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 | 23003 | 06:23 | 82 (11) | 109 (14) | 103 (14) | 98 (15) | 101 (16) |
| 2 | Eamon Ryan | 49559 | 06:59 | 87 (26) | 95 (25) | 107 (25) | 104 (26) | 106 (26) |
| 3 | Jason | 54089 | 07:46 | 85 (25) | 94 (25) | 106 (25) | 101 (25) | 112 (26) |
| 4 | verlaine | 47576 | 08:37 | 87 (23) | 94 (23) | 100 (17) | 107 (22) | 114 (17) |
| 5 | mistigris | 46417 | 09:06 | 84 (20) | 103 (20) | 88 (16) | 102 (19) | 117 (20) |
| 6 | aphis99 | 65908 | 09:23 | 81 (25) | 97 (25) | 106 (26) | 103 (26) | 109 (25) |
| 7 | Ron's mum | 24984 | 09:41 | 119 (14) | 100 (9) | 98 (11) | 67 (10) | 104 (9) |
| 8 | Midas | 70410 | 09:51 | 89 (26) | 100 (26) | 103 (26) | 102 (26) | 105 (25) |
| 9 | richard | 30720 | 10:40 | 82 (10) | 101 (12) | 90 (13) | 115 (15) | 104 (8) |
| 10 | AlanS | 72623 | 10:42 | 94 (26) | 96 (25) | 93 (25) | 99 (24) | 117 (23) |
| 11 | chindit | 64339 | 11:17 | 85 (22) | 99 (23) | 98 (17) | 105 (22) | 111 (21) |
| 12 | asaldanha | 73812 | 12:03 | 92 (23) | 96 (24) | 92 (17) | 99 (24) | 116 (24) |
| 13 | lickert | 70301 | 12:04 | 87 (21) | 101 (21) | 95 (19) | 100 (22) | 112 (24) |
| 14 | chriswords | 73513 | 12:07 | 93 (24) | 105 (20) | 94 (25) | 102 (21) | 106 (21) |
| 15 | glheard | 63838 | 12:13 | 87 (20) | 101 (18) | 107 (18) | 100 (23) | 105 (18) |
| 16 | Derek Harrison | 52758 | 13:07 | 89 (8) | 92 (17) | 103 (19) | 100 (20) | 110 (13) |
| 17 | Spur58 | 53817 | 13:11 | 89 (16) | 102 (15) | 101 (19) | 103 (17) | 105 (11) |
| 18 | Topical Tim | 84255 | 13:14 | 87 (24) | 111 (25) | 94 (19) | 105 (24) | 100 (24) |
| 19 | Tom Stubbs | 90090 | 13:24 | 87 (26) | 90 (25) | 108 (21) | 103 (25) | 112 (25) |
| 20 | Stavros | 87810 | 14:46 | 86 (22) | 96 (23) | 90 (20) | 108 (23) | 117 (21) |
| 21 | Ben Staveley | 42605 | 14:47 | 83 (9) | 97 (15) | 107 (13) | 85 (11) | 124 (10) |
| 22 | Silva | 89747 | 14:48 | 85 (25) | 103 (26) | 96 (16) | 109 (23) | 106 (21) |
| 23 | keriothe_ | 81978 | 14:51 | 79 (21) | 105 (20) | 110 (19) | 99 (21) | 106 (21) |
| 24 | neilr | 102808 | 14:53 | 83 (26) | 96 (25) | 98 (23) | 104 (25) | 116 (26) |
| 25 | noidea | 71616 | 14:55 | 89 (20) | 104 (21) | 103 (17) | 99 (18) | 105 (14) |
| 26 | p.wild | 106030 | 14:58 | 89 (26) | 99 (26) | 96 (26) | 107 (26) | 107 (24) |
| 27 | mikegrocott | 65706 | 15:00 | 88 (18) | 94 (12) | 103 (19) | 104 (15) | 107 (19) |
| 28 | SimonAnthony | 80466 | 15:14 | 84 (22) | 101 (21) | 104 (20) | 107 (17) | 106 (18) |
| 29 | PGooden | 83443 | 15:16 | 80 (21) | 104 (22) | 106 (18) | 93 (23) | 121 (17) |
| 30 | fshephe | 107846 | 15:21 | 94 (24) | 95 (26) | 107 (25) | 98 (26) | 104 (26) |
| 31 | jimpen | 86337 | 15:38 | 84 (23) | 101 (22) | 102 (20) | 99 (19) | 116 (18) |
| 32 | Jon88 | 111593 | 15:53 | 88 (24) | 96 (26) | 105 (26) | 102 (26) | 106 (25) |
| 33 | Sheapey | 111427 | 16:08 | 79 (24) | 88 (26) | 109 (25) | 104 (26) | 118 (24) |
| 34 | xyster | 30143 | 16:12 | 78 (9) | 96 (11) | 103 (7) | 109 (7) | 122 (7) |
| 35 | Tibthorpe | 109246 | 16:15 | 76 (26) | 103 (24) | 104 (26) | 103 (25) | 116 (21) |
| 36 | Groucho | 88435 | 16:22 | 89 (26) | 105 (21) | 104 (20) | 101 (18) | 102 (15) |
| 37 | cyrillic | 78736 | 16:36 | 89 (17) | 95 (19) | 99 (21) | 103 (18) | 114 (14) |
| 38 | Malcj | 109196 | 16:41 | 85 (24) | 103 (24) | 102 (23) | 92 (24) | 116 (24) |
| 39 | phthisis | 71597 | 17:48 | 85 (16) | 98 (15) | 109 (14) | 102 (16) | 104 (16) |
| 40 | Sue Sweeper | 72155 | 17:56 | 76 (14) | 96 (14) | 98 (13) | 105 (18) | 116 (18) |
| 41 | David Crooks | 113081 | 18:28 | 83 (24) | 107 (23) | 105 (24) | 102 (21) | 102 (20) |
| 42 | robinh | 125831 | 18:33 | 88 (25) | 96 (25) | 107 (24) | 96 (24) | 111 (25) |
| 43 | MikeOsborne | 108069 | 18:34 | 83 (24) | 99 (22) | 111 (18) | 101 (23) | 108 (20) |
| 44 | sotira | 103745 | 18:47 | 83 (21) | 100 (20) | 102 (16) | 102 (22) | 110 (23) |
| 45 | JezWoolfrey | 91862 | 19:22 | 81 (16) | 85 (18) | 108 (19) | 97 (16) | 120 (20) |
| 46 | OliviaRhineb | 136103 | 19:33 | 80 (26) | 96 (25) | 105 (26) | 105 (26) | 112 (23) |
| 47 | GMcD | 140718 | 19:42 | 85 (26) | 95 (26) | 98 (25) | 108 (26) | 112 (26) |
| 48 | annelambirth | 90759 | 21:00 | 91 (19) | 102 (15) | 97 (17) | 94 (18) | 122 (13) |
| 49 | Squallaby | 116699 | 21:08 | 79 (24) | 93 (24) | 112 (18) | 108 (21) | 117 (15) |
| 50 | diogenes | 61555 | 21:22 | 82 (14) | 105 (13) | 108 (11) | 103 (14) | 107 (6) |
| 51 | David P | 32185 | 21:27 | 79 (7) | 92 (6) | 115 (7) | 93 (7) | 114 (8) |
| 52 | sampson | 89592 | 21:38 | 97 (19) | 100 (21) | 103 (13) | 93 (16) | 111 (10) |
| 53 | barracuda | 154264 | 21:47 | 90 (26) | 96 (26) | 102 (26) | 99 (24) | 110 (26) |
| 54 | mcjwright | 142998 | 21:51 | 83 (24) | 104 (24) | 94 (23) | 95 (24) | 121 (24) |
| 55 | RobR | 89242 | 21:52 | 92 (19) | 99 (17) | 92 (13) | 109 (17) | 106 (12) |
| 56 | LouWeed | 156637 | 22:07 | 88 (26) | 98 (26) | 102 (25) | 100 (26) | 110 (25) |
| 57 | John Arnold | 88174 | 22:15 | 86 (19) | 99 (14) | 113 (12) | 83 (16) | 125 (15) |
| 58 | Craven | 151994 | 22:25 | 87 (25) | 100 (26) | 98 (23) | 102 (24) | 110 (25) |
| 59 | Kevin Gregg | 125375 | 22:28 | 88 (20) | 103 (22) | 109 (20) | 94 (22) | 104 (19) |
| 60 | Zabadak | 155434 | 22:31 | 87 (26) | 97 (25) | 102 (25) | 99 (24) | 113 (25) |
| 61 | benedick | 86984 | 22:39 | 78 (15) | 111 (18) | 101 (16) | 99 (13) | 106 (12) |
| 62 | pterodactyl | 108665 | 22:55 | 86 (21) | 108 (16) | 105 (18) | 93 (17) | 108 (17) |
| 63 | Ed freshpot | 123126 | 23:03 | 89 (22) | 89 (19) | 112 (21) | 95 (16) | 111 (21) |
| 64 | poskir | 129646 | 23:29 | 98 (20) | 97 (21) | 107 (21) | 97 (21) | 97 (19) |
| 65 | gbestanley | 117083 | 23:30 | 89 (20) | 104 (14) | 97 (21) | 95 (20) | 116 (18) |
| 66 | Looch | 110346 | 23:34 | 79 (16) | 101 (20) | 111 (19) | 91 (15) | 110 (18) |
| 67 | colin2355 | 137074 | 24:33 | 87 (18) | 98 (24) | 91 (21) | 104 (20) | 117 (20) |
| 68 | Edprof | 116087 | 24:48 | 85 (20) | 92 (18) | 107 (22) | 101 (17) | 124 (11) |
| 69 | Solver52 | 174093 | 25:00 | 89 (25) | 103 (25) | 104 (25) | 95 (25) | 106 (26) |
| 70 | rjcassidy | 144477 | 25:20 | 82 (22) | 105 (24) | 100 (23) | 96 (19) | 117 (17) |
| 71 | zythum | 120286 | 26:02 | 88 (18) | 107 (18) | 101 (17) | 99 (17) | 103 (17) |
| 72 | crosswordian | 57145 | 26:27 | 77 (9) | 89 (8) | 104 (14) | 108 (7) | 120 (8) |
| 73 | Chadwick | 135249 | 27:29 | 82 (16) | 99 (18) | 110 (19) | 98 (20) | 105 (19) |
| 74 | phmfantom | 173181 | 27:29 | 88 (25) | 103 (22) | 96 (22) | 99 (22) | 112 (24) |
| 75 | Mkgnao | 114549 | 28:04 | 90 (17) | 98 (18) | 103 (12) | 93 (18) | 120 (13) |
| 76 | dont_panic | 156632 | 28:41 | 85 (20) | 96 (23) | 112 (21) | 102 (18) | 103 (19) |
| 77 | struggler | 193084 | 28:43 | 92 (25) | 100 (25) | 103 (22) | 101 (26) | 102 (24) |
| 78 | dec | 120655 | 29:34 | 86 (17) | 98 (17) | 106 (18) | 105 (17) | 105 (9) |
| 79 | iagmathewson | 112526 | 30:14 | 87 (15) | 95 (17) | 108 (14) | 92 (12) | 116 (14) |
| 80 | Manveru | 102482 | 30:30 | 88 (17) | 101 (12) | 103 (14) | 101 (12) | 111 (11) |
| 81 | William M | 135260 | 30:52 | 76 (16) | 100 (16) | 112 (17) | 98 (16) | 110 (18) |
| 82 | branch | 134461 | 32:28 | 70 (15) | 108 (16) | 101 (14) | 109 (17) | 106 (17) |
| 83 | nekabue | 211338 | 32:55 | 85 (24) | 93 (25) | 109 (23) | 105 (22) | 107 (23) |
| 84 | fudgiebates | 103054 | 33:01 | 75 (15) | 93 (11) | 95 (8) | 100 (15) | 136 (13) |
| 85 | NAPASAI | 133301 | 33:09 | 96 (17) | 115 (12) | 88 (21) | 106 (14) | 104 (13) |
| 86 | cassandra | 238692 | 33:09 | 94 (26) | 100 (26) | 103 (26) | 101 (26) | 99 (26) |
| 87 | koro | 233163 | 33:47 | 83 (25) | 100 (25) | 100 (25) | 104 (25) | 110 (25) |
| 88 | FelicityTT | 123627 | 34:55 | 86 (12) | 96 (16) | 101 (15) | 96 (8) | 111 (18) |
| 89 | ulaca | 146959 | 35:29 | 84 (17) | 111 (18) | 96 (15) | 88 (15) | 121 (14) |
| 90 | rosselliot | 181510 | 35:35 | 84 (22) | 100 (18) | 109 (17) | 99 (20) | 110 (18) |
| 91 | Glyndwr | 203045 | 36:00 | 91 (25) | 107 (21) | 101 (21) | 98 (20) | 102 (17) |
| 92 | JohnDun | 232070 | 36:08 | 72 (25) | 100 (24) | 105 (25) | 100 (21) | 124 (22) |
| 93 | Big Nug | 252504 | 36:54 | 86 (25) | 99 (26) | 93 (26) | 111 (24) | 110 (23) |
| 94 | Jeeves | 117180 | 37:33 | 87 (14) | 114 (11) | 103 (11) | 87 (13) | 111 (13) |
| 95 | Crippens1 | 233590 | 39:19 | 77 (25) | 102 (25) | 111 (20) | 95 (19) | 118 (20) |
| 96 | eniamretrauq | 175886 | 39:36 | 88 (13) | 105 (15) | 95 (18) | 92 (17) | 113 (21) |
| 97 | 1234 | 253829 | 39:54 | 84 (24) | 105 (25) | 103 (21) | 94 (25) | 113 (21) |
| 98 | Tudds | 264896 | 40:08 | 88 (25) | 93 (24) | 99 (22) | 111 (24) | 106 (25) |
| 99 | empty | 293066 | 41:23 | 90 (26) | 106 (25) | 102 (25) | 98 (26) | 102 (26) |
| 100 | JerryR | 284676 | 52:08 | 72 (21) | 99 (21) | 108 (21) | 102 (20) | 119 (18) |