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 | Eylesie | 28148 | 05:31 | 80 (19) | 117 (20) | 103 (15) | 105 (19) | 93 (22) |
| 2 | Magoo | 35307 | 05:49 | 79 (21) | 103 (23) | 99 (22) | 101 (25) | 117 (20) |
| 3 | mohn | 25233 | 06:34 | 82 (15) | 106 (15) | 103 (16) | 101 (15) | 106 (13) |
| 4 | Jason | 42740 | 07:03 | 81 (22) | 106 (22) | 101 (23) | 96 (22) | 113 (22) |
| 5 | Lettuceleaf | 18164 | 07:12 | 87 (9) | 84 (7) | 85 (13) | 129 (10) | 107 (13) |
| 6 | Eamon Ryan | 48031 | 07:28 | 94 (26) | 98 (23) | 102 (22) | 102 (24) | 103 (22) |
| 7 | Bogota Eagle | 30288 | 08:16 | 86 (15) | 105 (14) | 99 (16) | 105 (12) | 104 (14) |
| 8 | auchiedollie | 42497 | 08:51 | 88 (19) | 103 (21) | 99 (18) | 106 (15) | 103 (17) |
| 9 | aphis99 | 50968 | 09:08 | 85 (20) | 108 (22) | 103 (20) | 101 (23) | 100 (18) |
| 10 | verlaine | 53012 | 09:30 | 75 (20) | 95 (20) | 99 (21) | 110 (18) | 115 (24) |
| 11 | richard | 47679 | 09:55 | 81 (15) | 98 (20) | 91 (17) | 94 (19) | 128 (19) |
| 12 | alanconnor | 29089 | 10:32 | 87 (14) | 98 (14) | 99 (9) | 119 (9) | 105 (10) |
| 13 | lickert | 67047 | 11:17 | 83 (24) | 108 (21) | 100 (21) | 100 (22) | 108 (21) |
| 14 | Tom Stubbs | 71261 | 11:18 | 88 (24) | 91 (23) | 100 (22) | 95 (24) | 126 (22) |
| 15 | tonysever | 72926 | 11:34 | 83 (23) | 103 (23) | 101 (22) | 97 (24) | 114 (23) |
| 16 | Peter Fowler | 67567 | 12:06 | 95 (20) | 102 (18) | 98 (21) | 101 (22) | 102 (22) |
| 17 | Heyesey | 54684 | 12:18 | 82 (19) | 106 (18) | 97 (17) | 113 (17) | 104 (13) |
| 18 | Quizimodo | 76991 | 12:34 | 83 (21) | 113 (24) | 95 (24) | 98 (21) | 108 (22) |
| 19 | chindit | 74985 | 12:37 | 83 (22) | 99 (21) | 98 (21) | 102 (24) | 117 (21) |
| 20 | KenTurner | 76009 | 12:47 | 96 (21) | 100 (25) | 101 (20) | 102 (21) | 99 (22) |
| 21 | Silva | 73895 | 12:49 | 82 (23) | 110 (20) | 97 (19) | 103 (23) | 108 (21) |
| 22 | Toffer | 55632 | 13:26 | 83 (16) | 96 (14) | 108 (18) | 96 (16) | 113 (15) |
| 23 | AlanS | 74249 | 13:27 | 79 (22) | 101 (22) | 96 (20) | 102 (18) | 121 (20) |
| 24 | Topical Tim | 68544 | 13:36 | 77 (23) | 98 (18) | 103 (16) | 106 (18) | 119 (19) |
| 25 | neilr | 72666 | 13:36 | 83 (23) | 106 (21) | 101 (21) | 106 (16) | 106 (18) |
| 26 | mikegrocott | 62408 | 13:52 | 81 (22) | 109 (16) | 102 (16) | 99 (16) | 115 (15) |
| 27 | Denis | 82509 | 14:01 | 89 (22) | 98 (22) | 96 (21) | 103 (23) | 114 (20) |
| 28 | Stavros | 64979 | 14:03 | 86 (19) | 107 (16) | 97 (19) | 98 (18) | 114 (15) |
| 29 | Tibthorpe | 77218 | 14:17 | 86 (19) | 106 (20) | 95 (20) | 98 (19) | 110 (22) |
| 30 | mchalen | 93004 | 14:21 | 83 (25) | 102 (24) | 95 (24) | 99 (21) | 119 (24) |
| 31 | jjp | 51990 | 14:26 | 84 (19) | 116 (14) | 94 (13) | 105 (13) | 107 (11) |
| 32 | aphasic | 41466 | 14:42 | 83 (13) | 105 (13) | 101 (11) | 102 (13) | 117 (7) |
| 33 | earlylight | 80442 | 14:43 | 96 (20) | 103 (20) | 99 (20) | 98 (19) | 102 (22) |
| 34 | Sue Sweeper | 56828 | 15:02 | 79 (13) | 98 (19) | 107 (17) | 88 (12) | 125 (12) |
| 35 | Margaretlarb | 48773 | 15:20 | 90 (14) | 106 (14) | 111 (11) | 107 (11) | 88 (13) |
| 36 | AndyOwl | 86153 | 15:36 | 78 (21) | 100 (21) | 93 (19) | 110 (20) | 116 (21) |
| 37 | Werm | 45530 | 15:48 | 77 (14) | 109 (10) | 84 (12) | 119 (14) | 117 (8) |
| 38 | robinh | 81695 | 16:01 | 88 (20) | 99 (20) | 98 (17) | 104 (18) | 108 (20) |
| 39 | sotira | 63811 | 16:06 | 83 (19) | 115 (19) | 88 (12) | 90 (11) | 116 (15) |
| 40 | nesbitt | 48656 | 16:13 | 83 (15) | 109 (15) | 108 (11) | 97 (11) | 105 (8) |
| 41 | rpb | 73188 | 16:15 | 83 (19) | 110 (18) | 105 (16) | 90 (16) | 112 (16) |
| 42 | OliviaRhineb | 96056 | 16:30 | 77 (23) | 103 (22) | 101 (22) | 101 (21) | 119 (19) |
| 43 | phthisis | 99707 | 16:37 | 90 (23) | 95 (23) | 103 (21) | 108 (23) | 103 (20) |
| 44 | fshephe | 94978 | 17:12 | 75 (17) | 95 (24) | 102 (21) | 102 (19) | 118 (21) |
| 45 | subbswamysg | 43731 | 17:21 | 88 (12) | 93 (9) | 109 (10) | 109 (11) | 99 (10) |
| 46 | RHB | 58450 | 17:23 | 77 (13) | 106 (14) | 95 (16) | 108 (13) | 117 (10) |
| 47 | Bernard S | 52779 | 17:57 | 91 (9) | 102 (13) | 103 (11) | 102 (15) | 95 (11) |
| 48 | pterodactyl | 58514 | 18:24 | 88 (13) | 95 (15) | 112 (13) | 107 (9) | 99 (13) |
| 49 | andyt | 82319 | 18:32 | 92 (18) | 101 (14) | 99 (16) | 97 (16) | 107 (20) |
| 50 | GMcD | 105803 | 18:57 | 84 (23) | 99 (21) | 98 (19) | 98 (18) | 118 (22) |
| 51 | Kevin Gregg | 50763 | 19:13 | 86 (10) | 91 (9) | 103 (13) | 99 (12) | 117 (10) |
| 52 | David Crooks | 109945 | 19:17 | 92 (23) | 98 (20) | 98 (21) | 100 (21) | 110 (20) |
| 53 | reindeer | 92881 | 19:21 | 88 (16) | 97 (17) | 90 (18) | 111 (20) | 108 (19) |
| 54 | sampson | 80268 | 19:40 | 86 (17) | 99 (16) | 105 (18) | 102 (18) | 111 (9) |
| 55 | John Arnold | 47786 | 19:54 | 99 (16) | 96 (6) | 95 (12) | 120 (7) | 94 (9) |
| 56 | peter wild | 115459 | 20:15 | 77 (23) | 105 (19) | 98 (20) | 99 (21) | 119 (22) |
| 57 | David P | 112965 | 20:27 | 84 (20) | 100 (21) | 92 (18) | 108 (24) | 113 (19) |
| 58 | Zabadak | 115986 | 20:33 | 80 (20) | 105 (22) | 104 (19) | 100 (23) | 109 (20) |
| 59 | Ben Ganly | 75888 | 20:44 | 86 (17) | 105 (12) | 106 (16) | 89 (11) | 111 (15) |
| 60 | MickinEly2 | 73057 | 20:59 | 101 (10) | 97 (18) | 102 (12) | 94 (14) | 106 (14) |
| 61 | AnneGinger | 92605 | 21:08 | 82 (18) | 111 (16) | 95 (15) | 109 (19) | 101 (15) |
| 62 | trishwain | 38413 | 21:20 | 89 (9) | 110 (7) | 92 (7) | 110 (8) | 100 (9) |
| 63 | Groucho | 89176 | 21:32 | 86 (16) | 99 (20) | 96 (14) | 98 (16) | 122 (13) |
| 64 | Bobb | 91949 | 21:53 | 82 (15) | 101 (21) | 93 (14) | 105 (13) | 115 (17) |
| 65 | PeterMabey | 98558 | 21:54 | 82 (18) | 107 (17) | 98 (19) | 104 (21) | 110 (10) |
| 66 | NJeagle | 110412 | 22:10 | 84 (16) | 96 (18) | 103 (18) | 93 (18) | 114 (23) |
| 67 | alanjcannon | 99973 | 22:12 | 80 (19) | 103 (21) | 103 (14) | 101 (15) | 115 (16) |
| 68 | Helly Welly | 85548 | 22:16 | 83 (15) | 93 (15) | 94 (10) | 98 (17) | 123 (17) |
| 69 | Edprof | 94133 | 22:44 | 79 (14) | 99 (17) | 100 (14) | 96 (16) | 118 (18) |
| 70 | barracuda | 139970 | 22:52 | 75 (22) | 104 (21) | 97 (22) | 94 (24) | 127 (23) |
| 71 | zythum | 127323 | 23:03 | 80 (21) | 93 (21) | 108 (18) | 98 (20) | 119 (22) |
| 72 | Big Mick | 94740 | 23:13 | 86 (18) | 102 (14) | 95 (13) | 97 (17) | 118 (16) |
| 73 | Bobchapman | 74186 | 23:46 | 76 (14) | 88 (12) | 85 (13) | 111 (12) | 149 (11) |
| 74 | frost | 74946 | 24:01 | 79 (14) | 120 (10) | 97 (13) | 97 (16) | 120 (9) |
| 75 | Galspray | 95210 | 24:02 | 71 (14) | 91 (9) | 82 (20) | 109 (18) | 143 (15) |
| 76 | benedick | 97492 | 24:15 | 80 (10) | 109 (20) | 103 (18) | 91 (16) | 103 (13) |
| 77 | Julian West | 81719 | 24:19 | 71 (14) | 105 (13) | 94 (16) | 111 (13) | 129 (10) |
| 78 | Solver52 | 93023 | 24:36 | 87 (19) | 110 (13) | 95 (14) | 95 (14) | 119 (13) |
| 79 | leonora | 80308 | 25:15 | 78 (14) | 102 (12) | 94 (11) | 101 (15) | 128 (11) |
| 80 | crosswordian | 123789 | 26:06 | 80 (17) | 103 (21) | 100 (19) | 106 (16) | 109 (16) |
| 81 | Jefe | 61856 | 26:26 | 75 (10) | 91 (8) | 94 (8) | 101 (13) | 131 (10) |
| 82 | me_phobete | 103141 | 26:26 | 79 (16) | 98 (14) | 93 (11) | 101 (15) | 120 (19) |
| 83 | burrowz1b | 62060 | 26:31 | 85 (7) | 101 (13) | 96 (7) | 111 (10) | 97 (12) |
| 84 | KarenR | 106667 | 26:32 | 80 (17) | 89 (16) | 99 (13) | 110 (15) | 122 (16) |
| 85 | Chadwick | 96258 | 26:44 | 76 (17) | 113 (13) | 103 (12) | 108 (16) | 105 (12) |
| 86 | NAPASAI | 59904 | 26:59 | 81 (10) | 116 (7) | 92 (8) | 100 (13) | 114 (9) |
| 87 | Son of Smug | 72872 | 28:14 | 85 (12) | 115 (11) | 90 (9) | 92 (11) | 117 (10) |
| 88 | stockynige | 60533 | 28:49 | 76 (10) | 108 (8) | 92 (9) | 122 (9) | 105 (9) |
| 89 | Prytherch | 101159 | 29:04 | 92 (9) | 100 (12) | 104 (12) | 96 (17) | 104 (18) |
| 90 | Moles | 66914 | 29:20 | 88 (10) | 106 (11) | 98 (7) | 94 (12) | 116 (8) |
| 91 | rosselliot | 66101 | 29:46 | 87 (10) | 103 (11) | 99 (8) | 115 (9) | 94 (9) |
| 92 | anthea | 103775 | 29:49 | 100 (6) | 96 (14) | 102 (12) | 100 (18) | 100 (18) |
| 93 | diogenes | 84277 | 29:53 | 76 (13) | 97 (9) | 107 (10) | 99 (12) | 119 (13) |
| 94 | oldpalace | 81009 | 30:00 | 94 (10) | 99 (14) | 88 (7) | 95 (8) | 109 (16) |
| 95 | Barry Smith | 99863 | 30:15 | 76 (13) | 115 (13) | 104 (7) | 91 (16) | 113 (16) |
| 96 | MaxenEH | 82005 | 31:47 | 79 (10) | 103 (10) | 113 (12) | 97 (13) | 104 (8) |
| 97 | Ron's mum | 78699 | 31:59 | 73 (6) | 98 (9) | 89 (11) | 86 (12) | 131 (13) |
| 98 | Clovis | 61922 | 33:17 | 77 (10) | 95 (7) | 73 (9) | 121 (6) | 142 (9) |
| 99 | Big Nug | 98100 | 33:22 | 81 (6) | 99 (12) | 81 (14) | 95 (14) | 132 (13) |
| 100 | koro | 105528 | 33:49 | 82 (9) | 107 (12) | 83 (11) | 107 (14) | 107 (16) |
| 101 | Jeeves | 116202 | 35:51 | 76 (11) | 110 (10) | 91 (11) | 97 (15) | 116 (17) |
| 102 | cassandra | 90431 | 38:38 | 98 (8) | 99 (12) | 85 (7) | 99 (9) | 108 (13) |