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 | 56 | 04:28 | 77 (13) | 92 (14) | 98 (9) | 89 (11) | 156 (9) |
2 | Nathan Panning | 92 | 05:49 | 73 (23) | 88 (18) | 87 (18) | 96 (17) | 168 (16) |
3 | lili | 121 | 05:56 | 75 (26) | 84 (23) | 91 (24) | 113 (24) | 136 (24) |
4 | Magoo | 94 | 06:00 | 69 (17) | 87 (21) | 88 (17) | 109 (21) | 143 (18) |
5 | Paul Gilbert | 85 | 06:02 | 78 (21) | 94 (17) | 99 (19) | 90 (14) | 149 (14) |
6 | cmjhutton | 112 | 06:05 | 77 (25) | 88 (24) | 91 (22) | 95 (22) | 158 (19) |
7 | Diskus | 99 | 06:11 | 79 (20) | 85 (19) | 93 (20) | 102 (20) | 137 (20) |
8 | verlaine | 122 | 06:17 | 75 (23) | 90 (24) | 90 (26) | 105 (24) | 136 (25) |
9 | Jason | 112 | 06:23 | 72 (21) | 93 (25) | 96 (22) | 102 (24) | 138 (20) |
10 | mistigris | 91 | 07:27 | 63 (13) | 85 (18) | 83 (19) | 98 (23) | 160 (18) |
11 | aphis99 | 110 | 07:30 | 71 (20) | 93 (24) | 96 (22) | 104 (23) | 133 (21) |
12 | HoneyBadger | 128 | 08:25 | 78 (24) | 92 (26) | 94 (26) | 102 (26) | 129 (26) |
13 | Umpire | 108 | 09:00 | 85 (22) | 93 (20) | 85 (22) | 97 (20) | 134 (24) |
14 | richard | 71 | 09:17 | 71 (14) | 86 (15) | 86 (19) | 104 (10) | 162 (13) |
15 | AlanS | 88 | 09:29 | 76 (19) | 84 (19) | 90 (17) | 98 (16) | 154 (17) |
16 | asaldanha | 98 | 09:31 | 67 (23) | 91 (20) | 101 (20) | 101 (18) | 149 (17) |
17 | markdobell | 107 | 09:46 | 73 (23) | 91 (23) | 102 (21) | 97 (20) | 140 (20) |
18 | glheard | 83 | 09:47 | 80 (20) | 95 (19) | 97 (16) | 109 (20) | 141 (8) |
19 | Ciolf | 102 | 10:08 | 82 (20) | 89 (20) | 94 (22) | 103 (19) | 128 (21) |
20 | Kinghedger | 107 | 10:41 | 79 (22) | 86 (22) | 92 (24) | 100 (18) | 143 (21) |
21 | lickert | 110 | 10:55 | 77 (22) | 99 (25) | 94 (21) | 101 (20) | 126 (22) |
22 | keriothe_ | 109 | 10:56 | 69 (22) | 88 (23) | 88 (23) | 98 (22) | 165 (19) |
23 | scrabbler | 112 | 11:02 | 85 (24) | 88 (25) | 95 (22) | 103 (22) | 135 (19) |
24 | Deane Short | 80 | 11:04 | 77 (16) | 88 (21) | 114 (17) | 100 (17) | 141 (9) |
25 | chindit | 107 | 11:04 | 74 (22) | 89 (22) | 94 (21) | 103 (21) | 140 (21) |
26 | Heyesey | 77 | 11:21 | 69 (14) | 109 (17) | 101 (17) | 92 (16) | 127 (13) |
27 | Tom Stubbs | 113 | 11:21 | 77 (24) | 92 (25) | 94 (21) | 103 (24) | 139 (19) |
28 | neilr | 90 | 11:31 | 82 (20) | 93 (23) | 102 (21) | 105 (18) | 143 (8) |
29 | David Crooks | 97 | 11:31 | 79 (24) | 92 (22) | 97 (17) | 101 (19) | 144 (15) |
30 | Morphosis | 91 | 11:39 | 85 (17) | 94 (22) | 100 (21) | 106 (21) | 124 (10) |
31 | Amoeba89 | 109 | 11:41 | 71 (21) | 89 (26) | 90 (23) | 97 (19) | 157 (20) |
32 | philjordan1147 | 78 | 11:49 | 74 (16) | 89 (14) | 101 (21) | 103 (15) | 138 (12) |
33 | miked1961 | 88 | 11:51 | 73 (19) | 88 (15) | 91 (16) | 97 (21) | 150 (17) |
34 | andy | 72 | 11:58 | 82 (16) | 88 (17) | 92 (14) | 111 (13) | 135 (12) |
35 | chriswords | 90 | 12:03 | 81 (23) | 93 (17) | 95 (20) | 115 (17) | 127 (13) |
36 | MikeOsborne | 91 | 12:03 | 84 (20) | 90 (19) | 99 (22) | 99 (19) | 147 (11) |
37 | Topical Tim | 106 | 12:09 | 73 (20) | 82 (23) | 96 (22) | 102 (22) | 149 (19) |
38 | aphasic | 71 | 12:21 | 79 (20) | 94 (14) | 103 (16) | 107 (15) | 152 (6) |
39 | Sheapey | 117 | 12:24 | 75 (24) | 84 (24) | 91 (23) | 87 (24) | 167 (22) |
40 | njnclarke | 62 | 12:27 | 83 (17) | 92 (15) | 98 (13) | 116 (11) | 138 (6) |
41 | tilbee | 86 | 12:27 | 72 (17) | 88 (20) | 90 (16) | 94 (18) | 163 (15) |
42 | Silva | 103 | 12:41 | 86 (25) | 83 (23) | 99 (22) | 100 (19) | 150 (14) |
43 | canismiser | 58 | 12:44 | 88 (17) | 97 (14) | 103 (13) | 97 (8) | 134 (6) |
44 | Groucho | 102 | 13:00 | 79 (23) | 87 (22) | 98 (23) | 111 (19) | 138 (15) |
45 | Secondbass | 87 | 13:02 | 79 (17) | 94 (18) | 87 (18) | 104 (18) | 137 (16) |
46 | JimboFS | 75 | 13:07 | 84 (19) | 82 (15) | 95 (19) | 112 (14) | 160 (8) |
47 | March | 99 | 13:22 | 76 (19) | 90 (23) | 99 (21) | 102 (23) | 148 (13) |
48 | Stavros | 105 | 13:25 | 75 (23) | 83 (22) | 84 (20) | 102 (21) | 162 (19) |
49 | Ed freshpot | 83 | 13:33 | 78 (21) | 96 (12) | 101 (19) | 96 (15) | 132 (16) |
50 | EricK | 117 | 13:49 | 69 (23) | 82 (26) | 86 (23) | 101 (20) | 157 (25) |
51 | Ben Staveley | 61 | 13:50 | 77 (12) | 88 (15) | 110 (9) | 98 (14) | 134 (11) |
52 | LouWeed | 108 | 13:51 | 73 (23) | 89 (22) | 95 (19) | 101 (20) | 138 (24) |
53 | Semillon | 125 | 14:10 | 71 (24) | 82 (25) | 93 (25) | 98 (25) | 150 (26) |
54 | benbush | 36 | 14:17 | 69 (8) | 90 (8) | 99 (7) | 104 (6) | 142 (7) |
55 | Crucifer | 44 | 14:19 | 75 (7) | 80 (10) | 100 (10) | 78 (7) | 151 (10) |
56 | Pootle | 91 | 14:19 | 78 (22) | 94 (21) | 97 (19) | 111 (18) | 140 (11) |
57 | TB22 | 50 | 14:21 | 63 (13) | 119 (11) | 84 (7) | 81 (8) | 147 (11) |
58 | Paul Hammond | 51 | 14:21 | 78 (11) | 91 (15) | 95 (10) | 103 (7) | 148 (8) |
59 | Tibthorpe | 114 | 14:34 | 77 (25) | 86 (22) | 91 (21) | 103 (24) | 143 (22) |
60 | Riche | 65 | 14:35 | 81 (17) | 93 (14) | 101 (12) | 105 (11) | 129 (11) |
61 | Penfold_61 | 76 | 15:03 | 67 (7) | 82 (14) | 96 (18) | 92 (17) | 132 (20) |
62 | franceslc11 | 83 | 15:03 | 80 (16) | 87 (10) | 93 (13) | 88 (21) | 133 (23) |
63 | Looch | 102 | 15:03 | 84 (18) | 96 (22) | 96 (25) | 104 (20) | 119 (17) |
64 | Finzi | 125 | 15:03 | 84 (25) | 90 (25) | 95 (26) | 100 (25) | 130 (24) |
65 | Mike Mansbridge | 36 | 15:11 | 57 (7) | 37 (7) | 75 (8) | 61 (6) | 244 (8) |
66 | julian_w | 63 | 15:22 | 74 (9) | 84 (13) | 93 (14) | 101 (14) | 138 (13) |
67 | gabrojak | 56 | 15:26 | 72 (13) | 83 (9) | 95 (13) | 112 (13) | 150 (8) |
68 | JezWoolfrey | 65 | 15:26 | 78 (13) | 92 (19) | 99 (14) | 107 (11) | 142 (8) |
69 | tapbarker | 103 | 15:44 | 76 (23) | 83 (19) | 87 (24) | 106 (16) | 149 (21) |
70 | CentralLine | 102 | 15:51 | 67 (21) | 88 (18) | 92 (22) | 102 (20) | 149 (21) |
71 | andrewlake | 111 | 15:54 | 73 (21) | 90 (22) | 90 (21) | 103 (22) | 135 (25) |
72 | RobR | 80 | 16:03 | 78 (20) | 90 (19) | 101 (12) | 109 (18) | 137 (11) |
73 | whichcraft | 82 | 16:08 | 74 (16) | 84 (20) | 89 (15) | 116 (14) | 139 (17) |
74 | McBeakLives | 73 | 16:17 | 58 (14) | 104 (19) | 103 (16) | 109 (15) | 133 (9) |
75 | hopkinb | 68 | 16:20 | 82 (19) | 93 (10) | 98 (21) | 103 (9) | 143 (9) |
76 | phthisis | 55 | 16:29 | 86 (12) | 81 (10) | 87 (11) | 94 (12) | 154 (10) |
77 | Jeremy S | 77 | 16:33 | 90 (18) | 101 (21) | 96 (16) | 105 (14) | 114 (8) |
78 | Valance | 64 | 16:45 | 80 (17) | 76 (11) | 85 (11) | 101 (13) | 160 (12) |
79 | Encota | 104 | 16:54 | 71 (20) | 84 (22) | 93 (20) | 109 (24) | 144 (18) |
80 | Vannyx | 47 | 17:02 | 73 (7) | 89 (15) | 87 (12) | 112 (7) | 166 (6) |
81 | rrricharrrd | 90 | 17:04 | 70 (16) | 86 (19) | 91 (23) | 107 (18) | 156 (14) |
82 | ilan | 79 | 17:08 | 83 (17) | 89 (14) | 90 (15) | 99 (14) | 129 (19) |
83 | Crossiant | 67 | 17:30 | 59 (13) | 79 (15) | 96 (8) | 88 (16) | 169 (15) |
84 | cdb_100 | 110 | 17:40 | 79 (24) | 108 (21) | 61 (20) | 116 (25) | 133 (20) |
85 | DanSolo | 84 | 17:41 | 80 (16) | 90 (17) | 97 (17) | 99 (21) | 141 (13) |
86 | Craven | 96 | 18:03 | 87 (20) | 95 (22) | 93 (19) | 103 (19) | 124 (16) |
87 | SeamusX | 42 | 18:05 | 78 (13) | 109 (11) | 115 (6) | 80 (6) | 132 (6) |
88 | PGooden | 82 | 18:05 | 73 (15) | 80 (13) | 96 (20) | 102 (18) | 143 (16) |
89 | Zander | 100 | 18:11 | 67 (24) | 97 (20) | 101 (17) | 102 (20) | 139 (19) |
90 | robinh | 97 | 18:20 | 82 (19) | 99 (20) | 88 (18) | 101 (19) | 125 (21) |
91 | Dzhigit | 62 | 18:22 | 75 (14) | 94 (10) | 94 (16) | 113 (14) | 137 (8) |
92 | Jeremy Kenyon | 90 | 18:27 | 70 (19) | 104 (20) | 108 (20) | 105 (17) | 115 (14) |
93 | David Bourne | 40 | 18:28 | 73 (10) | 82 (7) | 96 (9) | 105 (8) | 162 (6) |
94 | pterodactyl | 78 | 18:30 | 87 (21) | 95 (14) | 94 (19) | 105 (15) | 138 (9) |
95 | ramf | 36 | 18:31 | 70 (7) | 82 (8) | 78 (7) | 97 (8) | 186 (6) |
96 | Colin2355 | 82 | 18:33 | 77 (21) | 95 (17) | 91 (17) | 104 (13) | 144 (14) |
97 | LJCN | 92 | 18:39 | 77 (17) | 82 (21) | 85 (18) | 108 (18) | 148 (18) |
98 | daniel.faith | 91 | 18:46 | 76 (21) | 98 (18) | 82 (19) | 91 (15) | 154 (18) |
99 | Squallaby | 86 | 18:48 | 64 (15) | 80 (21) | 89 (19) | 107 (17) | 171 (14) |
100 | Galspray | 107 | 18:52 | 68 (22) | 88 (23) | 93 (22) | 89 (19) | 161 (21) |
101 | Gallion Fish | 60 | 18:56 | 81 (19) | 87 (10) | 100 (12) | 102 (11) | 154 (8) |
102 | GMcD | 111 | 19:01 | 69 (19) | 92 (23) | 98 (26) | 101 (23) | 139 (20) |
103 | KarenR | 67 | 19:05 | 73 (11) | 93 (14) | 93 (14) | 105 (16) | 132 (12) |
104 | pc8 | 110 | 19:37 | 71 (24) | 84 (22) | 89 (20) | 102 (23) | 156 (21) |
105 | uvofiz | 82 | 19:47 | 81 (19) | 86 (13) | 100 (19) | 106 (21) | 137 (10) |
106 | Rowlie26 | 48 | 20:06 | 86 (13) | 96 (11) | 100 (10) | 111 (8) | 119 (6) |
107 | Nangle | 66 | 20:16 | 90 (16) | 84 (13) | 106 (19) | 96 (11) | 137 (7) |
108 | UisceTe | 46 | 20:30 | 84 (11) | 88 (6) | 90 (12) | 105 (8) | 135 (9) |
109 | valerian1967 | 69 | 20:45 | 80 (9) | 85 (14) | 99 (15) | 87 (16) | 138 (15) |
110 | Zabadak3 | 111 | 20:54 | 73 (22) | 83 (20) | 97 (22) | 101 (24) | 139 (23) |
111 | Waterloo | 69 | 21:04 | 76 (15) | 94 (19) | 94 (13) | 103 (13) | 154 (9) |
112 | george.garlick | 86 | 21:09 | 79 (15) | 94 (20) | 96 (19) | 105 (14) | 122 (18) |
113 | The Caffeine Kid | 71 | 21:16 | 79 (15) | 90 (14) | 96 (11) | 98 (13) | 127 (18) |
114 | Hamish.S | 92 | 21:25 | 70 (21) | 89 (18) | 95 (18) | 91 (19) | 165 (16) |
115 | gsriordan52 | 77 | 21:43 | 78 (14) | 97 (17) | 93 (17) | 104 (18) | 134 (11) |
116 | Rod B | 97 | 21:46 | 70 (20) | 100 (23) | 102 (23) | 103 (18) | 134 (13) |
117 | stainl665 | 61 | 22:04 | 81 (12) | 88 (11) | 88 (11) | 97 (13) | 136 (14) |
118 | goblin | 127 | 22:08 | 78 (24) | 92 (26) | 94 (26) | 100 (26) | 132 (25) |
119 | Fidelio | 40 | 22:31 | 84 (9) | 98 (6) | 92 (12) | 111 (7) | 126 (6) |
120 | James P | 75 | 22:37 | 63 (17) | 75 (14) | 88 (15) | 96 (13) | 174 (16) |
121 | JayEm | 101 | 23:07 | 76 (20) | 95 (19) | 95 (23) | 110 (18) | 122 (21) |
122 | Corymbia | 94 | 23:27 | 78 (16) | 95 (16) | 90 (21) | 95 (20) | 133 (21) |
123 | mjsaunders9 | 95 | 23:27 | 65 (17) | 76 (19) | 92 (21) | 102 (18) | 157 (20) |
124 | Tudds | 97 | 23:41 | 70 (19) | 89 (22) | 94 (22) | 100 (16) | 150 (18) |
125 | infinitejest | 54 | 23:55 | 83 (12) | 88 (14) | 97 (9) | 99 (11) | 147 (8) |
126 | MichelinPoitiers | 71 | 24:18 | 83 (20) | 83 (14) | 98 (15) | 110 (12) | 144 (10) |
127 | Aldus | 84 | 24:29 | 72 (16) | 109 (19) | 95 (17) | 94 (20) | 138 (12) |
128 | JohnDun | 83 | 24:31 | 71 (20) | 90 (11) | 105 (14) | 93 (22) | 146 (16) |
129 | rjcassidy | 103 | 24:37 | 78 (21) | 91 (23) | 98 (19) | 98 (22) | 140 (18) |
130 | Mkgnao | 74 | 24:52 | 84 (24) | 96 (14) | 93 (13) | 102 (11) | 140 (12) |
131 | En Cee | 66 | 25:21 | 83 (15) | 88 (10) | 99 (15) | 104 (13) | 124 (13) |
132 | Coffell | 76 | 25:21 | 70 (12) | 102 (19) | 93 (17) | 104 (13) | 124 (15) |
133 | Brenk | 90 | 25:42 | 69 (20) | 88 (20) | 94 (18) | 100 (16) | 157 (16) |
134 | chris661554 | 95 | 25:45 | 73 (21) | 90 (19) | 93 (20) | 102 (17) | 145 (18) |
135 | ulaca | 80 | 26:12 | 77 (20) | 102 (19) | 92 (18) | 114 (16) | 144 (7) |
136 | Deezzaa | 92 | 26:14 | 74 (20) | 88 (17) | 91 (20) | 102 (17) | 146 (18) |
137 | Jamie Fox | 81 | 26:21 | 69 (17) | 87 (15) | 94 (17) | 103 (17) | 149 (15) |
138 | barracuda | 76 | 27:13 | 77 (15) | 90 (15) | 93 (16) | 102 (13) | 132 (17) |
139 | Mike Harper | 103 | 27:15 | 78 (20) | 81 (20) | 91 (24) | 89 (19) | 159 (20) |
140 | Edprof | 56 | 27:50 | 65 (13) | 87 (10) | 97 (13) | 97 (8) | 152 (12) |
141 | eniamretrauq | 71 | 27:59 | 74 (15) | 87 (17) | 96 (13) | 96 (15) | 161 (11) |
142 | td349 | 59 | 28:04 | 65 (12) | 94 (13) | 106 (13) | 89 (11) | 152 (10) |
143 | Dr_Bob | 79 | 28:14 | 74 (16) | 92 (20) | 101 (17) | 110 (14) | 133 (12) |
144 | Manveru | 94 | 28:17 | 74 (20) | 87 (20) | 92 (21) | 109 (17) | 148 (16) |
145 | Yatton50 | 81 | 28:19 | 86 (18) | 93 (13) | 94 (21) | 102 (18) | 137 (11) |
146 | nekabue | 100 | 28:20 | 82 (18) | 90 (20) | 89 (23) | 99 (22) | 144 (17) |
147 | gbestanley | 103 | 28:35 | 87 (23) | 94 (22) | 94 (22) | 104 (19) | 125 (17) |
148 | Menelaus | 70 | 29:01 | 92 (15) | 99 (18) | 95 (16) | 107 (14) | 115 (7) |
149 | Grumpole | 53 | 29:14 | 81 (12) | 96 (6) | 99 (15) | 91 (12) | 144 (8) |
150 | David Luke | 42 | 29:28 | 69 (6) | 73 (7) | 89 (11) | 99 (8) | 147 (10) |
151 | RogerC | 61 | 29:29 | 73 (11) | 90 (15) | 98 (12) | 96 (14) | 156 (9) |
152 | crucihacker | 33 | 30:13 | 63 (7) | 99 (6) | 80 (6) | 99 (8) | 163 (6) |
153 | richardCV22 | 70 | 30:29 | 78 (15) | 78 (14) | 112 (13) | 92 (16) | 149 (12) |
154 | simjt | 70 | 31:09 | 81 (21) | 93 (18) | 102 (9) | 115 (14) | 133 (8) |
155 | alistair.boere | 47 | 31:48 | 77 (8) | 86 (8) | 90 (8) | 102 (13) | 133 (10) |
156 | vinyl12345 | 82 | 31:53 | 77 (21) | 84 (18) | 87 (16) | 114 (15) | 160 (12) |
157 | BertieVII | 80 | 31:59 | 76 (21) | 95 (17) | 94 (15) | 95 (13) | 150 (14) |
158 | Mudge | 63 | 32:15 | 70 (14) | 71 (15) | 85 (12) | 111 (10) | 174 (12) |
159 | alexngbr | 58 | 33:04 | 82 (8) | 90 (11) | 91 (13) | 98 (11) | 125 (15) |
160 | kapietro | 62 | 33:18 | 88 (20) | 82 (9) | 101 (12) | 108 (13) | 130 (8) |
161 | JoeyC | 49 | 34:00 | 63 (13) | 59 (9) | 57 (8) | 77 (8) | 223 (11) |
162 | intentional rounding | 66 | 34:01 | 83 (9) | 93 (20) | 83 (13) | 105 (15) | 145 (9) |
163 | koro | 118 | 34:08 | 73 (25) | 91 (24) | 96 (25) | 103 (25) | 146 (19) |
164 | The Real Steve Snackman | 112 | 34:37 | 74 (24) | 86 (21) | 94 (23) | 98 (21) | 145 (23) |
165 | Cryptique | 74 | 34:42 | 78 (13) | 86 (17) | 98 (16) | 92 (14) | 144 (14) |
166 | Rookie | 54 | 35:55 | 78 (13) | 74 (6) | 102 (14) | 92 (11) | 148 (10) |
167 | Shushannah | 93 | 36:08 | 75 (21) | 97 (22) | 93 (15) | 102 (18) | 137 (17) |
168 | WordPlodder | 100 | 36:39 | 81 (22) | 87 (19) | 95 (24) | 94 (19) | 153 (16) |
169 | starstruck | 84 | 37:35 | 72 (19) | 83 (20) | 91 (15) | 99 (11) | 152 (19) |
170 | E Bradford | 74 | 37:57 | 77 (16) | 94 (16) | 103 (17) | 104 (15) | 132 (10) |
171 | MalcolmD | 63 | 38:35 | 70 (17) | 97 (12) | 99 (13) | 125 (12) | 126 (9) |
172 | rv_1 | 74 | 39:13 | 71 (16) | 94 (16) | 90 (18) | 97 (12) | 161 (12) |
173 | CoxBurglar | 54 | 42:32 | 56 (10) | 69 (13) | 75 (10) | 85 (6) | 177 (15) |
174 | Steve Wood | 97 | 43:01 | 89 (21) | 88 (20) | 85 (19) | 87 (17) | 147 (20) |
175 | j.stanton734 | 60 | 44:23 | 59 (12) | 60 (13) | 74 (12) | 75 (11) | 231 (12) |