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 | 90 | 05:05 | 80 (19) | 92 (19) | 103 (17) | 107 (21) | 120 (14) |
| 2 | Magoo | 41 | 06:03 | 88 (6) | 98 (6) | 96 (8) | 100 (9) | 108 (12) |
| 3 | Nathan Panning | 90 | 06:13 | 89 (19) | 102 (20) | 85 (18) | 100 (18) | 128 (15) |
| 4 | Jason | 120 | 06:44 | 87 (23) | 84 (25) | 100 (23) | 103 (25) | 123 (24) |
| 5 | escat49 | 130 | 06:48 | 93 (25) | 92 (27) | 97 (26) | 101 (26) | 114 (26) |
| 6 | Diskus | 117 | 06:59 | 83 (22) | 106 (24) | 92 (22) | 98 (25) | 117 (24) |
| 7 | verlaine | 124 | 07:25 | 85 (26) | 93 (24) | 97 (23) | 95 (24) | 126 (27) |
| 8 | mauefw | 59 | 07:33 | 92 (12) | 96 (12) | 98 (13) | 90 (9) | 117 (13) |
| 9 | mistigris | 106 | 07:59 | 86 (22) | 88 (17) | 96 (23) | 103 (21) | 121 (23) |
| 10 | aphis99 | 124 | 07:59 | 83 (27) | 92 (25) | 100 (24) | 107 (25) | 118 (23) |
| 11 | lili | 120 | 08:10 | 91 (26) | 91 (24) | 97 (24) | 97 (22) | 122 (24) |
| 12 | hilarym | 79 | 08:17 | 83 (17) | 101 (21) | 96 (15) | 102 (14) | 123 (12) |
| 13 | Paul Gilbert | 85 | 08:54 | 94 (20) | 82 (16) | 101 (16) | 99 (17) | 122 (16) |
| 14 | Midas | 131 | 09:03 | 88 (27) | 94 (26) | 97 (25) | 105 (27) | 113 (26) |
| 15 | richard | 98 | 09:29 | 86 (23) | 90 (20) | 102 (22) | 106 (23) | 128 (10) |
| 16 | asaldanha | 98 | 09:31 | 90 (20) | 86 (22) | 105 (20) | 100 (18) | 120 (18) |
| 17 | scrabbler | 113 | 10:20 | 89 (20) | 93 (24) | 92 (22) | 108 (25) | 113 (22) |
| 18 | chindit | 121 | 10:20 | 81 (23) | 90 (24) | 102 (26) | 97 (24) | 126 (24) |
| 19 | chriswords | 86 | 10:21 | 94 (20) | 91 (21) | 108 (15) | 103 (14) | 105 (16) |
| 20 | trux | 95 | 10:21 | 93 (21) | 89 (21) | 98 (20) | 99 (15) | 121 (18) |
| 21 | AlanS | 106 | 10:40 | 86 (21) | 78 (19) | 94 (22) | 111 (22) | 127 (22) |
| 22 | Kinghedger | 97 | 10:55 | 87 (16) | 88 (17) | 100 (22) | 98 (22) | 120 (20) |
| 23 | lickert | 107 | 10:56 | 83 (22) | 92 (26) | 104 (19) | 106 (21) | 117 (19) |
| 24 | philjordan1147 | 95 | 10:57 | 87 (22) | 89 (21) | 94 (17) | 102 (17) | 129 (18) |
| 25 | glheard | 96 | 11:29 | 88 (18) | 94 (20) | 93 (23) | 115 (19) | 110 (16) |
| 26 | Topical Tim | 97 | 11:49 | 87 (19) | 89 (16) | 94 (19) | 109 (21) | 114 (22) |
| 27 | neilr | 113 | 12:11 | 80 (21) | 95 (25) | 94 (23) | 111 (23) | 118 (21) |
| 28 | keriothe_ | 112 | 12:18 | 90 (25) | 91 (24) | 90 (20) | 114 (23) | 115 (20) |
| 29 | fshephe | 115 | 12:34 | 91 (25) | 96 (23) | 88 (22) | 106 (22) | 117 (23) |
| 30 | SimonAnthony | 103 | 12:42 | 79 (21) | 88 (24) | 97 (17) | 103 (21) | 133 (20) |
| 31 | HenryBW | 85 | 12:45 | 79 (17) | 96 (17) | 90 (19) | 113 (15) | 123 (17) |
| 32 | Stavros | 105 | 12:49 | 91 (23) | 82 (22) | 99 (18) | 103 (22) | 125 (20) |
| 33 | Tom Stubbs | 128 | 12:50 | 86 (27) | 89 (26) | 95 (25) | 108 (25) | 121 (25) |
| 34 | Sheapey | 124 | 12:52 | 83 (25) | 94 (26) | 94 (25) | 110 (25) | 120 (23) |
| 35 | Sue Sweeper | 68 | 12:58 | 92 (14) | 78 (12) | 89 (14) | 114 (13) | 121 (15) |
| 36 | p.wild | 127 | 13:10 | 94 (26) | 96 (26) | 95 (25) | 103 (25) | 110 (25) |
| 37 | aphasic | 76 | 13:24 | 74 (17) | 86 (14) | 108 (15) | 110 (18) | 125 (12) |
| 38 | xyster | 94 | 13:30 | 88 (17) | 93 (20) | 99 (25) | 101 (15) | 118 (17) |
| 39 | John Walsh | 47 | 13:31 | 97 (13) | 99 (12) | 95 (8) | 100 (8) | 112 (6) |
| 40 | 7dPenguin | 92 | 13:34 | 83 (20) | 87 (19) | 94 (18) | 118 (18) | 119 (17) |
| 41 | Heyesey | 74 | 13:45 | 76 (13) | 82 (18) | 92 (13) | 126 (14) | 121 (16) |
| 42 | tilbee | 114 | 13:46 | 82 (20) | 95 (22) | 89 (24) | 108 (23) | 119 (25) |
| 43 | MikeOsborne | 115 | 13:46 | 85 (23) | 85 (25) | 99 (23) | 111 (22) | 121 (22) |
| 44 | March | 105 | 13:47 | 88 (21) | 91 (22) | 93 (17) | 109 (24) | 114 (21) |
| 45 | Malcj | 76 | 13:52 | 88 (16) | 95 (16) | 96 (17) | 100 (17) | 131 (10) |
| 46 | Ben Staveley | 95 | 13:57 | 90 (16) | 89 (18) | 102 (22) | 95 (20) | 120 (19) |
| 47 | Silva | 123 | 13:58 | 85 (26) | 95 (23) | 96 (26) | 99 (22) | 122 (26) |
| 48 | Tibthorpe | 95 | 14:22 | 85 (19) | 99 (21) | 91 (21) | 107 (18) | 119 (16) |
| 49 | jamesah | 67 | 14:36 | 102 (18) | 93 (15) | 92 (15) | 101 (12) | 121 (7) |
| 50 | TB22 | 52 | 14:39 | 89 (10) | 103 (14) | 106 (10) | 102 (9) | 97 (9) |
| 51 | tunflog | 56 | 14:39 | 89 (14) | 98 (11) | 99 (14) | 110 (10) | 109 (7) |
| 52 | Penfold_61 | 110 | 14:46 | 89 (21) | 89 (23) | 93 (22) | 115 (23) | 112 (21) |
| 53 | Crucifer | 68 | 14:56 | 90 (15) | 95 (15) | 95 (13) | 112 (13) | 108 (12) |
| 54 | David Crooks | 105 | 15:02 | 85 (22) | 87 (19) | 104 (22) | 108 (20) | 112 (22) |
| 55 | Ed freshpot | 96 | 15:15 | 88 (19) | 90 (20) | 94 (20) | 93 (14) | 125 (23) |
| 56 | qieduan | 69 | 15:18 | 84 (14) | 93 (15) | 92 (13) | 107 (13) | 121 (14) |
| 57 | JezWoolfrey | 52 | 15:21 | 83 (11) | 94 (12) | 100 (12) | 109 (9) | 119 (8) |
| 58 | pitcaithlie | 71 | 15:25 | 95 (19) | 90 (16) | 102 (14) | 104 (13) | 115 (9) |
| 59 | gabrojak | 82 | 15:39 | 87 (20) | 92 (17) | 100 (19) | 111 (15) | 118 (11) |
| 60 | phthisis | 111 | 15:40 | 94 (21) | 88 (25) | 100 (21) | 101 (24) | 117 (20) |
| 61 | grape | 58 | 15:52 | 97 (15) | 92 (14) | 89 (13) | 120 (9) | 113 (7) |
| 62 | Golvellius | 88 | 15:55 | 80 (17) | 96 (22) | 103 (18) | 109 (15) | 114 (16) |
| 63 | thomasp4 | 93 | 16:06 | 94 (18) | 89 (17) | 93 (20) | 105 (20) | 116 (18) |
| 64 | franceslc11 | 88 | 16:20 | 83 (16) | 96 (14) | 101 (16) | 101 (20) | 112 (22) |
| 65 | Pootle | 115 | 16:20 | 85 (26) | 82 (21) | 106 (22) | 103 (22) | 122 (24) |
| 66 | alexh | 64 | 16:24 | 88 (15) | 102 (14) | 100 (14) | 104 (9) | 108 (12) |
| 67 | Squallaby | 79 | 16:33 | 83 (18) | 101 (17) | 100 (18) | 106 (14) | 114 (12) |
| 68 | jonathan.leather | 48 | 16:41 | 98 (9) | 100 (14) | 104 (10) | 78 (7) | 114 (8) |
| 69 | ajcauk1 | 51 | 17:07 | 90 (11) | 98 (11) | 97 (11) | 103 (10) | 112 (8) |
| 70 | mrsbateman | 51 | 17:10 | 85 (13) | 85 (9) | 106 (11) | 101 (10) | 130 (8) |
| 71 | LouWeed | 117 | 17:11 | 85 (26) | 86 (19) | 107 (26) | 106 (22) | 112 (24) |
| 72 | MK76 | 50 | 17:29 | 90 (17) | 86 (9) | 106 (8) | 105 (6) | 118 (10) |
| 73 | Craven | 111 | 17:42 | 89 (24) | 96 (23) | 94 (21) | 107 (23) | 114 (20) |
| 74 | cyrillic | 88 | 17:55 | 84 (15) | 96 (15) | 89 (20) | 113 (20) | 112 (18) |
| 75 | LJCN | 99 | 17:59 | 88 (24) | 88 (16) | 94 (21) | 112 (18) | 117 (20) |
| 76 | fuzz | 67 | 18:01 | 98 (11) | 91 (16) | 102 (11) | 97 (16) | 113 (13) |
| 77 | tapbarker | 113 | 18:03 | 82 (24) | 88 (21) | 93 (21) | 110 (24) | 123 (23) |
| 78 | GMcD | 116 | 18:05 | 88 (22) | 93 (24) | 96 (25) | 104 (24) | 118 (21) |
| 79 | RobR | 94 | 18:11 | 92 (17) | 81 (21) | 102 (21) | 106 (19) | 121 (16) |
| 80 | OliviaRhineb | 122 | 18:24 | 86 (27) | 95 (25) | 99 (24) | 110 (25) | 111 (21) |
| 81 | Hamish.S | 72 | 18:27 | 80 (16) | 90 (18) | 97 (12) | 109 (15) | 133 (11) |
| 82 | robinh | 108 | 18:47 | 86 (24) | 106 (25) | 90 (23) | 110 (19) | 110 (17) |
| 83 | Ease This Jam | 71 | 18:51 | 86 (13) | 72 (10) | 99 (12) | 100 (18) | 124 (18) |
| 84 | gsriordan52 | 85 | 18:54 | 88 (21) | 99 (17) | 96 (17) | 110 (17) | 109 (13) |
| 85 | Semillon | 94 | 19:13 | 85 (22) | 92 (19) | 100 (21) | 113 (17) | 114 (15) |
| 86 | Pete_Hartley | 98 | 19:15 | 89 (23) | 94 (19) | 93 (17) | 106 (21) | 117 (18) |
| 87 | Colin2355 | 68 | 19:23 | 94 (9) | 90 (17) | 84 (13) | 105 (13) | 121 (16) |
| 88 | pterodactyl | 82 | 19:23 | 90 (18) | 91 (18) | 102 (19) | 109 (12) | 111 (15) |
| 89 | Deane Short | 71 | 19:29 | 85 (16) | 95 (18) | 99 (16) | 112 (11) | 118 (10) |
| 90 | andrewlake | 118 | 19:38 | 87 (23) | 93 (25) | 99 (25) | 101 (23) | 119 (22) |
| 91 | annbrew | 80 | 19:50 | 101 (17) | 85 (17) | 106 (17) | 103 (15) | 103 (14) |
| 92 | CentralLine | 86 | 19:52 | 83 (17) | 76 (14) | 105 (19) | 98 (16) | 127 (20) |
| 93 | Zander | 91 | 20:02 | 71 (19) | 89 (21) | 93 (16) | 120 (21) | 131 (14) |
| 94 | Achernar | 103 | 20:18 | 77 (26) | 94 (19) | 105 (21) | 107 (21) | 126 (16) |
| 95 | Crossiant | 92 | 20:23 | 84 (18) | 86 (20) | 102 (19) | 105 (17) | 123 (18) |
| 96 | benedick | 67 | 20:25 | 99 (13) | 94 (13) | 97 (14) | 103 (14) | 104 (13) |
| 97 | Zabadak | 113 | 20:31 | 89 (20) | 94 (23) | 98 (22) | 102 (24) | 111 (24) |
| 98 | Galspray | 65 | 20:59 | 83 (13) | 92 (15) | 97 (11) | 119 (12) | 108 (14) |
| 99 | hugh schofield | 51 | 21:38 | 88 (11) | 95 (8) | 90 (12) | 102 (12) | 129 (8) |
| 100 | barracuda | 116 | 21:39 | 85 (20) | 87 (23) | 94 (24) | 112 (27) | 116 (22) |
| 101 | John Arnold | 56 | 21:51 | 96 (12) | 97 (12) | 97 (14) | 103 (10) | 108 (8) |
| 102 | Jagsfan1971 | 55 | 22:05 | 92 (11) | 73 (12) | 107 (11) | 126 (9) | 105 (12) |
| 103 | pc8 | 98 | 22:08 | 89 (20) | 82 (19) | 100 (21) | 110 (18) | 117 (20) |
| 104 | endafk | 94 | 22:16 | 84 (15) | 89 (22) | 86 (18) | 109 (17) | 124 (22) |
| 105 | george.garlick | 48 | 22:52 | 70 (7) | 93 (11) | 101 (12) | 111 (11) | 120 (7) |
| 106 | Kevin Gregg | 102 | 22:56 | 75 (19) | 95 (22) | 99 (24) | 107 (18) | 123 (19) |
| 107 | crosswordian | 117 | 23:06 | 81 (22) | 93 (23) | 97 (24) | 106 (24) | 118 (24) |
| 108 | MichelinPoitiers | 70 | 23:17 | 90 (20) | 101 (17) | 91 (11) | 100 (12) | 126 (10) |
| 109 | goblin | 131 | 23:57 | 92 (25) | 89 (26) | 97 (27) | 104 (27) | 115 (26) |
| 110 | James P | 97 | 24:05 | 81 (18) | 95 (22) | 92 (19) | 106 (18) | 122 (20) |
| 111 | alwsn8 | 63 | 24:14 | 84 (10) | 80 (13) | 100 (15) | 116 (14) | 115 (11) |
| 112 | sampson | 50 | 24:16 | 92 (9) | 98 (10) | 99 (13) | 103 (11) | 107 (7) |
| 113 | Nangle | 50 | 24:20 | 85 (9) | 101 (12) | 104 (13) | 92 (7) | 112 (9) |
| 114 | timbo | 54 | 24:32 | 81 (9) | 94 (14) | 101 (11) | 104 (13) | 125 (7) |
| 115 | zythum | 71 | 24:53 | 90 (18) | 93 (15) | 101 (14) | 101 (13) | 121 (11) |
| 116 | Corymbia | 100 | 25:12 | 91 (16) | 87 (19) | 97 (23) | 98 (20) | 120 (22) |
| 117 | pph22 | 56 | 25:23 | 100 (11) | 89 (9) | 89 (8) | 99 (12) | 111 (16) |
| 118 | rjcassidy | 104 | 25:24 | 89 (20) | 94 (18) | 90 (22) | 107 (23) | 116 (21) |
| 119 | Waterloo | 94 | 25:39 | 83 (19) | 85 (22) | 96 (20) | 113 (16) | 128 (17) |
| 120 | Jeremy Weissmann | 59 | 25:49 | 75 (14) | 83 (14) | 111 (14) | 112 (10) | 143 (7) |
| 121 | Jeeves | 54 | 26:07 | 89 (9) | 82 (7) | 102 (14) | 94 (11) | 118 (13) |
| 122 | Mkgnao | 90 | 26:17 | 86 (19) | 88 (22) | 105 (18) | 107 (16) | 120 (15) |
| 123 | Tudds | 111 | 26:26 | 78 (25) | 81 (21) | 90 (21) | 121 (20) | 128 (24) |
| 124 | 1234 | 77 | 26:31 | 78 (18) | 90 (15) | 95 (13) | 119 (20) | 118 (11) |
| 125 | UisceTe | 59 | 26:44 | 84 (14) | 84 (13) | 116 (9) | 93 (10) | 125 (13) |
| 126 | Pauline Minter | 68 | 26:54 | 84 (12) | 85 (13) | 96 (12) | 101 (18) | 129 (13) |
| 127 | Crippens1 | 62 | 27:11 | 86 (14) | 89 (14) | 95 (12) | 114 (14) | 123 (8) |
| 128 | jimancliffe | 57 | 27:42 | 93 (12) | 90 (10) | 94 (14) | 104 (12) | 121 (9) |
| 129 | chris661554 | 91 | 28:05 | 96 (19) | 87 (20) | 96 (15) | 105 (19) | 115 (18) |
| 130 | Fidelio | 54 | 28:46 | 80 (6) | 83 (8) | 96 (9) | 98 (18) | 124 (13) |
| 131 | medodd | 83 | 29:13 | 95 (19) | 89 (16) | 97 (19) | 99 (16) | 124 (13) |
| 132 | nekabue | 105 | 29:15 | 80 (25) | 93 (20) | 97 (18) | 115 (18) | 116 (24) |
| 133 | eniamretrauq | 61 | 29:29 | 89 (10) | 93 (9) | 83 (15) | 99 (14) | 132 (13) |
| 134 | JohnDun | 93 | 29:35 | 77 (18) | 90 (19) | 98 (19) | 102 (18) | 129 (19) |
| 135 | SlumdogEngineer | 55 | 29:50 | 68 (11) | 113 (13) | 100 (13) | 90 (6) | 118 (12) |
| 136 | Jadebee | 34 | 30:08 | 82 (8) | 92 (7) | 104 (6) | 112 (7) | 113 (6) |
| 137 | JoeyC | 68 | 30:17 | 79 (15) | 95 (12) | 90 (13) | 107 (14) | 127 (14) |
| 138 | rosselliot | 57 | 32:12 | 66 (8) | 90 (11) | 120 (11) | 105 (12) | 105 (15) |
| 139 | gbestanley | 66 | 32:27 | 87 (17) | 99 (10) | 99 (15) | 103 (14) | 118 (10) |
| 140 | Mike Harper | 82 | 32:34 | 82 (19) | 87 (17) | 99 (15) | 118 (13) | 118 (18) |
| 141 | koro | 121 | 33:04 | 90 (25) | 89 (23) | 103 (24) | 105 (24) | 110 (25) |
| 142 | Cookincats | 93 | 33:15 | 79 (20) | 85 (18) | 99 (21) | 105 (15) | 131 (19) |
| 143 | dosbarth | 61 | 33:16 | 90 (13) | 103 (16) | 89 (11) | 98 (12) | 122 (9) |
| 144 | ulaca | 86 | 33:22 | 85 (18) | 87 (14) | 107 (18) | 105 (17) | 111 (19) |
| 145 | wugahumph | 35 | 34:58 | 81 (7) | 99 (8) | 120 (6) | 104 (6) | 98 (8) |
| 146 | Pleasuredome | 76 | 35:53 | 81 (19) | 91 (15) | 86 (10) | 119 (16) | 119 (16) |
| 147 | starstruck | 105 | 37:04 | 86 (22) | 75 (20) | 108 (21) | 104 (22) | 125 (20) |
| 148 | Lloyd | 63 | 37:08 | 70 (14) | 100 (12) | 86 (13) | 132 (15) | 109 (9) |
| 149 | Valance | 53 | 37:24 | 35 (12) | 40 (11) | 48 (9) | 55 (10) | 312 (11) |
| 150 | nwoodifield | 39 | 38:56 | 61 (9) | 56 (8) | 82 (7) | 47 (8) | 277 (7) |
| 151 | NAPASAI | 50 | 41:37 | 54 (9) | 57 (10) | 84 (11) | 190 (11) | 101 (9) |
| 152 | tyrotim | 69 | 41:44 | 80 (12) | 98 (14) | 98 (18) | 98 (8) | 117 (17) |
| 153 | kapietro | 46 | 42:07 | 92 (13) | 93 (6) | 92 (9) | 108 (9) | 114 (9) |
| 154 | empty | 105 | 42:11 | 94 (23) | 92 (17) | 95 (22) | 106 (23) | 110 (20) |
| 155 | marp | 73 | 42:37 | 91 (15) | 98 (13) | 98 (15) | 105 (16) | 106 (14) |
| 156 | Rookie | 71 | 43:25 | 83 (15) | 92 (14) | 100 (16) | 111 (16) | 115 (10) |
| 157 | Shushannah | 65 | 44:22 | 101 (12) | 89 (13) | 93 (12) | 105 (17) | 109 (11) |
| 158 | WordPlodder | 98 | 45:28 | 61 (15) | 83 (19) | 97 (23) | 120 (22) | 125 (19) |
| 159 | joss henry | 39 | 47:27 | 64 (7) | 181 (9) | 72 (7) | 78 (9) | 85 (7) |