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 | mohn | 60 | 04:34 | 72 (16) | 85 (10) | 105 (12) | 96 (9) | 142 (13) |
| 2 | Nathan Panning | 80 | 05:21 | 73 (17) | 91 (17) | 83 (12) | 107 (18) | 142 (16) |
| 3 | Magoo | 96 | 06:14 | 74 (20) | 88 (20) | 85 (14) | 108 (23) | 139 (19) |
| 4 | Paul Gilbert | 90 | 06:21 | 78 (23) | 88 (20) | 81 (14) | 114 (17) | 145 (16) |
| 5 | cmjhutton | 88 | 06:26 | 80 (18) | 82 (18) | 82 (18) | 106 (18) | 156 (16) |
| 6 | verlaine | 121 | 06:45 | 74 (25) | 87 (24) | 84 (24) | 107 (24) | 146 (24) |
| 7 | Diskus | 66 | 07:01 | 76 (14) | 86 (13) | 78 (13) | 102 (14) | 161 (12) |
| 8 | lili | 116 | 07:01 | 67 (25) | 85 (24) | 91 (19) | 112 (22) | 139 (26) |
| 9 | Jason | 100 | 07:17 | 72 (21) | 80 (19) | 87 (19) | 118 (22) | 142 (19) |
| 10 | mistigris | 96 | 07:33 | 74 (17) | 78 (21) | 94 (18) | 100 (21) | 151 (19) |
| 11 | aphis99 | 115 | 07:45 | 73 (24) | 88 (25) | 95 (23) | 116 (24) | 134 (19) |
| 12 | HoneyBadger | 126 | 08:21 | 84 (24) | 89 (25) | 92 (25) | 96 (26) | 135 (26) |
| 13 | Alexis Johansen | 73 | 08:28 | 80 (17) | 91 (13) | 83 (13) | 107 (18) | 142 (12) |
| 14 | Umpire | 84 | 08:36 | 76 (19) | 88 (16) | 98 (16) | 106 (16) | 131 (17) |
| 15 | asaldanha | 89 | 09:12 | 69 (20) | 88 (23) | 98 (15) | 108 (16) | 151 (15) |
| 16 | richard | 64 | 09:47 | 78 (13) | 89 (16) | 88 (15) | 112 (12) | 157 (8) |
| 17 | markdobell | 110 | 09:59 | 78 (25) | 87 (24) | 90 (22) | 113 (21) | 141 (18) |
| 18 | LoreleiBill | 86 | 10:14 | 80 (22) | 87 (18) | 94 (14) | 97 (18) | 156 (14) |
| 19 | glheard | 77 | 10:15 | 84 (19) | 84 (18) | 102 (13) | 105 (17) | 145 (10) |
| 20 | Ciolf | 99 | 10:28 | 75 (20) | 83 (21) | 89 (18) | 115 (20) | 137 (20) |
| 21 | Deane Short | 73 | 11:06 | 64 (17) | 95 (14) | 88 (16) | 120 (17) | 155 (9) |
| 22 | Kinghedger | 103 | 11:14 | 69 (22) | 86 (24) | 79 (17) | 102 (21) | 167 (19) |
| 23 | keriothe_ | 105 | 11:37 | 75 (23) | 81 (22) | 93 (19) | 114 (22) | 140 (19) |
| 24 | Groucho | 83 | 11:48 | 80 (23) | 87 (19) | 92 (15) | 124 (16) | 140 (10) |
| 25 | David Crooks | 80 | 11:49 | 85 (21) | 102 (21) | 100 (14) | 106 (16) | 117 (8) |
| 26 | Heyesey | 88 | 11:49 | 71 (19) | 85 (21) | 89 (17) | 113 (18) | 159 (13) |
| 27 | lickert | 93 | 11:54 | 79 (22) | 95 (19) | 95 (16) | 106 (21) | 130 (15) |
| 28 | neilr | 79 | 11:57 | 89 (22) | 90 (18) | 88 (15) | 110 (13) | 140 (11) |
| 29 | Morphosis | 64 | 12:06 | 98 (12) | 88 (17) | 96 (14) | 109 (14) | 121 (7) |
| 30 | andy | 80 | 12:09 | 81 (18) | 93 (21) | 88 (18) | 124 (13) | 136 (10) |
| 31 | Amoeba89 | 107 | 12:15 | 80 (22) | 79 (23) | 75 (17) | 96 (22) | 161 (23) |
| 32 | miked1961 | 93 | 12:22 | 77 (21) | 84 (19) | 94 (19) | 104 (18) | 149 (16) |
| 33 | Tom Stubbs | 112 | 12:25 | 82 (24) | 82 (23) | 89 (23) | 100 (22) | 151 (20) |
| 34 | chindit | 103 | 12:33 | 66 (20) | 89 (22) | 90 (18) | 108 (22) | 141 (21) |
| 35 | scrabbler | 62 | 12:41 | 74 (13) | 90 (11) | 91 (12) | 98 (11) | 137 (15) |
| 36 | philjordan1147 | 78 | 13:00 | 80 (17) | 82 (17) | 87 (12) | 110 (18) | 142 (14) |
| 37 | aphasic | 77 | 13:07 | 86 (20) | 96 (21) | 97 (16) | 111 (12) | 128 (8) |
| 38 | chriswords | 98 | 13:07 | 78 (22) | 90 (22) | 94 (21) | 101 (20) | 157 (13) |
| 39 | Silva | 87 | 13:24 | 91 (20) | 97 (23) | 89 (17) | 107 (18) | 131 (9) |
| 40 | Sheapey | 121 | 13:35 | 70 (24) | 85 (26) | 96 (25) | 99 (24) | 153 (22) |
| 41 | Secondbass | 89 | 13:48 | 79 (19) | 92 (19) | 94 (19) | 105 (20) | 145 (12) |
| 42 | Topical Tim | 98 | 13:50 | 69 (21) | 83 (21) | 79 (13) | 109 (21) | 147 (22) |
| 43 | EricK | 114 | 13:50 | 75 (22) | 85 (25) | 95 (23) | 94 (22) | 150 (22) |
| 44 | MikeOsborne | 108 | 13:51 | 76 (22) | 85 (23) | 90 (24) | 106 (22) | 155 (17) |
| 45 | Aybee | 108 | 13:51 | 83 (23) | 92 (17) | 85 (23) | 102 (24) | 137 (21) |
| 46 | Ed freshpot | 68 | 13:55 | 87 (18) | 100 (14) | 92 (14) | 109 (16) | 125 (6) |
| 47 | tilbee | 94 | 13:56 | 73 (18) | 88 (20) | 90 (18) | 106 (20) | 140 (18) |
| 48 | JimboFS | 82 | 14:07 | 77 (17) | 88 (20) | 96 (15) | 113 (19) | 138 (11) |
| 49 | March | 95 | 14:22 | 73 (21) | 79 (19) | 88 (15) | 106 (21) | 152 (19) |
| 50 | Semillon | 118 | 14:25 | 75 (25) | 79 (26) | 95 (23) | 103 (22) | 153 (22) |
| 51 | alexh | 71 | 14:32 | 82 (15) | 100 (17) | 101 (14) | 103 (14) | 116 (11) |
| 52 | LouWeed | 111 | 14:37 | 67 (23) | 88 (25) | 96 (22) | 105 (21) | 148 (20) |
| 53 | CentralLine | 86 | 14:41 | 82 (19) | 90 (22) | 86 (15) | 106 (18) | 152 (12) |
| 54 | Stavros | 97 | 14:44 | 73 (19) | 86 (21) | 83 (20) | 118 (20) | 142 (17) |
| 55 | 7dPenguin | 57 | 14:48 | 78 (13) | 87 (14) | 100 (11) | 121 (12) | 127 (7) |
| 56 | Looch | 88 | 14:54 | 84 (19) | 101 (21) | 104 (17) | 105 (21) | 108 (10) |
| 57 | Tibthorpe | 113 | 15:01 | 81 (24) | 84 (24) | 87 (21) | 110 (22) | 138 (22) |
| 58 | clarkeybaby | 64 | 15:06 | 75 (13) | 80 (14) | 90 (12) | 117 (13) | 138 (12) |
| 59 | Pootle | 82 | 15:22 | 75 (20) | 83 (18) | 92 (15) | 103 (16) | 164 (13) |
| 60 | Finzi | 125 | 15:31 | 90 (24) | 93 (26) | 92 (25) | 100 (25) | 122 (25) |
| 61 | Paul Hammond | 73 | 15:34 | 76 (17) | 99 (19) | 82 (13) | 122 (12) | 129 (12) |
| 62 | gabrojak | 60 | 15:52 | 82 (14) | 94 (13) | 87 (12) | 114 (13) | 134 (8) |
| 63 | rob.rolfe42 | 52 | 15:59 | 81 (15) | 86 (11) | 98 (7) | 120 (13) | 127 (6) |
| 64 | benbush | 78 | 16:05 | 74 (14) | 83 (19) | 87 (13) | 98 (16) | 152 (16) |
| 65 | Ben Staveley | 85 | 16:08 | 76 (18) | 81 (21) | 74 (13) | 125 (19) | 148 (14) |
| 66 | franceslc11 | 81 | 16:15 | 71 (16) | 74 (13) | 92 (13) | 102 (18) | 140 (21) |
| 67 | andrewlake | 122 | 16:15 | 77 (25) | 91 (23) | 98 (24) | 110 (25) | 121 (25) |
| 68 | RobR | 61 | 16:17 | 78 (17) | 94 (13) | 98 (13) | 121 (12) | 134 (6) |
| 69 | DanSolo | 77 | 17:18 | 76 (12) | 82 (15) | 95 (18) | 110 (17) | 130 (15) |
| 70 | Vannyx | 61 | 17:19 | 76 (13) | 83 (15) | 98 (11) | 104 (12) | 151 (10) |
| 71 | Squallaby | 92 | 17:19 | 80 (20) | 87 (22) | 93 (18) | 111 (19) | 141 (13) |
| 72 | phthisis | 51 | 17:20 | 77 (10) | 76 (11) | 92 (9) | 118 (12) | 137 (9) |
| 73 | tapbarker | 91 | 17:24 | 71 (22) | 87 (15) | 97 (15) | 98 (18) | 141 (21) |
| 74 | PGooden | 73 | 17:26 | 77 (16) | 96 (17) | 92 (16) | 115 (15) | 134 (9) |
| 75 | cdb_100 | 87 | 17:41 | 63 (17) | 89 (19) | 77 (16) | 122 (18) | 145 (17) |
| 76 | Valance | 65 | 17:57 | 71 (16) | 78 (13) | 76 (9) | 126 (16) | 148 (11) |
| 77 | rrricharrrd | 85 | 17:58 | 70 (17) | 78 (17) | 78 (17) | 112 (21) | 174 (13) |
| 78 | Encota | 76 | 18:20 | 79 (16) | 85 (15) | 92 (15) | 106 (16) | 140 (14) |
| 79 | hopkinb | 55 | 18:30 | 90 (16) | 80 (12) | 90 (10) | 114 (8) | 141 (9) |
| 80 | LJCN | 84 | 18:36 | 76 (14) | 78 (18) | 88 (15) | 105 (20) | 146 (17) |
| 81 | Dzhigit | 82 | 18:42 | 87 (22) | 92 (17) | 93 (16) | 114 (16) | 124 (11) |
| 82 | Galspray | 93 | 18:45 | 79 (18) | 78 (19) | 104 (20) | 96 (21) | 151 (15) |
| 83 | Zander | 94 | 19:13 | 74 (22) | 94 (17) | 97 (19) | 102 (20) | 139 (16) |
| 84 | Achernar | 84 | 19:15 | 84 (18) | 89 (20) | 90 (18) | 117 (16) | 132 (12) |
| 85 | Crossiant | 71 | 19:21 | 61 (15) | 66 (12) | 90 (15) | 97 (13) | 171 (16) |
| 86 | Nangle | 60 | 19:29 | 85 (16) | 88 (14) | 102 (14) | 108 (10) | 145 (6) |
| 87 | Anomalospiza | 92 | 19:33 | 75 (21) | 83 (21) | 102 (13) | 99 (20) | 149 (17) |
| 88 | babka | 40 | 19:36 | 63 (9) | 69 (8) | 105 (8) | 94 (7) | 170 (8) |
| 89 | Rowlie26 | 47 | 20:01 | 82 (14) | 100 (10) | 100 (11) | 117 (6) | 121 (6) |
| 90 | uvofiz | 69 | 20:13 | 83 (17) | 96 (16) | 95 (13) | 105 (13) | 132 (10) |
| 91 | alwsn8 | 113 | 20:35 | 73 (24) | 84 (23) | 92 (21) | 109 (23) | 143 (22) |
| 92 | robinh | 95 | 20:42 | 81 (22) | 88 (17) | 96 (20) | 99 (15) | 131 (21) |
| 93 | pc8 | 117 | 20:42 | 73 (22) | 77 (24) | 97 (24) | 103 (23) | 145 (24) |
| 94 | valerian1967 | 80 | 20:49 | 77 (15) | 80 (18) | 94 (13) | 88 (17) | 156 (17) |
| 95 | Aldus | 81 | 20:50 | 84 (20) | 90 (18) | 91 (15) | 114 (15) | 129 (13) |
| 96 | daniel.faith | 62 | 20:53 | 72 (13) | 78 (15) | 79 (10) | 120 (9) | 146 (15) |
| 97 | GMcD | 110 | 20:58 | 75 (22) | 88 (24) | 84 (24) | 104 (20) | 155 (20) |
| 98 | Colin2355 | 56 | 21:07 | 74 (6) | 93 (19) | 93 (12) | 94 (9) | 139 (10) |
| 99 | Zabadak3 | 109 | 21:15 | 75 (22) | 87 (26) | 94 (21) | 96 (16) | 143 (24) |
| 100 | gsriordan52 | 70 | 21:40 | 80 (17) | 93 (17) | 99 (12) | 118 (17) | 118 (7) |
| 101 | The Caffeine Kid | 83 | 21:46 | 82 (15) | 87 (19) | 98 (21) | 107 (14) | 130 (14) |
| 102 | mjsaunders9 | 99 | 22:00 | 83 (22) | 73 (19) | 84 (20) | 106 (18) | 152 (20) |
| 103 | george.garlick | 76 | 22:07 | 81 (21) | 98 (16) | 97 (15) | 124 (14) | 110 (10) |
| 104 | Willie F | 93 | 22:21 | 76 (20) | 97 (18) | 90 (17) | 102 (19) | 132 (19) |
| 105 | dr.shred | 62 | 22:23 | 74 (16) | 86 (12) | 100 (11) | 107 (15) | 156 (8) |
| 106 | Tudds | 84 | 22:30 | 84 (23) | 90 (21) | 101 (18) | 113 (14) | 143 (8) |
| 107 | UisceTe | 49 | 22:44 | 82 (12) | 87 (15) | 87 (6) | 101 (7) | 151 (9) |
| 108 | Rod B | 96 | 22:53 | 71 (21) | 79 (19) | 90 (19) | 122 (19) | 140 (18) |
| 109 | James P | 88 | 23:16 | 59 (16) | 79 (21) | 96 (20) | 101 (14) | 166 (17) |
| 110 | goblin | 124 | 23:27 | 82 (25) | 88 (26) | 95 (26) | 105 (24) | 132 (23) |
| 111 | Corymbia | 92 | 24:32 | 81 (16) | 79 (20) | 90 (18) | 98 (17) | 143 (21) |
| 112 | infinitejest | 57 | 24:37 | 75 (17) | 92 (11) | 90 (10) | 128 (12) | 135 (7) |
| 113 | Mkgnao | 72 | 25:45 | 99 (20) | 87 (19) | 93 (14) | 105 (9) | 129 (10) |
| 114 | JoeyC | 47 | 25:58 | 71 (14) | 102 (9) | 85 (12) | 125 (6) | 167 (6) |
| 115 | Deezzaa | 90 | 26:01 | 82 (21) | 97 (21) | 92 (18) | 110 (19) | 133 (11) |
| 116 | Brenk | 77 | 26:09 | 75 (20) | 95 (19) | 81 (15) | 127 (14) | 151 (9) |
| 117 | Yatton50 | 45 | 26:12 | 83 (11) | 89 (9) | 91 (8) | 105 (9) | 137 (8) |
| 118 | rjcassidy | 81 | 26:32 | 73 (18) | 84 (19) | 89 (13) | 114 (16) | 145 (15) |
| 119 | Mike Harper | 100 | 27:07 | 76 (22) | 93 (24) | 88 (20) | 123 (19) | 129 (15) |
| 120 | Jamie Fox | 83 | 27:38 | 68 (18) | 84 (19) | 83 (13) | 109 (17) | 156 (16) |
| 121 | crosswordian | 55 | 27:53 | 75 (9) | 79 (8) | 96 (10) | 104 (14) | 124 (14) |
| 122 | ulaca | 85 | 27:54 | 76 (24) | 89 (19) | 84 (17) | 111 (15) | 185 (10) |
| 123 | Manveru | 77 | 28:24 | 88 (24) | 87 (23) | 99 (15) | 100 (7) | 170 (8) |
| 124 | En Cee | 46 | 28:26 | 71 (9) | 83 (10) | 106 (8) | 96 (10) | 145 (9) |
| 125 | Snorter | 76 | 28:28 | 67 (14) | 87 (19) | 97 (14) | 114 (16) | 137 (13) |
| 126 | JohnDun | 78 | 28:31 | 74 (16) | 77 (14) | 81 (16) | 106 (16) | 156 (16) |
| 127 | eniamretrauq | 42 | 28:33 | 75 (11) | 97 (11) | 100 (8) | 115 (6) | 131 (6) |
| 128 | chris661554 | 81 | 28:33 | 73 (17) | 88 (18) | 92 (11) | 94 (18) | 148 (17) |
| 129 | NAPASAI | 51 | 28:54 | 77 (12) | 110 (15) | 89 (9) | 107 (9) | 122 (6) |
| 130 | MichelinPoitiers | 62 | 28:54 | 70 (16) | 91 (15) | 118 (9) | 129 (9) | 113 (13) |
| 131 | Hamish.S | 99 | 29:00 | 60 (25) | 67 (22) | 73 (19) | 124 (19) | 225 (14) |
| 132 | David Luke | 63 | 29:20 | 71 (11) | 89 (9) | 83 (12) | 101 (16) | 139 (15) |
| 133 | Dr_Bob | 70 | 29:24 | 82 (17) | 91 (18) | 106 (17) | 111 (8) | 124 (10) |
| 134 | nekabue | 71 | 29:34 | 79 (16) | 78 (15) | 101 (15) | 98 (13) | 153 (12) |
| 135 | Balawo | 54 | 29:38 | 83 (12) | 83 (7) | 101 (11) | 92 (12) | 132 (12) |
| 136 | intentional rounding | 83 | 30:18 | 76 (12) | 78 (20) | 91 (17) | 110 (16) | 137 (18) |
| 137 | rv_1 | 84 | 30:53 | 78 (19) | 96 (23) | 79 (12) | 107 (17) | 147 (13) |
| 138 | Grumpole | 56 | 31:05 | 75 (15) | 92 (15) | 95 (12) | 120 (6) | 151 (8) |
| 139 | barracuda | 71 | 31:37 | 75 (12) | 88 (15) | 95 (13) | 102 (13) | 127 (18) |
| 140 | The Real Steve Snackman | 115 | 32:04 | 68 (24) | 89 (21) | 98 (24) | 106 (24) | 138 (22) |
| 141 | gbestanley | 71 | 32:07 | 86 (14) | 95 (17) | 98 (14) | 108 (16) | 114 (10) |
| 142 | Mudge | 83 | 32:22 | 61 (14) | 79 (17) | 94 (15) | 102 (18) | 148 (19) |
| 143 | BertieVII | 67 | 33:46 | 88 (18) | 86 (15) | 104 (14) | 116 (13) | 117 (7) |
| 144 | RogerC | 60 | 34:14 | 72 (10) | 83 (10) | 99 (14) | 97 (12) | 134 (14) |
| 145 | vinyl12345 | 83 | 34:52 | 68 (17) | 90 (25) | 91 (12) | 119 (16) | 142 (13) |
| 146 | E Bradford | 94 | 35:36 | 77 (21) | 93 (18) | 105 (21) | 106 (18) | 122 (16) |
| 147 | Peloton | 72 | 36:13 | 68 (16) | 78 (13) | 94 (11) | 99 (17) | 156 (15) |
| 148 | kapietro | 56 | 36:39 | 71 (14) | 86 (9) | 94 (11) | 100 (12) | 157 (10) |
| 149 | Bossbutbee | 61 | 37:00 | 78 (13) | 90 (17) | 96 (13) | 109 (12) | 161 (6) |
| 150 | koro | 110 | 37:30 | 75 (23) | 86 (24) | 96 (21) | 99 (21) | 145 (21) |
| 151 | laurence_da | 84 | 38:10 | 59 (17) | 60 (16) | 75 (16) | 122 (20) | 183 (15) |
| 152 | starstruck | 95 | 38:11 | 83 (20) | 80 (21) | 90 (18) | 98 (16) | 146 (20) |
| 153 | Shushannah | 101 | 38:52 | 80 (20) | 92 (21) | 93 (19) | 99 (20) | 132 (21) |
| 154 | Steve Wood | 104 | 40:46 | 76 (21) | 85 (23) | 98 (21) | 110 (20) | 134 (19) |
| 155 | WordPlodder | 116 | 41:09 | 71 (23) | 84 (23) | 83 (23) | 95 (22) | 159 (25) |
| 156 | CoxBurglar | 54 | 44:27 | 68 (13) | 78 (12) | 107 (12) | 124 (10) | 148 (7) |
| 157 | Dr Dolittle | 64 | 45:01 | 47 (11) | 75 (17) | 98 (9) | 99 (16) | 191 (11) |
| 158 | Mike Mansbridge | 40 | 57:37 | 38 (6) | 61 (6) | 85 (10) | 226 (6) | 98 (12) |