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 | 75 | 04:56 | 82 (17) | 93 (15) | 101 (14) | 107 (17) | 120 (12) |
| 2 | Nathan Panning | 84 | 06:20 | 86 (18) | 106 (16) | 89 (17) | 100 (19) | 121 (14) |
| 3 | Jason | 113 | 06:31 | 88 (21) | 87 (24) | 101 (23) | 101 (24) | 121 (21) |
| 4 | escat49 | 126 | 06:41 | 93 (24) | 94 (26) | 99 (25) | 97 (25) | 113 (26) |
| 5 | Diskus | 112 | 07:03 | 84 (23) | 107 (25) | 93 (20) | 96 (23) | 118 (21) |
| 6 | verlaine | 119 | 07:15 | 84 (24) | 96 (23) | 101 (22) | 92 (24) | 123 (26) |
| 7 | mauefw | 61 | 07:38 | 94 (13) | 95 (13) | 97 (11) | 94 (10) | 115 (14) |
| 8 | mistigris | 106 | 07:41 | 87 (22) | 91 (18) | 95 (23) | 100 (21) | 123 (22) |
| 9 | aphis99 | 121 | 07:49 | 87 (26) | 94 (25) | 100 (22) | 105 (26) | 114 (22) |
| 10 | lili | 112 | 08:13 | 91 (24) | 88 (21) | 104 (22) | 94 (22) | 120 (23) |
| 11 | hilarym | 77 | 08:17 | 90 (17) | 100 (19) | 92 (14) | 102 (15) | 118 (12) |
| 12 | Midas | 126 | 08:48 | 87 (26) | 97 (24) | 99 (25) | 105 (26) | 110 (25) |
| 13 | Paul Gilbert | 83 | 08:50 | 102 (19) | 85 (15) | 105 (17) | 96 (18) | 110 (14) |
| 14 | richard | 90 | 09:16 | 87 (23) | 94 (17) | 100 (19) | 103 (22) | 134 (9) |
| 15 | asaldanha | 95 | 09:36 | 82 (19) | 85 (19) | 110 (20) | 103 (18) | 117 (19) |
| 16 | chindit | 115 | 09:50 | 86 (22) | 92 (23) | 103 (24) | 96 (23) | 119 (23) |
| 17 | scrabbler | 114 | 10:12 | 85 (19) | 92 (24) | 97 (23) | 106 (25) | 114 (23) |
| 18 | trux | 90 | 10:24 | 92 (20) | 91 (21) | 100 (19) | 99 (15) | 121 (15) |
| 19 | AlanS | 96 | 10:30 | 85 (18) | 83 (18) | 93 (20) | 109 (20) | 124 (20) |
| 20 | chriswords | 94 | 10:33 | 93 (22) | 89 (21) | 115 (15) | 102 (16) | 105 (20) |
| 21 | philjordan1147 | 92 | 10:36 | 87 (21) | 91 (19) | 98 (17) | 103 (17) | 122 (18) |
| 22 | glheard | 96 | 10:50 | 92 (19) | 99 (20) | 97 (24) | 99 (17) | 114 (16) |
| 23 | lickert | 96 | 11:02 | 82 (18) | 92 (23) | 108 (18) | 105 (20) | 112 (17) |
| 24 | Kinghedger | 96 | 11:02 | 85 (17) | 94 (17) | 99 (22) | 98 (20) | 118 (20) |
| 25 | Topical Tim | 90 | 11:51 | 78 (16) | 89 (15) | 101 (18) | 101 (20) | 121 (21) |
| 26 | neilr | 105 | 11:54 | 79 (19) | 94 (23) | 98 (22) | 112 (21) | 115 (20) |
| 27 | keriothe_ | 110 | 12:07 | 88 (24) | 97 (23) | 100 (19) | 107 (24) | 107 (20) |
| 28 | fshephe | 110 | 12:12 | 89 (23) | 97 (21) | 87 (22) | 103 (21) | 121 (23) |
| 29 | Heyesey | 78 | 12:37 | 83 (15) | 87 (19) | 97 (11) | 93 (16) | 134 (17) |
| 30 | SimonAnthony | 100 | 12:48 | 73 (18) | 97 (23) | 97 (17) | 97 (20) | 129 (22) |
| 31 | HenryBW | 76 | 12:51 | 81 (15) | 95 (15) | 89 (16) | 111 (15) | 122 (15) |
| 32 | Tom Stubbs | 127 | 12:52 | 88 (26) | 91 (26) | 93 (25) | 104 (24) | 121 (26) |
| 33 | Sue Sweeper | 68 | 12:53 | 88 (11) | 84 (14) | 90 (14) | 115 (13) | 116 (16) |
| 34 | Sheapey | 115 | 12:54 | 89 (23) | 89 (22) | 95 (22) | 107 (25) | 116 (23) |
| 35 | Stavros | 105 | 12:57 | 88 (24) | 84 (23) | 105 (16) | 104 (22) | 122 (20) |
| 36 | aphasic | 72 | 12:59 | 76 (16) | 92 (13) | 105 (14) | 113 (19) | 114 (10) |
| 37 | p.wild | 124 | 13:05 | 92 (25) | 97 (25) | 96 (24) | 100 (25) | 112 (25) |
| 38 | 7dPenguin | 93 | 13:20 | 84 (21) | 91 (21) | 96 (16) | 117 (19) | 116 (16) |
| 39 | MikeOsborne | 110 | 13:31 | 82 (22) | 88 (23) | 101 (23) | 110 (21) | 119 (21) |
| 40 | John Walsh | 49 | 13:36 | 96 (15) | 101 (12) | 95 (7) | 99 (9) | 112 (6) |
| 41 | xyster | 90 | 13:38 | 90 (17) | 94 (18) | 102 (23) | 99 (16) | 113 (16) |
| 42 | tilbee | 109 | 13:43 | 78 (19) | 95 (20) | 95 (24) | 108 (22) | 118 (24) |
| 43 | Ben Staveley | 86 | 13:48 | 86 (16) | 82 (16) | 98 (17) | 100 (19) | 129 (18) |
| 44 | Silva | 120 | 13:48 | 86 (26) | 93 (22) | 103 (25) | 96 (22) | 119 (25) |
| 45 | Malcj | 78 | 13:50 | 86 (16) | 94 (15) | 95 (15) | 97 (18) | 128 (14) |
| 46 | March | 103 | 13:53 | 90 (21) | 93 (23) | 98 (16) | 103 (24) | 115 (19) |
| 47 | jamesah | 70 | 14:10 | 101 (18) | 92 (16) | 92 (15) | 102 (13) | 119 (8) |
| 48 | Tibthorpe | 94 | 14:11 | 86 (21) | 99 (20) | 91 (19) | 103 (17) | 123 (17) |
| 49 | Penfold_61 | 104 | 14:17 | 88 (20) | 90 (21) | 100 (21) | 108 (20) | 110 (22) |
| 50 | Crucifer | 62 | 14:29 | 86 (13) | 95 (13) | 95 (12) | 117 (11) | 107 (13) |
| 51 | tunflog | 59 | 14:53 | 89 (15) | 100 (10) | 101 (15) | 108 (13) | 104 (6) |
| 52 | David Crooks | 102 | 14:59 | 82 (22) | 91 (19) | 109 (22) | 108 (20) | 108 (19) |
| 53 | qieduan | 86 | 15:02 | 88 (18) | 95 (18) | 96 (17) | 103 (17) | 119 (16) |
| 54 | TB22 | 44 | 15:03 | 81 (8) | 112 (10) | 103 (10) | 108 (7) | 91 (9) |
| 55 | JezWoolfrey | 48 | 15:06 | 80 (11) | 95 (9) | 98 (12) | 112 (8) | 122 (8) |
| 56 | Spur58 | 34 | 15:10 | 80 (8) | 92 (6) | 102 (7) | 105 (6) | 122 (7) |
| 57 | Ed freshpot | 94 | 15:20 | 87 (20) | 93 (19) | 91 (18) | 94 (14) | 126 (23) |
| 58 | canismiser | 45 | 15:21 | 78 (11) | 91 (11) | 100 (9) | 133 (8) | 110 (6) |
| 59 | gabrojak | 69 | 15:32 | 85 (17) | 91 (14) | 99 (16) | 117 (13) | 117 (9) |
| 60 | phthisis | 107 | 15:32 | 93 (21) | 91 (24) | 99 (18) | 100 (23) | 115 (21) |
| 61 | grape | 58 | 15:37 | 95 (16) | 97 (11) | 94 (14) | 110 (10) | 110 (7) |
| 62 | pitcaithlie | 71 | 15:42 | 97 (19) | 87 (14) | 99 (13) | 104 (15) | 114 (10) |
| 63 | Golvellius | 88 | 16:01 | 82 (16) | 95 (22) | 102 (18) | 108 (16) | 112 (16) |
| 64 | thomasp4 | 93 | 16:08 | 91 (19) | 85 (15) | 97 (20) | 106 (20) | 115 (19) |
| 65 | franceslc11 | 88 | 16:11 | 86 (16) | 90 (15) | 102 (17) | 102 (20) | 113 (20) |
| 66 | Squallaby | 77 | 16:19 | 82 (18) | 99 (17) | 101 (17) | 110 (14) | 115 (11) |
| 67 | alexh | 62 | 16:29 | 88 (15) | 102 (13) | 99 (12) | 107 (11) | 104 (11) |
| 68 | Pootle | 112 | 16:47 | 86 (26) | 91 (22) | 103 (20) | 97 (22) | 123 (22) |
| 69 | mrsbateman | 63 | 16:54 | 88 (16) | 88 (13) | 107 (13) | 100 (12) | 126 (9) |
| 70 | MK76 | 43 | 17:07 | 94 (15) | 84 (8) | 105 (6) | 108 (6) | 116 (8) |
| 71 | LouWeed | 111 | 17:31 | 86 (23) | 88 (20) | 107 (25) | 106 (22) | 110 (21) |
| 72 | cyrillic | 90 | 17:33 | 83 (15) | 90 (15) | 95 (21) | 111 (20) | 113 (19) |
| 73 | ajcauk1 | 50 | 17:34 | 90 (11) | 95 (11) | 98 (10) | 110 (10) | 108 (8) |
| 74 | LJCN | 94 | 17:37 | 84 (22) | 92 (16) | 103 (20) | 105 (16) | 114 (20) |
| 75 | GMcD | 114 | 17:40 | 90 (22) | 95 (23) | 92 (25) | 102 (24) | 121 (20) |
| 76 | tapbarker | 111 | 17:42 | 81 (25) | 87 (20) | 101 (21) | 108 (23) | 122 (22) |
| 77 | jonathan.leather | 48 | 17:43 | 101 (9) | 101 (12) | 105 (10) | 80 (8) | 107 (9) |
| 78 | Craven | 114 | 17:43 | 88 (25) | 95 (24) | 98 (21) | 105 (23) | 114 (21) |
| 79 | RobR | 92 | 17:53 | 94 (17) | 83 (20) | 102 (21) | 107 (20) | 116 (14) |
| 80 | Hamish.S | 74 | 18:05 | 79 (17) | 95 (18) | 89 (11) | 113 (17) | 129 (11) |
| 81 | fuzz | 62 | 18:10 | 97 (12) | 91 (15) | 106 (11) | 95 (15) | 117 (9) |
| 82 | OliviaRhineb | 118 | 18:16 | 87 (26) | 97 (24) | 101 (24) | 106 (24) | 110 (20) |
| 83 | Ease This Jam | 62 | 18:28 | 82 (14) | 74 (7) | 100 (11) | 99 (14) | 126 (16) |
| 84 | rupe | 41 | 18:30 | 82 (9) | 103 (8) | 95 (9) | 96 (7) | 124 (8) |
| 85 | robinh | 103 | 18:46 | 85 (25) | 106 (22) | 96 (21) | 108 (19) | 108 (16) |
| 86 | Pete_Hartley | 76 | 18:58 | 89 (20) | 98 (14) | 91 (13) | 106 (16) | 118 (13) |
| 87 | gsriordan52 | 89 | 19:04 | 87 (20) | 97 (19) | 102 (17) | 110 (18) | 105 (15) |
| 88 | Colin2355 | 54 | 19:19 | 92 (6) | 90 (14) | 83 (11) | 107 (10) | 122 (13) |
| 89 | Achernar | 100 | 19:20 | 79 (25) | 95 (20) | 109 (20) | 104 (19) | 120 (16) |
| 90 | Zander | 94 | 19:27 | 77 (20) | 91 (22) | 99 (16) | 115 (21) | 121 (15) |
| 91 | Semillon | 81 | 19:28 | 85 (19) | 92 (17) | 104 (19) | 107 (14) | 116 (12) |
| 92 | pterodactyl | 79 | 19:37 | 90 (17) | 89 (15) | 101 (17) | 111 (13) | 108 (17) |
| 93 | Zabadak | 107 | 19:40 | 89 (18) | 97 (23) | 100 (19) | 101 (24) | 109 (23) |
| 94 | andrewlake | 112 | 19:40 | 84 (22) | 96 (23) | 101 (23) | 101 (21) | 115 (23) |
| 95 | Deane Short | 66 | 19:44 | 84 (17) | 95 (15) | 98 (13) | 108 (11) | 125 (10) |
| 96 | CentralLine | 90 | 19:45 | 80 (17) | 92 (14) | 102 (19) | 98 (18) | 118 (22) |
| 97 | annbrew | 83 | 19:51 | 93 (15) | 88 (17) | 108 (17) | 105 (18) | 103 (16) |
| 98 | benedick | 63 | 20:03 | 100 (13) | 90 (12) | 97 (12) | 101 (13) | 108 (13) |
| 99 | Crossiant | 93 | 20:22 | 88 (18) | 90 (21) | 98 (18) | 102 (17) | 121 (19) |
| 100 | barracuda | 114 | 20:55 | 86 (21) | 89 (22) | 98 (24) | 108 (26) | 115 (21) |
| 101 | Galspray | 53 | 20:57 | 84 (11) | 95 (12) | 98 (8) | 119 (11) | 102 (11) |
| 102 | hugh schofield | 53 | 21:13 | 87 (11) | 96 (11) | 88 (10) | 102 (13) | 131 (8) |
| 103 | John Arnold | 53 | 21:20 | 93 (14) | 87 (10) | 106 (11) | 107 (10) | 108 (8) |
| 104 | Kevin Gregg | 101 | 21:36 | 80 (20) | 96 (22) | 104 (23) | 111 (18) | 107 (18) |
| 105 | KET | 37 | 21:47 | 82 (9) | 92 (6) | 108 (6) | 102 (9) | 118 (7) |
| 106 | Jagsfan1971 | 50 | 21:48 | 96 (10) | 80 (11) | 108 (10) | 117 (9) | 99 (10) |
| 107 | pc8 | 94 | 21:54 | 94 (21) | 83 (20) | 104 (19) | 106 (17) | 115 (17) |
| 108 | george.garlick | 42 | 22:08 | 77 (9) | 93 (10) | 99 (7) | 115 (10) | 117 (6) |
| 109 | endafk | 92 | 22:41 | 86 (17) | 88 (20) | 92 (17) | 107 (19) | 123 (19) |
| 110 | James P | 91 | 22:42 | 82 (18) | 98 (18) | 92 (17) | 103 (20) | 120 (18) |
| 111 | alwsn8 | 65 | 22:53 | 83 (13) | 83 (14) | 114 (14) | 115 (13) | 103 (11) |
| 112 | crosswordian | 111 | 23:03 | 82 (22) | 93 (22) | 96 (21) | 106 (23) | 121 (23) |
| 113 | sampson | 47 | 23:05 | 83 (8) | 100 (7) | 104 (12) | 101 (12) | 106 (8) |
| 114 | MichelinPoitiers | 66 | 23:07 | 90 (18) | 101 (17) | 90 (9) | 100 (12) | 122 (10) |
| 115 | brian.mcnamara | 43 | 23:23 | 88 (9) | 94 (9) | 110 (7) | 105 (12) | 103 (6) |
| 116 | goblin | 126 | 23:32 | 93 (24) | 90 (25) | 98 (26) | 104 (26) | 113 (25) |
| 117 | LeyGal | 41 | 23:47 | 93 (11) | 109 (9) | 98 (9) | 88 (6) | 112 (6) |
| 118 | MartianAlien | 44 | 24:01 | 97 (6) | 97 (6) | 96 (7) | 92 (11) | 109 (14) |
| 119 | Corymbia | 91 | 24:17 | 94 (13) | 80 (17) | 99 (22) | 100 (18) | 119 (21) |
| 120 | timbo | 57 | 24:25 | 87 (11) | 91 (16) | 102 (13) | 104 (11) | 130 (6) |
| 121 | Jeeves | 58 | 24:54 | 86 (8) | 86 (9) | 103 (14) | 93 (13) | 119 (14) |
| 122 | zythum | 74 | 24:54 | 87 (17) | 92 (18) | 100 (13) | 108 (13) | 116 (13) |
| 123 | rjcassidy | 99 | 25:04 | 91 (18) | 97 (18) | 96 (21) | 102 (21) | 110 (21) |
| 124 | Tudds | 110 | 25:28 | 76 (25) | 91 (22) | 98 (21) | 110 (20) | 127 (22) |
| 125 | pph22 | 55 | 25:31 | 94 (11) | 88 (9) | 96 (8) | 102 (15) | 112 (12) |
| 126 | Waterloo | 91 | 25:48 | 88 (21) | 83 (21) | 93 (18) | 114 (15) | 129 (16) |
| 127 | Jeremy Weissmann | 61 | 25:56 | 78 (15) | 87 (13) | 112 (14) | 104 (9) | 127 (10) |
| 128 | Mkgnao | 89 | 26:31 | 84 (19) | 89 (21) | 106 (16) | 105 (17) | 120 (16) |
| 129 | 1234 | 74 | 26:46 | 78 (17) | 89 (14) | 97 (12) | 119 (18) | 114 (13) |
| 130 | Crippens1 | 59 | 26:52 | 85 (14) | 88 (11) | 91 (10) | 114 (16) | 122 (8) |
| 131 | UisceTe | 58 | 26:58 | 85 (13) | 89 (12) | 107 (9) | 95 (10) | 120 (14) |
| 132 | Pauline Minter | 58 | 27:31 | 82 (9) | 85 (11) | 97 (10) | 96 (16) | 132 (12) |
| 133 | chris661554 | 78 | 27:38 | 93 (15) | 85 (17) | 98 (13) | 102 (16) | 118 (17) |
| 134 | jimancliffe | 59 | 27:52 | 88 (13) | 95 (10) | 98 (12) | 103 (13) | 114 (11) |
| 135 | JoeyC | 60 | 28:30 | 77 (12) | 88 (11) | 89 (12) | 109 (11) | 129 (14) |
| 136 | nekabue | 101 | 28:44 | 83 (23) | 91 (19) | 101 (19) | 109 (18) | 115 (22) |
| 137 | medodd | 78 | 29:09 | 93 (17) | 91 (16) | 99 (18) | 102 (16) | 120 (11) |
| 138 | JohnDun | 91 | 29:10 | 77 (18) | 97 (19) | 102 (18) | 103 (19) | 120 (17) |
| 139 | eniamretrauq | 61 | 29:21 | 91 (11) | 93 (8) | 82 (14) | 99 (14) | 128 (14) |
| 140 | SlumdogEngineer | 61 | 29:50 | 68 (10) | 113 (15) | 100 (13) | 86 (9) | 116 (14) |
| 141 | rosselliot | 58 | 31:25 | 74 (9) | 95 (11) | 108 (12) | 109 (11) | 103 (15) |
| 142 | dosbarth | 59 | 31:34 | 97 (16) | 102 (12) | 98 (12) | 95 (11) | 111 (8) |
| 143 | Mike Harper | 73 | 31:52 | 84 (18) | 92 (16) | 105 (12) | 114 (11) | 111 (16) |
| 144 | gbestanley | 64 | 32:18 | 87 (15) | 90 (10) | 99 (13) | 104 (15) | 119 (11) |
| 145 | koro | 114 | 32:52 | 90 (24) | 90 (23) | 102 (22) | 104 (21) | 111 (24) |
| 146 | ulaca | 83 | 33:03 | 87 (19) | 87 (15) | 105 (18) | 108 (16) | 113 (15) |
| 147 | Cookincats | 87 | 33:07 | 79 (20) | 83 (16) | 100 (19) | 101 (15) | 136 (17) |
| 148 | wugahumph | 44 | 33:11 | 86 (9) | 102 (11) | 118 (6) | 104 (8) | 95 (10) |
| 149 | Lloyd | 65 | 33:39 | 75 (15) | 88 (13) | 99 (14) | 123 (14) | 121 (9) |
| 150 | Vagans | 46 | 33:58 | 82 (7) | 81 (11) | 97 (7) | 123 (12) | 107 (9) |
| 151 | Pleasuredome | 67 | 35:14 | 82 (18) | 91 (13) | 78 (8) | 116 (13) | 125 (15) |
| 152 | starstruck | 101 | 37:01 | 90 (23) | 79 (19) | 110 (18) | 99 (21) | 121 (20) |
| 153 | nwoodifield | 39 | 38:56 | 61 (9) | 56 (8) | 82 (7) | 47 (8) | 277 (7) |
| 154 | NAPASAI | 48 | 39:33 | 58 (12) | 61 (9) | 85 (8) | 189 (11) | 97 (8) |
| 155 | Valance | 45 | 40:37 | 30 (9) | 34 (10) | 43 (9) | 50 (7) | 313 (10) |
| 156 | kapietro | 40 | 41:22 | 87 (11) | 94 (6) | 93 (7) | 110 (9) | 118 (7) |
| 157 | empty | 105 | 41:27 | 95 (24) | 93 (18) | 94 (22) | 105 (21) | 111 (20) |
| 158 | marp | 71 | 41:59 | 90 (16) | 102 (14) | 97 (14) | 100 (13) | 109 (14) |
| 159 | Rookie | 63 | 42:28 | 88 (15) | 91 (14) | 97 (12) | 110 (13) | 122 (9) |
| 160 | Shushannah | 61 | 43:51 | 102 (11) | 89 (13) | 96 (13) | 105 (14) | 107 (10) |
| 161 | WordPlodder | 90 | 45:46 | 65 (14) | 78 (16) | 100 (22) | 121 (21) | 120 (17) |
| 162 | joss henry | 40 | 46:56 | 67 (8) | 170 (10) | 70 (7) | 78 (9) | 92 (6) |