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 | 28494 | 06:05 | 86 (15) | 107 (19) | 94 (16) | 101 (22) | 106 (16) |
| 2 | Eamon Ryan | 44206 | 06:21 | 95 (26) | 100 (26) | 97 (22) | 97 (26) | 107 (26) |
| 3 | Lettuceleaf | 35462 | 07:07 | 92 (22) | 93 (17) | 111 (16) | 102 (18) | 101 (20) |
| 4 | Jason | 50330 | 07:10 | 78 (25) | 105 (26) | 98 (25) | 97 (26) | 119 (25) |
| 5 | verlaine | 55161 | 09:11 | 75 (24) | 104 (25) | 89 (21) | 101 (22) | 137 (18) |
| 6 | DaddyM | 46442 | 09:33 | 88 (19) | 101 (20) | 97 (16) | 113 (18) | 99 (18) |
| 7 | aphis99 | 63105 | 10:12 | 90 (22) | 96 (25) | 91 (22) | 112 (21) | 109 (23) |
| 8 | auchiedollie | 61960 | 10:19 | 87 (24) | 101 (23) | 104 (20) | 101 (26) | 108 (17) |
| 9 | AlanS | 70640 | 10:30 | 82 (25) | 103 (25) | 92 (23) | 97 (24) | 123 (25) |
| 10 | richard | 56324 | 10:40 | 84 (21) | 96 (20) | 101 (16) | 105 (22) | 112 (19) |
| 11 | tiggis | 20888 | 10:52 | 94 (10) | 98 (6) | 105 (6) | 102 (14) | 101 (6) |
| 12 | glheard | 63003 | 12:04 | 82 (21) | 113 (20) | 95 (20) | 97 (21) | 117 (15) |
| 13 | lickert | 79651 | 12:04 | 77 (26) | 102 (26) | 98 (20) | 96 (25) | 126 (23) |
| 14 | tonysever | 53170 | 12:08 | 83 (17) | 110 (17) | 93 (17) | 94 (16) | 117 (16) |
| 15 | Tom Stubbs | 81013 | 12:09 | 88 (26) | 101 (26) | 96 (23) | 97 (23) | 117 (23) |
| 16 | chindit | 86966 | 12:10 | 82 (26) | 100 (26) | 93 (25) | 105 (26) | 117 (26) |
| 17 | alanconnor | 25321 | 12:24 | 70 (10) | 107 (9) | 95 (9) | 95 (8) | 141 (8) |
| 18 | Heyesey | 25506 | 12:30 | 93 (12) | 97 (6) | 95 (10) | 88 (6) | 119 (10) |
| 19 | Topical Tim | 79056 | 13:02 | 75 (24) | 99 (24) | 108 (19) | 100 (23) | 121 (21) |
| 20 | aphasic | 30278 | 13:16 | 88 (13) | 103 (8) | 102 (9) | 101 (12) | 119 (6) |
| 21 | neilr | 96696 | 13:53 | 82 (26) | 100 (26) | 98 (23) | 103 (25) | 113 (26) |
| 22 | Silva | 84252 | 13:54 | 83 (23) | 106 (25) | 91 (21) | 111 (23) | 106 (19) |
| 23 | keriothe_ | 80270 | 14:13 | 79 (25) | 104 (21) | 106 (19) | 105 (19) | 109 (20) |
| 24 | Stavros | 94562 | 14:27 | 83 (24) | 112 (25) | 90 (22) | 102 (25) | 111 (23) |
| 25 | earlylight | 45384 | 14:49 | 100 (16) | 101 (13) | 87 (7) | 88 (11) | 111 (14) |
| 26 | mchalen | 102471 | 14:51 | 79 (25) | 103 (26) | 101 (23) | 104 (25) | 110 (26) |
| 27 | mikegrocott | 68889 | 14:54 | 93 (17) | 100 (18) | 96 (14) | 99 (18) | 107 (20) |
| 28 | Tibthorpe | 96807 | 14:56 | 83 (25) | 91 (23) | 101 (22) | 96 (23) | 126 (25) |
| 29 | Toffer | 57874 | 15:18 | 80 (16) | 91 (15) | 103 (14) | 104 (14) | 123 (14) |
| 30 | fshephe | 105687 | 15:19 | 89 (26) | 99 (25) | 99 (23) | 107 (25) | 103 (26) |
| 31 | AndyOwl | 26727 | 15:21 | 89 (8) | 92 (8) | 109 (7) | 81 (8) | 128 (8) |
| 32 | SimonAnthony | 66374 | 15:21 | 81 (16) | 83 (18) | 91 (13) | 103 (17) | 135 (18) |
| 33 | jjp | 50038 | 15:26 | 91 (16) | 94 (14) | 105 (12) | 102 (13) | 114 (9) |
| 34 | Sue Sweeper | 69640 | 15:41 | 81 (20) | 92 (21) | 91 (15) | 103 (14) | 145 (14) |
| 35 | Margaretlarb | 24916 | 15:58 | 92 (8) | 97 (9) | 103 (6) | 92 (6) | 115 (7) |
| 36 | phthisis | 76730 | 15:59 | 85 (18) | 95 (18) | 96 (18) | 107 (19) | 115 (17) |
| 37 | sotira | 104781 | 16:47 | 81 (24) | 99 (24) | 99 (20) | 102 (23) | 117 (23) |
| 38 | robinh | 96563 | 17:07 | 84 (22) | 101 (23) | 100 (18) | 108 (22) | 105 (19) |
| 39 | OliviaRhineb | 108240 | 17:10 | 82 (24) | 100 (26) | 94 (20) | 109 (24) | 114 (21) |
| 40 | RHB | 61043 | 17:14 | 84 (17) | 101 (13) | 95 (12) | 96 (12) | 122 (15) |
| 41 | nesbitt | 48650 | 17:15 | 79 (13) | 95 (14) | 111 (11) | 103 (10) | 120 (9) |
| 42 | Carol | 54880 | 17:35 | 87 (18) | 108 (14) | 100 (9) | 89 (11) | 122 (10) |
| 43 | ChuckB | 113442 | 17:40 | 82 (24) | 97 (24) | 91 (21) | 114 (25) | 112 (23) |
| 44 | Groucho | 94555 | 18:06 | 80 (23) | 107 (21) | 97 (17) | 107 (20) | 112 (16) |
| 45 | rpb | 68764 | 18:11 | 78 (17) | 100 (15) | 99 (13) | 94 (14) | 132 (14) |
| 46 | noidea | 94060 | 18:13 | 85 (21) | 99 (16) | 90 (18) | 105 (22) | 121 (19) |
| 47 | pterodactyl | 60368 | 18:17 | 97 (16) | 98 (15) | 91 (9) | 101 (15) | 112 (10) |
| 48 | kath | 56222 | 18:22 | 96 (19) | 101 (12) | 108 (13) | 87 (9) | 107 (8) |
| 49 | Ron's mum | 102784 | 18:49 | 73 (23) | 100 (21) | 98 (19) | 87 (18) | 143 (20) |
| 50 | Bernard S | 62700 | 19:00 | 84 (14) | 98 (15) | 73 (9) | 104 (15) | 132 (12) |
| 51 | mark oshin | 42429 | 19:06 | 71 (11) | 102 (8) | 95 (7) | 111 (11) | 119 (10) |
| 52 | sampson | 91461 | 19:17 | 91 (21) | 98 (17) | 99 (15) | 96 (18) | 115 (18) |
| 53 | David Crooks | 119371 | 19:41 | 89 (23) | 100 (23) | 90 (22) | 103 (21) | 116 (22) |
| 54 | reindeer | 113575 | 19:43 | 89 (21) | 96 (22) | 98 (20) | 102 (23) | 112 (20) |
| 55 | David P | 116136 | 19:57 | 87 (25) | 99 (17) | 91 (16) | 96 (24) | 120 (25) |
| 56 | John Arnold | 68928 | 20:09 | 91 (21) | 99 (15) | 116 (11) | 94 (10) | 107 (10) |
| 57 | MickinEly2 | 47678 | 20:22 | 88 (11) | 106 (9) | 91 (9) | 109 (11) | 104 (9) |
| 58 | Big Mick | 113803 | 20:23 | 81 (24) | 102 (26) | 94 (20) | 104 (19) | 129 (14) |
| 59 | GMcD | 134057 | 20:29 | 78 (25) | 110 (25) | 85 (21) | 100 (24) | 122 (24) |
| 60 | peter wild | 81811 | 20:39 | 86 (16) | 101 (16) | 99 (14) | 102 (15) | 111 (15) |
| 61 | anthea | 87109 | 20:44 | 100 (16) | 100 (17) | 99 (14) | 102 (16) | 97 (17) |
| 62 | AnneGinger | 65100 | 20:51 | 84 (14) | 98 (13) | 101 (12) | 105 (13) | 117 (10) |
| 63 | barracuda | 147674 | 22:10 | 82 (26) | 95 (23) | 99 (23) | 102 (25) | 121 (24) |
| 64 | alanjcannon | 93491 | 22:34 | 90 (18) | 91 (17) | 99 (14) | 107 (16) | 114 (14) |
| 65 | Kevin Gregg | 129748 | 22:45 | 83 (23) | 97 (21) | 100 (19) | 107 (23) | 114 (19) |
| 66 | Zabadak | 138914 | 23:09 | 79 (22) | 105 (24) | 90 (21) | 109 (20) | 113 (23) |
| 67 | zythum | 145050 | 23:56 | 86 (23) | 100 (21) | 92 (21) | 106 (24) | 113 (22) |
| 68 | PeterMabey | 99913 | 24:29 | 81 (17) | 94 (14) | 89 (16) | 110 (16) | 126 (15) |
| 69 | benedick | 103249 | 24:56 | 80 (16) | 90 (13) | 82 (16) | 99 (16) | 139 (18) |
| 70 | Son of Smug | 61730 | 25:05 | 73 (9) | 96 (12) | 101 (10) | 116 (11) | 108 (9) |
| 71 | Edprof | 124990 | 25:05 | 76 (20) | 97 (21) | 99 (16) | 102 (18) | 128 (18) |
| 72 | Galspray | 138570 | 25:22 | 72 (21) | 103 (21) | 85 (20) | 93 (20) | 148 (19) |
| 73 | crosswordian | 154101 | 25:25 | 89 (26) | 99 (24) | 93 (21) | 100 (18) | 118 (22) |
| 74 | KarenR | 121475 | 25:57 | 83 (20) | 104 (19) | 109 (18) | 97 (17) | 109 (14) |
| 75 | Solver52 | 107333 | 27:06 | 93 (19) | 108 (18) | 93 (14) | 100 (12) | 103 (13) |
| 76 | leonora | 119039 | 27:10 | 87 (18) | 89 (17) | 97 (14) | 103 (17) | 122 (17) |
| 77 | Smiler | 92961 | 27:40 | 81 (14) | 97 (16) | 100 (12) | 99 (13) | 127 (11) |
| 78 | Chadwick | 126914 | 27:49 | 88 (19) | 105 (19) | 93 (16) | 98 (16) | 115 (16) |
| 79 | Barry Smith | 102805 | 28:33 | 90 (16) | 101 (13) | 90 (14) | 102 (13) | 117 (14) |
| 80 | Bobb | 69407 | 28:55 | 79 (9) | 110 (12) | 93 (8) | 102 (11) | 106 (10) |
| 81 | NAPASAI | 113728 | 29:09 | 87 (14) | 88 (18) | 96 (15) | 96 (14) | 135 (14) |
| 82 | Moles | 71868 | 29:12 | 89 (8) | 98 (9) | 100 (9) | 101 (13) | 105 (12) |
| 83 | me_phobete | 111162 | 29:24 | 81 (16) | 98 (15) | 89 (12) | 101 (14) | 126 (16) |
| 84 | ccy23 | 94632 | 29:45 | 63 (9) | 79 (13) | 141 (12) | 93 (15) | 112 (14) |
| 85 | Manveru | 118268 | 30:19 | 86 (16) | 96 (20) | 106 (13) | 91 (10) | 117 (16) |
| 86 | oldpalace | 75284 | 30:36 | 107 (12) | 101 (11) | 93 (9) | 97 (9) | 96 (10) |
| 87 | Prytherch | 145267 | 31:51 | 87 (17) | 93 (18) | 101 (15) | 99 (17) | 116 (19) |
| 88 | FelicityTT | 55480 | 31:53 | 82 (6) | 106 (10) | 93 (7) | 99 (10) | 114 (6) |
| 89 | burrowz1b | 113715 | 32:07 | 113 (15) | 136 (15) | 79 (11) | 69 (12) | 88 (16) |
| 90 | rosselliot | 202488 | 32:27 | 96 (23) | 94 (24) | 96 (21) | 101 (22) | 110 (24) |
| 91 | dec | 123331 | 33:09 | 111 (16) | 105 (12) | 89 (12) | 97 (17) | 93 (15) |
| 92 | koro | 205418 | 33:14 | 86 (23) | 98 (24) | 103 (18) | 105 (22) | 106 (26) |
| 93 | Mkgnao | 57897 | 33:16 | 78 (8) | 88 (8) | 97 (7) | 95 (8) | 139 (8) |
| 94 | Jeeves | 171931 | 34:06 | 77 (16) | 97 (21) | 91 (16) | 106 (21) | 119 (20) |
| 95 | Jefe | 159625 | 35:57 | 87 (17) | 83 (19) | 80 (14) | 108 (17) | 137 (17) |
| 96 | Big Nug | 71654 | 36:11 | 80 (9) | 108 (9) | 105 (9) | 96 (9) | 113 (7) |
| 97 | nekabue | 209881 | 36:26 | 72 (23) | 107 (24) | 111 (24) | 89 (16) | 118 (19) |
| 98 | Glyndwr | 213700 | 36:43 | 88 (26) | 96 (21) | 88 (19) | 104 (20) | 123 (21) |
| 99 | fudgiebates | 201626 | 39:32 | 72 (16) | 113 (22) | 85 (16) | 105 (20) | 111 (21) |
| 100 | 1234 | 198489 | 39:51 | 75 (20) | 107 (23) | 102 (15) | 100 (20) | 119 (15) |
| 101 | cassandra | 273116 | 40:38 | 95 (26) | 98 (25) | 99 (22) | 100 (24) | 106 (25) |
| 102 | ulaca | 218715 | 41:25 | 74 (12) | 104 (22) | 90 (20) | 103 (22) | 113 (22) |
| 103 | Ben Ganly | 152569 | 41:41 | 54 (14) | 81 (16) | 65 (13) | 227 (15) | 56 (13) |
| 104 | lesbunch | 94272 | 42:27 | 63 (13) | 91 (7) | 86 (6) | 91 (10) | 162 (11) |
| 105 | JohnDun | 249792 | 42:28 | 81 (17) | 98 (23) | 85 (21) | 105 (25) | 122 (22) |
| 106 | JerryR | 252170 | 42:53 | 82 (22) | 114 (22) | 91 (20) | 97 (22) | 113 (22) |
| 107 | diogenes | 222693 | 53:01 | 49 (16) | 197 (16) | 96 (17) | 81 (17) | 72 (14) |
| 108 | Clovis | 393990 | 73:46 | 36 (21) | 43 (20) | 169 (19) | 88 (20) | 172 (19) |