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 | 14624 | 06:05 | 90 (9) | 95 (10) | 99 (9) | 98 (12) | 115 (10) |
| 2 | Magoo | 18102 | 06:33 | 78 (7) | 98 (11) | 106 (15) | 93 (11) | 110 (12) |
| 3 | Eamon Ryan | 47507 | 06:46 | 89 (26) | 94 (26) | 98 (23) | 106 (26) | 110 (26) |
| 4 | 99evers | 18349 | 07:16 | 118 (9) | 112 (12) | 97 (10) | 98 (11) | 73 (10) |
| 5 | Jason | 49170 | 07:27 | 88 (26) | 91 (24) | 103 (21) | 104 (24) | 112 (25) |
| 6 | mistigris | 30321 | 08:51 | 87 (13) | 98 (14) | 92 (12) | 106 (14) | 113 (14) |
| 7 | aphis99 | 62085 | 09:24 | 91 (23) | 90 (24) | 104 (23) | 102 (26) | 111 (24) |
| 8 | mxxx | 25037 | 09:42 | 98 (17) | 102 (16) | 103 (7) | 91 (7) | 99 (6) |
| 9 | AlanS | 67722 | 10:15 | 86 (25) | 94 (25) | 105 (22) | 93 (25) | 122 (23) |
| 10 | richard | 32225 | 10:19 | 90 (14) | 99 (13) | 91 (10) | 108 (14) | 108 (11) |
| 11 | chindit | 63806 | 11:11 | 83 (23) | 100 (22) | 102 (19) | 98 (20) | 116 (21) |
| 12 | lickert | 61735 | 11:18 | 87 (20) | 96 (20) | 98 (18) | 106 (21) | 109 (22) |
| 13 | trux | 36948 | 12:18 | 83 (14) | 97 (16) | 99 (11) | 112 (10) | 120 (9) |
| 14 | glheard | 68818 | 12:36 | 85 (22) | 95 (18) | 102 (19) | 107 (22) | 110 (20) |
| 15 | Topical Tim | 81836 | 12:37 | 82 (24) | 103 (25) | 101 (22) | 102 (23) | 110 (24) |
| 16 | Tom Stubbs | 85900 | 13:38 | 80 (25) | 98 (23) | 110 (20) | 109 (24) | 104 (23) |
| 17 | Ben Staveley | 40255 | 13:41 | 101 (9) | 95 (14) | 104 (12) | 91 (16) | 119 (8) |
| 18 | Stavros | 71698 | 14:03 | 85 (20) | 93 (21) | 97 (16) | 105 (19) | 119 (19) |
| 19 | neilr | 98917 | 14:27 | 92 (26) | 89 (25) | 102 (23) | 102 (25) | 113 (25) |
| 20 | fshephe | 102807 | 14:53 | 94 (24) | 98 (26) | 102 (23) | 100 (26) | 105 (26) |
| 21 | Silva | 98808 | 14:58 | 82 (26) | 95 (26) | 107 (22) | 98 (24) | 120 (22) |
| 22 | keriothe_ | 81251 | 15:02 | 74 (19) | 104 (21) | 99 (21) | 94 (18) | 123 (21) |
| 23 | mikegrocott | 51026 | 15:11 | 95 (15) | 89 (9) | 102 (13) | 95 (11) | 108 (18) |
| 24 | noidea | 77908 | 15:27 | 85 (20) | 106 (20) | 102 (17) | 98 (18) | 106 (19) |
| 25 | Tibthorpe | 103100 | 15:54 | 75 (26) | 92 (25) | 105 (23) | 119 (23) | 113 (21) |
| 26 | phthisis | 34743 | 17:01 | 95 (10) | 95 (13) | 108 (9) | 94 (6) | 111 (6) |
| 27 | Ron's mum | 74782 | 17:04 | 89 (20) | 89 (18) | 117 (17) | 59 (15) | 156 (13) |
| 28 | SimonAnthony | 99984 | 17:10 | 80 (21) | 88 (23) | 122 (17) | 108 (24) | 104 (22) |
| 29 | sotira | 89629 | 17:22 | 87 (23) | 93 (19) | 108 (18) | 106 (18) | 107 (18) |
| 30 | Groucho | 89087 | 17:28 | 87 (26) | 110 (19) | 98 (16) | 106 (18) | 103 (16) |
| 31 | Sue Sweeper | 67346 | 17:32 | 87 (14) | 98 (18) | 103 (13) | 101 (16) | 111 (13) |
| 32 | Spanna | 57436 | 17:43 | 94 (16) | 103 (14) | 109 (11) | 98 (15) | 97 (8) |
| 33 | robinh | 113913 | 18:15 | 84 (23) | 92 (23) | 102 (21) | 102 (24) | 117 (23) |
| 34 | OliviaRhineb | 123155 | 18:29 | 81 (26) | 95 (26) | 103 (23) | 104 (26) | 120 (20) |
| 35 | GMcD | 131332 | 18:42 | 85 (26) | 91 (26) | 98 (23) | 109 (26) | 115 (26) |
| 36 | David Crooks | 109878 | 18:52 | 84 (25) | 99 (23) | 110 (19) | 101 (20) | 109 (20) |
| 37 | David P | 75375 | 19:37 | 85 (14) | 98 (14) | 111 (14) | 90 (16) | 112 (16) |
| 38 | MickinEly2 | 46757 | 19:58 | 100 (15) | 102 (9) | 100 (8) | 98 (9) | 98 (8) |
| 39 | barracuda | 141225 | 20:28 | 87 (26) | 99 (26) | 100 (23) | 102 (24) | 109 (26) |
| 40 | sampson | 79992 | 20:49 | 94 (17) | 100 (21) | 105 (13) | 101 (16) | 98 (7) |
| 41 | John Arnold | 81700 | 20:56 | 95 (22) | 94 (13) | 106 (13) | 94 (13) | 112 (14) |
| 42 | xmogg | 41261 | 21:29 | 78 (8) | 104 (7) | 91 (8) | 116 (11) | 102 (8) |
| 43 | pterodactyl | 107147 | 22:36 | 80 (17) | 108 (16) | 107 (20) | 99 (19) | 103 (17) |
| 44 | Zabadak | 151711 | 22:46 | 84 (25) | 99 (25) | 101 (22) | 102 (25) | 113 (24) |
| 45 | benedick | 78876 | 23:03 | 84 (11) | 103 (16) | 93 (15) | 108 (16) | 107 (9) |
| 46 | Kevin Gregg | 139195 | 23:40 | 92 (22) | 100 (24) | 98 (18) | 96 (24) | 113 (20) |
| 47 | crosswordian | 131333 | 24:35 | 90 (21) | 97 (21) | 104 (21) | 95 (16) | 111 (20) |
| 48 | Solver52 | 178404 | 25:24 | 93 (26) | 100 (26) | 105 (23) | 97 (26) | 103 (26) |
| 49 | zythum | 76602 | 26:35 | 85 (13) | 111 (12) | 108 (9) | 99 (12) | 99 (12) |
| 50 | Edprof | 123228 | 27:01 | 86 (16) | 102 (19) | 101 (19) | 94 (17) | 114 (15) |
| 51 | diogenes | 161225 | 27:42 | 85 (24) | 102 (21) | 102 (20) | 99 (22) | 113 (20) |
| 52 | Chadwick | 86952 | 27:52 | 91 (11) | 106 (11) | 99 (14) | 94 (12) | 106 (14) |
| 53 | dec | 97794 | 29:06 | 86 (16) | 99 (14) | 108 (12) | 101 (14) | 110 (10) |
| 54 | Manveru | 87723 | 29:14 | 82 (13) | 95 (10) | 107 (14) | 101 (13) | 116 (10) |
| 55 | Mkgnao | 143859 | 29:36 | 79 (19) | 90 (17) | 96 (16) | 106 (18) | 123 (21) |
| 56 | VictoriaW | 85151 | 31:32 | 96 (11) | 91 (13) | 133 (8) | 73 (9) | 108 (14) |
| 57 | fudgiebates | 94334 | 32:45 | 72 (10) | 93 (12) | 96 (11) | 109 (10) | 118 (15) |
| 58 | koro | 222067 | 32:45 | 83 (26) | 100 (24) | 107 (23) | 99 (25) | 110 (25) |
| 59 | NAPASAI | 137754 | 32:47 | 93 (16) | 95 (17) | 115 (16) | 89 (14) | 103 (17) |
| 60 | nekabue | 192819 | 32:47 | 85 (24) | 93 (24) | 98 (17) | 102 (21) | 121 (22) |
| 61 | FelicityTT | 145261 | 35:05 | 87 (13) | 97 (17) | 98 (15) | 92 (14) | 115 (20) |
| 62 | rosselliot | 184386 | 35:19 | 81 (21) | 103 (19) | 113 (15) | 104 (21) | 101 (21) |
| 63 | Glyndwr | 189676 | 35:31 | 90 (23) | 107 (20) | 95 (18) | 99 (21) | 109 (17) |
| 64 | ulaca | 168279 | 35:57 | 85 (18) | 106 (21) | 96 (18) | 90 (15) | 119 (16) |
| 65 | cassandra | 253780 | 36:09 | 96 (26) | 98 (26) | 103 (23) | 100 (26) | 101 (26) |
| 66 | JohnDun | 211888 | 37:10 | 73 (22) | 100 (22) | 106 (18) | 96 (21) | 124 (22) |
| 67 | Jeeves | 112105 | 37:22 | 86 (8) | 96 (13) | 111 (13) | 91 (12) | 106 (14) |
| 68 | 1234 | 226570 | 39:20 | 83 (24) | 100 (21) | 105 (18) | 95 (23) | 119 (20) |
| 69 | Big Nug | 257510 | 39:22 | 92 (24) | 91 (24) | 98 (22) | 110 (25) | 105 (24) |
| 70 | Jefe | 155673 | 47:10 | 66 (14) | 77 (15) | 91 (10) | 157 (10) | 121 (16) |
| 71 | JerryR | 326651 | 50:24 | 81 (24) | 94 (24) | 103 (23) | 101 (23) | 118 (24) |
| 72 | Clovis | 348984 | 58:45 | 53 (23) | 101 (22) | 111 (22) | 135 (22) | 100 (20) |