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 | 21889 | 05:47 | 87 (16) | 96 (15) | 103 (11) | 92 (18) | 127 (13) |
| 2 | Lettuceleaf | 26025 | 05:47 | 98 (17) | 95 (19) | 100 (16) | 105 (16) | 99 (17) |
| 3 | Eamon Ryan | 42169 | 06:06 | 95 (26) | 93 (24) | 102 (24) | 100 (26) | 108 (25) |
| 4 | Magoo | 20692 | 06:09 | 87 (10) | 92 (15) | 98 (11) | 101 (14) | 113 (16) |
| 5 | Jason | 47028 | 06:56 | 88 (23) | 93 (25) | 100 (24) | 100 (26) | 115 (25) |
| 6 | verlaine | 53681 | 08:36 | 91 (26) | 90 (26) | 108 (21) | 95 (26) | 127 (15) |
| 7 | DaddyM | 24451 | 09:03 | 100 (11) | 95 (12) | 103 (12) | 100 (11) | 101 (9) |
| 8 | richard | 20359 | 09:10 | 88 (12) | 99 (7) | 102 (9) | 99 (9) | 113 (10) |
| 9 | aphis99 | 63385 | 09:25 | 99 (24) | 91 (23) | 104 (24) | 90 (26) | 114 (25) |
| 10 | AlanS | 38493 | 09:52 | 79 (15) | 97 (15) | 107 (14) | 91 (16) | 125 (15) |
| 11 | chindit | 67721 | 11:24 | 86 (24) | 98 (23) | 101 (20) | 89 (19) | 123 (23) |
| 12 | Topical Tim | 81340 | 11:41 | 81 (26) | 107 (24) | 105 (24) | 89 (26) | 117 (26) |
| 13 | glheard | 60190 | 11:48 | 82 (19) | 94 (20) | 110 (19) | 103 (22) | 109 (15) |
| 14 | lickert | 67577 | 11:51 | 87 (22) | 96 (22) | 102 (19) | 98 (19) | 114 (23) |
| 15 | Tom Stubbs | 86588 | 12:53 | 90 (25) | 94 (26) | 103 (23) | 93 (24) | 119 (24) |
| 16 | keriothe_ | 77438 | 13:26 | 90 (24) | 93 (20) | 108 (21) | 93 (21) | 116 (20) |
| 17 | Stavros | 84248 | 13:37 | 85 (22) | 92 (25) | 105 (20) | 100 (22) | 115 (24) |
| 18 | Silva | 89256 | 13:46 | 85 (22) | 96 (25) | 109 (22) | 95 (26) | 113 (23) |
| 19 | neilr | 96863 | 13:47 | 93 (26) | 94 (26) | 99 (24) | 99 (26) | 114 (25) |
| 20 | BoxBrownie | 38402 | 13:54 | 88 (13) | 111 (11) | 103 (14) | 86 (7) | 105 (11) |
| 21 | Ben Staveley | 57290 | 14:15 | 84 (14) | 89 (17) | 114 (14) | 96 (16) | 113 (16) |
| 22 | fshephe | 101715 | 14:52 | 95 (23) | 93 (26) | 102 (23) | 98 (26) | 110 (26) |
| 23 | Tibthorpe | 96231 | 15:07 | 74 (25) | 87 (24) | 114 (22) | 102 (20) | 122 (25) |
| 24 | ChuckB | 72708 | 15:08 | 89 (23) | 95 (18) | 98 (15) | 98 (18) | 123 (16) |
| 25 | Ron's mum | 60098 | 15:39 | 60 (17) | 106 (16) | 139 (13) | 67 (13) | 132 (15) |
| 26 | noidea | 89564 | 16:03 | 90 (24) | 100 (20) | 107 (21) | 93 (19) | 109 (19) |
| 27 | Sue Sweeper | 65102 | 16:11 | 85 (14) | 105 (19) | 96 (16) | 97 (16) | 114 (12) |
| 28 | sotira | 78755 | 16:24 | 95 (22) | 92 (19) | 105 (15) | 93 (13) | 111 (21) |
| 29 | mikegrocott | 56752 | 16:35 | 94 (13) | 100 (10) | 108 (13) | 92 (15) | 104 (16) |
| 30 | mchalen | 64230 | 16:43 | 91 (17) | 94 (15) | 99 (15) | 94 (12) | 120 (15) |
| 31 | SimonAnthony | 106634 | 16:45 | 86 (23) | 96 (25) | 106 (21) | 108 (23) | 103 (24) |
| 32 | robinh | 106055 | 16:59 | 83 (23) | 95 (23) | 107 (22) | 98 (24) | 116 (22) |
| 33 | Groucho | 98752 | 17:19 | 90 (25) | 99 (22) | 108 (19) | 98 (23) | 108 (16) |
| 34 | phthisis | 32449 | 17:26 | 105 (7) | 86 (10) | 104 (8) | 96 (7) | 110 (9) |
| 35 | Spanna | 66925 | 18:17 | 96 (14) | 98 (15) | 104 (13) | 98 (16) | 103 (13) |
| 36 | OliviaRhineb | 121965 | 18:18 | 85 (25) | 94 (24) | 111 (23) | 95 (25) | 114 (24) |
| 37 | David P | 93485 | 18:32 | 94 (19) | 96 (20) | 101 (18) | 96 (20) | 113 (17) |
| 38 | David Crooks | 126318 | 19:08 | 82 (24) | 97 (24) | 112 (23) | 94 (25) | 112 (24) |
| 39 | GMcD | 131357 | 19:12 | 84 (25) | 92 (26) | 117 (23) | 97 (25) | 109 (25) |
| 40 | MickinEly2 | 35268 | 19:35 | 94 (10) | 91 (7) | 101 (8) | 104 (8) | 110 (7) |
| 41 | sampson | 84328 | 20:04 | 97 (14) | 95 (20) | 107 (15) | 95 (17) | 108 (14) |
| 42 | barracuda | 140986 | 20:05 | 86 (26) | 95 (26) | 114 (23) | 97 (26) | 108 (26) |
| 43 | pterodactyl | 112490 | 20:22 | 87 (20) | 102 (21) | 112 (18) | 99 (24) | 100 (19) |
| 44 | John Arnold | 81005 | 20:27 | 97 (20) | 94 (15) | 110 (14) | 97 (15) | 101 (12) |
| 45 | kath | 53382 | 20:41 | 94 (13) | 94 (15) | 112 (7) | 105 (12) | 102 (6) |
| 46 | reindeer | 54804 | 20:45 | 84 (11) | 106 (10) | 99 (11) | 96 (11) | 113 (11) |
| 47 | Zabadak | 134626 | 21:10 | 86 (24) | 109 (23) | 93 (20) | 90 (24) | 117 (25) |
| 48 | KarenR | 71990 | 22:13 | 82 (16) | 88 (14) | 114 (7) | 102 (15) | 127 (12) |
| 49 | Scoffer | 83641 | 22:51 | 96 (12) | 87 (17) | 106 (15) | 108 (16) | 101 (11) |
| 50 | benedick | 76199 | 23:05 | 93 (11) | 94 (14) | 110 (13) | 92 (17) | 114 (10) |
| 51 | Kevin Gregg | 141104 | 23:31 | 90 (24) | 98 (23) | 103 (18) | 96 (23) | 112 (22) |
| 52 | zythum | 100243 | 23:52 | 85 (17) | 102 (15) | 103 (16) | 98 (16) | 111 (16) |
| 53 | crosswordian | 162220 | 25:02 | 87 (24) | 97 (23) | 113 (23) | 93 (23) | 108 (25) |
| 54 | Solver52 | 168798 | 25:34 | 97 (25) | 89 (25) | 106 (23) | 99 (24) | 107 (23) |
| 55 | Edprof | 137688 | 26:41 | 94 (19) | 91 (22) | 109 (18) | 98 (17) | 107 (20) |
| 56 | Chadwick | 135516 | 27:32 | 85 (16) | 88 (19) | 117 (19) | 98 (20) | 108 (18) |
| 57 | diogenes | 143906 | 27:53 | 91 (20) | 97 (18) | 100 (15) | 94 (21) | 114 (22) |
| 58 | dec | 73372 | 28:26 | 89 (11) | 93 (9) | 113 (9) | 98 (14) | 108 (10) |
| 59 | Manveru | 74960 | 29:03 | 93 (9) | 87 (9) | 112 (12) | 100 (13) | 101 (10) |
| 60 | Jeeves | 84926 | 31:27 | 106 (9) | 97 (11) | 99 (9) | 88 (14) | 111 (12) |
| 61 | NAPASAI | 136570 | 31:36 | 105 (19) | 80 (17) | 96 (14) | 95 (15) | 119 (17) |
| 62 | rosselliot | 195507 | 31:38 | 84 (25) | 95 (22) | 108 (22) | 103 (24) | 111 (20) |
| 63 | koro | 214419 | 32:11 | 86 (25) | 93 (24) | 108 (22) | 101 (24) | 109 (26) |
| 64 | nekabue | 212784 | 32:14 | 89 (26) | 86 (25) | 116 (20) | 92 (26) | 121 (23) |
| 65 | Mkgnao | 215425 | 32:56 | 90 (24) | 98 (26) | 103 (23) | 85 (22) | 120 (24) |
| 66 | fudgiebates | 79368 | 33:04 | 86 (12) | 105 (8) | 105 (10) | 102 (11) | 105 (9) |
| 67 | cassandra | 247411 | 34:56 | 99 (26) | 100 (26) | 97 (24) | 99 (26) | 103 (26) |
| 68 | FelicityTT | 81221 | 35:37 | 90 (7) | 90 (8) | 108 (10) | 85 (11) | 116 (12) |
| 69 | Glyndwr | 168558 | 36:01 | 88 (22) | 101 (18) | 106 (13) | 97 (19) | 113 (16) |
| 70 | JohnDun | 209717 | 36:24 | 80 (19) | 83 (20) | 106 (20) | 97 (23) | 125 (24) |
| 71 | ulaca | 218681 | 37:11 | 82 (16) | 98 (23) | 114 (24) | 88 (24) | 110 (21) |
| 72 | 1234 | 226980 | 37:49 | 85 (22) | 101 (23) | 102 (21) | 95 (21) | 115 (23) |
| 73 | VictoriaW | 73344 | 38:12 | 113 (9) | 106 (7) | 107 (9) | 70 (6) | 92 (11) |
| 74 | Big Nug | 267451 | 39:06 | 94 (25) | 96 (25) | 108 (23) | 85 (26) | 116 (25) |
| 75 | Jefe | 132135 | 46:51 | 58 (13) | 68 (12) | 149 (7) | 152 (10) | 108 (15) |
| 76 | JerryR | 311767 | 47:40 | 88 (24) | 88 (25) | 108 (24) | 88 (23) | 127 (23) |
| 77 | Clovis | 302664 | 52:00 | 45 (23) | 83 (20) | 133 (20) | 84 (22) | 157 (22) |