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 | Lettuceleaf | 14021 | 05:18 | 96 (12) | 97 (12) | 102 (10) | 100 (9) | 105 (11) |
| 2 | mohn | 22575 | 05:58 | 88 (14) | 94 (13) | 103 (13) | 94 (18) | 118 (15) |
| 3 | Eamon Ryan | 43610 | 06:19 | 91 (26) | 96 (25) | 96 (23) | 102 (26) | 112 (25) |
| 4 | Magoo | 17433 | 06:27 | 73 (6) | 98 (12) | 101 (14) | 93 (12) | 119 (11) |
| 5 | Jason | 47175 | 07:12 | 86 (24) | 90 (24) | 97 (21) | 104 (25) | 119 (25) |
| 6 | verlaine | 50167 | 08:31 | 89 (26) | 89 (26) | 109 (23) | 105 (25) | 135 (8) |
| 7 | DaddyM | 18133 | 09:09 | 101 (9) | 95 (9) | 102 (9) | 99 (9) | 101 (7) |
| 8 | aphis99 | 61845 | 09:17 | 91 (23) | 94 (24) | 101 (23) | 94 (26) | 117 (25) |
| 9 | 99evers | 17712 | 09:31 | 112 (6) | 128 (10) | 85 (7) | 104 (10) | 59 (8) |
| 10 | AlanS | 62652 | 09:56 | 83 (23) | 97 (23) | 105 (21) | 88 (24) | 125 (24) |
| 11 | richard | 25275 | 10:01 | 83 (13) | 99 (11) | 108 (9) | 106 (10) | 110 (9) |
| 12 | chindit | 69240 | 11:05 | 84 (25) | 95 (23) | 103 (21) | 95 (21) | 122 (24) |
| 13 | trux | 28127 | 11:26 | 83 (12) | 88 (13) | 106 (10) | 115 (10) | 128 (6) |
| 14 | lickert | 62090 | 11:29 | 90 (19) | 92 (21) | 100 (18) | 103 (19) | 111 (23) |
| 15 | Topical Tim | 83016 | 12:01 | 86 (26) | 98 (25) | 101 (23) | 98 (25) | 116 (26) |
| 16 | glheard | 64068 | 12:08 | 87 (22) | 88 (19) | 104 (18) | 111 (21) | 109 (18) |
| 17 | Stavros | 68170 | 13:31 | 85 (19) | 86 (21) | 109 (17) | 107 (18) | 113 (19) |
| 18 | Tom Stubbs | 87803 | 13:32 | 86 (25) | 92 (24) | 105 (21) | 102 (24) | 113 (24) |
| 19 | keriothe_ | 75365 | 13:57 | 78 (21) | 94 (21) | 97 (20) | 110 (20) | 123 (18) |
| 20 | neilr | 96072 | 14:02 | 89 (26) | 90 (25) | 103 (23) | 99 (25) | 117 (25) |
| 21 | Ben Staveley | 58269 | 14:16 | 88 (15) | 90 (17) | 112 (14) | 95 (18) | 118 (14) |
| 22 | Silva | 94956 | 14:31 | 82 (24) | 93 (26) | 110 (21) | 95 (25) | 120 (23) |
| 23 | fshephe | 98973 | 14:35 | 91 (23) | 95 (26) | 98 (22) | 101 (26) | 111 (26) |
| 24 | ChuckB | 49327 | 14:56 | 84 (18) | 94 (14) | 98 (11) | 107 (12) | 132 (10) |
| 25 | noidea | 80250 | 15:11 | 90 (22) | 104 (21) | 104 (19) | 92 (17) | 107 (19) |
| 26 | Tibthorpe | 100076 | 15:44 | 72 (25) | 86 (24) | 111 (22) | 115 (20) | 118 (25) |
| 27 | mikegrocott | 43418 | 16:04 | 94 (11) | 88 (7) | 108 (12) | 95 (10) | 104 (15) |
| 28 | sotira | 79046 | 16:15 | 92 (22) | 90 (19) | 110 (18) | 100 (13) | 109 (19) |
| 29 | Sue Sweeper | 63611 | 16:49 | 81 (13) | 96 (18) | 101 (15) | 97 (18) | 141 (9) |
| 30 | robinh | 105149 | 17:00 | 84 (23) | 93 (23) | 103 (21) | 101 (24) | 118 (22) |
| 31 | Groucho | 95208 | 17:03 | 86 (25) | 103 (22) | 103 (18) | 105 (21) | 105 (17) |
| 32 | phthisis | 50207 | 17:04 | 98 (12) | 91 (15) | 103 (12) | 96 (9) | 113 (11) |
| 33 | mchalen | 46163 | 17:05 | 88 (11) | 88 (11) | 99 (11) | 96 (10) | 124 (12) |
| 34 | SimonAnthony | 104557 | 17:36 | 77 (22) | 91 (23) | 112 (18) | 115 (24) | 103 (22) |
| 35 | Spanna | 56920 | 17:53 | 95 (14) | 101 (15) | 103 (9) | 102 (14) | 98 (11) |
| 36 | Ron's mum | 83739 | 17:53 | 67 (21) | 103 (21) | 122 (16) | 60 (15) | 157 (15) |
| 37 | OliviaRhineb | 124297 | 18:19 | 83 (26) | 95 (26) | 103 (23) | 100 (26) | 121 (22) |
| 38 | David P | 77491 | 18:27 | 88 (15) | 97 (17) | 104 (15) | 97 (17) | 112 (16) |
| 39 | David Crooks | 107193 | 18:36 | 80 (23) | 94 (22) | 111 (19) | 101 (21) | 116 (21) |
| 40 | GMcD | 131373 | 18:52 | 81 (26) | 92 (26) | 106 (23) | 103 (26) | 117 (25) |
| 41 | MickinEly2 | 51695 | 19:34 | 96 (15) | 96 (10) | 102 (10) | 101 (12) | 106 (7) |
| 42 | sampson | 74216 | 19:57 | 96 (15) | 97 (18) | 105 (12) | 98 (17) | 106 (10) |
| 43 | barracuda | 139375 | 20:11 | 85 (26) | 100 (26) | 103 (22) | 101 (25) | 110 (26) |
| 44 | John Arnold | 80121 | 20:13 | 101 (23) | 91 (14) | 104 (13) | 94 (13) | 106 (13) |
| 45 | pterodactyl | 105452 | 20:55 | 82 (17) | 100 (20) | 109 (18) | 103 (20) | 101 (19) |
| 46 | xmogg | 42554 | 21:29 | 78 (7) | 107 (8) | 96 (10) | 110 (10) | 101 (8) |
| 47 | Zabadak | 141220 | 21:47 | 82 (25) | 104 (24) | 98 (20) | 99 (24) | 115 (25) |
| 48 | benedick | 70682 | 22:39 | 92 (11) | 93 (12) | 96 (11) | 105 (18) | 109 (10) |
| 49 | Bert Dove | 54762 | 23:24 | 91 (16) | 102 (9) | 101 (10) | 101 (8) | 120 (6) |
| 50 | Scoffer | 77462 | 23:28 | 95 (12) | 84 (16) | 101 (13) | 115 (14) | 107 (10) |
| 51 | Kevin Gregg | 143033 | 23:50 | 88 (22) | 101 (25) | 99 (18) | 96 (23) | 114 (22) |
| 52 | crosswordian | 143818 | 24:12 | 88 (23) | 94 (23) | 109 (21) | 95 (19) | 112 (23) |
| 53 | zythum | 82146 | 24:26 | 84 (13) | 99 (13) | 99 (11) | 107 (14) | 108 (15) |
| 54 | Solver52 | 172947 | 24:50 | 92 (26) | 94 (26) | 104 (23) | 102 (25) | 106 (26) |
| 55 | Chadwick | 124428 | 27:17 | 88 (15) | 89 (16) | 103 (19) | 102 (17) | 110 (19) |
| 56 | Edprof | 131918 | 27:28 | 94 (16) | 93 (20) | 99 (17) | 100 (18) | 111 (19) |
| 57 | diogenes | 165531 | 28:09 | 90 (23) | 96 (20) | 103 (20) | 97 (23) | 113 (22) |
| 58 | Manveru | 69358 | 28:11 | 89 (10) | 88 (9) | 109 (13) | 101 (11) | 108 (8) |
| 59 | dec | 82246 | 28:33 | 87 (14) | 102 (10) | 104 (9) | 102 (14) | 107 (11) |
| 60 | Mkgnao | 178089 | 30:55 | 83 (21) | 92 (21) | 102 (21) | 99 (20) | 120 (23) |
| 61 | NAPASAI | 142486 | 31:14 | 92 (18) | 78 (19) | 119 (12) | 93 (15) | 118 (22) |
| 62 | fudgiebates | 81082 | 31:25 | 78 (10) | 90 (9) | 97 (11) | 115 (10) | 112 (13) |
| 63 | koro | 210972 | 31:40 | 85 (26) | 96 (23) | 106 (22) | 100 (24) | 111 (26) |
| 64 | rosselliot | 180757 | 32:02 | 83 (22) | 99 (22) | 105 (19) | 106 (22) | 107 (19) |
| 65 | nekabue | 200046 | 32:03 | 88 (25) | 85 (24) | 109 (18) | 93 (23) | 125 (24) |
| 66 | Jeeves | 87663 | 34:47 | 101 (6) | 81 (12) | 116 (9) | 100 (12) | 105 (13) |
| 67 | FelicityTT | 121696 | 34:58 | 91 (11) | 92 (12) | 104 (13) | 90 (15) | 114 (17) |
| 68 | ulaca | 194337 | 35:12 | 81 (18) | 92 (22) | 101 (22) | 97 (20) | 124 (20) |
| 69 | Glyndwr | 188572 | 35:18 | 86 (23) | 99 (20) | 94 (16) | 99 (21) | 122 (19) |
| 70 | cassandra | 250485 | 35:40 | 97 (26) | 98 (26) | 99 (23) | 101 (26) | 103 (26) |
| 71 | VictoriaW | 98149 | 36:21 | 107 (12) | 103 (12) | 109 (10) | 70 (7) | 96 (14) |
| 72 | JohnDun | 207384 | 36:46 | 73 (20) | 98 (20) | 100 (17) | 103 (23) | 120 (24) |
| 73 | 1234 | 213330 | 38:13 | 85 (22) | 101 (21) | 97 (18) | 96 (20) | 118 (22) |
| 74 | Big Nug | 262972 | 39:07 | 88 (25) | 91 (24) | 97 (21) | 102 (26) | 118 (26) |
| 75 | Jefe | 139470 | 47:26 | 60 (14) | 67 (12) | 142 (9) | 159 (8) | 110 (16) |
| 76 | JerryR | 315026 | 48:36 | 83 (24) | 88 (25) | 103 (23) | 105 (23) | 122 (23) |
| 77 | Clovis | 311662 | 53:00 | 46 (23) | 81 (21) | 122 (21) | 131 (21) | 122 (22) |