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 | 19664 | 05:44 | 87 (16) | 99 (14) | 102 (9) | 90 (15) | 125 (13) |
| 2 | Lettuceleaf | 26461 | 05:57 | 101 (16) | 97 (18) | 100 (16) | 103 (17) | 96 (17) |
| 3 | Magoo | 24412 | 05:59 | 89 (14) | 92 (17) | 94 (13) | 105 (18) | 113 (16) |
| 4 | Eamon Ryan | 42047 | 06:02 | 93 (26) | 96 (24) | 103 (25) | 101 (26) | 106 (25) |
| 5 | Jason | 44522 | 06:56 | 83 (22) | 99 (23) | 100 (24) | 100 (24) | 113 (24) |
| 6 | verlaine | 52803 | 08:27 | 85 (26) | 95 (26) | 102 (19) | 97 (26) | 130 (17) |
| 7 | DaddyM | 21146 | 09:02 | 100 (9) | 95 (11) | 102 (12) | 101 (9) | 100 (8) |
| 8 | aphis99 | 61232 | 09:26 | 95 (24) | 97 (22) | 104 (24) | 90 (25) | 113 (23) |
| 9 | AlanS | 34624 | 09:56 | 78 (14) | 95 (14) | 100 (12) | 94 (15) | 133 (13) |
| 10 | chindit | 65428 | 11:14 | 88 (24) | 99 (23) | 103 (19) | 88 (19) | 119 (22) |
| 11 | Topical Tim | 76696 | 11:43 | 77 (25) | 113 (22) | 106 (22) | 94 (25) | 110 (25) |
| 12 | glheard | 62340 | 11:48 | 83 (19) | 97 (21) | 109 (19) | 100 (23) | 111 (16) |
| 13 | lickert | 68681 | 11:48 | 87 (22) | 98 (22) | 94 (21) | 99 (19) | 118 (23) |
| 14 | Tom Stubbs | 86075 | 12:41 | 86 (25) | 95 (26) | 101 (22) | 94 (24) | 120 (26) |
| 15 | Silva | 81338 | 13:17 | 83 (22) | 96 (24) | 107 (20) | 98 (25) | 115 (21) |
| 16 | neilr | 93429 | 13:39 | 88 (25) | 96 (26) | 98 (22) | 102 (26) | 113 (25) |
| 17 | keriothe_ | 86460 | 13:43 | 90 (26) | 93 (22) | 106 (20) | 97 (24) | 114 (23) |
| 18 | Stavros | 85079 | 13:46 | 84 (22) | 97 (25) | 102 (18) | 101 (23) | 112 (25) |
| 19 | BoxBrownie | 52942 | 14:13 | 86 (17) | 108 (14) | 102 (18) | 96 (10) | 108 (13) |
| 20 | Ben Staveley | 50722 | 14:19 | 81 (13) | 90 (15) | 114 (14) | 98 (13) | 113 (14) |
| 21 | fshephe | 102301 | 14:49 | 89 (23) | 93 (26) | 104 (24) | 100 (26) | 111 (26) |
| 22 | Ron's mum | 61450 | 14:50 | 60 (18) | 131 (17) | 133 (15) | 63 (13) | 109 (16) |
| 23 | Tibthorpe | 95327 | 14:59 | 73 (25) | 88 (24) | 117 (23) | 100 (20) | 122 (24) |
| 24 | ChuckB | 84897 | 15:43 | 85 (23) | 98 (19) | 99 (19) | 99 (21) | 121 (18) |
| 25 | Sue Sweeper | 74031 | 16:01 | 80 (17) | 105 (19) | 99 (18) | 94 (19) | 125 (14) |
| 26 | SimonAnthony | 103793 | 16:10 | 87 (23) | 99 (25) | 107 (23) | 100 (22) | 105 (24) |
| 27 | mchalen | 75997 | 16:14 | 90 (20) | 98 (18) | 93 (18) | 95 (15) | 122 (17) |
| 28 | noidea | 94090 | 16:20 | 92 (25) | 101 (21) | 109 (22) | 90 (20) | 107 (18) |
| 29 | phthisis | 38491 | 16:26 | 100 (9) | 89 (11) | 100 (10) | 89 (9) | 120 (10) |
| 30 | mikegrocott | 61573 | 16:33 | 91 (14) | 97 (13) | 108 (15) | 96 (15) | 104 (15) |
| 31 | sotira | 86499 | 16:34 | 90 (23) | 92 (20) | 99 (14) | 99 (16) | 115 (24) |
| 32 | robinh | 111341 | 16:52 | 82 (24) | 95 (24) | 108 (24) | 98 (25) | 116 (23) |
| 33 | Groucho | 96993 | 17:11 | 87 (24) | 105 (21) | 106 (20) | 98 (24) | 107 (15) |
| 34 | Big Mick | 55643 | 17:29 | 95 (16) | 93 (17) | 112 (7) | 98 (14) | 115 (9) |
| 35 | OliviaRhineb | 123196 | 18:10 | 83 (25) | 96 (24) | 108 (24) | 96 (25) | 114 (25) |
| 36 | Spanna | 75143 | 18:41 | 95 (16) | 101 (15) | 101 (15) | 97 (17) | 105 (14) |
| 37 | David P | 103555 | 18:45 | 95 (21) | 94 (21) | 98 (18) | 98 (23) | 113 (19) |
| 38 | GMcD | 129834 | 18:58 | 82 (25) | 97 (25) | 117 (24) | 94 (25) | 109 (25) |
| 39 | MickinEly2 | 32219 | 19:10 | 91 (8) | 95 (7) | 104 (8) | 102 (9) | 107 (6) |
| 40 | David Crooks | 129581 | 19:27 | 85 (24) | 100 (24) | 105 (24) | 93 (24) | 114 (25) |
| 41 | sampson | 84605 | 19:51 | 92 (16) | 97 (19) | 106 (15) | 97 (19) | 110 (12) |
| 42 | John Arnold | 75157 | 20:12 | 98 (22) | 102 (14) | 106 (13) | 93 (13) | 98 (10) |
| 43 | reindeer | 78080 | 20:20 | 83 (15) | 107 (14) | 100 (15) | 99 (15) | 109 (15) |
| 44 | barracuda | 145136 | 20:29 | 86 (26) | 92 (26) | 112 (24) | 98 (26) | 111 (26) |
| 45 | pterodactyl | 113475 | 20:33 | 86 (22) | 101 (21) | 118 (17) | 96 (23) | 101 (19) |
| 46 | Zabadak | 139264 | 21:06 | 86 (24) | 107 (24) | 92 (21) | 89 (25) | 121 (26) |
| 47 | xmogg | 48121 | 22:16 | 88 (6) | 108 (8) | 94 (13) | 100 (9) | 106 (10) |
| 48 | Scoffer | 71480 | 22:28 | 96 (10) | 86 (15) | 105 (14) | 110 (14) | 101 (10) |
| 49 | KarenR | 79841 | 22:56 | 78 (16) | 94 (14) | 103 (9) | 107 (15) | 120 (14) |
| 50 | Kevin Gregg | 138648 | 23:06 | 90 (25) | 92 (23) | 102 (18) | 98 (23) | 118 (21) |
| 51 | benedick | 70175 | 23:23 | 90 (12) | 92 (12) | 113 (11) | 92 (14) | 115 (11) |
| 52 | zythum | 108640 | 24:48 | 85 (17) | 107 (17) | 102 (16) | 98 (17) | 107 (16) |
| 53 | crosswordian | 163492 | 25:13 | 86 (24) | 97 (23) | 112 (24) | 94 (23) | 108 (24) |
| 54 | Solver52 | 168113 | 25:28 | 98 (25) | 90 (24) | 105 (24) | 99 (24) | 105 (23) |
| 55 | Edprof | 151788 | 26:37 | 88 (20) | 93 (25) | 112 (19) | 99 (20) | 108 (21) |
| 56 | Chadwick | 164357 | 27:23 | 83 (20) | 92 (22) | 115 (23) | 98 (24) | 109 (21) |
| 57 | Manveru | 82230 | 28:33 | 88 (12) | 96 (12) | 109 (12) | 101 (11) | 104 (11) |
| 58 | diogenes | 139039 | 28:36 | 88 (19) | 96 (16) | 103 (16) | 99 (20) | 112 (20) |
| 59 | dec | 80700 | 29:14 | 88 (11) | 89 (10) | 117 (10) | 101 (14) | 103 (11) |
| 60 | NAPASAI | 119077 | 30:04 | 100 (19) | 81 (15) | 91 (12) | 99 (14) | 123 (16) |
| 61 | rosselliot | 191619 | 31:18 | 82 (24) | 93 (21) | 110 (23) | 103 (24) | 110 (20) |
| 62 | koro | 215339 | 32:37 | 85 (25) | 95 (23) | 109 (22) | 98 (24) | 110 (26) |
| 63 | nekabue | 215932 | 32:43 | 89 (26) | 84 (24) | 114 (22) | 93 (26) | 122 (22) |
| 64 | Jeeves | 86666 | 32:49 | 95 (8) | 107 (11) | 102 (11) | 88 (13) | 106 (11) |
| 65 | Mkgnao | 226869 | 34:03 | 88 (25) | 96 (25) | 104 (24) | 88 (23) | 122 (24) |
| 66 | cassandra | 246823 | 34:34 | 98 (26) | 101 (26) | 98 (25) | 99 (26) | 102 (26) |
| 67 | fudgiebates | 85020 | 35:25 | 96 (11) | 100 (9) | 102 (10) | 103 (11) | 96 (9) |
| 68 | FelicityTT | 82214 | 36:03 | 81 (7) | 94 (6) | 102 (13) | 90 (9) | 114 (13) |
| 69 | Glyndwr | 173780 | 36:39 | 87 (23) | 95 (16) | 103 (13) | 96 (20) | 122 (17) |
| 70 | 1234 | 223935 | 36:57 | 86 (20) | 98 (23) | 103 (22) | 96 (21) | 111 (25) |
| 71 | JohnDun | 219175 | 37:16 | 82 (18) | 84 (20) | 103 (22) | 99 (24) | 122 (24) |
| 72 | ulaca | 232930 | 38:26 | 77 (16) | 99 (24) | 113 (24) | 89 (25) | 113 (22) |
| 73 | Big Nug | 269885 | 38:46 | 87 (26) | 100 (25) | 113 (24) | 87 (26) | 113 (25) |
| 74 | Jefe | 123214 | 43:41 | 61 (13) | 77 (13) | 160 (7) | 110 (8) | 122 (16) |
| 75 | JerryR | 346071 | 49:17 | 85 (26) | 86 (25) | 105 (25) | 90 (26) | 132 (25) |
| 76 | Clovis | 298333 | 51:15 | 46 (24) | 116 (20) | 110 (20) | 66 (21) | 167 (22) |