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 | 04:41 | 83 (18) | 91 (19) | 103 (18) | 101 (22) | 118 (19) |
2 | Nathan Panning | 85 | 05:37 | 86 (20) | 95 (21) | 105 (14) | 97 (17) | 127 (13) |
3 | Diskus | 117 | 05:47 | 90 (24) | 93 (25) | 105 (21) | 96 (25) | 116 (22) |
4 | lili | 113 | 06:12 | 79 (22) | 90 (25) | 104 (22) | 95 (23) | 133 (21) |
5 | verlaine | 61 | 06:28 | 85 (13) | 87 (14) | 116 (13) | 96 (11) | 119 (10) |
6 | Jason | 92 | 06:37 | 73 (16) | 103 (18) | 98 (20) | 96 (20) | 125 (18) |
7 | Magoo | 62 | 06:51 | 69 (10) | 76 (10) | 86 (14) | 85 (12) | 156 (16) |
8 | Paul Gilbert | 96 | 06:53 | 82 (20) | 79 (19) | 106 (17) | 110 (22) | 121 (18) |
9 | mistigris | 91 | 06:56 | 80 (18) | 86 (16) | 100 (19) | 101 (20) | 129 (18) |
10 | cmjhutton | 94 | 07:10 | 77 (18) | 84 (20) | 116 (18) | 106 (20) | 115 (18) |
11 | aphis99 | 119 | 07:24 | 77 (24) | 86 (24) | 109 (25) | 109 (23) | 116 (23) |
12 | richard | 65 | 08:32 | 83 (16) | 94 (15) | 110 (12) | 102 (15) | 125 (7) |
13 | boulemiche | 51 | 08:55 | 86 (14) | 97 (11) | 111 (11) | 107 (8) | 102 (7) |
14 | asaldanha | 101 | 09:07 | 73 (19) | 94 (20) | 101 (21) | 108 (21) | 119 (20) |
15 | Umpire | 109 | 09:38 | 84 (22) | 90 (22) | 106 (22) | 101 (23) | 118 (20) |
16 | markdobell | 100 | 09:39 | 78 (23) | 89 (19) | 103 (18) | 104 (22) | 129 (18) |
17 | chindit | 99 | 10:20 | 82 (20) | 90 (15) | 108 (21) | 99 (21) | 114 (22) |
18 | AlanS | 95 | 10:21 | 78 (18) | 89 (21) | 103 (18) | 104 (21) | 125 (17) |
19 | glheard | 89 | 10:23 | 78 (22) | 100 (21) | 103 (15) | 113 (21) | 110 (10) |
20 | Kinghedger | 115 | 10:26 | 76 (26) | 100 (20) | 105 (25) | 106 (24) | 115 (20) |
21 | Deane Short | 76 | 10:29 | 78 (21) | 102 (17) | 97 (12) | 114 (17) | 119 (9) |
22 | HoneyBadger | 116 | 10:38 | 79 (24) | 90 (24) | 103 (21) | 105 (22) | 121 (25) |
23 | Topical Tim | 108 | 10:40 | 86 (20) | 88 (24) | 99 (19) | 101 (24) | 125 (21) |
24 | lickert | 107 | 10:47 | 78 (22) | 86 (20) | 102 (23) | 106 (23) | 127 (19) |
25 | philjordan1147 | 90 | 10:48 | 83 (22) | 98 (16) | 105 (19) | 106 (19) | 111 (14) |
26 | keriothe_ | 113 | 11:15 | 76 (25) | 95 (24) | 108 (18) | 103 (25) | 122 (21) |
27 | Heyesey | 60 | 11:17 | 73 (12) | 80 (14) | 110 (13) | 131 (14) | 103 (7) |
28 | neilr | 80 | 11:27 | 77 (16) | 92 (19) | 107 (18) | 113 (17) | 111 (10) |
29 | miked1961 | 97 | 11:27 | 81 (22) | 94 (19) | 101 (14) | 102 (21) | 120 (21) |
30 | Tom Stubbs | 121 | 11:32 | 80 (23) | 87 (26) | 103 (23) | 104 (25) | 124 (24) |
31 | fshephe | 102 | 11:35 | 80 (21) | 93 (21) | 104 (16) | 107 (23) | 115 (21) |
32 | David Crooks | 81 | 11:39 | 82 (18) | 94 (18) | 102 (16) | 111 (15) | 113 (14) |
33 | Morphosis | 77 | 11:45 | 82 (13) | 89 (15) | 107 (16) | 102 (18) | 113 (15) |
34 | toots | 58 | 11:48 | 75 (13) | 106 (13) | 106 (15) | 102 (11) | 119 (6) |
35 | scrabbler | 84 | 11:52 | 87 (14) | 87 (17) | 111 (16) | 102 (17) | 108 (20) |
36 | canismiser | 51 | 11:56 | 84 (12) | 107 (12) | 104 (9) | 100 (11) | 107 (7) |
37 | chriswords | 108 | 12:02 | 86 (24) | 96 (23) | 102 (22) | 110 (21) | 107 (18) |
38 | andy | 87 | 12:04 | 73 (20) | 104 (17) | 106 (17) | 109 (18) | 112 (15) |
39 | tilbee | 100 | 12:09 | 80 (21) | 104 (22) | 99 (18) | 98 (21) | 118 (18) |
40 | Sheapey | 120 | 12:09 | 78 (26) | 91 (21) | 111 (24) | 100 (25) | 119 (24) |
41 | aphasic | 73 | 12:21 | 81 (19) | 94 (15) | 105 (14) | 100 (11) | 124 (14) |
42 | Golvellius | 89 | 12:46 | 78 (17) | 93 (19) | 105 (20) | 109 (21) | 113 (12) |
43 | MikeOsborne | 102 | 12:58 | 79 (22) | 99 (19) | 99 (20) | 103 (23) | 123 (18) |
44 | Silva | 110 | 13:02 | 81 (25) | 88 (23) | 106 (20) | 109 (22) | 119 (20) |
45 | Ed freshpot | 75 | 13:04 | 77 (16) | 95 (14) | 103 (14) | 105 (17) | 119 (14) |
46 | March | 93 | 13:07 | 85 (18) | 91 (19) | 114 (18) | 94 (20) | 114 (18) |
47 | JimboFS | 107 | 13:15 | 80 (20) | 87 (24) | 91 (20) | 99 (21) | 139 (22) |
48 | LouWeed | 115 | 13:27 | 82 (23) | 86 (23) | 100 (22) | 106 (25) | 126 (22) |
49 | njnclarke | 72 | 13:32 | 75 (15) | 98 (17) | 103 (14) | 107 (15) | 121 (11) |
50 | Penfold_61 | 87 | 13:42 | 80 (18) | 93 (16) | 105 (22) | 102 (16) | 119 (15) |
51 | Pootle | 102 | 13:45 | 81 (22) | 90 (23) | 108 (23) | 104 (20) | 123 (14) |
52 | 7dPenguin | 72 | 13:50 | 82 (18) | 85 (13) | 100 (10) | 105 (17) | 127 (14) |
53 | Ben Staveley | 69 | 13:52 | 79 (15) | 97 (16) | 106 (12) | 106 (14) | 114 (12) |
54 | Eddddddd | 52 | 13:59 | 86 (12) | 83 (12) | 96 (9) | 113 (11) | 130 (8) |
55 | Semillon | 124 | 13:59 | 81 (23) | 92 (26) | 107 (26) | 101 (26) | 116 (23) |
56 | Tibthorpe | 105 | 14:01 | 78 (19) | 92 (18) | 106 (22) | 99 (24) | 118 (22) |
57 | Peponi13 | 71 | 14:04 | 89 (19) | 99 (21) | 105 (11) | 105 (14) | 110 (6) |
58 | Groucho | 108 | 14:05 | 78 (23) | 95 (24) | 103 (19) | 107 (21) | 117 (21) |
59 | franceslc11 | 70 | 14:23 | 81 (16) | 91 (11) | 96 (11) | 98 (15) | 125 (17) |
60 | Crucifer | 73 | 14:23 | 80 (17) | 93 (15) | 100 (16) | 109 (11) | 123 (14) |
61 | alexh | 91 | 14:24 | 83 (19) | 95 (20) | 108 (15) | 107 (22) | 107 (15) |
62 | cdb_100 | 87 | 14:25 | 77 (18) | 98 (17) | 100 (21) | 103 (15) | 123 (16) |
63 | Secondbass | 64 | 14:42 | 87 (10) | 98 (16) | 105 (15) | 100 (9) | 103 (14) |
64 | daulbs | 45 | 14:53 | 83 (15) | 95 (8) | 118 (7) | 110 (9) | 107 (6) |
65 | JezWoolfrey | 72 | 14:56 | 80 (18) | 92 (16) | 102 (12) | 105 (13) | 128 (13) |
66 | CentralLine | 93 | 15:01 | 74 (18) | 84 (20) | 100 (19) | 104 (16) | 133 (20) |
67 | BlackburnRover | 78 | 15:12 | 90 (19) | 98 (19) | 105 (17) | 101 (14) | 112 (9) |
68 | Finzi | 123 | 15:16 | 88 (24) | 97 (24) | 101 (26) | 101 (24) | 110 (25) |
69 | Looch | 110 | 15:19 | 79 (24) | 91 (22) | 108 (22) | 105 (21) | 117 (21) |
70 | phthisis | 89 | 15:31 | 83 (17) | 93 (19) | 94 (14) | 110 (19) | 113 (20) |
71 | andrewlake | 123 | 15:32 | 79 (25) | 86 (26) | 105 (25) | 108 (24) | 121 (23) |
72 | tapbarker | 110 | 15:48 | 68 (20) | 93 (22) | 103 (20) | 105 (23) | 122 (25) |
73 | RobR | 71 | 15:57 | 72 (15) | 93 (14) | 97 (13) | 104 (12) | 128 (17) |
74 | MK76 | 72 | 15:58 | 82 (19) | 98 (20) | 101 (13) | 113 (10) | 119 (10) |
75 | LJCN | 103 | 15:59 | 80 (20) | 89 (21) | 106 (20) | 97 (21) | 125 (21) |
76 | Achernar | 75 | 16:16 | 89 (22) | 98 (15) | 100 (15) | 109 (13) | 111 (10) |
77 | robinh | 114 | 16:18 | 86 (22) | 98 (23) | 102 (23) | 105 (24) | 105 (22) |
78 | DunPangolin | 83 | 16:21 | 87 (22) | 96 (18) | 108 (14) | 103 (16) | 111 (13) |
79 | Jeremy S | 80 | 16:27 | 85 (20) | 100 (19) | 108 (17) | 103 (16) | 110 (8) |
80 | Squallaby | 95 | 16:27 | 78 (20) | 88 (20) | 105 (18) | 109 (20) | 120 (17) |
81 | ajcauk1 | 68 | 16:40 | 87 (17) | 94 (14) | 111 (13) | 97 (15) | 118 (9) |
82 | Paul Hammond | 39 | 16:41 | 84 (7) | 92 (9) | 115 (9) | 104 (8) | 100 (6) |
83 | Galspray | 93 | 16:45 | 88 (20) | 93 (19) | 91 (20) | 107 (18) | 124 (16) |
84 | ilan | 91 | 16:51 | 88 (18) | 96 (16) | 101 (19) | 100 (19) | 112 (19) |
85 | Encota | 101 | 16:58 | 81 (23) | 91 (21) | 103 (19) | 108 (19) | 120 (19) |
86 | PGooden | 82 | 17:06 | 75 (11) | 92 (13) | 98 (21) | 109 (21) | 111 (16) |
87 | Riche | 88 | 17:08 | 88 (21) | 89 (20) | 109 (17) | 106 (17) | 113 (13) |
88 | Stavros | 103 | 17:11 | 177 (24) | 62 (21) | 77 (19) | 73 (17) | 90 (22) |
89 | Crossiant | 78 | 17:16 | 71 (12) | 91 (17) | 101 (16) | 98 (15) | 127 (18) |
90 | GMcD | 120 | 17:19 | 83 (24) | 89 (24) | 102 (24) | 104 (25) | 120 (23) |
91 | Colin2355 | 78 | 17:35 | 83 (17) | 87 (18) | 115 (21) | 97 (13) | 123 (9) |
92 | Craven | 102 | 17:42 | 85 (21) | 93 (22) | 105 (19) | 100 (23) | 118 (17) |
93 | pterodactyl | 80 | 17:56 | 84 (18) | 96 (20) | 109 (15) | 101 (15) | 115 (12) |
94 | DanSolo | 64 | 18:05 | 75 (15) | 82 (9) | 112 (14) | 107 (16) | 122 (10) |
95 | LuckOfLucien | 65 | 18:11 | 78 (10) | 93 (14) | 101 (15) | 98 (13) | 123 (13) |
96 | McBeakLives | 61 | 18:22 | 83 (14) | 92 (14) | 115 (13) | 103 (13) | 113 (7) |
97 | SeamusX | 52 | 18:25 | 73 (10) | 131 (14) | 96 (10) | 77 (10) | 110 (8) |
98 | KET | 46 | 18:36 | 80 (10) | 82 (8) | 113 (9) | 107 (10) | 114 (9) |
99 | julian_w | 55 | 18:43 | 86 (9) | 86 (14) | 111 (8) | 103 (12) | 114 (12) |
100 | Mike C | 79 | 18:44 | 75 (16) | 85 (12) | 115 (17) | 101 (16) | 115 (18) |
101 | hopkinb | 67 | 18:51 | 74 (16) | 104 (15) | 108 (13) | 102 (10) | 115 (13) |
102 | endafk | 84 | 19:00 | 80 (19) | 93 (14) | 110 (18) | 97 (18) | 121 (15) |
103 | pc8 | 114 | 19:04 | 79 (22) | 88 (23) | 102 (22) | 107 (25) | 120 (22) |
104 | Zabadak3 | 117 | 19:05 | 81 (21) | 95 (22) | 97 (25) | 101 (25) | 120 (24) |
105 | TB22 | 57 | 19:09 | 62 (12) | 80 (12) | 150 (7) | 111 (15) | 113 (11) |
106 | Jeremy Kenyon | 57 | 19:10 | 77 (10) | 91 (9) | 97 (13) | 109 (14) | 118 (11) |
107 | rrricharrrd | 43 | 19:12 | 88 (13) | 89 (6) | 105 (8) | 90 (7) | 126 (9) |
108 | Zander | 97 | 19:22 | 77 (21) | 90 (19) | 102 (18) | 108 (17) | 121 (22) |
109 | daniel.faith | 102 | 19:31 | 85 (20) | 100 (20) | 87 (17) | 97 (24) | 126 (21) |
110 | UisceTe | 46 | 19:34 | 91 (12) | 101 (12) | 104 (9) | 108 (7) | 97 (6) |
111 | James P | 99 | 19:35 | 74 (22) | 89 (21) | 108 (21) | 102 (17) | 131 (18) |
112 | uvofiz | 70 | 19:47 | 87 (12) | 96 (13) | 96 (16) | 102 (14) | 113 (15) |
113 | Hamish.S | 89 | 20:08 | 82 (16) | 84 (19) | 103 (19) | 110 (20) | 120 (15) |
114 | David Bourne | 54 | 20:17 | 65 (7) | 88 (11) | 98 (13) | 93 (11) | 137 (12) |
115 | Rod B | 68 | 20:51 | 81 (16) | 102 (17) | 110 (12) | 107 (17) | 100 (6) |
116 | Kevin Gregg | 78 | 20:53 | 78 (20) | 101 (20) | 110 (15) | 107 (14) | 113 (9) |
117 | Waterloo | 60 | 21:04 | 75 (13) | 101 (14) | 109 (13) | 108 (12) | 108 (8) |
118 | Nangle | 64 | 21:11 | 85 (17) | 93 (13) | 97 (11) | 104 (11) | 125 (12) |
119 | george.garlick | 81 | 21:23 | 77 (17) | 92 (17) | 104 (18) | 108 (14) | 121 (15) |
120 | crosswordian | 49 | 21:27 | 87 (10) | 90 (12) | 106 (12) | 108 (6) | 112 (9) |
121 | Leegoods | 47 | 21:59 | 84 (13) | 99 (7) | 104 (10) | 102 (9) | 116 (8) |
122 | Tudds | 96 | 22:29 | 75 (20) | 108 (21) | 91 (18) | 106 (19) | 119 (18) |
123 | Corymbia | 97 | 22:31 | 80 (22) | 86 (13) | 98 (20) | 105 (23) | 125 (19) |
124 | JohnDun | 71 | 22:52 | 76 (12) | 89 (13) | 98 (14) | 106 (18) | 123 (14) |
125 | richardCV22 | 102 | 22:59 | 77 (20) | 95 (19) | 101 (22) | 106 (21) | 117 (20) |
126 | goblin | 127 | 22:59 | 84 (26) | 92 (26) | 105 (25) | 104 (25) | 114 (25) |
127 | gsriordan52 | 73 | 23:16 | 67 (18) | 77 (13) | 104 (16) | 92 (16) | 194 (10) |
128 | Rowlie26 | 73 | 23:35 | 81 (17) | 99 (16) | 109 (13) | 101 (15) | 115 (12) |
129 | medodd | 62 | 23:39 | 84 (13) | 97 (15) | 98 (11) | 100 (12) | 122 (11) |
130 | The Caffeine Kid | 76 | 23:40 | 78 (15) | 85 (17) | 107 (13) | 107 (14) | 121 (17) |
131 | janesa | 45 | 23:46 | 75 (6) | 85 (7) | 113 (8) | 109 (16) | 97 (8) |
132 | Dr Dolittle | 60 | 24:07 | 58 (7) | 86 (12) | 110 (15) | 117 (15) | 103 (11) |
133 | rjcassidy | 107 | 24:15 | 77 (21) | 90 (23) | 103 (20) | 107 (23) | 121 (20) |
134 | Crippens1 | 75 | 24:29 | 81 (18) | 102 (19) | 109 (14) | 103 (13) | 110 (11) |
135 | Fidelio | 86 | 24:31 | 81 (13) | 86 (15) | 96 (18) | 104 (19) | 120 (21) |
136 | 1234 | 56 | 24:32 | 74 (10) | 96 (16) | 107 (10) | 112 (12) | 111 (8) |
137 | klamery4 | 59 | 24:33 | 77 (9) | 95 (10) | 94 (10) | 120 (16) | 97 (14) |
138 | MichelinPoitiers | 79 | 24:42 | 85 (18) | 91 (17) | 111 (15) | 114 (15) | 100 (14) |
139 | Dr_Bob | 65 | 24:51 | 83 (14) | 90 (12) | 105 (16) | 97 (12) | 127 (11) |
140 | Mkgnao | 82 | 25:07 | 89 (19) | 91 (16) | 103 (16) | 104 (14) | 112 (17) |
141 | chris661554 | 109 | 25:34 | 74 (20) | 93 (20) | 108 (23) | 98 (23) | 121 (23) |
142 | SlumdogEngineer | 51 | 25:40 | 65 (12) | 96 (11) | 103 (11) | 120 (8) | 127 (9) |
143 | Jagsfan1971 | 40 | 25:56 | 72 (10) | 120 (8) | 119 (9) | 94 (7) | 96 (6) |
144 | eniamretrauq | 95 | 26:00 | 72 (21) | 91 (17) | 111 (18) | 105 (18) | 118 (21) |
145 | Yatton50 | 72 | 26:04 | 83 (16) | 97 (17) | 102 (11) | 99 (14) | 121 (14) |
146 | Deezzaa | 96 | 26:34 | 80 (18) | 86 (21) | 107 (21) | 103 (22) | 128 (14) |
147 | Brenk | 84 | 26:35 | 73 (19) | 93 (17) | 109 (17) | 102 (16) | 127 (15) |
148 | crucihacker | 48 | 27:19 | 63 (6) | 83 (8) | 102 (14) | 102 (12) | 134 (8) |
149 | ulaca | 93 | 27:19 | 72 (19) | 99 (17) | 103 (19) | 111 (19) | 113 (19) |
150 | barracuda | 102 | 27:34 | 76 (20) | 93 (16) | 101 (25) | 106 (19) | 119 (22) |
151 | infinitejest | 44 | 27:53 | 73 (9) | 78 (8) | 116 (9) | 95 (7) | 126 (11) |
152 | Grumpole | 47 | 28:26 | 70 (6) | 92 (10) | 93 (11) | 114 (12) | 118 (8) |
153 | hipponym | 62 | 29:02 | 92 (14) | 85 (14) | 112 (13) | 98 (13) | 120 (8) |
154 | Mike Harper | 119 | 29:10 | 69 (24) | 83 (22) | 106 (24) | 107 (26) | 132 (23) |
155 | NAPASAI | 49 | 29:22 | 73 (12) | 84 (11) | 97 (10) | 133 (9) | 131 (7) |
156 | gbestanley | 76 | 29:39 | 88 (15) | 95 (17) | 104 (14) | 101 (14) | 110 (16) |
157 | nekabue | 103 | 29:40 | 74 (18) | 101 (20) | 98 (22) | 102 (21) | 118 (22) |
158 | rosselliot | 63 | 30:12 | 82 (13) | 88 (13) | 99 (12) | 111 (12) | 119 (13) |
159 | Manveru | 84 | 31:05 | 83 (17) | 103 (19) | 102 (15) | 101 (19) | 111 (14) |
160 | RogerC | 61 | 31:37 | 76 (9) | 96 (9) | 103 (12) | 103 (17) | 109 (14) |
161 | Cryptique | 79 | 31:48 | 85 (15) | 91 (16) | 112 (20) | 107 (15) | 100 (13) |
162 | alistair.boere | 81 | 31:50 | 82 (14) | 94 (18) | 111 (16) | 88 (17) | 122 (16) |
163 | BertieVII | 71 | 32:08 | 99 (15) | 99 (14) | 93 (14) | 96 (13) | 110 (15) |
164 | simjt | 58 | 32:22 | 85 (18) | 92 (10) | 107 (9) | 114 (12) | 110 (9) |
165 | Lloyd | 65 | 32:28 | 85 (17) | 103 (15) | 91 (11) | 111 (13) | 114 (9) |
166 | Rookie | 61 | 32:41 | 86 (14) | 98 (13) | 107 (12) | 95 (13) | 119 (9) |
167 | vinyl12345 | 63 | 33:05 | 83 (7) | 89 (21) | 72 (8) | 105 (15) | 139 (12) |
168 | WordPlodder | 96 | 33:11 | 81 (20) | 87 (20) | 115 (21) | 106 (20) | 110 (15) |
169 | starstruck | 100 | 33:59 | 83 (23) | 94 (15) | 99 (20) | 90 (20) | 130 (22) |
170 | Birdingbob | 75 | 34:19 | 85 (17) | 91 (14) | 95 (11) | 107 (16) | 117 (17) |
171 | Pleasuredome | 59 | 34:43 | 85 (13) | 80 (15) | 115 (14) | 121 (9) | 107 (8) |
172 | koro | 122 | 35:07 | 85 (25) | 87 (24) | 102 (26) | 105 (23) | 119 (24) |
173 | bruce.johnston22 | 68 | 35:09 | 86 (11) | 81 (11) | 93 (16) | 101 (17) | 133 (13) |
174 | kapietro | 75 | 35:40 | 74 (16) | 86 (15) | 102 (13) | 114 (17) | 123 (14) |
175 | j.stanton734 | 75 | 35:46 | 82 (10) | 94 (10) | 107 (17) | 90 (16) | 111 (22) |
176 | Shushannah | 94 | 36:45 | 78 (22) | 90 (21) | 97 (14) | 113 (19) | 125 (18) |
177 | rv_1 | 93 | 38:20 | 91 (20) | 90 (21) | 100 (18) | 103 (17) | 118 (17) |
178 | maryht | 43 | 40:29 | 91 (8) | 89 (12) | 98 (6) | 114 (9) | 108 (8) |
179 | CoxBurglar | 62 | 43:47 | 62 (15) | 131 (9) | 89 (11) | 88 (15) | 146 (12) |
180 | empty | 91 | 44:59 | 77 (21) | 103 (16) | 105 (18) | 105 (17) | 112 (19) |
181 | joss henry | 34 | 114:15 | 28 (6) | 30 (6) | 117 (9) | 69 (6) | 225 (7) |