125 (13) |
149 | Rowlie26 | 80 | 26:22 | 83 (19) | 80 (16) | 115 (15) | 113 (19) | 111 (11) |
150 | Mudge | 46 | 26:51 | 82 (11) | 75 (7) | 106 (8) | 112 (10) | 118 (10) |
151 | eniamretrauq | 91 | 26:52 | 71 (18) | 86 (19) | 115 (16) | 105 (17) | 121 (21) |
152 | Deezzaa | 99 | 27:14 | 79 (18) | 86 (19) | 101 (20) | 107 (23) | 122 (19) |
153 | barracuda | 102 | 27:14 | 75 (21) | 89 (17) | 110 (24) | 105 (17) | 116 (23) |
154 | SlumdogEngineer | 52 | 27:17 | 72 (13) | 77 (11) | 108 (10) | 135 (9) | 123 (9) |
155 | ulaca | 83 | 28:16 | 70 (17) | 96 (17) | 99 (15) | 114 (15) | 118 (19) |
156 | nekabue | 103 | 28:34 | 76 (21) | 93 (16) | 105 (23) | 103 (20) | 117 (23) |
157 | SK42 | 33 | 28:38 | 79 (7) | 82 (6) | 116 (6) | 106 (8) | 116 (6) |
158 | Mike Harper | 119 | 28:50 | 68 (24) | 83 (24) | 113 (25) | 108 (26) | 129 (20) |
159 | Cryptique | 77 | 30:12 | 80 (12) | 86 (17) | 103 (19) | 99 (13) | 124 (16) |
160 | BertieVII | 71 | 30:17 | 74 (12) | 106 (16) | 102 (16) | 97 (12) | 113 (15) |
161 | Grumpole | 37 | 30:30 | 69 (6) | 90 (9) | 100 (9) | 114 (7) | 127 (6) |
162 | hipponym | 65 | 30:32 | 85 (11) | 82 (16) | 106 (14) | 94 (11) | 130 (13) |
163 | gbestanley | 85 | 30:35 | 88 (20) | 91 (17) | 103 (16) | 108 (16) | 110 (16) |
164 | Manveru | 81 | 30:39 | 92 (18) | 88 (19) | 106 (12) | 100 (18) | 120 (14) |
165 | RogerC | 53 | 30:54 | 77 (8) | 86 (8) | 103 (9) | 105 (14) | 112 (14) |
166 | rosselliot | 53 | 31:25 | 79 (11) | 81 (10) | 110 (11) | 121 (10) | 107 (11) |
167 | vinyl12345 | 64 | 32:08 | 85 (7) | 76 (20) | 88 (9) | 118 (15) | 129 (13) |
168 | bruce.johnston22 | 65 | 32:42 | 89 (12) | 81 (11) | 105 (14) | 105 (17) | 113 (11) |
169 | simjt | 51 | 33:12 | 86 (15) | 87 (11) | 107 (9) | 118 (9) | 115 (7) |
170 | koro | 124 | 33:40 | 85 (25) | 78 (23) | 102 (26) | 113 (25) | 117 (25) |
171 | WordPlodder | 113 | 33:44 | 77 (22) | 87 (23) | 112 (25) | 110 (24) | 111 (19) |
172 | Birdingbob | 67 | 33:51 | 87 (14) | 80 (15) | 108 (8) | 107 (17) | 121 (13) |
173 | Lloyd | 64 | 34:09 | 81 (12) | 98 (16) | 94 (10) | 115 (13) | 108 (13) |
174 | alistair.boere | 77 | 34:19 | 86 (18) | 95 (13) | 111 (14) | 94 (16) | 113 (16) |
175 | Rookie | 63 | 34:20 | 75 (14) | 83 (17) | 156 (11) | 93 (11) | 106 (10) |
176 | starstruck | 100 | 35:09 | 80 (21) | 92 (18) | 98 (20) | 98 (18) | 126 (23) |
177 | Pleasuredome | 81 | 35:10 | 84 (16) | 71 (17) | 107 (22) | 127 (13) | 115 (13) |
178 | j.stanton734 | 81 | 35:20 | 72 (14) | 89 (12) | 108 (19) | 91 (17) | 126 (19) |
179 | kapietro | 84 | 35:55 | 74 (17) | 83 (20) | 111 (15) | 113 (17) | 123 (15) |
180 | Shushannah | 93 | 36:17 | 77 (20) | 88 (21) | 107 (15) | 116 (20) | 115 (17) |
181 | rv_1 | 86 | 39:14 | 85 (17) | 88 (21) | 107 (16) | 109 (16) | 114 (16) |
182 | CoxBurglar | 56 | 39:41 | 74 (16) | 129 (11) | 85 (10) | 94 (10) | 131 (9) |
183 | empty | 84 | 44:26 | 76 (20) | 93 (13) | 110 (19) | 109 (14) | 111 (18) |