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 | 19602 | 06:09 | 81 (12) | 88 (12) | 100 (13) | 114 (14) | 113 (12) |
| 2 | Eamon Ryan | 45455 | 06:57 | 84 (25) | 92 (22) | 102 (25) | 104 (25) | 117 (22) |
| 3 | Jason | 51028 | 07:23 | 80 (26) | 98 (25) | 99 (25) | 108 (25) | 114 (24) |
| 4 | verlaine | 54804 | 07:40 | 77 (26) | 95 (26) | 102 (25) | 108 (26) | 116 (26) |
| 5 | mistigris | 49004 | 08:30 | 82 (18) | 99 (22) | 98 (23) | 107 (22) | 110 (21) |
| 6 | aphis99 | 57336 | 08:36 | 83 (24) | 88 (24) | 95 (24) | 105 (25) | 126 (24) |
| 7 | Midas | 64541 | 09:26 | 87 (26) | 91 (26) | 104 (25) | 105 (23) | 114 (24) |
| 8 | richard | 27464 | 09:44 | 83 (13) | 99 (14) | 106 (15) | 105 (9) | 115 (6) |
| 9 | AlanS | 67851 | 09:44 | 84 (25) | 96 (26) | 104 (25) | 108 (24) | 107 (26) |
| 10 | chindit | 72267 | 10:22 | 86 (26) | 86 (24) | 111 (25) | 106 (26) | 109 (25) |
| 11 | asaldanha | 66116 | 10:29 | 73 (21) | 90 (25) | 106 (25) | 105 (23) | 124 (21) |
| 12 | chriswords | 61952 | 11:20 | 91 (23) | 90 (21) | 106 (21) | 109 (22) | 104 (14) |
| 13 | glheard | 58587 | 11:54 | 83 (20) | 95 (20) | 90 (15) | 122 (21) | 104 (16) |
| 14 | lickert | 78471 | 12:06 | 83 (24) | 83 (24) | 109 (24) | 112 (25) | 111 (21) |
| 15 | Tom Stubbs | 81402 | 12:20 | 80 (24) | 99 (25) | 110 (24) | 103 (24) | 106 (23) |
| 16 | trux | 31208 | 12:23 | 78 (11) | 94 (7) | 100 (14) | 114 (11) | 113 (9) |
| 17 | Topical Tim | 80268 | 13:06 | 72 (23) | 87 (22) | 106 (22) | 117 (22) | 116 (23) |
| 18 | Spur58 | 45157 | 13:12 | 97 (12) | 99 (18) | 99 (16) | 96 (11) | 110 (10) |
| 19 | jimpen | 85520 | 13:26 | 85 (24) | 94 (25) | 108 (25) | 102 (19) | 110 (23) |
| 20 | noidea | 62306 | 13:29 | 88 (21) | 101 (19) | 107 (12) | 102 (18) | 104 (17) |
| 21 | keriothe_ | 89118 | 13:30 | 77 (24) | 97 (25) | 100 (23) | 104 (22) | 118 (26) |
| 22 | fshephe | 95733 | 13:38 | 92 (25) | 95 (26) | 97 (25) | 105 (26) | 109 (25) |
| 23 | neilr | 91428 | 13:43 | 88 (24) | 88 (24) | 103 (25) | 107 (25) | 112 (23) |
| 24 | SimonAnthony | 67218 | 13:49 | 67 (19) | 92 (18) | 87 (19) | 106 (16) | 147 (19) |
| 25 | p.wild | 99494 | 13:49 | 90 (26) | 99 (26) | 102 (26) | 101 (26) | 106 (26) |
| 26 | Silva | 95786 | 13:52 | 86 (26) | 94 (26) | 100 (25) | 102 (24) | 119 (24) |
| 27 | Stavros | 77258 | 14:18 | 82 (20) | 91 (21) | 98 (20) | 108 (19) | 119 (20) |
| 28 | Groucho | 62264 | 14:24 | 85 (21) | 107 (19) | 94 (15) | 110 (17) | 108 (10) |
| 29 | mikegrocott | 60553 | 14:25 | 89 (10) | 91 (12) | 99 (21) | 101 (20) | 110 (17) |
| 30 | Sheapey | 87657 | 14:27 | 78 (23) | 87 (22) | 100 (23) | 118 (20) | 117 (23) |
| 31 | xyster | 33694 | 14:46 | 73 (12) | 82 (8) | 121 (9) | 113 (10) | 116 (9) |
| 32 | Tibthorpe | 87795 | 14:55 | 82 (25) | 97 (23) | 94 (21) | 113 (21) | 118 (18) |
| 33 | Malcj | 86839 | 15:14 | 79 (22) | 96 (22) | 108 (22) | 100 (17) | 114 (22) |
| 34 | cyrillic | 91872 | 15:28 | 81 (21) | 86 (23) | 108 (24) | 115 (22) | 107 (19) |
| 35 | MikeOsborne | 98298 | 16:03 | 79 (23) | 100 (23) | 99 (24) | 108 (21) | 114 (21) |
| 36 | Sue Sweeper | 65715 | 16:06 | 76 (11) | 86 (17) | 112 (21) | 107 (16) | 106 (13) |
| 37 | David Crooks | 91405 | 16:22 | 79 (23) | 93 (23) | 106 (19) | 106 (18) | 120 (20) |
| 38 | Spanna | 44837 | 16:36 | 95 (18) | 102 (14) | 100 (10) | 100 (6) | 103 (7) |
| 39 | phthisis | 49092 | 17:02 | 73 (14) | 97 (12) | 117 (11) | 109 (11) | 113 (10) |
| 40 | JezWoolfrey | 38793 | 17:57 | 76 (10) | 97 (12) | 102 (9) | 98 (6) | 128 (9) |
| 41 | sotira | 98151 | 17:58 | 81 (22) | 94 (20) | 104 (19) | 111 (20) | 109 (20) |
| 42 | robinh | 113721 | 18:13 | 90 (22) | 93 (24) | 99 (22) | 106 (23) | 109 (23) |
| 43 | OliviaRhineb | 123141 | 18:19 | 76 (25) | 95 (26) | 106 (22) | 111 (26) | 111 (23) |
| 44 | Squallaby | 112053 | 18:51 | 84 (25) | 89 (21) | 88 (18) | 117 (23) | 118 (22) |
| 45 | LouWeed | 134703 | 18:51 | 82 (26) | 97 (26) | 99 (26) | 109 (26) | 111 (25) |
| 46 | GMcD | 134129 | 18:56 | 81 (26) | 92 (25) | 103 (26) | 113 (25) | 108 (26) |
| 47 | Craven | 126249 | 19:07 | 89 (26) | 98 (26) | 101 (24) | 107 (23) | 105 (21) |
| 48 | annelambirth | 101718 | 19:56 | 92 (23) | 98 (22) | 97 (18) | 98 (17) | 118 (15) |
| 49 | Looch | 127193 | 20:34 | 84 (23) | 91 (21) | 105 (24) | 110 (22) | 107 (23) |
| 50 | Ed freshpot | 108986 | 20:52 | 87 (20) | 92 (19) | 99 (20) | 100 (19) | 121 (19) |
| 51 | barracuda | 145944 | 20:58 | 79 (26) | 98 (26) | 101 (25) | 106 (25) | 114 (24) |
| 52 | poskir | 103278 | 20:59 | 95 (19) | 101 (17) | 102 (18) | 99 (19) | 101 (19) |
| 53 | sampson | 79368 | 21:20 | 94 (18) | 100 (17) | 99 (12) | 102 (13) | 107 (12) |
| 54 | pterodactyl | 98602 | 21:20 | 87 (19) | 97 (22) | 99 (18) | 111 (15) | 112 (13) |
| 55 | Zabadak | 133474 | 21:23 | 80 (25) | 90 (20) | 105 (22) | 112 (23) | 111 (24) |
| 56 | benedick | 85722 | 21:38 | 86 (20) | 94 (16) | 113 (14) | 102 (13) | 110 (13) |
| 57 | Kevin Gregg | 122360 | 21:41 | 85 (25) | 105 (22) | 97 (19) | 106 (18) | 110 (20) |
| 58 | mcjwright | 143299 | 21:42 | 81 (25) | 94 (23) | 102 (25) | 108 (25) | 114 (22) |
| 59 | John Arnold | 80094 | 21:53 | 89 (21) | 91 (12) | 95 (12) | 108 (15) | 124 (11) |
| 60 | gbestanley | 118473 | 22:57 | 85 (25) | 100 (20) | 100 (19) | 107 (16) | 114 (16) |
| 61 | Solver52 | 164970 | 23:06 | 91 (26) | 96 (26) | 101 (26) | 103 (25) | 106 (26) |
| 62 | colin2355 | 140610 | 23:26 | 80 (22) | 95 (23) | 98 (23) | 118 (19) | 109 (23) |
| 63 | zythum | 53621 | 24:09 | 85 (10) | 92 (9) | 101 (12) | 122 (7) | 106 (9) |
| 64 | fudgiebates | 89532 | 25:43 | 88 (17) | 95 (13) | 104 (15) | 95 (12) | 123 (11) |
| 65 | dec | 78544 | 26:10 | 91 (13) | 88 (9) | 109 (12) | 101 (13) | 106 (13) |
| 66 | Chadwick | 94575 | 26:16 | 84 (14) | 91 (14) | 103 (15) | 115 (14) | 104 (13) |
| 67 | rjcassidy | 134548 | 26:22 | 76 (19) | 92 (19) | 101 (15) | 115 (23) | 111 (19) |
| 68 | Edprof | 62376 | 27:21 | 78 (12) | 104 (10) | 104 (10) | 109 (10) | 117 (6) |
| 69 | diogenes | 169448 | 27:25 | 82 (25) | 97 (24) | 96 (22) | 109 (22) | 119 (20) |
| 70 | NAPASAI | 90763 | 27:30 | 89 (14) | 103 (16) | 102 (13) | 99 (7) | 103 (15) |
| 71 | dont_panic | 131558 | 27:45 | 78 (17) | 83 (16) | 103 (18) | 106 (18) | 121 (20) |
| 72 | William M | 113478 | 27:48 | 79 (18) | 89 (14) | 103 (13) | 116 (18) | 111 (15) |
| 73 | phmfantom | 137203 | 28:13 | 80 (21) | 106 (15) | 97 (22) | 110 (19) | 113 (14) |
| 74 | Manveru | 105253 | 28:17 | 96 (19) | 99 (15) | 105 (13) | 92 (14) | 110 (11) |
| 75 | cassandra | 101098 | 28:33 | 89 (14) | 98 (14) | 101 (14) | 106 (14) | 104 (13) |
| 76 | nekabue | 199304 | 31:20 | 80 (25) | 93 (25) | 100 (21) | 107 (22) | 120 (23) |
| 77 | ulaca | 161140 | 31:35 | 70 (22) | 104 (21) | 105 (17) | 110 (18) | 116 (17) |
| 78 | rosselliot | 169754 | 32:53 | 78 (18) | 97 (20) | 108 (22) | 104 (18) | 109 (18) |
| 79 | Big Nug | 210920 | 33:28 | 90 (23) | 96 (23) | 97 (25) | 105 (23) | 111 (21) |
| 80 | Jeeves | 103046 | 33:40 | 58 (10) | 86 (10) | 118 (13) | 105 (14) | 114 (14) |
| 81 | FelicityTT | 109226 | 33:42 | 80 (11) | 94 (13) | 92 (13) | 104 (14) | 124 (13) |
| 82 | Glyndwr | 156786 | 33:56 | 87 (23) | 96 (21) | 105 (18) | 106 (15) | 119 (10) |
| 83 | koro | 202220 | 34:02 | 84 (21) | 94 (23) | 105 (22) | 106 (21) | 109 (22) |
| 84 | Crippens1 | 177403 | 34:22 | 85 (22) | 101 (23) | 102 (19) | 105 (16) | 108 (16) |
| 85 | JohnDun | 220037 | 35:15 | 70 (21) | 90 (24) | 111 (24) | 114 (22) | 111 (23) |
| 86 | 1234 | 215447 | 35:54 | 88 (23) | 99 (23) | 93 (22) | 110 (22) | 110 (20) |
| 87 | Tudds | 230075 | 36:10 | 69 (23) | 89 (23) | 99 (24) | 124 (24) | 117 (22) |
| 88 | eniamretrauq | 188771 | 38:22 | 75 (19) | 88 (14) | 91 (22) | 126 (20) | 115 (17) |
| 89 | empty | 269963 | 40:32 | 89 (24) | 99 (24) | 100 (24) | 105 (25) | 104 (24) |