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 | 86 | 05:18 | 79 (21) | 95 (17) | 107 (16) | 109 (17) | 114 (15) |
| 2 | Nathan Panning | 87 | 06:09 | 91 (20) | 106 (23) | 83 (17) | 97 (14) | 127 (13) |
| 3 | Magoo | 59 | 06:23 | 81 (10) | 111 (11) | 107 (11) | 96 (12) | 101 (15) |
| 4 | Jason | 101 | 06:50 | 83 (23) | 90 (22) | 103 (20) | 105 (19) | 123 (17) |
| 5 | escat49 | 129 | 06:51 | 87 (26) | 97 (26) | 104 (26) | 100 (26) | 109 (25) |
| 6 | Diskus | 114 | 07:12 | 82 (23) | 109 (22) | 94 (21) | 100 (24) | 111 (24) |
| 7 | mistigris | 115 | 07:52 | 81 (23) | 98 (21) | 99 (24) | 109 (22) | 109 (25) |
| 8 | aphis99 | 121 | 07:57 | 82 (26) | 93 (25) | 104 (25) | 109 (23) | 113 (22) |
| 9 | verlaine | 118 | 07:59 | 84 (24) | 91 (23) | 104 (23) | 104 (23) | 114 (25) |
| 10 | mauefw | 49 | 08:04 | 73 (10) | 100 (11) | 86 (8) | 99 (7) | 128 (13) |
| 11 | hilarym | 76 | 08:10 | 82 (19) | 103 (20) | 91 (14) | 109 (13) | 125 (10) |
| 12 | lili | 115 | 08:38 | 84 (24) | 103 (23) | 102 (22) | 93 (22) | 116 (24) |
| 13 | Paul Gilbert | 85 | 08:52 | 87 (17) | 89 (18) | 105 (15) | 100 (20) | 121 (15) |
| 14 | Midas | 124 | 09:11 | 89 (26) | 98 (24) | 99 (24) | 102 (25) | 110 (25) |
| 15 | richard | 98 | 09:27 | 86 (22) | 95 (22) | 113 (21) | 100 (23) | 111 (10) |
| 16 | asaldanha | 102 | 09:38 | 83 (20) | 88 (20) | 112 (22) | 99 (20) | 113 (20) |
| 17 | trux | 87 | 10:11 | 88 (16) | 92 (19) | 102 (20) | 101 (16) | 115 (16) |
| 18 | scrabbler | 112 | 10:27 | 87 (22) | 94 (24) | 101 (19) | 110 (23) | 105 (24) |
| 19 | chindit | 115 | 10:27 | 78 (23) | 92 (24) | 104 (23) | 103 (22) | 121 (23) |
| 20 | chriswords | 74 | 10:30 | 89 (17) | 95 (20) | 103 (13) | 103 (11) | 115 (13) |
| 21 | boulemiche | 60 | 10:40 | 97 (20) | 100 (14) | 86 (8) | 104 (12) | 117 (6) |
| 22 | AlanS | 107 | 10:53 | 85 (23) | 79 (20) | 97 (21) | 118 (23) | 119 (20) |
| 23 | jimpen | 99 | 10:56 | 91 (23) | 100 (22) | 98 (17) | 100 (20) | 111 (17) |
| 24 | Kinghedger | 102 | 11:14 | 81 (19) | 93 (17) | 102 (23) | 100 (22) | 118 (21) |
| 25 | lickert | 108 | 11:19 | 79 (21) | 96 (25) | 105 (20) | 109 (22) | 110 (20) |
| 26 | philjordan1147 | 98 | 11:26 | 81 (23) | 92 (21) | 103 (18) | 105 (17) | 121 (19) |
| 27 | glheard | 93 | 11:58 | 80 (18) | 94 (20) | 105 (19) | 115 (17) | 105 (19) |
| 28 | Topical Tim | 113 | 12:15 | 87 (21) | 97 (19) | 97 (23) | 105 (24) | 109 (26) |
| 29 | neilr | 113 | 12:19 | 78 (21) | 96 (25) | 100 (22) | 107 (24) | 115 (21) |
| 30 | SimonAnthony | 106 | 12:33 | 77 (21) | 104 (24) | 102 (20) | 101 (20) | 112 (21) |
| 31 | fshephe | 109 | 12:36 | 86 (25) | 97 (22) | 97 (21) | 106 (21) | 115 (20) |
| 32 | keriothe_ | 103 | 12:38 | 85 (23) | 97 (24) | 87 (17) | 119 (20) | 111 (19) |
| 33 | xyster | 98 | 12:43 | 85 (19) | 94 (19) | 99 (21) | 100 (19) | 118 (20) |
| 34 | Finzi | 41 | 12:55 | 83 (8) | 94 (7) | 108 (8) | 105 (9) | 106 (9) |
| 35 | HenryBW | 78 | 13:01 | 81 (18) | 102 (17) | 87 (14) | 116 (14) | 115 (15) |
| 36 | Sheapey | 116 | 13:04 | 70 (23) | 100 (25) | 101 (24) | 117 (22) | 110 (22) |
| 37 | Tom Stubbs | 121 | 13:08 | 82 (26) | 90 (24) | 105 (24) | 108 (24) | 115 (23) |
| 38 | Stavros | 96 | 13:11 | 85 (20) | 89 (20) | 101 (17) | 102 (20) | 121 (19) |
| 39 | aphasic | 70 | 13:17 | 74 (16) | 89 (14) | 115 (10) | 106 (17) | 121 (13) |
| 40 | p.wild | 87 | 13:18 | 94 (17) | 97 (18) | 95 (18) | 104 (17) | 109 (17) |
| 41 | tilbee | 111 | 13:20 | 77 (21) | 98 (22) | 94 (21) | 112 (23) | 113 (24) |
| 42 | Malcj | 47 | 13:27 | 92 (10) | 95 (11) | 93 (9) | 103 (11) | 124 (6) |
| 43 | Sue Sweeper | 63 | 13:28 | 88 (16) | 91 (11) | 102 (11) | 112 (11) | 107 (14) |
| 44 | Heyesey | 65 | 13:31 | 70 (14) | 81 (15) | 99 (11) | 144 (11) | 114 (14) |
| 45 | 7dPenguin | 93 | 13:33 | 78 (19) | 89 (17) | 93 (17) | 114 (20) | 120 (20) |
| 46 | March | 106 | 13:45 | 84 (23) | 92 (21) | 92 (17) | 114 (25) | 112 (20) |
| 47 | Ben Staveley | 99 | 14:01 | 84 (18) | 91 (21) | 108 (23) | 96 (20) | 119 (17) |
| 48 | MikeOsborne | 107 | 14:02 | 79 (21) | 92 (23) | 99 (21) | 114 (19) | 115 (23) |
| 49 | Silva | 122 | 14:14 | 83 (25) | 96 (24) | 98 (24) | 103 (24) | 117 (25) |
| 50 | jamesah | 64 | 14:30 | 91 (19) | 95 (14) | 99 (14) | 108 (9) | 121 (8) |
| 51 | JimboFS | 64 | 14:36 | 87 (13) | 106 (15) | 95 (12) | 102 (13) | 108 (11) |
| 52 | TB22 | 64 | 14:40 | 81 (15) | 101 (17) | 105 (12) | 108 (11) | 109 (9) |
| 53 | tunflog | 57 | 14:41 | 86 (16) | 102 (13) | 100 (12) | 115 (7) | 107 (9) |
| 54 | Penfold_61 | 108 | 14:54 | 82 (21) | 95 (22) | 94 (21) | 112 (23) | 113 (21) |
| 55 | Tibthorpe | 104 | 14:58 | 86 (21) | 102 (23) | 93 (19) | 104 (23) | 115 (18) |
| 56 | David Crooks | 107 | 14:59 | 84 (23) | 93 (21) | 104 (21) | 108 (21) | 110 (21) |
| 57 | Ed freshpot | 87 | 15:13 | 87 (18) | 95 (18) | 93 (17) | 96 (15) | 123 (19) |
| 58 | Peponi13 | 65 | 15:17 | 89 (16) | 101 (15) | 109 (12) | 97 (13) | 107 (9) |
| 59 | Looch | 110 | 15:19 | 84 (22) | 101 (23) | 97 (23) | 107 (22) | 109 (20) |
| 60 | Golvellius | 66 | 15:22 | 80 (14) | 103 (17) | 102 (15) | 102 (10) | 113 (10) |
| 61 | gabrojak | 87 | 15:27 | 87 (20) | 98 (19) | 100 (19) | 110 (16) | 108 (13) |
| 62 | Crucifer | 55 | 15:30 | 91 (12) | 103 (13) | 95 (11) | 102 (9) | 107 (10) |
| 63 | pitcaithlie | 60 | 15:43 | 90 (17) | 88 (13) | 98 (10) | 109 (12) | 127 (8) |
| 64 | JezWoolfrey | 50 | 15:52 | 89 (8) | 91 (12) | 93 (11) | 109 (11) | 119 (8) |
| 65 | alexh | 60 | 15:57 | 89 (13) | 104 (12) | 95 (14) | 107 (11) | 106 (10) |
| 66 | thomasp4 | 90 | 16:00 | 92 (18) | 93 (17) | 97 (18) | 100 (20) | 115 (17) |
| 67 | franceslc11 | 82 | 16:05 | 78 (16) | 93 (13) | 111 (13) | 106 (18) | 107 (22) |
| 68 | grape | 51 | 16:11 | 85 (15) | 87 (12) | 100 (9) | 110 (9) | 144 (6) |
| 69 | phthisis | 108 | 16:22 | 85 (20) | 96 (23) | 100 (20) | 98 (24) | 119 (21) |
| 70 | Pootle | 113 | 16:44 | 83 (23) | 90 (21) | 110 (23) | 101 (22) | 113 (24) |
| 71 | LouWeed | 116 | 17:04 | 82 (26) | 93 (18) | 107 (25) | 105 (22) | 110 (25) |
| 72 | ajcauk1 | 53 | 17:15 | 88 (13) | 97 (11) | 106 (10) | 98 (9) | 112 (10) |
| 73 | Squallaby | 77 | 17:27 | 74 (20) | 111 (17) | 98 (13) | 107 (13) | 116 (14) |
| 74 | cyrillic | 86 | 17:27 | 79 (14) | 105 (16) | 91 (19) | 112 (20) | 106 (17) |
| 75 | LJCN | 98 | 17:37 | 85 (23) | 91 (15) | 97 (22) | 113 (21) | 113 (17) |
| 76 | tapbarker | 108 | 17:37 | 75 (22) | 92 (20) | 98 (19) | 109 (25) | 122 (22) |
| 77 | Craven | 102 | 17:41 | 85 (21) | 99 (22) | 100 (19) | 106 (22) | 109 (18) |
| 78 | fuzz | 50 | 17:48 | 108 (7) | 86 (11) | 100 (11) | 90 (12) | 122 (9) |
| 79 | Valance | 59 | 18:01 | 70 (13) | 93 (12) | 109 (9) | 108 (12) | 120 (13) |
| 80 | Deane Short | 69 | 18:08 | 83 (17) | 93 (15) | 94 (14) | 118 (14) | 122 (9) |
| 81 | RobR | 88 | 18:08 | 84 (19) | 79 (17) | 107 (17) | 111 (21) | 120 (14) |
| 82 | GMcD | 115 | 18:33 | 83 (23) | 97 (22) | 101 (23) | 103 (23) | 113 (24) |
| 83 | Ease This Jam | 69 | 18:42 | 78 (13) | 80 (11) | 104 (12) | 103 (17) | 123 (16) |
| 84 | Semillon | 108 | 18:45 | 82 (23) | 100 (22) | 99 (23) | 110 (21) | 109 (19) |
| 85 | robinh | 109 | 18:47 | 81 (21) | 106 (24) | 95 (25) | 109 (22) | 107 (17) |
| 86 | CentralLine | 81 | 19:00 | 76 (14) | 77 (14) | 117 (15) | 96 (19) | 123 (19) |
| 87 | gsriordan52 | 81 | 19:02 | 88 (18) | 96 (19) | 107 (16) | 108 (17) | 101 (11) |
| 88 | Hamish.S | 68 | 19:08 | 75 (13) | 91 (20) | 102 (11) | 115 (13) | 124 (11) |
| 89 | OliviaRhineb | 122 | 19:11 | 85 (26) | 94 (26) | 104 (22) | 109 (26) | 107 (22) |
| 90 | pterodactyl | 79 | 19:18 | 90 (19) | 96 (17) | 103 (16) | 104 (12) | 109 (15) |
| 91 | andrewlake | 116 | 19:24 | 84 (24) | 95 (23) | 106 (24) | 102 (24) | 112 (21) |
| 92 | Pete_Hartley | 106 | 19:37 | 89 (23) | 90 (20) | 95 (18) | 106 (22) | 115 (23) |
| 93 | Colin2355 | 80 | 19:55 | 82 (13) | 94 (20) | 85 (14) | 106 (14) | 124 (19) |
| 94 | Zander | 80 | 20:17 | 61 (17) | 97 (19) | 98 (16) | 124 (17) | 129 (11) |
| 95 | benedick | 63 | 20:18 | 92 (13) | 93 (13) | 100 (11) | 102 (11) | 109 (15) |
| 96 | Achernar | 95 | 20:27 | 79 (22) | 94 (19) | 108 (21) | 105 (19) | 119 (14) |
| 97 | annbrew | 68 | 20:28 | 98 (15) | 80 (13) | 106 (11) | 106 (14) | 107 (15) |
| 98 | uvofiz | 60 | 20:44 | 89 (15) | 87 (17) | 107 (11) | 111 (8) | 120 (9) |
| 99 | Zabadak | 112 | 20:47 | 84 (23) | 91 (21) | 106 (20) | 105 (23) | 110 (25) |
| 100 | hugh schofield | 47 | 20:50 | 86 (11) | 108 (8) | 92 (9) | 109 (13) | 103 (6) |
| 101 | Galspray | 83 | 20:51 | 81 (19) | 97 (18) | 98 (15) | 122 (16) | 103 (15) |
| 102 | Terrier | 53 | 21:06 | 84 (6) | 93 (14) | 107 (10) | 103 (12) | 105 (11) |
| 103 | Crossiant | 94 | 21:13 | 83 (19) | 90 (21) | 103 (20) | 109 (16) | 117 (18) |
| 104 | John Arnold | 55 | 21:31 | 91 (13) | 98 (11) | 94 (14) | 105 (10) | 120 (7) |
| 105 | endafk | 88 | 22:04 | 77 (16) | 96 (21) | 93 (16) | 109 (16) | 120 (19) |
| 106 | Jeremy S | 68 | 22:24 | 87 (15) | 93 (21) | 98 (10) | 113 (10) | 118 (12) |
| 107 | barracuda | 112 | 22:35 | 82 (20) | 100 (22) | 101 (21) | 109 (26) | 102 (23) |
| 108 | crosswordian | 116 | 22:44 | 84 (20) | 96 (24) | 98 (25) | 103 (24) | 114 (23) |
| 109 | pc8 | 98 | 22:49 | 87 (19) | 88 (18) | 99 (21) | 105 (20) | 117 (20) |
| 110 | george.garlick | 64 | 22:59 | 73 (11) | 94 (15) | 106 (15) | 108 (11) | 115 (12) |
| 111 | Jagsfan1971 | 50 | 23:02 | 81 (9) | 70 (10) | 130 (7) | 107 (13) | 114 (11) |
| 112 | Kevin Gregg | 97 | 23:18 | 74 (19) | 92 (20) | 99 (21) | 102 (18) | 131 (19) |
| 113 | MichelinPoitiers | 64 | 23:23 | 84 (17) | 104 (12) | 91 (12) | 103 (12) | 123 (11) |
| 114 | goblin | 126 | 24:04 | 88 (25) | 92 (25) | 103 (26) | 102 (25) | 113 (25) |
| 115 | FrameShift | 119 | 24:14 | 114 (24) | 99 (24) | 84 (24) | 92 (24) | 109 (23) |
| 116 | James P | 98 | 24:37 | 74 (19) | 95 (19) | 93 (19) | 109 (20) | 124 (21) |
| 117 | Waterloo | 94 | 24:47 | 85 (21) | 92 (22) | 100 (19) | 108 (16) | 120 (16) |
| 118 | sampson | 35 | 25:09 | 96 (7) | 98 (8) | 103 (8) | 97 (6) | 104 (6) |
| 119 | Nangle | 52 | 25:12 | 78 (12) | 99 (12) | 105 (10) | 107 (7) | 115 (11) |
| 120 | timbo | 48 | 25:19 | 84 (9) | 99 (7) | 103 (11) | 100 (13) | 112 (8) |
| 121 | rjcassidy | 103 | 25:19 | 86 (22) | 98 (20) | 95 (19) | 107 (22) | 111 (20) |
| 122 | zythum | 57 | 25:21 | 87 (14) | 104 (12) | 101 (13) | 102 (11) | 109 (7) |
| 123 | Corymbia | 100 | 25:44 | 87 (18) | 98 (18) | 99 (22) | 100 (20) | 111 (22) |
| 124 | UisceTe | 45 | 25:51 | 74 (10) | 84 (9) | 125 (8) | 97 (9) | 123 (9) |
| 125 | Crippens1 | 52 | 25:56 | 78 (13) | 92 (13) | 107 (11) | 127 (9) | 107 (6) |
| 126 | Pauline Minter | 69 | 26:01 | 83 (15) | 91 (15) | 101 (10) | 110 (17) | 115 (12) |
| 127 | 1234 | 70 | 26:01 | 81 (14) | 86 (12) | 96 (13) | 113 (19) | 117 (12) |
| 128 | Mkgnao | 75 | 26:10 | 84 (17) | 95 (19) | 118 (14) | 100 (13) | 106 (12) |
| 129 | wimpoldo | 62 | 26:22 | 88 (17) | 100 (12) | 97 (13) | 106 (14) | 119 (6) |
| 130 | suethepotterer | 67 | 26:35 | 95 (13) | 99 (13) | 100 (14) | 98 (11) | 105 (16) |
| 131 | jimancliffe | 52 | 26:44 | 95 (12) | 80 (10) | 93 (12) | 110 (11) | 131 (7) |
| 132 | Tudds | 108 | 26:51 | 77 (25) | 89 (21) | 96 (18) | 122 (21) | 116 (23) |
| 133 | eniamretrauq | 59 | 27:26 | 83 (13) | 102 (9) | 92 (14) | 108 (10) | 115 (13) |
| 134 | SlumdogEngineer | 37 | 28:04 | 69 (11) | 136 (7) | 99 (7) | 96 (6) | 119 (6) |
| 135 | klamery4 | 56 | 28:26 | 81 (14) | 78 (8) | 106 (14) | 129 (11) | 103 (9) |
| 136 | JohnDun | 87 | 28:27 | 74 (20) | 97 (13) | 101 (17) | 108 (17) | 117 (20) |
| 137 | DanSolo | 41 | 28:32 | 70 (6) | 89 (8) | 100 (7) | 122 (8) | 106 (12) |
| 138 | medodd | 74 | 28:32 | 90 (17) | 96 (15) | 98 (15) | 98 (15) | 121 (12) |
| 139 | Fidelio | 61 | 29:03 | 81 (8) | 83 (10) | 107 (7) | 98 (22) | 120 (14) |
| 140 | chris661554 | 99 | 29:08 | 96 (22) | 92 (21) | 97 (16) | 104 (19) | 108 (21) |
| 141 | nekabue | 109 | 29:23 | 80 (25) | 99 (22) | 99 (18) | 109 (21) | 114 (23) |
| 142 | Jadebee | 47 | 29:29 | 80 (12) | 97 (9) | 111 (6) | 110 (12) | 107 (8) |
| 143 | JoeyC | 72 | 30:07 | 78 (21) | 100 (12) | 99 (16) | 119 (15) | 120 (8) |
| 144 | Cookincats | 81 | 32:11 | 85 (17) | 88 (18) | 98 (16) | 107 (16) | 126 (14) |
| 145 | gbestanley | 77 | 32:57 | 82 (17) | 99 (14) | 96 (15) | 104 (18) | 120 (13) |
| 146 | Mike Harper | 78 | 32:57 | 78 (15) | 97 (18) | 98 (15) | 118 (13) | 108 (17) |
| 147 | ulaca | 85 | 33:06 | 81 (16) | 102 (15) | 99 (17) | 107 (18) | 106 (19) |
| 148 | Menelaus | 52 | 33:25 | 78 (14) | 106 (11) | 103 (11) | 105 (9) | 119 (7) |
| 149 | WombleHustler | 74 | 33:29 | 86 (15) | 96 (11) | 102 (17) | 109 (18) | 102 (13) |
| 150 | dosbarth | 57 | 33:31 | 92 (12) | 102 (17) | 96 (7) | 97 (12) | 111 (9) |
| 151 | rosselliot | 57 | 33:40 | 75 (8) | 87 (11) | 116 (12) | 100 (11) | 108 (15) |
| 152 | koro | 119 | 33:59 | 84 (24) | 95 (23) | 104 (22) | 106 (24) | 108 (26) |
| 153 | Lloyd | 56 | 36:37 | 67 (14) | 112 (9) | 86 (12) | 127 (14) | 115 (7) |
| 154 | Pleasuredome | 70 | 37:05 | 76 (17) | 92 (12) | 94 (11) | 109 (14) | 127 (16) |
| 155 | starstruck | 100 | 38:30 | 87 (21) | 91 (20) | 99 (19) | 112 (21) | 109 (19) |
| 156 | BertieVII | 54 | 39:25 | 81 (16) | 89 (12) | 116 (11) | 113 (7) | 119 (8) |
| 157 | marp | 76 | 41:20 | 85 (15) | 100 (14) | 100 (14) | 106 (17) | 106 (16) |
| 158 | tyrotim | 72 | 42:33 | 73 (10) | 99 (18) | 99 (18) | 98 (10) | 117 (16) |
| 159 | kapietro | 64 | 42:36 | 85 (15) | 98 (8) | 94 (13) | 106 (14) | 115 (14) |
| 160 | maryht | 61 | 42:39 | 96 (13) | 100 (11) | 98 (10) | 95 (12) | 106 (15) |
| 161 | Rookie | 67 | 42:50 | 83 (13) | 99 (14) | 102 (14) | 108 (16) | 104 (10) |
| 162 | empty | 110 | 43:29 | 89 (22) | 98 (18) | 99 (23) | 102 (24) | 108 (23) |
| 163 | WordPlodder | 98 | 45:00 | 64 (14) | 90 (21) | 104 (21) | 109 (22) | 119 (20) |
| 164 | NAPASAI | 42 | 45:36 | 48 (8) | 110 (8) | 85 (8) | 164 (9) | 84 (9) |
| 165 | Cryptique | 56 | 47:06 | 57 (10) | 84 (14) | 92 (13) | 169 (9) | 111 (10) |
| 166 | drsjpayne | 48 | 59:02 | 52 (9) | 99 (11) | 82 (10) | 164 (7) | 114 (11) |