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 | 29901 | 06:04 | 76 (15) | 90 (18) | 114 (18) | 99 (21) | 114 (20) |
| 2 | Eamon Ryan | 29455 | 06:12 | 86 (19) | 100 (19) | 97 (17) | 91 (16) | 124 (18) |
| 3 | Jason | 47190 | 06:43 | 77 (25) | 94 (26) | 107 (25) | 99 (25) | 119 (26) |
| 4 | verlaine | 52897 | 07:28 | 78 (26) | 97 (26) | 98 (24) | 101 (26) | 122 (26) |
| 5 | mistigris | 47552 | 07:50 | 78 (22) | 90 (23) | 111 (20) | 104 (22) | 115 (24) |
| 6 | aphis99 | 56823 | 08:27 | 78 (22) | 98 (25) | 109 (25) | 96 (25) | 114 (25) |
| 7 | boulemiche | 24284 | 09:24 | 96 (19) | 101 (12) | 99 (8) | 98 (8) | 115 (6) |
| 8 | Midas | 65911 | 09:28 | 78 (25) | 93 (26) | 111 (26) | 101 (24) | 115 (25) |
| 9 | richard | 35363 | 09:30 | 83 (15) | 93 (17) | 108 (15) | 105 (14) | 114 (11) |
| 10 | hilarym | 46467 | 09:33 | 81 (22) | 91 (17) | 110 (17) | 103 (16) | 116 (19) |
| 11 | asaldanha | 59637 | 09:44 | 74 (25) | 101 (23) | 105 (18) | 90 (23) | 132 (23) |
| 12 | chindit | 70126 | 10:31 | 83 (25) | 90 (25) | 108 (20) | 98 (25) | 119 (26) |
| 13 | AlanS | 79923 | 11:11 | 78 (26) | 97 (26) | 108 (26) | 99 (26) | 116 (25) |
| 14 | chriswords | 56593 | 11:13 | 84 (18) | 100 (21) | 99 (17) | 96 (17) | 116 (21) |
| 15 | lickert | 70665 | 11:26 | 80 (21) | 91 (25) | 101 (25) | 100 (19) | 123 (23) |
| 16 | scrabbler | 36511 | 11:28 | 69 (12) | 95 (12) | 113 (13) | 98 (13) | 120 (13) |
| 17 | tiggis | 32904 | 11:40 | 78 (12) | 106 (17) | 99 (8) | 96 (10) | 118 (10) |
| 18 | SimonAnthony | 68559 | 12:09 | 78 (23) | 97 (22) | 95 (18) | 115 (18) | 115 (23) |
| 19 | glheard | 76843 | 12:11 | 78 (25) | 93 (23) | 119 (22) | 105 (23) | 106 (22) |
| 20 | Topical Tim | 82174 | 12:13 | 79 (26) | 92 (25) | 102 (20) | 105 (25) | 120 (26) |
| 21 | neilr | 82358 | 12:21 | 84 (26) | 103 (25) | 99 (23) | 107 (24) | 107 (23) |
| 22 | keriothe_ | 83930 | 12:36 | 73 (23) | 90 (25) | 119 (23) | 101 (26) | 115 (24) |
| 23 | Kinghedger | 40520 | 12:44 | 81 (9) | 96 (14) | 101 (11) | 98 (10) | 109 (19) |
| 24 | p.wild | 91909 | 12:45 | 87 (26) | 98 (26) | 101 (26) | 101 (26) | 110 (26) |
| 25 | noidea | 36015 | 12:46 | 91 (17) | 98 (12) | 108 (11) | 104 (11) | 105 (6) |
| 26 | Tom Stubbs | 91205 | 12:59 | 83 (26) | 91 (25) | 108 (26) | 100 (26) | 117 (24) |
| 27 | andy | 53844 | 13:00 | 78 (14) | 98 (20) | 100 (19) | 113 (13) | 111 (13) |
| 28 | Stavros | 86041 | 13:09 | 81 (26) | 103 (25) | 103 (25) | 99 (23) | 115 (20) |
| 29 | miked1961 | 25337 | 13:11 | 84 (8) | 84 (9) | 136 (8) | 91 (8) | 104 (9) |
| 30 | jim42078 | 34822 | 13:11 | 85 (16) | 101 (10) | 111 (11) | 98 (8) | 115 (9) |
| 31 | robertL | 78356 | 13:11 | 90 (22) | 88 (22) | 110 (23) | 94 (22) | 116 (20) |
| 32 | aphasic | 53429 | 13:29 | 86 (18) | 103 (18) | 105 (10) | 97 (17) | 114 (13) |
| 33 | Sheapey | 89844 | 13:36 | 81 (26) | 97 (24) | 92 (21) | 106 (24) | 121 (25) |
| 34 | Ben Staveley | 34515 | 13:41 | 76 (10) | 97 (12) | 123 (9) | 97 (12) | 110 (9) |
| 35 | fshephe | 97823 | 13:42 | 83 (26) | 93 (26) | 110 (26) | 101 (26) | 110 (25) |
| 36 | Groucho | 58069 | 13:49 | 88 (21) | 100 (18) | 105 (13) | 105 (17) | 108 (11) |
| 37 | Silva | 94536 | 14:04 | 83 (26) | 97 (26) | 108 (19) | 101 (26) | 111 (25) |
| 38 | HenryBW | 68343 | 14:36 | 79 (20) | 86 (17) | 112 (17) | 107 (17) | 118 (17) |
| 39 | Malcj | 80442 | 14:53 | 76 (20) | 98 (23) | 110 (20) | 101 (20) | 116 (17) |
| 40 | Spanna | 34362 | 15:04 | 91 (14) | 106 (10) | 103 (8) | 100 (9) | 103 (7) |
| 41 | MikeOsborne | 102647 | 15:08 | 72 (26) | 98 (26) | 108 (21) | 105 (24) | 116 (26) |
| 42 | Tibthorpe | 94702 | 15:10 | 79 (25) | 96 (21) | 113 (23) | 96 (23) | 117 (22) |
| 43 | njnclarke | 51818 | 15:25 | 77 (16) | 97 (13) | 90 (15) | 100 (13) | 165 (9) |
| 44 | Sue Sweeper | 78472 | 15:34 | 72 (15) | 101 (19) | 91 (21) | 100 (20) | 128 (19) |
| 45 | doublecross | 28103 | 15:36 | 74 (9) | 96 (8) | 131 (7) | 98 (9) | 111 (7) |
| 46 | KenG | 80568 | 15:36 | 75 (20) | 98 (19) | 105 (19) | 101 (20) | 121 (18) |
| 47 | phthisis | 55773 | 16:18 | 78 (16) | 111 (15) | 104 (13) | 104 (12) | 105 (11) |
| 48 | sotira | 41439 | 16:26 | 78 (12) | 107 (11) | 109 (11) | 96 (10) | 116 (8) |
| 49 | grape | 44509 | 16:29 | 78 (13) | 106 (14) | 108 (11) | 103 (7) | 106 (10) |
| 50 | cyrillic | 107059 | 16:31 | 77 (23) | 91 (24) | 107 (25) | 108 (24) | 114 (22) |
| 51 | David Crooks | 99805 | 16:38 | 76 (23) | 97 (23) | 112 (21) | 99 (22) | 116 (21) |
| 52 | Crucifer | 56986 | 16:57 | 80 (11) | 90 (13) | 103 (15) | 95 (11) | 119 (16) |
| 53 | mikegrocott | 57378 | 17:04 | 74 (8) | 94 (14) | 103 (14) | 101 (14) | 111 (16) |
| 54 | MK76 | 33312 | 17:21 | 84 (10) | 102 (10) | 100 (6) | 92 (8) | 125 (8) |
| 55 | Squallaby | 113577 | 17:51 | 73 (24) | 92 (23) | 119 (24) | 97 (24) | 119 (21) |
| 56 | OliviaRhineb | 123304 | 17:52 | 77 (26) | 94 (25) | 112 (26) | 102 (26) | 113 (22) |
| 57 | tapbarker | 117540 | 17:58 | 79 (25) | 96 (24) | 107 (24) | 104 (24) | 113 (22) |
| 58 | LouWeed | 129064 | 18:04 | 82 (26) | 94 (26) | 107 (26) | 101 (25) | 113 (26) |
| 59 | margaretl | 51440 | 18:14 | 90 (14) | 104 (7) | 104 (11) | 99 (12) | 105 (13) |
| 60 | Golvellius | 89750 | 18:28 | 77 (23) | 108 (19) | 116 (17) | 97 (18) | 109 (14) |
| 61 | Ed freshpot | 122997 | 18:28 | 80 (24) | 93 (24) | 110 (23) | 96 (24) | 118 (26) |
| 62 | robinh | 118765 | 18:29 | 79 (23) | 96 (24) | 108 (22) | 101 (24) | 113 (24) |
| 63 | RobR | 107230 | 18:36 | 78 (23) | 106 (21) | 100 (20) | 103 (23) | 115 (19) |
| 64 | LJCN | 72729 | 18:38 | 80 (16) | 89 (13) | 119 (16) | 97 (15) | 111 (15) |
| 65 | LuckOfLucien | 42613 | 18:41 | 79 (12) | 98 (10) | 106 (9) | 117 (8) | 109 (9) |
| 66 | Craven | 130068 | 18:41 | 82 (26) | 95 (26) | 110 (25) | 97 (25) | 114 (24) |
| 67 | fuzz | 118934 | 18:42 | 84 (21) | 103 (24) | 101 (25) | 104 (25) | 103 (21) |
| 68 | annelambirth | 79650 | 18:57 | 86 (22) | 107 (17) | 95 (12) | 102 (17) | 118 (12) |
| 69 | GMcD | 133156 | 18:58 | 73 (26) | 97 (26) | 110 (24) | 105 (25) | 113 (26) |
| 70 | rupe | 54812 | 19:01 | 72 (13) | 94 (14) | 109 (9) | 116 (11) | 117 (11) |
| 71 | Zander | 28770 | 19:10 | 79 (6) | 82 (6) | 130 (7) | 80 (8) | 119 (8) |
| 72 | Looch | 116856 | 19:52 | 80 (24) | 96 (21) | 109 (21) | 96 (20) | 119 (22) |
| 73 | pterodactyl | 92192 | 20:13 | 86 (17) | 95 (18) | 106 (15) | 102 (20) | 109 (16) |
| 74 | flounderbout | 55298 | 20:28 | 83 (12) | 91 (11) | 110 (10) | 107 (15) | 112 (7) |
| 75 | John Arnold | 75981 | 21:06 | 88 (20) | 98 (14) | 103 (11) | 103 (13) | 116 (12) |
| 76 | benedick | 100188 | 21:08 | 86 (22) | 100 (18) | 109 (17) | 95 (18) | 116 (14) |
| 77 | mcjwright | 144971 | 21:22 | 74 (26) | 96 (25) | 111 (24) | 102 (23) | 117 (25) |
| 78 | barracuda | 148950 | 21:24 | 83 (25) | 94 (26) | 112 (25) | 99 (25) | 109 (25) |
| 79 | andrewlake | 124625 | 21:38 | 77 (16) | 99 (25) | 106 (24) | 91 (17) | 114 (24) |
| 80 | Pootle | 150760 | 21:39 | 79 (26) | 93 (26) | 95 (23) | 106 (26) | 124 (25) |
| 81 | jlancs228 | 51130 | 21:51 | 85 (11) | 86 (8) | 119 (8) | 93 (12) | 119 (10) |
| 82 | Zabadak | 92205 | 21:57 | 71 (13) | 90 (13) | 103 (15) | 103 (21) | 119 (18) |
| 83 | Solver52 | 156820 | 21:57 | 90 (26) | 94 (25) | 105 (26) | 99 (26) | 109 (26) |
| 84 | kath | 67248 | 21:58 | 91 (16) | 102 (15) | 105 (11) | 101 (12) | 103 (7) |
| 85 | hugh.schofield | 69205 | 22:10 | 87 (10) | 98 (14) | 101 (12) | 95 (13) | 113 (13) |
| 86 | george.garlick | 106064 | 22:22 | 84 (22) | 92 (19) | 105 (13) | 106 (18) | 117 (17) |
| 87 | gbestanley | 135998 | 22:26 | 88 (25) | 100 (20) | 97 (20) | 106 (25) | 108 (21) |
| 88 | sampson | 83932 | 22:33 | 89 (20) | 94 (18) | 109 (14) | 99 (11) | 123 (9) |
| 89 | colin2355 | 143956 | 22:38 | 76 (21) | 85 (25) | 109 (22) | 102 (23) | 123 (25) |
| 90 | jaraab | 78069 | 22:49 | 85 (18) | 103 (14) | 89 (8) | 89 (14) | 133 (13) |
| 91 | Kevin Gregg | 126121 | 22:50 | 71 (24) | 92 (23) | 115 (21) | 102 (19) | 133 (15) |
| 92 | brian.mcnamara | 115143 | 23:41 | 80 (19) | 95 (17) | 95 (15) | 96 (22) | 132 (18) |
| 93 | peterh | 72176 | 24:03 | 74 (13) | 94 (12) | 112 (14) | 110 (11) | 111 (10) |
| 94 | Bert Dove | 54112 | 24:22 | 89 (13) | 107 (10) | 102 (7) | 89 (10) | 125 (7) |
| 95 | goblin | 170709 | 24:31 | 80 (26) | 98 (25) | 102 (25) | 107 (24) | 110 (26) |
| 96 | fudgiebates | 66851 | 24:45 | 78 (15) | 102 (11) | 104 (8) | 127 (10) | 100 (11) |
| 97 | dec | 107687 | 24:55 | 80 (20) | 102 (18) | 107 (16) | 94 (11) | 117 (17) |
| 98 | tonym | 131693 | 24:56 | 86 (21) | 97 (20) | 104 (20) | 99 (19) | 114 (18) |
| 99 | rjcassidy | 130693 | 25:19 | 81 (22) | 101 (16) | 123 (16) | 95 (22) | 106 (20) |
| 100 | puzzled1 | 47230 | 25:23 | 92 (9) | 109 (9) | 113 (9) | 104 (8) | 66 (6) |
| 101 | Jagsfan1971 | 51459 | 25:59 | 64 (7) | 99 (6) | 102 (11) | 102 (13) | 131 (6) |
| 102 | GeorgeTz | 82969 | 26:05 | 86 (15) | 98 (11) | 104 (11) | 99 (13) | 113 (13) |
| 103 | endafk | 115238 | 26:18 | 82 (19) | 102 (18) | 92 (15) | 98 (18) | 135 (13) |
| 104 | crosswordian | 63950 | 26:38 | 82 (9) | 90 (11) | 116 (10) | 106 (9) | 103 (11) |
| 105 | zythum | 142977 | 26:46 | 83 (21) | 94 (20) | 105 (21) | 102 (17) | 114 (20) |
| 106 | Manveru | 110562 | 27:05 | 84 (23) | 104 (19) | 102 (15) | 106 (11) | 121 (10) |
| 107 | jdavidliddell | 50894 | 27:21 | 91 (6) | 100 (9) | 110 (9) | 95 (11) | 100 (6) |
| 108 | KET | 69208 | 27:27 | 78 (15) | 105 (9) | 99 (7) | 100 (11) | 130 (10) |
| 109 | klamery4 | 94010 | 27:29 | 90 (15) | 92 (13) | 111 (14) | 97 (14) | 111 (11) |
| 110 | Chadwick | 178752 | 27:35 | 71 (21) | 96 (26) | 111 (24) | 99 (24) | 117 (23) |
| 111 | William M | 99624 | 27:40 | 72 (14) | 82 (13) | 103 (11) | 109 (14) | 123 (18) |
| 112 | James P | 144756 | 27:43 | 69 (20) | 96 (19) | 95 (20) | 104 (18) | 134 (20) |
| 113 | diogenes | 51807 | 27:51 | 76 (8) | 100 (9) | 110 (9) | 90 (7) | 118 (8) |
| 114 | Big Nug | 104414 | 28:04 | 75 (15) | 112 (17) | 103 (14) | 98 (14) | 110 (12) |
| 115 | phmfantom | 118117 | 29:49 | 75 (17) | 94 (10) | 116 (15) | 101 (18) | 112 (16) |
| 116 | Mkgnao | 193251 | 29:49 | 80 (26) | 93 (24) | 110 (25) | 91 (19) | 123 (24) |
| 117 | alwsn8 | 150969 | 29:57 | 75 (19) | 100 (19) | 112 (19) | 93 (19) | 118 (18) |
| 118 | Peter Sykes | 116046 | 30:13 | 77 (16) | 104 (14) | 113 (15) | 87 (16) | 122 (13) |
| 119 | Semillon | 128760 | 30:13 | 77 (15) | 89 (16) | 98 (18) | 96 (17) | 139 (15) |
| 120 | eniamretrauq | 146954 | 30:14 | 81 (18) | 98 (17) | 102 (18) | 99 (17) | 114 (21) |
| 121 | nekabue | 201402 | 30:14 | 72 (24) | 92 (25) | 113 (25) | 100 (24) | 121 (23) |
| 122 | SlumdogEngineer | 151781 | 30:50 | 80 (21) | 89 (17) | 97 (18) | 102 (18) | 132 (18) |
| 123 | ulaca | 172267 | 30:52 | 74 (22) | 99 (23) | 113 (21) | 99 (19) | 116 (18) |
| 124 | NAPASAI | 70873 | 31:05 | 58 (8) | 86 (9) | 156 (10) | 84 (11) | 104 (10) |
| 125 | rosselliot | 181535 | 31:11 | 81 (20) | 87 (24) | 117 (20) | 105 (22) | 109 (21) |
| 126 | Tudds | 222547 | 31:42 | 72 (25) | 86 (26) | 122 (25) | 104 (26) | 113 (25) |
| 127 | koro | 223955 | 31:54 | 80 (26) | 102 (26) | 107 (25) | 94 (25) | 115 (25) |
| 128 | 1234 | 169618 | 32:29 | 79 (20) | 104 (18) | 107 (20) | 91 (18) | 114 (21) |
| 129 | JohnDun | 217033 | 33:11 | 81 (21) | 93 (25) | 100 (25) | 100 (24) | 122 (24) |
| 130 | FelicityTT | 54529 | 33:39 | 78 (7) | 85 (7) | 114 (9) | 107 (6) | 109 (8) |
| 131 | joss henry | 155651 | 33:41 | 76 (22) | 94 (22) | 133 (16) | 92 (15) | 120 (12) |
| 132 | Crippens1 | 129182 | 34:10 | 78 (17) | 105 (14) | 109 (11) | 96 (16) | 118 (15) |
| 133 | Archie | 90390 | 34:14 | 81 (12) | 100 (6) | 105 (15) | 98 (12) | 117 (9) |
| 134 | Glyndwr | 132273 | 34:59 | 79 (16) | 109 (17) | 111 (17) | 98 (15) | 98 (8) |
| 135 | Gussie | 121521 | 37:30 | 67 (10) | 106 (11) | 102 (15) | 106 (12) | 106 (16) |
| 136 | Paulypops | 149649 | 37:47 | 88 (21) | 106 (20) | 100 (16) | 99 (11) | 114 (8) |
| 137 | maryht | 232318 | 37:57 | 90 (23) | 92 (26) | 95 (16) | 94 (23) | 125 (24) |
| 138 | Pleasuredome | 215039 | 38:57 | 83 (24) | 98 (23) | 114 (21) | 98 (16) | 108 (18) |
| 139 | SK42 | 90428 | 39:39 | 77 (8) | 110 (10) | 94 (9) | 94 (9) | 112 (12) |
| 140 | Nangle | 140504 | 39:41 | 69 (12) | 103 (12) | 111 (16) | 93 (16) | 119 (13) |
| 141 | Waterloo | 212069 | 41:34 | 51 (20) | 58 (19) | 131 (17) | 84 (21) | 188 (18) |
| 142 | symbenall2 | 180304 | 42:55 | 70 (18) | 95 (17) | 116 (15) | 95 (15) | 129 (15) |
| 143 | Masha | 202743 | 48:58 | 77 (19) | 103 (14) | 106 (13) | 100 (15) | 115 (18) |