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 | 64 | 04:57 | 77 (13) | 93 (14) | 104 (15) | 106 (14) | 128 (8) |
| 2 | Nathan Panning | 82 | 06:24 | 84 (17) | 98 (16) | 92 (16) | 109 (21) | 116 (12) |
| 3 | Jason | 119 | 06:34 | 85 (20) | 92 (26) | 93 (24) | 104 (26) | 123 (23) |
| 4 | escat49 | 124 | 06:51 | 89 (24) | 97 (24) | 95 (25) | 99 (25) | 117 (26) |
| 5 | verlaine | 123 | 07:09 | 76 (24) | 96 (24) | 97 (24) | 90 (25) | 137 (26) |
| 6 | mauefw | 66 | 07:30 | 100 (17) | 93 (14) | 105 (13) | 95 (14) | 108 (8) |
| 7 | mistigris | 100 | 07:35 | 87 (21) | 90 (19) | 91 (19) | 99 (21) | 130 (20) |
| 8 | aphis99 | 115 | 08:00 | 85 (24) | 93 (24) | 104 (20) | 105 (26) | 112 (21) |
| 9 | lili | 89 | 08:11 | 85 (19) | 89 (17) | 101 (19) | 99 (17) | 124 (17) |
| 10 | hilarym | 79 | 08:12 | 91 (17) | 95 (16) | 98 (19) | 104 (19) | 120 (8) |
| 11 | Paul Gilbert | 79 | 08:41 | 97 (18) | 97 (15) | 95 (17) | 94 (18) | 121 (11) |
| 12 | Flimmy flammy | 83 | 08:48 | 88 (19) | 92 (19) | 107 (17) | 92 (15) | 126 (13) |
| 13 | Midas | 125 | 08:53 | 87 (26) | 93 (24) | 94 (25) | 105 (26) | 119 (24) |
| 14 | asaldanha | 95 | 09:20 | 74 (19) | 86 (19) | 100 (22) | 117 (18) | 124 (17) |
| 15 | richard | 91 | 09:38 | 86 (21) | 94 (17) | 95 (20) | 104 (20) | 129 (13) |
| 16 | chindit | 117 | 09:50 | 86 (24) | 90 (24) | 97 (24) | 93 (21) | 132 (24) |
| 17 | scrabbler | 115 | 10:29 | 85 (21) | 92 (24) | 96 (23) | 103 (24) | 120 (23) |
| 18 | AlanS | 88 | 10:30 | 83 (17) | 87 (17) | 88 (18) | 101 (21) | 145 (15) |
| 19 | chriswords | 96 | 10:32 | 92 (21) | 87 (21) | 114 (17) | 99 (19) | 112 (18) |
| 20 | philjordan1147 | 85 | 10:41 | 89 (18) | 88 (17) | 107 (19) | 100 (19) | 118 (12) |
| 21 | lickert | 98 | 10:46 | 83 (20) | 91 (22) | 97 (18) | 102 (19) | 127 (19) |
| 22 | Kinghedger | 97 | 10:59 | 82 (19) | 93 (18) | 98 (23) | 99 (20) | 128 (17) |
| 23 | glheard | 96 | 11:11 | 90 (20) | 91 (17) | 91 (20) | 103 (22) | 125 (17) |
| 24 | s_pugh | 119 | 11:30 | 94 (24) | 91 (23) | 101 (25) | 108 (25) | 104 (22) |
| 25 | trux | 81 | 11:32 | 86 (18) | 95 (20) | 105 (17) | 97 (14) | 123 (12) |
| 26 | Sue Sweeper | 51 | 11:49 | 83 (8) | 84 (13) | 95 (12) | 111 (9) | 131 (9) |
| 27 | robertL | 77 | 11:59 | 86 (16) | 93 (15) | 100 (19) | 117 (17) | 101 (10) |
| 28 | Topical Tim | 85 | 12:12 | 70 (15) | 80 (20) | 106 (17) | 108 (18) | 138 (15) |
| 29 | neilr | 112 | 12:20 | 82 (22) | 92 (24) | 97 (24) | 103 (20) | 124 (22) |
| 30 | keriothe_ | 112 | 12:21 | 83 (24) | 87 (23) | 98 (21) | 103 (22) | 129 (22) |
| 31 | fshephe | 103 | 12:43 | 92 (21) | 94 (23) | 94 (19) | 100 (20) | 118 (20) |
| 32 | HenryBW | 95 | 12:50 | 83 (21) | 91 (19) | 100 (20) | 103 (20) | 127 (15) |
| 33 | aphasic | 72 | 12:54 | 86 (17) | 93 (15) | 96 (17) | 114 (16) | 123 (7) |
| 34 | p.wild | 124 | 12:54 | 89 (25) | 96 (25) | 94 (24) | 104 (25) | 114 (25) |
| 35 | Tom Stubbs | 125 | 12:56 | 88 (25) | 91 (25) | 96 (24) | 102 (26) | 121 (25) |
| 36 | SimonAnthony | 101 | 12:59 | 75 (18) | 93 (22) | 93 (21) | 100 (21) | 136 (19) |
| 37 | MikeOsborne | 115 | 13:06 | 86 (24) | 88 (23) | 97 (22) | 105 (23) | 121 (23) |
| 38 | Sheapey | 116 | 13:06 | 95 (23) | 83 (21) | 92 (24) | 97 (25) | 130 (23) |
| 39 | Heyesey | 88 | 13:10 | 78 (16) | 77 (19) | 84 (16) | 82 (19) | 175 (18) |
| 40 | Spur58 | 42 | 13:11 | 84 (11) | 95 (10) | 105 (7) | 109 (7) | 116 (7) |
| 41 | Stavros | 102 | 13:16 | 79 (23) | 91 (22) | 102 (19) | 113 (19) | 119 (19) |
| 42 | xyster | 81 | 13:22 | 82 (19) | 92 (14) | 99 (18) | 102 (17) | 131 (13) |
| 43 | Secondbass | 68 | 13:32 | 76 (14) | 101 (16) | 95 (14) | 102 (13) | 130 (11) |
| 44 | jamesah | 84 | 13:49 | 102 (17) | 95 (20) | 94 (21) | 103 (16) | 111 (10) |
| 45 | Silva | 120 | 13:51 | 87 (26) | 93 (24) | 99 (26) | 95 (23) | 128 (21) |
| 46 | tilbee | 108 | 13:55 | 81 (22) | 91 (20) | 97 (21) | 104 (23) | 124 (22) |
| 47 | 7dPenguin | 91 | 13:57 | 86 (20) | 96 (21) | 87 (18) | 112 (17) | 122 (15) |
| 48 | Malcj | 90 | 13:59 | 85 (20) | 95 (17) | 99 (18) | 103 (20) | 120 (15) |
| 49 | Ben Staveley | 87 | 14:10 | 87 (18) | 87 (16) | 92 (16) | 108 (19) | 121 (18) |
| 50 | Crucifer | 58 | 14:13 | 87 (15) | 91 (11) | 110 (12) | 110 (11) | 103 (9) |
| 51 | qieduan | 103 | 14:15 | 86 (20) | 97 (23) | 94 (22) | 107 (22) | 118 (16) |
| 52 | Groucho | 97 | 14:26 | 85 (24) | 98 (25) | 101 (20) | 108 (19) | 123 (9) |
| 53 | March | 103 | 14:26 | 90 (20) | 87 (22) | 103 (19) | 96 (22) | 123 (20) |
| 54 | canismiser | 52 | 14:32 | 83 (14) | 86 (10) | 97 (15) | 147 (6) | 117 (7) |
| 55 | Tibthorpe | 83 | 14:35 | 85 (15) | 90 (21) | 98 (18) | 97 (17) | 141 (12) |
| 56 | Penfold_61 | 110 | 14:35 | 84 (22) | 92 (23) | 91 (22) | 110 (21) | 122 (22) |
| 57 | David Crooks | 95 | 14:38 | 78 (22) | 95 (16) | 104 (22) | 107 (18) | 118 (17) |
| 58 | pitcaithlie | 81 | 15:17 | 88 (19) | 99 (18) | 98 (18) | 105 (16) | 118 (10) |
| 59 | phthisis | 105 | 15:39 | 87 (22) | 93 (22) | 93 (20) | 105 (21) | 122 (20) |
| 60 | Squallaby | 72 | 15:41 | 90 (20) | 93 (12) | 94 (17) | 118 (15) | 111 (8) |
| 61 | grape | 74 | 15:43 | 90 (18) | 96 (13) | 98 (18) | 107 (17) | 115 (8) |
| 62 | Ed freshpot | 101 | 15:47 | 82 (22) | 86 (22) | 96 (20) | 97 (18) | 141 (19) |
| 63 | JezWoolfrey | 59 | 15:56 | 77 (14) | 95 (11) | 95 (13) | 116 (9) | 122 (12) |
| 64 | njnclarke | 52 | 16:05 | 74 (14) | 102 (11) | 93 (10) | 111 (10) | 139 (7) |
| 65 | Golvellius | 93 | 16:21 | 86 (18) | 97 (18) | 94 (19) | 104 (21) | 117 (17) |
| 66 | franceslc11 | 115 | 16:42 | 88 (23) | 93 (22) | 95 (25) | 104 (23) | 119 (22) |
| 67 | cyrillic | 102 | 16:46 | 86 (18) | 90 (20) | 97 (23) | 99 (21) | 125 (20) |
| 68 | Pootle | 105 | 16:51 | 86 (23) | 91 (20) | 88 (20) | 101 (21) | 132 (21) |
| 69 | thomasp4 | 84 | 17:31 | 86 (18) | 87 (15) | 91 (17) | 114 (16) | 119 (18) |
| 70 | annelambirth | 77 | 17:33 | 92 (22) | 99 (17) | 92 (16) | 107 (15) | 125 (7) |
| 71 | tapbarker | 115 | 17:39 | 86 (26) | 86 (20) | 99 (23) | 106 (22) | 121 (24) |
| 72 | LJCN | 92 | 17:41 | 76 (17) | 88 (22) | 101 (19) | 117 (14) | 119 (20) |
| 73 | Craven | 116 | 17:43 | 88 (22) | 95 (24) | 94 (24) | 104 (24) | 117 (22) |
| 74 | peterh | 54 | 17:45 | 83 (10) | 94 (10) | 101 (13) | 110 (10) | 109 (11) |
| 75 | LouWeed | 106 | 17:49 | 90 (21) | 92 (23) | 98 (21) | 106 (23) | 114 (18) |
| 76 | GMcD | 116 | 17:50 | 87 (24) | 90 (26) | 87 (22) | 115 (26) | 123 (18) |
| 77 | RobR | 91 | 17:52 | 96 (18) | 92 (20) | 101 (21) | 103 (20) | 110 (12) |
| 78 | fuzz | 65 | 18:01 | 80 (13) | 92 (13) | 96 (14) | 105 (13) | 128 (12) |
| 79 | gsriordan52 | 90 | 18:09 | 85 (16) | 93 (20) | 102 (18) | 104 (18) | 114 (18) |
| 80 | OliviaRhineb | 121 | 18:11 | 80 (26) | 98 (23) | 95 (26) | 110 (24) | 118 (22) |
| 81 | wyn.dil | 109 | 18:15 | 90 (24) | 98 (21) | 102 (23) | 101 (20) | 108 (21) |
| 82 | Hamish.S | 68 | 18:26 | 81 (16) | 102 (16) | 86 (11) | 110 (17) | 125 (8) |
| 83 | CentralLine | 107 | 18:33 | 81 (23) | 95 (20) | 93 (24) | 108 (19) | 124 (21) |
| 84 | patrickcates | 31 | 18:37 | 109 (6) | 78 (6) | 99 (6) | 103 (6) | 107 (7) |
| 85 | robinh | 108 | 18:51 | 87 (25) | 95 (23) | 106 (22) | 99 (19) | 114 (19) |
| 86 | Semillon | 80 | 18:54 | 84 (17) | 86 (15) | 96 (17) | 103 (16) | 131 (15) |
| 87 | Achernar | 95 | 18:55 | 80 (22) | 97 (20) | 91 (20) | 111 (17) | 128 (16) |
| 88 | jonathan.leather | 49 | 18:59 | 93 (11) | 98 (13) | 96 (7) | 99 (8) | 112 (10) |
| 89 | andrewlake | 108 | 19:10 | 84 (21) | 91 (21) | 101 (22) | 102 (21) | 118 (23) |
| 90 | benedick | 63 | 19:31 | 97 (9) | 92 (13) | 90 (15) | 104 (14) | 117 (12) |
| 91 | pterodactyl | 89 | 19:40 | 89 (20) | 94 (19) | 97 (18) | 111 (17) | 111 (15) |
| 92 | LuckOfLucien | 55 | 19:41 | 71 (14) | 87 (11) | 112 (9) | 103 (10) | 136 (11) |
| 93 | Zabadak | 104 | 19:50 | 93 (16) | 98 (23) | 89 (19) | 100 (25) | 115 (21) |
| 94 | Zander | 98 | 19:52 | 84 (19) | 84 (19) | 95 (18) | 110 (22) | 122 (20) |
| 95 | Swanny | 73 | 20:03 | 87 (18) | 90 (17) | 92 (15) | 113 (10) | 127 (13) |
| 96 | Crossiant | 66 | 20:19 | 87 (13) | 96 (14) | 92 (13) | 94 (12) | 126 (14) |
| 97 | annbrew | 76 | 20:44 | 79 (14) | 97 (16) | 103 (13) | 102 (18) | 116 (15) |
| 98 | John Arnold | 57 | 20:50 | 89 (13) | 89 (11) | 98 (10) | 108 (12) | 114 (11) |
| 99 | barracuda | 116 | 20:58 | 82 (23) | 89 (24) | 99 (25) | 108 (23) | 122 (21) |
| 100 | colin2355 | 77 | 21:03 | 67 (12) | 77 (18) | 88 (18) | 100 (15) | 169 (14) |
| 101 | James P | 79 | 21:24 | 90 (19) | 101 (17) | 93 (15) | 101 (16) | 119 (12) |
| 102 | jeremy | 54 | 22:10 | 94 (12) | 80 (9) | 84 (9) | 118 (13) | 112 (11) |
| 103 | Kevin Gregg | 97 | 22:15 | 77 (19) | 91 (24) | 93 (19) | 118 (19) | 125 (16) |
| 104 | pc8 | 109 | 22:35 | 82 (23) | 87 (21) | 97 (22) | 111 (21) | 122 (22) |
| 105 | endafk | 93 | 22:37 | 93 (18) | 89 (21) | 94 (19) | 110 (17) | 114 (18) |
| 106 | alwsn8 | 91 | 22:52 | 85 (23) | 88 (19) | 102 (16) | 119 (19) | 109 (14) |
| 107 | crosswordian | 93 | 23:17 | 84 (15) | 93 (16) | 92 (19) | 105 (21) | 117 (22) |
| 108 | MichelinPoitiers | 82 | 23:21 | 92 (17) | 94 (21) | 98 (12) | 101 (18) | 116 (14) |
| 109 | Deane Short | 64 | 23:45 | 95 (15) | 93 (15) | 101 (13) | 109 (12) | 104 (9) |
| 110 | goblin | 123 | 23:47 | 88 (22) | 90 (24) | 94 (26) | 103 (26) | 120 (25) |
| 111 | dec | 43 | 24:01 | 75 (6) | 81 (7) | 99 (13) | 96 (9) | 139 (8) |
| 112 | Jeeves | 53 | 24:20 | 82 (6) | 83 (7) | 99 (10) | 88 (12) | 120 (18) |
| 113 | rjcassidy | 98 | 24:28 | 82 (18) | 89 (18) | 94 (20) | 105 (21) | 122 (21) |
| 114 | zythum | 61 | 24:33 | 87 (14) | 92 (16) | 102 (9) | 107 (8) | 115 (14) |
| 115 | Jeremy Weissmann | 73 | 25:03 | 78 (16) | 90 (12) | 104 (18) | 108 (16) | 122 (11) |
| 116 | Nangle | 40 | 25:22 | 95 (7) | 104 (9) | 98 (10) | 99 (8) | 100 (6) |
| 117 | Fidelio | 58 | 25:22 | 88 (7) | 101 (9) | 95 (15) | 104 (13) | 104 (14) |
| 118 | Corymbia | 86 | 25:31 | 82 (12) | 87 (15) | 93 (21) | 104 (19) | 124 (19) |
| 119 | LeyGal | 52 | 25:45 | 96 (12) | 105 (12) | 97 (11) | 96 (9) | 105 (8) |
| 120 | Manveru | 58 | 26:38 | 95 (13) | 94 (15) | 113 (8) | 101 (13) | 101 (9) |
| 121 | UisceTe | 67 | 26:49 | 86 (13) | 89 (16) | 93 (11) | 106 (13) | 122 (14) |
| 122 | 1234 | 59 | 27:06 | 81 (15) | 88 (11) | 87 (11) | 115 (12) | 135 (10) |
| 123 | Waterloo | 96 | 27:09 | 87 (19) | 99 (23) | 88 (21) | 98 (16) | 130 (17) |
| 124 | Mkgnao | 98 | 27:26 | 81 (21) | 89 (20) | 108 (21) | 103 (20) | 120 (16) |
| 125 | Tudds | 117 | 27:51 | 76 (25) | 88 (24) | 91 (23) | 109 (23) | 138 (22) |
| 126 | chris661554 | 53 | 28:17 | 71 (10) | 79 (15) | 79 (7) | 124 (10) | 143 (11) |
| 127 | Pauline Minter | 53 | 28:23 | 85 (9) | 83 (7) | 101 (7) | 86 (12) | 121 (18) |
| 128 | Crippens1 | 56 | 28:26 | 84 (13) | 90 (9) | 97 (10) | 106 (15) | 123 (9) |
| 129 | eniamretrauq | 66 | 28:35 | 77 (12) | 78 (10) | 89 (13) | 104 (13) | 131 (18) |
| 130 | nekabue | 101 | 29:08 | 81 (22) | 93 (21) | 97 (19) | 99 (17) | 127 (22) |
| 131 | jimancliffe | 54 | 29:14 | 91 (13) | 101 (10) | 97 (10) | 105 (11) | 107 (10) |
| 132 | SlumdogEngineer | 49 | 29:36 | 74 (7) | 95 (13) | 97 (9) | 85 (10) | 140 (10) |
| 133 | rosselliot | 57 | 30:10 | 90 (15) | 98 (11) | 101 (11) | 103 (10) | 111 (10) |
| 134 | JohnDun | 87 | 30:24 | 79 (17) | 91 (21) | 95 (17) | 98 (18) | 145 (14) |
| 135 | JoeyC | 52 | 30:26 | 76 (8) | 85 (12) | 93 (8) | 100 (7) | 124 (17) |
| 136 | gbestanley | 67 | 31:00 | 86 (19) | 89 (12) | 99 (13) | 111 (15) | 126 (8) |
| 137 | medodd | 73 | 31:09 | 82 (15) | 90 (13) | 99 (17) | 107 (16) | 123 (12) |
| 138 | koro | 112 | 31:40 | 89 (23) | 92 (24) | 96 (23) | 103 (20) | 120 (22) |
| 139 | Lloyd | 66 | 31:43 | 80 (12) | 81 (16) | 106 (13) | 108 (15) | 131 (10) |
| 140 | NAPASAI | 57 | 32:24 | 62 (13) | 67 (10) | 95 (12) | 153 (8) | 131 (14) |
| 141 | Cookincats | 77 | 32:45 | 80 (19) | 92 (15) | 97 (14) | 102 (14) | 131 (15) |
| 142 | Vagans | 46 | 33:07 | 79 (8) | 91 (13) | 96 (6) | 115 (12) | 114 (7) |
| 143 | ulaca | 80 | 33:21 | 91 (20) | 83 (18) | 94 (16) | 110 (14) | 135 (12) |
| 144 | Mike Harper | 76 | 33:32 | 83 (20) | 85 (13) | 97 (15) | 106 (12) | 128 (16) |
| 145 | HanS | 112 | 34:56 | 93 (19) | 100 (23) | 98 (23) | 98 (22) | 107 (25) |
| 146 | Pleasuredome | 71 | 36:24 | 80 (18) | 88 (14) | 78 (11) | 125 (12) | 127 (16) |
| 147 | starstruck | 96 | 37:17 | 84 (21) | 86 (17) | 99 (19) | 103 (21) | 127 (18) |
| 148 | Ronnie | 41 | 39:27 | 89 (7) | 94 (10) | 102 (9) | 94 (6) | 115 (9) |
| 149 | maryht | 78 | 40:21 | 95 (15) | 89 (14) | 105 (16) | 98 (17) | 110 (16) |
| 150 | WordPlodder | 84 | 42:36 | 79 (17) | 79 (13) | 87 (22) | 125 (18) | 130 (14) |
| 151 | empty | 104 | 42:49 | 91 (22) | 95 (19) | 98 (23) | 106 (22) | 107 (18) |
| 152 | tyrotim | 75 | 43:11 | 87 (19) | 91 (12) | 99 (18) | 97 (9) | 121 (17) |
| 153 | Rookie | 55 | 43:21 | 88 (13) | 99 (13) | 88 (9) | 105 (12) | 125 (8) |
| 154 | Shushannah | 39 | 43:46 | 101 (8) | 85 (7) | 98 (9) | 106 (9) | 108 (6) |
| 155 | marp | 77 | 44:03 | 89 (16) | 104 (14) | 92 (16) | 101 (14) | 111 (17) |
| 156 | Ron's mum | 55 | 56:38 | 64 (10) | 70 (9) | 102 (11) | 135 (14) | 109 (11) |