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 | 65 | 04:47 | 77 (14) | 98 (10) | 105 (15) | 105 (14) | 114 (12) |
| 2 | Nathan Panning | 88 | 06:13 | 79 (20) | 102 (18) | 98 (17) | 110 (20) | 115 (13) |
| 3 | Jason | 114 | 06:24 | 80 (21) | 95 (26) | 96 (23) | 107 (24) | 120 (20) |
| 4 | escat49 | 122 | 06:52 | 86 (24) | 98 (23) | 99 (25) | 101 (24) | 113 (26) |
| 5 | verlaine | 125 | 06:59 | 75 (25) | 94 (25) | 101 (26) | 89 (24) | 137 (25) |
| 6 | mistigris | 102 | 07:29 | 85 (19) | 95 (22) | 91 (20) | 106 (20) | 119 (21) |
| 7 | aphis99 | 117 | 07:45 | 80 (23) | 93 (25) | 108 (23) | 109 (25) | 108 (21) |
| 8 | Diskus | 106 | 07:47 | 75 (26) | 91 (21) | 86 (21) | 144 (19) | 112 (19) |
| 9 | hilarym | 87 | 07:57 | 87 (22) | 101 (17) | 99 (20) | 104 (19) | 119 (9) |
| 10 | lili | 47 | 08:06 | 87 (10) | 84 (8) | 112 (10) | 102 (10) | 112 (9) |
| 11 | Paul Gilbert | 81 | 08:29 | 89 (18) | 100 (15) | 100 (17) | 94 (17) | 119 (14) |
| 12 | Midas | 123 | 08:51 | 88 (25) | 99 (23) | 93 (26) | 104 (24) | 114 (25) |
| 13 | richard | 99 | 09:07 | 83 (23) | 96 (19) | 99 (21) | 102 (20) | 126 (16) |
| 14 | asaldanha | 102 | 09:08 | 75 (21) | 95 (20) | 98 (25) | 118 (20) | 116 (16) |
| 15 | chindit | 117 | 09:39 | 83 (23) | 94 (26) | 99 (23) | 94 (21) | 126 (24) |
| 16 | AlanS | 93 | 10:08 | 86 (19) | 92 (18) | 93 (19) | 100 (22) | 132 (15) |
| 17 | philjordan1147 | 88 | 10:10 | 86 (19) | 92 (16) | 112 (23) | 98 (16) | 107 (14) |
| 18 | scrabbler | 119 | 10:14 | 81 (23) | 101 (25) | 98 (23) | 103 (22) | 113 (26) |
| 19 | chriswords | 93 | 10:35 | 87 (21) | 92 (19) | 108 (17) | 103 (18) | 111 (18) |
| 20 | Kinghedger | 106 | 10:51 | 78 (24) | 96 (18) | 100 (23) | 101 (22) | 127 (19) |
| 21 | lickert | 104 | 10:56 | 76 (20) | 93 (22) | 96 (20) | 107 (21) | 123 (21) |
| 22 | glheard | 102 | 11:10 | 78 (22) | 98 (20) | 92 (19) | 104 (20) | 126 (21) |
| 23 | Topical Tim | 103 | 11:32 | 71 (19) | 81 (24) | 105 (21) | 103 (22) | 145 (17) |
| 24 | trux | 83 | 11:40 | 75 (16) | 101 (20) | 111 (16) | 94 (17) | 119 (14) |
| 25 | robertL | 82 | 12:00 | 79 (15) | 99 (15) | 102 (19) | 113 (20) | 101 (13) |
| 26 | ChuckB | 47 | 12:08 | 82 (11) | 100 (11) | 97 (11) | 118 (8) | 112 (6) |
| 27 | neilr | 114 | 12:14 | 79 (23) | 96 (25) | 101 (25) | 99 (21) | 126 (20) |
| 28 | Sue Sweeper | 49 | 12:17 | 78 (10) | 88 (12) | 97 (11) | 114 (7) | 131 (9) |
| 29 | SimonAnthony | 104 | 12:37 | 73 (16) | 101 (23) | 93 (25) | 110 (21) | 118 (19) |
| 30 | aphasic | 69 | 12:41 | 83 (14) | 101 (16) | 97 (17) | 106 (15) | 121 (7) |
| 31 | HenryBW | 92 | 12:42 | 85 (22) | 93 (19) | 99 (18) | 109 (19) | 120 (14) |
| 32 | keriothe_ | 110 | 12:42 | 79 (23) | 89 (22) | 104 (23) | 102 (22) | 127 (20) |
| 33 | p.wild | 127 | 12:48 | 86 (24) | 99 (26) | 93 (26) | 102 (26) | 116 (25) |
| 34 | fshephe | 105 | 12:53 | 90 (21) | 97 (24) | 98 (19) | 101 (21) | 112 (20) |
| 35 | xyster | 54 | 12:54 | 85 (13) | 92 (9) | 100 (10) | 102 (13) | 124 (9) |
| 36 | Tom Stubbs | 124 | 13:01 | 81 (25) | 101 (25) | 97 (24) | 98 (25) | 119 (25) |
| 37 | Spur58 | 51 | 13:02 | 85 (12) | 97 (14) | 102 (10) | 108 (7) | 113 (8) |
| 38 | Sheapey | 118 | 13:02 | 83 (23) | 86 (22) | 96 (24) | 98 (25) | 132 (24) |
| 39 | MikeOsborne | 108 | 13:04 | 82 (21) | 98 (22) | 97 (21) | 101 (21) | 118 (23) |
| 40 | Stavros | 108 | 13:06 | 69 (22) | 97 (22) | 103 (23) | 108 (20) | 122 (21) |
| 41 | jamesah | 86 | 13:12 | 84 (18) | 98 (21) | 101 (21) | 107 (16) | 114 (10) |
| 42 | Silva | 121 | 13:13 | 85 (26) | 93 (25) | 99 (24) | 97 (25) | 127 (21) |
| 43 | Malcj | 93 | 13:28 | 82 (21) | 99 (20) | 100 (17) | 106 (22) | 115 (13) |
| 44 | Heyesey | 78 | 13:29 | 75 (14) | 81 (16) | 87 (15) | 78 (16) | 168 (17) |
| 45 | tilbee | 117 | 13:32 | 82 (25) | 98 (21) | 100 (23) | 103 (25) | 116 (23) |
| 46 | Secondbass | 89 | 13:38 | 83 (19) | 102 (20) | 94 (18) | 99 (18) | 126 (14) |
| 47 | 7dPenguin | 96 | 13:39 | 83 (19) | 98 (21) | 92 (19) | 103 (18) | 122 (19) |
| 48 | Ben Staveley | 86 | 13:52 | 84 (20) | 92 (19) | 90 (15) | 112 (18) | 125 (14) |
| 49 | Groucho | 99 | 14:03 | 80 (24) | 102 (22) | 100 (19) | 106 (20) | 119 (14) |
| 50 | David Crooks | 104 | 14:15 | 79 (23) | 97 (18) | 108 (24) | 100 (20) | 116 (19) |
| 51 | March | 109 | 14:17 | 89 (24) | 87 (23) | 101 (21) | 99 (21) | 125 (20) |
| 52 | Penfold_61 | 114 | 14:21 | 77 (23) | 98 (24) | 95 (23) | 106 (22) | 123 (22) |
| 53 | qieduan | 95 | 14:31 | 83 (16) | 93 (20) | 101 (20) | 105 (22) | 114 (17) |
| 54 | Tibthorpe | 96 | 14:41 | 78 (19) | 93 (23) | 103 (18) | 95 (22) | 142 (14) |
| 55 | canismiser | 57 | 14:45 | 86 (14) | 93 (9) | 108 (17) | 101 (10) | 112 (7) |
| 56 | grape | 70 | 14:47 | 86 (17) | 90 (12) | 108 (16) | 99 (18) | 128 (7) |
| 57 | tunflog | 73 | 15:18 | 95 (20) | 95 (16) | 104 (15) | 102 (15) | 107 (7) |
| 58 | pitcaithlie | 91 | 15:46 | 82 (19) | 102 (21) | 94 (20) | 107 (17) | 119 (14) |
| 59 | njnclarke | 66 | 15:53 | 68 (16) | 113 (13) | 109 (15) | 103 (13) | 115 (9) |
| 60 | Ed freshpot | 104 | 15:54 | 80 (23) | 94 (23) | 95 (22) | 94 (20) | 148 (16) |
| 61 | phthisis | 107 | 15:56 | 82 (21) | 99 (21) | 93 (20) | 103 (21) | 118 (24) |
| 62 | cyrillic | 110 | 15:56 | 84 (19) | 94 (23) | 96 (24) | 98 (23) | 125 (21) |
| 63 | Paul Bacon | 44 | 15:58 | 94 (10) | 100 (9) | 96 (8) | 105 (11) | 103 (6) |
| 64 | JezWoolfrey | 68 | 16:00 | 76 (13) | 97 (11) | 93 (17) | 108 (13) | 122 (14) |
| 65 | oshinmark | 34 | 16:05 | 77 (9) | 97 (7) | 90 (6) | 108 (6) | 138 (6) |
| 66 | Squallaby | 76 | 16:06 | 84 (21) | 102 (12) | 93 (16) | 112 (15) | 119 (12) |
| 67 | Golvellius | 79 | 16:10 | 89 (16) | 102 (14) | 94 (16) | 99 (20) | 117 (13) |
| 68 | Looch | 110 | 16:14 | 92 (22) | 98 (19) | 96 (22) | 100 (25) | 111 (22) |
| 69 | s_pugh | 117 | 16:21 | 83 (24) | 94 (23) | 99 (24) | 109 (25) | 114 (21) |
| 70 | tapbarker | 114 | 16:47 | 84 (24) | 91 (21) | 104 (23) | 99 (23) | 120 (23) |
| 71 | rupe | 32 | 16:51 | 82 (6) | 91 (6) | 99 (6) | 91 (7) | 131 (7) |
| 72 | fuzz | 61 | 17:09 | 82 (10) | 97 (11) | 98 (14) | 98 (12) | 116 (14) |
| 73 | annelambirth | 80 | 17:12 | 87 (23) | 103 (17) | 95 (17) | 106 (15) | 125 (8) |
| 74 | Pootle | 101 | 17:18 | 92 (22) | 100 (19) | 90 (20) | 92 (21) | 125 (19) |
| 75 | george.plumbly | 47 | 17:19 | 82 (10) | 100 (11) | 97 (8) | 88 (9) | 131 (9) |
| 76 | alexh | 75 | 17:26 | 91 (17) | 94 (17) | 92 (15) | 108 (16) | 121 (10) |
| 77 | LJCN | 93 | 17:26 | 71 (17) | 95 (22) | 101 (20) | 117 (17) | 114 (17) |
| 78 | CentralLine | 113 | 17:40 | 73 (22) | 99 (23) | 103 (26) | 105 (22) | 119 (20) |
| 79 | GMcD | 118 | 17:41 | 79 (25) | 96 (26) | 86 (21) | 115 (26) | 124 (20) |
| 80 | Craven | 113 | 17:44 | 84 (20) | 97 (24) | 98 (25) | 103 (23) | 116 (21) |
| 81 | RobR | 92 | 17:45 | 86 (20) | 95 (19) | 104 (19) | 105 (21) | 112 (13) |
| 82 | LouWeed | 104 | 17:48 | 89 (22) | 99 (24) | 98 (19) | 100 (22) | 114 (17) |
| 83 | gsriordan52 | 82 | 17:49 | 77 (16) | 96 (20) | 104 (16) | 106 (16) | 118 (14) |
| 84 | peterh | 95 | 17:49 | 86 (17) | 94 (19) | 101 (21) | 102 (19) | 113 (19) |
| 85 | wyn.dil | 95 | 18:15 | 88 (21) | 101 (17) | 103 (20) | 101 (19) | 106 (18) |
| 86 | Hamish.S | 74 | 18:21 | 77 (17) | 105 (18) | 95 (13) | 109 (16) | 120 (10) |
| 87 | Semillon | 80 | 18:21 | 82 (17) | 92 (15) | 92 (17) | 103 (16) | 132 (15) |
| 88 | robinh | 117 | 18:24 | 89 (24) | 93 (23) | 109 (23) | 93 (24) | 114 (23) |
| 89 | OliviaRhineb | 124 | 18:24 | 80 (25) | 100 (25) | 97 (26) | 106 (26) | 118 (22) |
| 90 | Achernar | 89 | 18:32 | 86 (21) | 97 (22) | 92 (18) | 112 (14) | 121 (14) |
| 91 | benedick | 63 | 18:44 | 90 (10) | 95 (14) | 93 (16) | 108 (11) | 115 (12) |
| 92 | Swanny | 102 | 18:58 | 87 (23) | 94 (22) | 96 (22) | 109 (17) | 117 (18) |
| 93 | Zabadak | 111 | 19:01 | 87 (19) | 99 (24) | 92 (19) | 100 (26) | 116 (23) |
| 94 | pterodactyl | 87 | 19:06 | 88 (20) | 100 (18) | 96 (19) | 107 (18) | 113 (12) |
| 95 | andrewlake | 105 | 19:11 | 86 (21) | 94 (20) | 98 (21) | 105 (21) | 115 (22) |
| 96 | Richard Bull | 91 | 19:28 | 100 (17) | 115 (15) | 107 (18) | 90 (22) | 91 (19) |
| 97 | John Arnold | 68 | 19:30 | 82 (15) | 93 (15) | 93 (13) | 114 (15) | 120 (10) |
| 98 | LuckOfLucien | 82 | 19:45 | 75 (19) | 91 (17) | 102 (14) | 98 (15) | 134 (17) |
| 99 | Zander | 100 | 20:01 | 79 (19) | 91 (20) | 103 (18) | 100 (22) | 123 (21) |
| 100 | colin2355 | 90 | 20:15 | 68 (19) | 79 (17) | 94 (19) | 98 (18) | 164 (17) |
| 101 | barracuda | 112 | 20:18 | 81 (22) | 97 (25) | 100 (24) | 101 (20) | 120 (21) |
| 102 | george.garlick | 73 | 21:07 | 90 (14) | 96 (17) | 94 (15) | 106 (18) | 116 (9) |
| 103 | annbrew | 70 | 21:53 | 72 (10) | 97 (14) | 102 (11) | 102 (18) | 114 (17) |
| 104 | James P | 78 | 21:55 | 83 (20) | 106 (17) | 92 (14) | 102 (16) | 126 (11) |
| 105 | alwsn8 | 101 | 22:09 | 84 (23) | 99 (20) | 99 (20) | 112 (22) | 105 (16) |
| 106 | Kevin Gregg | 98 | 22:17 | 73 (20) | 94 (23) | 100 (19) | 106 (20) | 131 (16) |
| 107 | endafk | 87 | 22:37 | 89 (19) | 102 (20) | 100 (19) | 105 (14) | 103 (15) |
| 108 | pc8 | 109 | 22:41 | 79 (21) | 94 (21) | 96 (21) | 106 (25) | 121 (21) |
| 109 | MichelinPoitiers | 79 | 22:45 | 88 (14) | 97 (18) | 95 (15) | 103 (19) | 113 (13) |
| 110 | crosswordian | 84 | 23:14 | 77 (13) | 104 (16) | 95 (15) | 98 (20) | 115 (20) |
| 111 | goblin | 123 | 23:36 | 84 (23) | 96 (23) | 99 (26) | 102 (26) | 116 (25) |
| 112 | Jeremy Weissmann | 77 | 24:00 | 83 (19) | 101 (14) | 104 (17) | 107 (16) | 109 (11) |
| 113 | zythum | 72 | 24:15 | 86 (16) | 97 (16) | 95 (14) | 115 (11) | 109 (15) |
| 114 | rjcassidy | 99 | 24:17 | 83 (19) | 90 (20) | 97 (19) | 106 (20) | 119 (21) |
| 115 | Nangle | 42 | 24:38 | 94 (11) | 107 (9) | 98 (8) | 104 (7) | 96 (7) |
| 116 | dec | 49 | 24:43 | 69 (6) | 85 (7) | 105 (14) | 94 (10) | 121 (12) |
| 117 | Corymbia | 85 | 25:19 | 79 (11) | 97 (16) | 89 (21) | 104 (18) | 121 (19) |
| 118 | Waterloo | 101 | 25:45 | 86 (20) | 102 (23) | 93 (21) | 93 (19) | 127 (18) |
| 119 | Fidelio | 63 | 25:59 | 91 (7) | 103 (9) | 100 (18) | 99 (14) | 101 (15) |
| 120 | UisceTe | 62 | 26:10 | 78 (12) | 95 (13) | 92 (11) | 106 (14) | 125 (12) |
| 121 | 1234 | 39 | 26:15 | 86 (11) | 88 (7) | 87 (8) | 103 (6) | 143 (7) |
| 122 | Manveru | 62 | 26:18 | 91 (16) | 96 (16) | 112 (10) | 102 (10) | 104 (10) |
| 123 | eniamretrauq | 62 | 26:28 | 81 (14) | 85 (12) | 98 (11) | 112 (10) | 121 (15) |
| 124 | Mkgnao | 95 | 26:51 | 82 (23) | 92 (17) | 117 (20) | 94 (19) | 119 (16) |
| 125 | Tudds | 116 | 27:28 | 78 (26) | 97 (25) | 97 (23) | 105 (22) | 128 (20) |
| 126 | Pauline Minter | 52 | 27:52 | 80 (11) | 91 (7) | 104 (7) | 100 (10) | 113 (17) |
| 127 | NAPASAI | 60 | 28:11 | 68 (16) | 73 (6) | 109 (12) | 96 (9) | 134 (17) |
| 128 | SlumdogEngineer | 44 | 28:17 | 67 (9) | 109 (9) | 122 (7) | 79 (13) | 151 (6) |
| 129 | Peter Sykes | 54 | 28:31 | 92 (10) | 99 (10) | 89 (14) | 101 (10) | 120 (10) |
| 130 | nekabue | 108 | 28:50 | 87 (23) | 96 (23) | 96 (21) | 96 (20) | 125 (21) |
| 131 | rosselliot | 57 | 30:11 | 92 (12) | 93 (12) | 104 (13) | 94 (11) | 119 (9) |
| 132 | gbestanley | 82 | 30:21 | 85 (21) | 94 (14) | 98 (15) | 109 (20) | 116 (12) |
| 133 | ulaca | 81 | 30:42 | 92 (22) | 95 (18) | 85 (15) | 105 (15) | 134 (11) |
| 134 | JohnDun | 82 | 30:44 | 79 (18) | 98 (20) | 91 (15) | 97 (15) | 139 (14) |
| 135 | koro | 112 | 31:22 | 89 (22) | 92 (24) | 96 (21) | 99 (22) | 121 (23) |
| 136 | Lloyd | 69 | 31:39 | 76 (15) | 96 (18) | 116 (13) | 90 (13) | 132 (10) |
| 137 | Cookincats | 72 | 31:46 | 87 (15) | 99 (14) | 99 (12) | 101 (17) | 113 (14) |
| 138 | medodd | 76 | 32:08 | 76 (12) | 97 (14) | 96 (16) | 108 (16) | 113 (18) |
| 139 | Mike Harper | 81 | 32:08 | 86 (19) | 92 (13) | 95 (17) | 101 (16) | 125 (16) |
| 140 | JoeyC | 53 | 32:58 | 76 (9) | 80 (15) | 94 (8) | 164 (6) | 110 (15) |
| 141 | symbenall2 | 37 | 34:23 | 85 (10) | 85 (6) | 100 (6) | 109 (9) | 124 (6) |
| 142 | Pleasuredome | 59 | 35:21 | 88 (14) | 92 (12) | 86 (12) | 114 (9) | 122 (12) |
| 143 | klamery4 | 71 | 37:09 | 79 (14) | 105 (14) | 105 (15) | 112 (13) | 97 (15) |
| 144 | maryht | 94 | 38:58 | 90 (21) | 91 (16) | 108 (19) | 98 (18) | 110 (20) |
| 145 | Ronnie | 59 | 40:29 | 85 (10) | 102 (17) | 102 (13) | 96 (10) | 112 (9) |
| 146 | MartinP | 91 | 44:31 | 78 (18) | 96 (20) | 85 (19) | 100 (16) | 140 (18) |
| 147 | JGP | 61 | 88:27 | 79 (14) | 112 (13) | 106 (10) | 74 (10) | 121 (14) |