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 | mohn | 18624 | 05:10 | 76 (13) | 104 (16) | 100 (15) | 105 (14) | 111 (12) |
| 2 | Jason | 13940 | 06:27 | 88 (9) | 96 (8) | 87 (10) | 102 (11) | 128 (8) |
| 3 | Diskus | 39307 | 06:33 | 90 (21) | 90 (21) | 92 (21) | 102 (23) | 119 (24) |
| 4 | Eamon Ryan | 28225 | 06:37 | 75 (13) | 90 (14) | 91 (21) | 102 (17) | 136 (16) |
| 5 | verlaine | 50295 | 06:59 | 75 (26) | 93 (26) | 94 (26) | 105 (26) | 130 (26) |
| 6 | Nathan Panning | 45791 | 07:00 | 79 (24) | 99 (23) | 102 (23) | 106 (24) | 111 (25) |
| 7 | mistigris | 44167 | 07:13 | 78 (23) | 97 (23) | 93 (23) | 103 (22) | 129 (21) |
| 8 | aphis99 | 56962 | 07:58 | 78 (25) | 92 (26) | 101 (26) | 106 (26) | 120 (26) |
| 9 | Paul Gilbert | 23429 | 08:08 | 77 (15) | 103 (11) | 90 (13) | 112 (9) | 133 (10) |
| 10 | hilarym | 33227 | 08:08 | 84 (19) | 96 (18) | 105 (18) | 108 (15) | 123 (8) |
| 11 | tiljo | 17073 | 08:22 | 97 (12) | 100 (6) | 97 (7) | 101 (10) | 103 (9) |
| 12 | Midas | 62946 | 08:53 | 87 (26) | 92 (25) | 101 (26) | 101 (25) | 116 (26) |
| 13 | asaldanha | 54091 | 08:55 | 73 (23) | 96 (24) | 105 (21) | 105 (21) | 121 (22) |
| 14 | richard | 47011 | 09:19 | 85 (20) | 97 (19) | 93 (20) | 110 (17) | 117 (18) |
| 15 | AlanS | 66725 | 09:55 | 80 (26) | 96 (25) | 102 (26) | 101 (24) | 124 (21) |
| 16 | chindit | 68107 | 09:57 | 83 (25) | 91 (24) | 99 (25) | 99 (25) | 125 (25) |
| 17 | scrabbler | 70599 | 10:03 | 84 (24) | 94 (26) | 100 (26) | 103 (26) | 117 (25) |
| 18 | chriswords | 55657 | 10:11 | 90 (22) | 96 (22) | 106 (22) | 99 (22) | 113 (13) |
| 19 | robertL | 49254 | 10:56 | 87 (14) | 87 (18) | 104 (17) | 103 (21) | 116 (15) |
| 20 | lickert | 59559 | 11:09 | 77 (20) | 95 (21) | 105 (21) | 100 (18) | 123 (19) |
| 21 | glheard | 81365 | 11:23 | 79 (26) | 98 (25) | 101 (26) | 98 (26) | 122 (26) |
| 22 | Kinghedger | 67630 | 11:37 | 79 (20) | 100 (20) | 95 (19) | 96 (24) | 122 (24) |
| 23 | trux | 35881 | 11:43 | 80 (13) | 96 (16) | 100 (14) | 110 (8) | 123 (10) |
| 24 | andy | 22916 | 11:56 | 89 (7) | 104 (9) | 88 (8) | 92 (11) | 130 (7) |
| 25 | Topical Tim | 68430 | 12:07 | 68 (20) | 90 (23) | 104 (20) | 110 (20) | 126 (21) |
| 26 | Tom Stubbs | 89818 | 12:34 | 80 (26) | 92 (25) | 97 (26) | 101 (26) | 128 (26) |
| 27 | SimonAnthony | 73297 | 12:43 | 75 (21) | 94 (22) | 90 (22) | 103 (18) | 134 (23) |
| 28 | neilr | 89307 | 12:43 | 80 (25) | 100 (26) | 103 (26) | 104 (26) | 112 (24) |
| 29 | Sheapey | 84233 | 12:45 | 76 (25) | 92 (25) | 99 (23) | 113 (24) | 121 (23) |
| 30 | p.wild | 91190 | 12:52 | 83 (26) | 98 (26) | 101 (26) | 104 (26) | 112 (24) |
| 31 | Roscoe | 28695 | 12:55 | 88 (8) | 79 (10) | 121 (10) | 92 (10) | 117 (9) |
| 32 | xyster | 80874 | 13:05 | 81 (24) | 94 (23) | 98 (23) | 113 (24) | 115 (19) |
| 33 | Pavel Tudor | 39379 | 13:07 | 98 (17) | 97 (11) | 100 (14) | 101 (11) | 107 (7) |
| 34 | canismiser | 53530 | 13:07 | 83 (20) | 106 (18) | 107 (19) | 103 (14) | 101 (7) |
| 35 | keriothe_ | 86067 | 13:09 | 71 (22) | 92 (25) | 93 (24) | 107 (24) | 132 (24) |
| 36 | Ben Staveley | 51400 | 13:10 | 89 (20) | 92 (16) | 102 (15) | 109 (13) | 118 (11) |
| 37 | Silva | 91023 | 13:11 | 79 (25) | 100 (25) | 99 (26) | 100 (26) | 121 (23) |
| 38 | HenryBW | 71674 | 13:16 | 81 (20) | 87 (19) | 100 (21) | 99 (21) | 131 (19) |
| 39 | Spur58 | 42468 | 13:21 | 90 (14) | 96 (13) | 100 (14) | 105 (12) | 110 (10) |
| 40 | Stavros | 82104 | 13:24 | 72 (24) | 99 (22) | 102 (21) | 96 (22) | 130 (23) |
| 41 | Tibthorpe | 82459 | 13:28 | 81 (25) | 99 (24) | 98 (24) | 104 (21) | 125 (18) |
| 42 | fshephe | 95850 | 13:39 | 94 (24) | 92 (26) | 95 (26) | 104 (25) | 112 (26) |
| 43 | aphasic | 48964 | 13:49 | 85 (17) | 98 (17) | 104 (14) | 110 (12) | 112 (9) |
| 44 | Secondbass | 38323 | 13:53 | 90 (12) | 91 (13) | 97 (10) | 94 (10) | 127 (11) |
| 45 | Groucho | 56884 | 13:56 | 83 (22) | 102 (16) | 105 (15) | 107 (15) | 115 (10) |
| 46 | qieduan | 97923 | 14:04 | 78 (25) | 94 (26) | 98 (25) | 100 (25) | 128 (25) |
| 47 | MikeOsborne | 100540 | 14:12 | 81 (26) | 95 (26) | 97 (25) | 106 (25) | 119 (26) |
| 48 | jamesah | 82383 | 14:18 | 85 (24) | 97 (21) | 99 (22) | 103 (19) | 117 (20) |
| 49 | Sue Sweeper | 55419 | 14:25 | 79 (16) | 81 (13) | 102 (15) | 113 (15) | 121 (15) |
| 50 | doublecross | 90640 | 14:31 | 79 (24) | 84 (22) | 105 (21) | 96 (25) | 136 (22) |
| 51 | cyrillic | 84542 | 14:40 | 83 (21) | 96 (22) | 100 (24) | 106 (23) | 117 (16) |
| 52 | njnclarke | 38339 | 14:51 | 82 (13) | 101 (13) | 92 (9) | 113 (11) | 121 (7) |
| 53 | tilbee | 106560 | 14:55 | 82 (26) | 95 (26) | 96 (26) | 101 (25) | 123 (26) |
| 54 | Penfold_61 | 96814 | 14:56 | 79 (23) | 95 (24) | 102 (26) | 112 (25) | 110 (20) |
| 55 | Malcj | 81733 | 14:58 | 77 (21) | 94 (20) | 98 (19) | 111 (22) | 118 (19) |
| 56 | tunflog | 55653 | 15:12 | 94 (20) | 93 (16) | 100 (10) | 102 (13) | 114 (12) |
| 57 | grape | 59489 | 15:29 | 82 (18) | 107 (18) | 100 (12) | 102 (15) | 113 (11) |
| 58 | mikegrocott | 52607 | 15:39 | 90 (13) | 93 (13) | 97 (15) | 106 (14) | 114 (11) |
| 59 | David Crooks | 97785 | 15:40 | 81 (23) | 98 (25) | 100 (25) | 97 (22) | 127 (19) |
| 60 | Crucifer | 33114 | 16:13 | 78 (9) | 87 (8) | 82 (9) | 113 (6) | 129 (12) |
| 61 | phthisis | 101500 | 16:15 | 83 (23) | 95 (23) | 91 (25) | 100 (20) | 129 (23) |
| 62 | Squallaby | 80902 | 16:26 | 84 (21) | 102 (17) | 93 (18) | 109 (21) | 113 (15) |
| 63 | Golvellius | 86938 | 16:39 | 85 (18) | 75 (16) | 101 (23) | 103 (22) | 129 (18) |
| 64 | fishernick79 | 49029 | 16:40 | 78 (13) | 94 (11) | 108 (13) | 109 (12) | 114 (10) |
| 65 | Ed freshpot | 109518 | 16:54 | 79 (23) | 94 (24) | 104 (25) | 102 (23) | 117 (23) |
| 66 | tapbarker | 121871 | 16:55 | 81 (26) | 92 (26) | 94 (26) | 108 (26) | 122 (26) |
| 67 | gabrojak | 34694 | 17:00 | 82 (11) | 94 (9) | 110 (8) | 103 (8) | 118 (8) |
| 68 | rupe | 50435 | 17:09 | 78 (12) | 93 (12) | 98 (13) | 106 (12) | 128 (10) |
| 69 | fuzz | 73200 | 17:10 | 92 (14) | 94 (15) | 96 (18) | 98 (18) | 117 (16) |
| 70 | LJCN | 93691 | 17:21 | 74 (21) | 84 (18) | 105 (23) | 114 (20) | 121 (18) |
| 71 | JezWoolfrey | 107094 | 17:40 | 74 (22) | 92 (25) | 103 (23) | 109 (23) | 125 (18) |
| 72 | GMcD | 123523 | 17:44 | 77 (24) | 91 (26) | 101 (24) | 98 (26) | 129 (26) |
| 73 | s_pugh | 108777 | 17:46 | 80 (19) | 94 (24) | 99 (23) | 100 (22) | 120 (24) |
| 74 | Valance | 82282 | 17:48 | 75 (17) | 95 (17) | 103 (17) | 100 (18) | 123 (18) |
| 75 | robinh | 125598 | 17:53 | 87 (26) | 90 (25) | 99 (26) | 104 (25) | 118 (25) |
| 76 | peterh | 112805 | 17:54 | 92 (23) | 95 (24) | 96 (24) | 105 (21) | 110 (23) |
| 77 | annelambirth | 84150 | 17:58 | 83 (24) | 94 (17) | 109 (22) | 109 (16) | 115 (9) |
| 78 | OliviaRhineb | 128173 | 18:06 | 84 (26) | 96 (26) | 98 (26) | 103 (26) | 118 (24) |
| 79 | LouWeed | 130839 | 18:19 | 82 (26) | 92 (26) | 102 (26) | 102 (26) | 120 (25) |
| 80 | earlylight | 64539 | 18:32 | 93 (13) | 102 (14) | 106 (14) | 89 (15) | 110 (12) |
| 81 | pterodactyl | 93720 | 18:35 | 84 (21) | 91 (20) | 99 (18) | 114 (19) | 115 (16) |
| 82 | Hamish.S | 92812 | 18:38 | 76 (22) | 87 (19) | 108 (18) | 104 (20) | 138 (14) |
| 83 | joppenheimer | 32811 | 18:51 | 102 (9) | 106 (7) | 84 (8) | 98 (9) | 112 (6) |
| 84 | Pootle | 131398 | 18:52 | 75 (26) | 91 (26) | 101 (26) | 116 (24) | 117 (24) |
| 85 | Terrier | 79448 | 18:54 | 73 (15) | 86 (18) | 107 (18) | 100 (12) | 128 (17) |
| 86 | Craven | 132912 | 18:56 | 85 (26) | 96 (25) | 93 (26) | 101 (25) | 124 (25) |
| 87 | benedick | 75622 | 19:05 | 87 (17) | 94 (18) | 100 (13) | 112 (15) | 110 (13) |
| 88 | RobR | 88244 | 19:06 | 81 (18) | 89 (14) | 92 (21) | 104 (16) | 131 (18) |
| 89 | Looch | 121487 | 19:06 | 75 (24) | 98 (20) | 101 (24) | 97 (24) | 126 (24) |
| 90 | tonym | 57378 | 19:07 | 94 (17) | 103 (13) | 96 (11) | 102 (10) | 108 (9) |
| 91 | John Arnold | 89802 | 19:26 | 76 (23) | 105 (18) | 102 (15) | 113 (20) | 113 (11) |
| 92 | Swanny | 81721 | 19:27 | 85 (16) | 89 (15) | 97 (16) | 101 (17) | 125 (16) |
| 93 | Zabadak | 136334 | 19:35 | 82 (26) | 91 (25) | 96 (25) | 108 (25) | 121 (25) |
| 94 | andrewlake | 132027 | 19:38 | 82 (25) | 91 (24) | 94 (24) | 102 (23) | 127 (26) |
| 95 | MichelinPoitiers | 75031 | 20:10 | 86 (16) | 100 (16) | 94 (16) | 113 (11) | 112 (13) |
| 96 | Edprof | 47496 | 20:17 | 83 (12) | 103 (10) | 103 (11) | 103 (9) | 117 (7) |
| 97 | mcjwright | 84149 | 20:19 | 81 (15) | 96 (14) | 93 (18) | 96 (17) | 133 (15) |
| 98 | barracuda | 143492 | 20:37 | 74 (25) | 93 (25) | 97 (25) | 108 (26) | 125 (25) |
| 99 | colin2355 | 119253 | 20:42 | 88 (17) | 93 (23) | 94 (25) | 111 (20) | 111 (21) |
| 100 | hugh.schofield | 47565 | 20:51 | 77 (9) | 101 (12) | 94 (10) | 119 (9) | 108 (8) |
| 101 | george.garlick | 43828 | 20:52 | 82 (9) | 96 (10) | 103 (10) | 105 (9) | 115 (7) |
| 102 | kath | 70565 | 21:00 | 86 (20) | 97 (14) | 106 (16) | 115 (8) | 111 (8) |
| 103 | GeorgeTz | 52999 | 21:01 | 77 (10) | 97 (10) | 102 (12) | 93 (8) | 121 (12) |
| 104 | Kevin Gregg | 127678 | 21:04 | 82 (23) | 98 (23) | 99 (23) | 102 (23) | 121 (19) |
| 105 | Zander | 112938 | 21:53 | 68 (18) | 92 (19) | 99 (19) | 107 (19) | 127 (21) |
| 106 | Jagsfan1971 | 46720 | 22:14 | 60 (10) | 91 (11) | 118 (9) | 105 (8) | 147 (7) |
| 107 | gbestanley | 136163 | 22:28 | 89 (23) | 95 (24) | 93 (20) | 107 (22) | 113 (22) |
| 108 | klamery4 | 89468 | 22:35 | 87 (19) | 90 (16) | 102 (14) | 106 (12) | 118 (15) |
| 109 | alexh | 96215 | 22:35 | 84 (17) | 97 (16) | 101 (15) | 103 (16) | 112 (17) |
| 110 | sampson | 54796 | 22:49 | 78 (7) | 93 (10) | 104 (9) | 107 (15) | 104 (9) |
| 111 | zythum | 83929 | 22:55 | 86 (15) | 99 (15) | 100 (13) | 100 (13) | 114 (15) |
| 112 | Semillon | 64903 | 23:00 | 69 (11) | 100 (11) | 103 (11) | 98 (12) | 125 (12) |
| 113 | brian.mcnamara | 71570 | 23:23 | 83 (15) | 99 (11) | 82 (9) | 99 (14) | 134 (12) |
| 114 | goblin | 167508 | 23:27 | 86 (26) | 92 (25) | 104 (26) | 102 (26) | 112 (26) |
| 115 | pc8 | 130217 | 23:50 | 81 (20) | 104 (18) | 94 (22) | 106 (22) | 114 (19) |
| 116 | BaggieBear | 37334 | 23:55 | 77 (8) | 112 (9) | 94 (7) | 99 (6) | 118 (6) |
| 117 | Waterloo | 157594 | 24:32 | 74 (26) | 86 (20) | 101 (25) | 104 (24) | 134 (22) |
| 118 | alwsn8 | 113626 | 24:35 | 79 (16) | 96 (18) | 103 (17) | 91 (18) | 126 (18) |
| 119 | crosswordian | 103848 | 24:43 | 86 (14) | 99 (17) | 95 (15) | 96 (17) | 118 (17) |
| 120 | rjcassidy | 125112 | 24:49 | 79 (21) | 89 (19) | 109 (17) | 110 (18) | 115 (19) |
| 121 | dec | 94095 | 24:53 | 82 (17) | 98 (15) | 99 (14) | 113 (15) | 111 (12) |
| 122 | endafk | 132004 | 25:00 | 83 (22) | 106 (23) | 108 (18) | 101 (21) | 102 (14) |
| 123 | pph22 | 82591 | 25:01 | 81 (11) | 94 (14) | 100 (9) | 107 (14) | 109 (17) |
| 124 | Nangle | 118894 | 25:24 | 88 (25) | 96 (14) | 112 (18) | 93 (16) | 114 (15) |
| 125 | Foozler | 49706 | 25:53 | 80 (7) | 98 (6) | 94 (10) | 104 (11) | 118 (8) |
| 126 | annbrew | 119376 | 26:31 | 82 (18) | 83 (18) | 107 (18) | 105 (14) | 123 (17) |
| 127 | timbo | 58194 | 26:56 | 78 (7) | 102 (10) | 90 (11) | 102 (10) | 125 (8) |
| 128 | UisceTe | 181462 | 27:00 | 76 (24) | 100 (25) | 99 (25) | 105 (25) | 118 (23) |
| 129 | Mkgnao | 176775 | 27:01 | 74 (25) | 99 (24) | 95 (24) | 111 (25) | 123 (21) |
| 130 | SlumdogEngineer | 85322 | 27:20 | 72 (15) | 101 (11) | 105 (11) | 112 (16) | 118 (9) |
| 131 | john.brassey | 98795 | 27:26 | 75 (9) | 103 (11) | 115 (13) | 90 (18) | 106 (19) |
| 132 | Manveru | 121491 | 27:44 | 91 (22) | 100 (19) | 93 (15) | 114 (18) | 100 (9) |
| 133 | Corymbia | 134802 | 27:44 | 69 (15) | 96 (15) | 101 (25) | 96 (17) | 127 (19) |
| 134 | Peter Sykes | 122087 | 28:39 | 83 (20) | 101 (15) | 102 (12) | 101 (19) | 115 (15) |
| 135 | eniamretrauq | 128326 | 28:54 | 73 (12) | 93 (20) | 81 (15) | 105 (17) | 129 (20) |
| 136 | Pauline Minter | 68086 | 29:05 | 64 (6) | 87 (10) | 89 (10) | 97 (9) | 128 (14) |
| 137 | Lloyd | 196339 | 29:28 | 84 (25) | 92 (24) | 91 (25) | 107 (25) | 127 (22) |
| 138 | nekabue | 210829 | 29:31 | 75 (26) | 92 (26) | 94 (26) | 103 (26) | 136 (25) |
| 139 | wyn.dil | 194921 | 29:48 | 80 (25) | 93 (22) | 108 (23) | 99 (25) | 119 (24) |
| 140 | NAPASAI | 142184 | 29:59 | 67 (18) | 78 (13) | 93 (15) | 97 (20) | 141 (23) |
| 141 | rosselliot | 166970 | 30:14 | 88 (19) | 97 (20) | 98 (23) | 102 (20) | 113 (20) |
| 142 | koro | 224708 | 31:28 | 79 (26) | 97 (26) | 94 (26) | 104 (25) | 124 (26) |
| 143 | ulaca | 187902 | 31:57 | 70 (22) | 90 (23) | 89 (18) | 110 (22) | 134 (23) |
| 144 | JohnDun | 149455 | 32:46 | 78 (19) | 91 (17) | 100 (20) | 113 (13) | 121 (17) |
| 145 | npweston | 189868 | 32:57 | 80 (22) | 94 (23) | 105 (22) | 103 (22) | 121 (17) |
| 146 | Glyndwr | 101984 | 33:19 | 69 (9) | 97 (14) | 107 (17) | 103 (14) | 115 (7) |
| 147 | Pleasuredome | 210956 | 34:48 | 83 (20) | 90 (22) | 98 (25) | 100 (23) | 126 (21) |
| 148 | Crippens1 | 196889 | 34:54 | 79 (21) | 94 (19) | 90 (21) | 110 (22) | 123 (21) |
| 149 | Mike Harper | 75620 | 35:00 | 82 (7) | 88 (12) | 86 (8) | 94 (10) | 148 (9) |
| 150 | auntie noele | 83083 | 35:30 | 90 (13) | 105 (10) | 99 (12) | 90 (8) | 131 (6) |
| 151 | Paulypops | 149625 | 36:08 | 90 (19) | 99 (19) | 103 (16) | 102 (14) | 110 (11) |
| 152 | Cookincats | 175475 | 36:33 | 85 (17) | 95 (17) | 103 (15) | 93 (17) | 114 (24) |
| 153 | FrameShift | 256937 | 36:36 | 92 (26) | 96 (25) | 108 (25) | 100 (26) | 102 (25) |
| 154 | maryht | 238066 | 37:47 | 86 (23) | 95 (23) | 108 (25) | 100 (23) | 109 (21) |
| 155 | dosbarth | 244757 | 38:29 | 76 (24) | 97 (23) | 101 (24) | 103 (25) | 125 (20) |
| 156 | empty | 273302 | 38:36 | 89 (26) | 99 (26) | 98 (26) | 107 (24) | 106 (26) |
| 157 | MartinP | 285158 | 42:48 | 69 (21) | 93 (25) | 99 (25) | 106 (25) | 125 (25) |
| 158 | JGP | 84145 | 45:14 | 67 (8) | 87 (7) | 92 (11) | 87 (7) | 163 (8) |
| 159 | paulmcl | 380273 | 91:51 | 95 (16) | 85 (19) | 89 (16) | 116 (16) | 122 (12) |