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 | 66 | 04:48 | 77 (13) | 96 (13) | 106 (16) | 107 (15) | 113 (9) |
| 2 | Nathan Panning | 85 | 06:21 | 82 (20) | 101 (18) | 97 (16) | 109 (21) | 115 (10) |
| 3 | Jason | 117 | 06:35 | 80 (21) | 95 (26) | 91 (23) | 105 (24) | 124 (23) |
| 4 | escat49 | 124 | 06:53 | 86 (25) | 100 (24) | 98 (25) | 98 (24) | 115 (26) |
| 5 | verlaine | 123 | 07:09 | 73 (24) | 97 (24) | 100 (25) | 86 (25) | 140 (25) |
| 6 | mistigris | 107 | 07:32 | 83 (21) | 91 (22) | 89 (20) | 103 (21) | 128 (23) |
| 7 | mauefw | 59 | 07:40 | 97 (15) | 95 (13) | 108 (10) | 96 (14) | 109 (7) |
| 8 | aphis99 | 113 | 07:48 | 82 (24) | 95 (24) | 110 (20) | 109 (25) | 104 (20) |
| 9 | hilarym | 82 | 08:07 | 88 (18) | 101 (17) | 99 (20) | 103 (20) | 113 (7) |
| 10 | lili | 70 | 08:20 | 83 (15) | 91 (13) | 101 (15) | 99 (13) | 125 (14) |
| 11 | Flimmy flammy | 79 | 08:47 | 87 (18) | 93 (18) | 108 (16) | 90 (14) | 126 (13) |
| 12 | Paul Gilbert | 79 | 08:47 | 93 (18) | 100 (14) | 96 (18) | 97 (17) | 118 (12) |
| 13 | Midas | 123 | 08:54 | 86 (26) | 95 (24) | 95 (25) | 105 (24) | 119 (24) |
| 14 | asaldanha | 98 | 09:08 | 75 (19) | 90 (20) | 98 (24) | 117 (20) | 122 (15) |
| 15 | richard | 100 | 09:31 | 83 (23) | 96 (20) | 98 (21) | 100 (20) | 129 (16) |
| 16 | chindit | 117 | 09:41 | 86 (25) | 91 (24) | 100 (24) | 97 (20) | 124 (24) |
| 17 | scrabbler | 117 | 10:19 | 83 (23) | 98 (24) | 99 (23) | 103 (23) | 115 (24) |
| 18 | philjordan1147 | 85 | 10:27 | 86 (19) | 92 (16) | 109 (21) | 99 (17) | 114 (12) |
| 19 | chriswords | 97 | 10:27 | 90 (22) | 88 (20) | 111 (18) | 99 (19) | 113 (18) |
| 20 | AlanS | 86 | 10:39 | 81 (16) | 88 (17) | 90 (17) | 100 (21) | 143 (15) |
| 21 | lickert | 100 | 10:49 | 77 (20) | 92 (22) | 97 (18) | 108 (21) | 124 (19) |
| 22 | Kinghedger | 106 | 10:50 | 78 (22) | 96 (19) | 100 (25) | 101 (22) | 128 (18) |
| 23 | glheard | 100 | 11:09 | 83 (21) | 93 (19) | 95 (20) | 102 (21) | 126 (19) |
| 24 | trux | 86 | 11:49 | 80 (18) | 97 (21) | 109 (17) | 96 (16) | 121 (14) |
| 25 | robertL | 83 | 12:01 | 84 (16) | 96 (16) | 101 (21) | 118 (18) | 96 (12) |
| 26 | Topical Tim | 96 | 12:04 | 67 (17) | 80 (22) | 106 (19) | 101 (20) | 144 (18) |
| 27 | Sue Sweeper | 46 | 12:09 | 79 (9) | 87 (11) | 87 (9) | 117 (9) | 133 (8) |
| 28 | neilr | 111 | 12:16 | 78 (22) | 93 (24) | 102 (24) | 100 (20) | 126 (21) |
| 29 | keriothe_ | 112 | 12:30 | 81 (24) | 89 (23) | 100 (21) | 100 (22) | 130 (22) |
| 30 | fshephe | 103 | 12:43 | 88 (21) | 97 (24) | 97 (19) | 103 (20) | 114 (19) |
| 31 | aphasic | 71 | 12:46 | 84 (15) | 100 (16) | 97 (17) | 107 (16) | 121 (7) |
| 32 | p.wild | 125 | 12:49 | 86 (24) | 97 (25) | 95 (25) | 103 (26) | 115 (25) |
| 33 | SimonAnthony | 99 | 12:53 | 72 (16) | 98 (21) | 94 (22) | 96 (22) | 136 (18) |
| 34 | HenryBW | 95 | 12:55 | 82 (21) | 93 (19) | 98 (20) | 106 (20) | 126 (15) |
| 35 | MikeOsborne | 113 | 12:57 | 81 (23) | 96 (23) | 100 (22) | 107 (23) | 116 (22) |
| 36 | xyster | 66 | 13:07 | 83 (15) | 94 (13) | 97 (14) | 104 (14) | 128 (10) |
| 37 | Stavros | 105 | 13:07 | 74 (22) | 95 (23) | 104 (21) | 111 (19) | 117 (20) |
| 38 | Tom Stubbs | 125 | 13:12 | 82 (25) | 93 (25) | 99 (24) | 103 (26) | 120 (25) |
| 39 | Secondbass | 79 | 13:17 | 77 (17) | 106 (17) | 96 (17) | 101 (15) | 123 (13) |
| 40 | Sheapey | 116 | 13:17 | 91 (23) | 86 (21) | 93 (24) | 96 (25) | 131 (23) |
| 41 | Heyesey | 95 | 13:20 | 76 (17) | 85 (19) | 85 (18) | 82 (20) | 161 (21) |
| 42 | Malcj | 90 | 13:29 | 85 (21) | 96 (18) | 101 (18) | 106 (21) | 115 (12) |
| 43 | Silva | 118 | 13:42 | 86 (26) | 94 (24) | 99 (24) | 96 (23) | 128 (21) |
| 44 | jamesah | 84 | 13:46 | 94 (17) | 98 (20) | 95 (22) | 105 (16) | 113 (9) |
| 45 | tilbee | 113 | 13:49 | 80 (23) | 94 (21) | 99 (22) | 102 (24) | 122 (23) |
| 46 | s_pugh | 119 | 13:51 | 87 (25) | 94 (23) | 100 (24) | 107 (25) | 110 (22) |
| 47 | 7dPenguin | 92 | 13:56 | 84 (19) | 100 (21) | 88 (19) | 106 (16) | 122 (17) |
| 48 | Ben Staveley | 86 | 14:08 | 84 (17) | 91 (18) | 92 (16) | 109 (19) | 122 (16) |
| 49 | Crucifer | 52 | 14:11 | 88 (14) | 101 (9) | 110 (10) | 110 (12) | 86 (7) |
| 50 | Groucho | 99 | 14:16 | 82 (25) | 102 (25) | 102 (20) | 107 (19) | 119 (10) |
| 51 | Penfold_61 | 112 | 14:23 | 81 (22) | 94 (24) | 94 (22) | 107 (22) | 122 (22) |
| 52 | qieduan | 98 | 14:28 | 84 (18) | 96 (21) | 96 (21) | 108 (21) | 115 (17) |
| 53 | canismiser | 53 | 14:33 | 84 (13) | 98 (9) | 104 (17) | 107 (8) | 114 (6) |
| 54 | March | 108 | 14:35 | 85 (23) | 88 (23) | 103 (19) | 98 (23) | 128 (20) |
| 55 | David Crooks | 98 | 14:37 | 77 (23) | 97 (17) | 106 (22) | 105 (19) | 117 (17) |
| 56 | Tibthorpe | 89 | 14:43 | 79 (17) | 92 (21) | 99 (18) | 96 (20) | 144 (13) |
| 57 | grape | 71 | 15:04 | 93 (19) | 94 (12) | 104 (17) | 100 (17) | 116 (6) |
| 58 | tunflog | 71 | 15:07 | 97 (19) | 94 (15) | 101 (15) | 104 (16) | 103 (6) |
| 59 | pitcaithlie | 82 | 15:39 | 85 (19) | 100 (18) | 98 (18) | 107 (17) | 118 (10) |
| 60 | JezWoolfrey | 61 | 15:52 | 77 (14) | 100 (9) | 94 (15) | 109 (11) | 124 (12) |
| 61 | phthisis | 107 | 15:52 | 85 (21) | 97 (21) | 90 (21) | 104 (22) | 121 (22) |
| 62 | Squallaby | 72 | 15:59 | 82 (20) | 103 (11) | 93 (17) | 118 (15) | 116 (9) |
| 63 | njnclarke | 60 | 16:02 | 68 (14) | 107 (13) | 98 (13) | 108 (12) | 133 (8) |
| 64 | Ed freshpot | 100 | 16:02 | 80 (22) | 90 (23) | 95 (20) | 97 (19) | 149 (16) |
| 65 | Golvellius | 81 | 16:06 | 89 (16) | 99 (15) | 100 (17) | 101 (19) | 110 (14) |
| 66 | cyrillic | 100 | 16:29 | 82 (17) | 94 (20) | 98 (23) | 95 (20) | 125 (20) |
| 67 | franceslc11 | 114 | 16:55 | 87 (22) | 93 (21) | 96 (25) | 102 (22) | 117 (24) |
| 68 | Pootle | 102 | 17:09 | 85 (23) | 101 (19) | 89 (20) | 96 (20) | 128 (20) |
| 69 | annelambirth | 77 | 17:17 | 89 (23) | 102 (17) | 94 (15) | 107 (16) | 129 (6) |
| 70 | tapbarker | 113 | 17:18 | 86 (25) | 89 (20) | 102 (23) | 101 (22) | 119 (23) |
| 71 | LJCN | 92 | 17:36 | 77 (17) | 92 (21) | 103 (19) | 113 (16) | 112 (19) |
| 72 | peterh | 71 | 17:37 | 84 (13) | 94 (14) | 103 (16) | 106 (14) | 109 (14) |
| 73 | fuzz | 67 | 17:38 | 79 (11) | 92 (13) | 97 (15) | 103 (15) | 123 (13) |
| 74 | LouWeed | 106 | 17:41 | 89 (22) | 97 (23) | 101 (20) | 100 (23) | 114 (18) |
| 75 | george.plumbly | 33 | 17:43 | 87 (6) | 100 (7) | 101 (6) | 88 (8) | 125 (6) |
| 76 | Craven | 116 | 17:43 | 86 (22) | 97 (24) | 96 (24) | 103 (24) | 116 (22) |
| 77 | RobR | 88 | 17:52 | 93 (18) | 93 (18) | 103 (21) | 104 (20) | 108 (11) |
| 78 | GMcD | 119 | 17:54 | 82 (26) | 96 (26) | 88 (22) | 116 (26) | 120 (19) |
| 79 | gsriordan52 | 84 | 17:55 | 81 (15) | 92 (20) | 102 (18) | 108 (16) | 116 (15) |
| 80 | thomasp4 | 67 | 18:06 | 84 (15) | 88 (12) | 92 (13) | 115 (13) | 119 (14) |
| 81 | CentralLine | 110 | 18:17 | 79 (23) | 98 (21) | 95 (25) | 103 (19) | 125 (22) |
| 82 | OliviaRhineb | 122 | 18:18 | 78 (26) | 101 (23) | 96 (26) | 108 (25) | 117 (22) |
| 83 | wyn.dil | 97 | 18:24 | 89 (21) | 98 (19) | 104 (20) | 101 (18) | 107 (19) |
| 84 | robinh | 111 | 18:36 | 87 (24) | 95 (23) | 107 (22) | 97 (21) | 114 (21) |
| 85 | Hamish.S | 73 | 18:45 | 78 (15) | 101 (18) | 92 (13) | 108 (17) | 123 (10) |
| 86 | Semillon | 77 | 18:45 | 80 (17) | 87 (15) | 94 (16) | 101 (14) | 138 (15) |
| 87 | patrickcates | 31 | 18:52 | 108 (6) | 82 (7) | 97 (6) | 101 (6) | 111 (6) |
| 88 | Achernar | 93 | 18:55 | 80 (21) | 96 (22) | 90 (21) | 119 (14) | 127 (15) |
| 89 | jonathan.leather | 43 | 19:06 | 92 (10) | 97 (12) | 94 (6) | 103 (6) | 113 (9) |
| 90 | benedick | 61 | 19:16 | 90 (9) | 96 (13) | 93 (15) | 105 (12) | 114 (12) |
| 91 | pterodactyl | 87 | 19:18 | 87 (20) | 95 (18) | 98 (18) | 109 (17) | 113 (14) |
| 92 | andrewlake | 106 | 19:19 | 82 (20) | 98 (20) | 99 (22) | 101 (21) | 115 (23) |
| 93 | Swanny | 91 | 19:32 | 85 (21) | 93 (21) | 95 (19) | 107 (13) | 125 (17) |
| 94 | LuckOfLucien | 69 | 19:41 | 72 (17) | 90 (13) | 105 (13) | 101 (13) | 139 (13) |
| 95 | Zabadak | 109 | 19:42 | 89 (17) | 98 (24) | 89 (20) | 101 (25) | 116 (23) |
| 96 | John Arnold | 64 | 20:16 | 90 (14) | 89 (13) | 95 (11) | 107 (15) | 118 (11) |
| 97 | colin2355 | 89 | 20:20 | 69 (16) | 80 (20) | 91 (21) | 102 (16) | 163 (16) |
| 98 | Zander | 94 | 20:20 | 80 (17) | 90 (18) | 97 (17) | 102 (21) | 124 (21) |
| 99 | Crossiant | 51 | 20:22 | 93 (9) | 93 (11) | 92 (10) | 86 (9) | 127 (12) |
| 100 | barracuda | 113 | 20:45 | 78 (21) | 95 (24) | 101 (24) | 104 (22) | 119 (22) |
| 101 | annbrew | 76 | 21:24 | 75 (14) | 98 (17) | 103 (12) | 103 (18) | 118 (15) |
| 102 | george.garlick | 60 | 21:49 | 91 (11) | 87 (13) | 93 (11) | 109 (18) | 121 (7) |
| 103 | James P | 79 | 21:59 | 88 (20) | 107 (17) | 92 (15) | 102 (16) | 117 (11) |
| 104 | sampson | 43 | 22:09 | 89 (7) | 93 (6) | 99 (9) | 103 (11) | 108 (10) |
| 105 | Kevin Gregg | 97 | 22:11 | 74 (19) | 94 (24) | 96 (20) | 114 (18) | 126 (16) |
| 106 | pc8 | 108 | 22:32 | 80 (23) | 91 (21) | 100 (22) | 110 (22) | 120 (20) |
| 107 | alwsn8 | 98 | 22:41 | 84 (23) | 93 (19) | 102 (19) | 113 (22) | 107 (15) |
| 108 | jeremy | 65 | 22:46 | 91 (13) | 85 (11) | 83 (11) | 109 (16) | 121 (14) |
| 109 | MichelinPoitiers | 78 | 23:06 | 90 (16) | 97 (21) | 96 (12) | 103 (16) | 114 (13) |
| 110 | endafk | 90 | 23:09 | 90 (17) | 97 (20) | 95 (19) | 110 (16) | 107 (18) |
| 111 | crosswordian | 90 | 23:15 | 78 (15) | 100 (17) | 95 (17) | 102 (20) | 116 (21) |
| 112 | goblin | 122 | 23:47 | 85 (22) | 92 (23) | 97 (26) | 103 (26) | 118 (25) |
| 113 | dec | 49 | 24:12 | 74 (8) | 84 (7) | 104 (15) | 93 (8) | 126 (11) |
| 114 | Jeremy Weissmann | 72 | 24:25 | 78 (18) | 104 (11) | 106 (18) | 102 (15) | 118 (10) |
| 115 | zythum | 63 | 24:28 | 85 (14) | 96 (17) | 101 (11) | 116 (8) | 108 (13) |
| 116 | rjcassidy | 99 | 24:46 | 81 (18) | 90 (20) | 94 (19) | 105 (20) | 122 (22) |
| 117 | Nangle | 42 | 25:09 | 90 (9) | 109 (8) | 98 (10) | 99 (8) | 103 (7) |
| 118 | Deane Short | 62 | 25:18 | 89 (15) | 97 (14) | 105 (12) | 106 (13) | 105 (8) |
| 119 | FrameShift | 114 | 25:35 | 105 (22) | 98 (26) | 83 (23) | 98 (20) | 114 (23) |
| 120 | Corymbia | 79 | 25:36 | 83 (11) | 92 (14) | 92 (19) | 101 (17) | 122 (18) |
| 121 | UisceTe | 66 | 26:16 | 84 (13) | 91 (15) | 98 (10) | 102 (15) | 123 (13) |
| 122 | Fidelio | 55 | 26:31 | 87 (7) | 103 (7) | 95 (13) | 106 (13) | 101 (15) |
| 123 | Waterloo | 93 | 26:37 | 86 (17) | 100 (22) | 91 (21) | 93 (16) | 128 (17) |
| 124 | 1234 | 48 | 26:45 | 80 (12) | 89 (8) | 91 (10) | 105 (10) | 143 (8) |
| 125 | Manveru | 62 | 26:46 | 93 (13) | 94 (15) | 111 (10) | 99 (12) | 104 (12) |
| 126 | LeyGal | 42 | 26:48 | 96 (9) | 102 (11) | 99 (8) | 96 (7) | 105 (7) |
| 127 | Mkgnao | 98 | 27:25 | 78 (22) | 93 (19) | 113 (20) | 98 (20) | 120 (17) |
| 128 | eniamretrauq | 65 | 27:46 | 78 (13) | 81 (11) | 89 (12) | 105 (12) | 132 (17) |
| 129 | Peter Sykes | 41 | 27:50 | 90 (7) | 91 (7) | 92 (11) | 105 (8) | 121 (8) |
| 130 | Tudds | 117 | 27:53 | 76 (25) | 94 (26) | 97 (23) | 108 (22) | 128 (21) |
| 131 | Crippens1 | 57 | 28:46 | 84 (14) | 90 (10) | 102 (12) | 108 (14) | 123 (7) |
| 132 | jimancliffe | 61 | 29:07 | 85 (15) | 107 (12) | 103 (13) | 102 (12) | 105 (9) |
| 133 | nekabue | 104 | 29:08 | 81 (22) | 93 (22) | 98 (20) | 99 (18) | 125 (22) |
| 134 | chris661554 | 44 | 29:13 | 63 (8) | 77 (12) | 79 (6) | 134 (9) | 142 (9) |
| 135 | gbestanley | 70 | 30:02 | 86 (19) | 92 (12) | 100 (13) | 109 (17) | 119 (9) |
| 136 | SlumdogEngineer | 48 | 30:09 | 61 (7) | 101 (12) | 110 (10) | 83 (11) | 141 (8) |
| 137 | rosselliot | 57 | 30:15 | 90 (14) | 93 (12) | 105 (11) | 102 (10) | 112 (10) |
| 138 | JohnDun | 84 | 31:23 | 77 (16) | 93 (20) | 95 (17) | 96 (17) | 143 (14) |
| 139 | Lloyd | 68 | 31:32 | 76 (14) | 85 (18) | 116 (13) | 106 (14) | 132 (9) |
| 140 | koro | 111 | 31:33 | 86 (22) | 91 (24) | 98 (23) | 101 (20) | 122 (22) |
| 141 | medodd | 73 | 31:38 | 79 (14) | 97 (13) | 94 (16) | 107 (15) | 119 (15) |
| 142 | NAPASAI | 57 | 31:53 | 60 (13) | 63 (7) | 98 (11) | 139 (9) | 125 (17) |
| 143 | ulaca | 80 | 32:13 | 89 (22) | 93 (18) | 90 (16) | 104 (13) | 140 (11) |
| 144 | Cookincats | 76 | 32:47 | 82 (17) | 96 (16) | 96 (14) | 101 (15) | 127 (14) |
| 145 | Vagans | 44 | 33:18 | 79 (8) | 90 (13) | 96 (6) | 120 (10) | 113 (7) |
| 146 | Mike Harper | 80 | 33:32 | 83 (20) | 87 (12) | 96 (17) | 104 (14) | 127 (17) |
| 147 | HanS | 111 | 35:26 | 92 (20) | 97 (22) | 95 (21) | 99 (23) | 112 (25) |
| 148 | Pleasuredome | 60 | 36:50 | 81 (15) | 87 (12) | 85 (11) | 124 (9) | 127 (13) |
| 149 | starstruck | 96 | 37:48 | 83 (22) | 88 (15) | 95 (18) | 103 (22) | 127 (19) |
| 150 | maryht | 89 | 39:53 | 91 (19) | 87 (16) | 107 (17) | 98 (18) | 114 (19) |
| 151 | Ronnie | 49 | 40:07 | 88 (8) | 102 (13) | 98 (11) | 93 (8) | 113 (9) |
| 152 | WordPlodder | 75 | 42:35 | 84 (15) | 84 (12) | 89 (20) | 113 (16) | 134 (12) |
| 153 | empty | 109 | 42:43 | 87 (22) | 98 (21) | 101 (24) | 105 (23) | 107 (19) |
| 154 | Rookie | 49 | 43:13 | 87 (11) | 103 (11) | 84 (6) | 107 (12) | 110 (9) |
| 155 | tyrotim | 81 | 43:31 | 82 (20) | 94 (12) | 100 (18) | 97 (12) | 122 (19) |
| 156 | marp | 72 | 44:07 | 84 (14) | 104 (15) | 96 (14) | 97 (14) | 114 (15) |
| 157 | Ron's mum | 41 | 54:51 | 68 (8) | 76 (6) | 107 (10) | 132 (10) | 97 (7) |