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 | 30524 | 05:59 | 79 (16) | 91 (18) | 104 (19) | 101 (21) | 116 (21) |
| 2 | Eamon Ryan | 26975 | 06:14 | 88 (17) | 98 (20) | 100 (14) | 94 (15) | 118 (16) |
| 3 | Jason | 47732 | 06:47 | 82 (25) | 96 (26) | 102 (25) | 102 (25) | 115 (26) |
| 4 | escat49 | 19492 | 07:33 | 89 (11) | 91 (10) | 110 (10) | 98 (10) | 107 (12) |
| 5 | verlaine | 53557 | 07:33 | 83 (26) | 99 (26) | 98 (24) | 102 (26) | 116 (26) |
| 6 | mistigris | 46823 | 07:52 | 77 (20) | 93 (23) | 105 (20) | 104 (22) | 117 (24) |
| 7 | aphis99 | 58099 | 08:38 | 82 (22) | 98 (25) | 104 (25) | 99 (25) | 113 (25) |
| 8 | richard | 32307 | 09:26 | 90 (15) | 95 (18) | 105 (12) | 108 (13) | 108 (9) |
| 9 | Midas | 66472 | 09:33 | 81 (25) | 95 (26) | 105 (26) | 103 (24) | 113 (25) |
| 10 | hilarym | 46843 | 09:45 | 84 (21) | 90 (17) | 111 (16) | 106 (18) | 109 (18) |
| 11 | asaldanha | 60490 | 09:47 | 80 (25) | 101 (25) | 103 (18) | 92 (22) | 123 (23) |
| 12 | chindit | 71390 | 10:37 | 85 (25) | 93 (25) | 99 (21) | 98 (25) | 121 (26) |
| 13 | AlanS | 80341 | 11:20 | 86 (26) | 97 (26) | 107 (26) | 96 (26) | 113 (24) |
| 14 | chriswords | 57151 | 11:28 | 83 (18) | 102 (21) | 96 (19) | 98 (15) | 116 (20) |
| 15 | lickert | 70975 | 11:29 | 86 (23) | 92 (24) | 97 (25) | 104 (19) | 122 (22) |
| 16 | tiggis | 31624 | 11:42 | 81 (11) | 99 (17) | 103 (8) | 102 (11) | 123 (8) |
| 17 | scrabbler | 24051 | 12:08 | 66 (8) | 99 (8) | 112 (9) | 93 (9) | 124 (9) |
| 18 | glheard | 67721 | 12:16 | 77 (22) | 96 (20) | 119 (19) | 101 (22) | 108 (19) |
| 19 | SimonAnthony | 69785 | 12:38 | 86 (23) | 93 (22) | 92 (19) | 113 (17) | 118 (21) |
| 20 | keriothe_ | 83825 | 12:42 | 79 (23) | 89 (25) | 121 (22) | 100 (26) | 110 (24) |
| 21 | neilr | 87395 | 12:53 | 87 (26) | 97 (25) | 97 (24) | 109 (24) | 110 (24) |
| 22 | Kinghedger | 31270 | 13:01 | 89 (7) | 94 (12) | 96 (9) | 95 (6) | 110 (16) |
| 23 | p.wild | 89882 | 13:01 | 89 (25) | 100 (25) | 99 (25) | 102 (25) | 108 (25) |
| 24 | robertL | 74476 | 13:03 | 92 (21) | 85 (20) | 108 (23) | 99 (22) | 113 (19) |
| 25 | Tom Stubbs | 92071 | 13:06 | 86 (26) | 91 (25) | 105 (26) | 104 (26) | 112 (24) |
| 26 | noidea | 46930 | 13:15 | 92 (18) | 98 (15) | 103 (14) | 105 (13) | 106 (9) |
| 27 | andy | 56016 | 13:20 | 81 (13) | 94 (19) | 100 (20) | 112 (15) | 112 (13) |
| 28 | Topical Tim | 88993 | 13:21 | 82 (26) | 90 (25) | 102 (20) | 107 (25) | 118 (25) |
| 29 | jim42078 | 33568 | 13:38 | 83 (13) | 101 (10) | 111 (10) | 99 (8) | 110 (10) |
| 30 | Stavros | 89209 | 13:38 | 83 (26) | 104 (25) | 100 (25) | 102 (22) | 112 (21) |
| 31 | Sheapey | 87250 | 13:50 | 85 (25) | 95 (23) | 91 (20) | 107 (23) | 120 (24) |
| 32 | fshephe | 99458 | 13:55 | 90 (26) | 93 (26) | 104 (26) | 99 (26) | 112 (25) |
| 33 | Groucho | 55873 | 14:06 | 91 (19) | 99 (19) | 99 (13) | 106 (16) | 109 (9) |
| 34 | Silva | 94045 | 14:07 | 88 (26) | 96 (26) | 103 (19) | 102 (26) | 111 (24) |
| 35 | aphasic | 56565 | 14:17 | 89 (17) | 101 (19) | 109 (10) | 92 (16) | 112 (14) |
| 36 | Ben Staveley | 34048 | 14:33 | 83 (9) | 94 (11) | 110 (7) | 101 (13) | 112 (9) |
| 37 | MikeOsborne | 102545 | 15:07 | 81 (26) | 98 (26) | 102 (21) | 108 (24) | 111 (26) |
| 38 | Malcj | 81963 | 15:10 | 80 (20) | 99 (24) | 106 (19) | 101 (21) | 116 (16) |
| 39 | Big Mick | 38290 | 15:11 | 100 (17) | 87 (6) | 105 (10) | 96 (13) | 110 (6) |
| 40 | Tibthorpe | 95788 | 15:21 | 82 (25) | 93 (23) | 106 (22) | 103 (22) | 116 (22) |
| 41 | HenryBW | 69431 | 15:25 | 78 (18) | 83 (16) | 103 (17) | 109 (17) | 127 (17) |
| 42 | Spanna | 34355 | 15:28 | 97 (13) | 100 (11) | 105 (8) | 98 (9) | 101 (6) |
| 43 | Sue Sweeper | 84332 | 15:47 | 75 (17) | 97 (21) | 90 (21) | 107 (20) | 125 (20) |
| 44 | KenG | 94271 | 15:52 | 78 (23) | 96 (21) | 103 (21) | 99 (22) | 122 (22) |
| 45 | mikegrocott | 58689 | 16:34 | 78 (9) | 100 (14) | 95 (16) | 103 (14) | 113 (16) |
| 46 | cyrillic | 103510 | 16:35 | 82 (22) | 89 (23) | 103 (24) | 110 (23) | 112 (22) |
| 47 | phthisis | 43996 | 16:39 | 81 (13) | 112 (12) | 105 (12) | 101 (9) | 103 (8) |
| 48 | sotira | 55959 | 16:39 | 80 (14) | 101 (15) | 106 (14) | 104 (13) | 112 (10) |
| 49 | David Crooks | 95299 | 16:53 | 81 (21) | 98 (23) | 104 (20) | 102 (20) | 114 (20) |
| 50 | Crucifer | 46713 | 16:55 | 84 (10) | 96 (10) | 98 (14) | 95 (8) | 116 (14) |
| 51 | grape | 44164 | 17:31 | 86 (11) | 97 (13) | 107 (11) | 108 (9) | 104 (8) |
| 52 | OliviaRhineb | 122703 | 17:56 | 82 (26) | 94 (25) | 108 (26) | 104 (26) | 113 (21) |
| 53 | LouWeed | 130231 | 18:14 | 88 (26) | 96 (26) | 104 (26) | 101 (25) | 109 (26) |
| 54 | Squallaby | 115448 | 18:19 | 78 (24) | 93 (22) | 109 (24) | 90 (23) | 129 (22) |
| 55 | robinh | 119392 | 18:35 | 84 (23) | 98 (24) | 106 (23) | 99 (24) | 111 (23) |
| 56 | tapbarker | 119900 | 18:40 | 85 (25) | 95 (23) | 102 (23) | 103 (24) | 114 (22) |
| 57 | Craven | 130799 | 18:57 | 86 (26) | 95 (26) | 107 (25) | 100 (25) | 111 (23) |
| 58 | RobR | 104767 | 18:58 | 81 (22) | 101 (21) | 99 (20) | 106 (22) | 114 (17) |
| 59 | LJCN | 54939 | 19:04 | 83 (13) | 92 (10) | 111 (12) | 100 (11) | 112 (12) |
| 60 | Golvellius | 79784 | 19:16 | 78 (19) | 110 (18) | 107 (14) | 93 (16) | 122 (12) |
| 61 | rupe | 57968 | 19:19 | 71 (12) | 94 (14) | 100 (11) | 116 (13) | 120 (10) |
| 62 | GMcD | 137189 | 19:22 | 79 (26) | 97 (26) | 104 (25) | 109 (25) | 110 (26) |
| 63 | Zander | 31449 | 19:24 | 87 (7) | 82 (6) | 128 (7) | 82 (9) | 118 (8) |
| 64 | MichelinPoitiers | 61739 | 19:24 | 92 (11) | 103 (18) | 103 (11) | 92 (12) | 107 (11) |
| 65 | Ed freshpot | 125770 | 19:24 | 84 (24) | 94 (24) | 107 (22) | 99 (23) | 113 (25) |
| 66 | LuckOfLucien | 36260 | 19:29 | 77 (9) | 95 (9) | 109 (7) | 108 (9) | 116 (7) |
| 67 | annelambirth | 85594 | 19:32 | 87 (21) | 103 (19) | 91 (14) | 104 (17) | 120 (12) |
| 68 | Looch | 120210 | 20:02 | 86 (26) | 93 (22) | 104 (20) | 100 (20) | 117 (22) |
| 69 | pterodactyl | 87592 | 20:33 | 86 (14) | 95 (17) | 103 (15) | 101 (19) | 111 (16) |
| 70 | flounderbout | 50329 | 20:58 | 84 (11) | 92 (11) | 116 (8) | 105 (13) | 110 (7) |
| 71 | jlancs228 | 40685 | 21:11 | 90 (10) | 94 (6) | 104 (7) | 97 (11) | 116 (8) |
| 72 | benedick | 102168 | 21:17 | 89 (22) | 100 (18) | 106 (18) | 92 (18) | 118 (14) |
| 73 | mcjwright | 144221 | 21:27 | 81 (26) | 97 (25) | 102 (23) | 101 (23) | 118 (25) |
| 74 | barracuda | 152968 | 21:58 | 86 (25) | 90 (26) | 109 (25) | 97 (25) | 116 (25) |
| 75 | andrewlake | 131188 | 22:05 | 86 (16) | 97 (26) | 100 (25) | 92 (17) | 114 (25) |
| 76 | John Arnold | 80981 | 22:07 | 93 (21) | 91 (13) | 99 (12) | 108 (14) | 113 (11) |
| 77 | Solver52 | 158857 | 22:14 | 93 (26) | 96 (25) | 101 (26) | 100 (26) | 108 (26) |
| 78 | gbestanley | 134840 | 22:15 | 89 (24) | 98 (21) | 96 (22) | 105 (24) | 111 (20) |
| 79 | Pootle | 155669 | 22:21 | 85 (26) | 97 (26) | 95 (23) | 100 (26) | 121 (25) |
| 80 | colin2355 | 140593 | 22:44 | 87 (21) | 86 (25) | 101 (22) | 96 (20) | 124 (25) |
| 81 | Zabadak | 92968 | 22:47 | 74 (13) | 94 (12) | 103 (14) | 104 (21) | 113 (18) |
| 82 | george.garlick | 127651 | 22:52 | 87 (24) | 93 (23) | 102 (17) | 104 (19) | 115 (20) |
| 83 | sampson | 95650 | 23:06 | 93 (22) | 96 (17) | 103 (17) | 97 (11) | 116 (12) |
| 84 | Kevin Gregg | 129172 | 23:08 | 76 (24) | 95 (23) | 106 (21) | 110 (21) | 125 (14) |
| 85 | hugh.schofield | 75391 | 23:16 | 104 (11) | 97 (14) | 96 (12) | 91 (15) | 112 (12) |
| 86 | jaraab | 81252 | 23:20 | 87 (18) | 100 (14) | 91 (8) | 93 (15) | 129 (13) |
| 87 | brian.mcnamara | 109004 | 23:35 | 83 (16) | 93 (17) | 92 (15) | 102 (21) | 123 (18) |
| 88 | peterh | 42829 | 23:47 | 67 (9) | 109 (8) | 103 (10) | 114 (7) | 118 (6) |
| 89 | puzzled1 | 44276 | 23:48 | 87 (9) | 112 (8) | 118 (10) | 111 (8) | 49 (6) |
| 90 | dec | 100971 | 24:44 | 88 (20) | 99 (17) | 106 (15) | 93 (11) | 114 (15) |
| 91 | Bert Dove | 53775 | 24:53 | 89 (13) | 107 (9) | 104 (9) | 87 (8) | 121 (7) |
| 92 | goblin | 177816 | 24:54 | 85 (26) | 97 (26) | 98 (26) | 108 (25) | 110 (26) |
| 93 | timbo | 69268 | 25:05 | 85 (13) | 106 (13) | 92 (12) | 107 (12) | 122 (6) |
| 94 | rjcassidy | 132373 | 25:21 | 84 (21) | 95 (16) | 117 (16) | 100 (23) | 105 (21) |
| 95 | tonym | 154544 | 25:45 | 92 (22) | 92 (23) | 101 (23) | 101 (22) | 113 (20) |
| 96 | endafk | 111181 | 26:05 | 85 (18) | 102 (17) | 90 (16) | 102 (16) | 123 (14) |
| 97 | GeorgeTz | 85405 | 26:21 | 90 (16) | 98 (10) | 103 (13) | 96 (12) | 113 (13) |
| 98 | fudgiebates | 82288 | 26:22 | 81 (17) | 101 (11) | 94 (11) | 121 (11) | 112 (12) |
| 99 | crosswordian | 44429 | 26:26 | 82 (8) | 91 (8) | 120 (8) | 101 (7) | 105 (7) |
| 100 | KET | 79104 | 26:54 | 79 (16) | 100 (11) | 101 (8) | 102 (14) | 130 (10) |
| 101 | zythum | 136684 | 27:07 | 88 (21) | 95 (19) | 99 (19) | 105 (17) | 113 (18) |
| 102 | Manveru | 110084 | 27:23 | 88 (23) | 106 (18) | 99 (15) | 101 (9) | 114 (12) |
| 103 | Chadwick | 181782 | 27:32 | 75 (21) | 95 (26) | 106 (25) | 103 (24) | 116 (24) |
| 104 | Jagsfan1971 | 56364 | 27:37 | 61 (7) | 107 (9) | 98 (8) | 101 (13) | 126 (7) |
| 105 | diogenes | 83531 | 27:50 | 82 (12) | 91 (13) | 100 (13) | 107 (11) | 122 (11) |
| 106 | William M | 117259 | 27:55 | 76 (17) | 82 (16) | 97 (12) | 114 (14) | 124 (21) |
| 107 | jdavidliddell | 62904 | 28:20 | 88 (6) | 93 (12) | 104 (10) | 103 (13) | 110 (6) |
| 108 | James P | 158105 | 28:38 | 70 (22) | 101 (20) | 93 (20) | 111 (19) | 125 (21) |
| 109 | Agsurfer | 53329 | 28:40 | 106 (10) | 110 (7) | 98 (9) | 84 (9) | 105 (6) |
| 110 | Peter Sykes | 124222 | 29:34 | 80 (17) | 102 (17) | 105 (15) | 95 (16) | 119 (15) |
| 111 | phmfantom | 138825 | 29:39 | 84 (20) | 87 (12) | 104 (18) | 108 (20) | 111 (18) |
| 112 | Big Nug | 146575 | 29:47 | 83 (19) | 104 (21) | 98 (18) | 106 (18) | 107 (16) |
| 113 | alwsn8 | 185974 | 29:48 | 82 (23) | 94 (23) | 105 (23) | 97 (23) | 120 (22) |
| 114 | klamery4 | 73703 | 29:57 | 90 (11) | 89 (11) | 111 (10) | 96 (11) | 120 (8) |
| 115 | Mkgnao | 168527 | 30:12 | 86 (24) | 91 (21) | 104 (21) | 90 (15) | 124 (22) |
| 116 | NAPASAI | 67809 | 30:32 | 62 (8) | 93 (8) | 131 (11) | 82 (10) | 115 (10) |
| 117 | Semillon | 150577 | 30:36 | 85 (18) | 86 (20) | 97 (19) | 99 (18) | 134 (17) |
| 118 | nekabue | 202896 | 30:44 | 76 (23) | 94 (25) | 108 (26) | 99 (23) | 120 (23) |
| 119 | rosselliot | 170105 | 31:09 | 87 (19) | 90 (22) | 112 (20) | 100 (21) | 108 (19) |
| 120 | eniamretrauq | 150914 | 31:50 | 95 (17) | 97 (17) | 100 (17) | 95 (18) | 109 (20) |
| 121 | ulaca | 181110 | 32:06 | 81 (22) | 96 (22) | 107 (21) | 104 (20) | 111 (19) |
| 122 | koro | 225747 | 32:09 | 89 (26) | 102 (26) | 102 (25) | 97 (25) | 107 (25) |
| 123 | SlumdogEngineer | 162598 | 33:02 | 82 (21) | 87 (15) | 92 (19) | 107 (19) | 130 (18) |
| 124 | Tudds | 237508 | 33:32 | 79 (25) | 85 (26) | 116 (25) | 103 (26) | 114 (26) |
| 125 | 1234 | 192974 | 33:51 | 82 (22) | 106 (20) | 98 (21) | 97 (22) | 116 (20) |
| 126 | FelicityTT | 79401 | 33:55 | 85 (10) | 85 (8) | 103 (11) | 114 (10) | 105 (10) |
| 127 | joss henry | 150849 | 33:58 | 79 (21) | 96 (22) | 123 (16) | 92 (14) | 123 (11) |
| 128 | JohnDun | 234413 | 33:58 | 86 (25) | 98 (26) | 95 (25) | 101 (25) | 118 (24) |
| 129 | Jeeves | 96748 | 34:18 | 82 (7) | 74 (9) | 107 (14) | 94 (14) | 121 (13) |
| 130 | Archie | 113173 | 34:55 | 83 (13) | 97 (8) | 98 (17) | 106 (14) | 114 (12) |
| 131 | Crippens1 | 136696 | 36:09 | 79 (15) | 101 (16) | 103 (11) | 90 (15) | 123 (16) |
| 132 | Glyndwr | 139499 | 36:19 | 79 (16) | 104 (17) | 110 (17) | 100 (17) | 112 (7) |
| 133 | Gussie | 126194 | 38:14 | 76 (11) | 101 (12) | 94 (15) | 110 (11) | 112 (16) |
| 134 | SK42 | 118176 | 38:37 | 84 (12) | 104 (12) | 92 (11) | 95 (11) | 116 (15) |
| 135 | Paulypops | 148883 | 38:46 | 89 (18) | 104 (18) | 99 (17) | 101 (11) | 112 (10) |
| 136 | Pleasuredome | 197189 | 40:34 | 87 (21) | 99 (21) | 110 (20) | 92 (13) | 110 (16) |
| 137 | Nangle | 123670 | 41:13 | 71 (9) | 98 (11) | 107 (13) | 89 (15) | 126 (12) |
| 138 | Waterloo | 199702 | 43:47 | 51 (19) | 54 (17) | 133 (15) | 82 (19) | 197 (16) |
| 139 | Ronnie | 183800 | 44:23 | 93 (21) | 101 (23) | 110 (9) | 98 (18) | 104 (8) |
| 140 | Dandy | 121112 | 44:51 | 82 (18) | 100 (14) | 98 (8) | 121 (9) | 131 (6) |
| 141 | symbenall2 | 223654 | 44:54 | 80 (20) | 93 (20) | 108 (18) | 98 (17) | 122 (18) |