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 | 85 | 02:07 | 91 (20) | 104 (17) | 101 (18) | 103 (15) | 103 (15) |
| 2 | Paul Gilbert | 116 | 02:28 | 95 (24) | 100 (23) | 99 (21) | 104 (24) | 101 (24) |
| 3 | Jason | 83 | 02:30 | 84 (15) | 94 (19) | 115 (18) | 99 (16) | 106 (15) |
| 4 | mistigris | 98 | 02:37 | 87 (18) | 97 (21) | 99 (19) | 110 (22) | 104 (18) |
| 5 | hilarym | 105 | 02:44 | 91 (22) | 108 (20) | 98 (24) | 101 (20) | 102 (19) |
| 6 | cmjhutton | 114 | 02:45 | 90 (24) | 101 (24) | 100 (22) | 100 (20) | 107 (24) |
| 7 | aphis99 | 116 | 02:46 | 90 (23) | 104 (24) | 92 (23) | 110 (22) | 104 (24) |
| 8 | verlaine | 116 | 02:47 | 94 (24) | 105 (25) | 95 (23) | 100 (21) | 102 (23) |
| 9 | Flimmy flammy | 120 | 03:04 | 91 (25) | 102 (22) | 98 (24) | 105 (26) | 101 (23) |
| 10 | richard | 96 | 03:36 | 94 (20) | 107 (18) | 92 (21) | 100 (19) | 106 (18) |
| 11 | Heyesey | 114 | 03:37 | 87 (23) | 99 (25) | 103 (23) | 99 (20) | 110 (23) |
| 12 | markdobell | 124 | 03:40 | 92 (25) | 100 (26) | 100 (26) | 107 (25) | 99 (22) |
| 13 | Topical Tim | 115 | 03:45 | 88 (25) | 103 (23) | 99 (23) | 106 (22) | 103 (22) |
| 14 | glheard | 93 | 03:57 | 101 (24) | 97 (18) | 89 (18) | 114 (15) | 100 (18) |
| 15 | patrickcates | 56 | 04:05 | 94 (15) | 97 (9) | 99 (13) | 105 (12) | 104 (7) |
| 16 | Kinghedger | 85 | 04:06 | 97 (15) | 104 (17) | 93 (18) | 101 (18) | 103 (17) |
| 17 | lickert | 122 | 04:07 | 94 (23) | 100 (25) | 97 (24) | 107 (24) | 99 (26) |
| 18 | chindit | 114 | 04:09 | 92 (23) | 102 (23) | 101 (25) | 100 (23) | 104 (20) |
| 19 | philjordan1147 | 106 | 04:21 | 99 (22) | 99 (18) | 93 (23) | 99 (24) | 109 (19) |
| 20 | MikeOsborne | 110 | 04:21 | 88 (24) | 109 (23) | 93 (21) | 108 (24) | 99 (18) |
| 21 | xyster | 50 | 04:22 | 94 (9) | 94 (12) | 106 (12) | 101 (8) | 103 (9) |
| 22 | Roscoe | 105 | 04:23 | 96 (22) | 103 (21) | 98 (21) | 102 (20) | 98 (21) |
| 23 | Umpire | 108 | 04:28 | 89 (22) | 99 (23) | 100 (21) | 104 (22) | 106 (20) |
| 24 | Tom Stubbs | 119 | 04:28 | 92 (24) | 98 (25) | 98 (26) | 103 (21) | 106 (23) |
| 25 | trux | 42 | 04:30 | 92 (10) | 98 (9) | 98 (9) | 105 (8) | 108 (6) |
| 26 | chriss | 86 | 04:30 | 93 (16) | 102 (20) | 101 (19) | 95 (16) | 107 (15) |
| 27 | AlanS | 107 | 04:32 | 93 (19) | 101 (20) | 98 (23) | 107 (23) | 98 (22) |
| 28 | tiggis | 71 | 04:33 | 93 (15) | 95 (14) | 103 (13) | 103 (13) | 104 (16) |
| 29 | alexh | 96 | 04:34 | 97 (22) | 105 (18) | 100 (16) | 99 (17) | 99 (23) |
| 30 | tilbee | 96 | 04:34 | 102 (20) | 99 (18) | 89 (20) | 110 (18) | 98 (20) |
| 31 | denislaw | 41 | 04:36 | 93 (8) | 102 (6) | 96 (11) | 109 (7) | 101 (9) |
| 32 | Liari | 95 | 04:37 | 84 (20) | 102 (17) | 102 (20) | 105 (18) | 105 (20) |
| 33 | MK76 | 82 | 04:38 | 91 (21) | 104 (14) | 95 (16) | 102 (16) | 110 (15) |
| 34 | canismiser | 92 | 04:43 | 85 (20) | 106 (19) | 98 (20) | 106 (18) | 104 (15) |
| 35 | lucyg43484 | 113 | 04:43 | 92 (23) | 101 (23) | 100 (25) | 97 (23) | 109 (19) |
| 36 | Jim Willis | 62 | 04:44 | 78 (6) | 96 (13) | 105 (18) | 100 (9) | 105 (16) |
| 37 | andrewlake | 116 | 04:52 | 94 (24) | 106 (21) | 95 (22) | 103 (23) | 101 (26) |
| 38 | pitcaithlie | 84 | 04:53 | 84 (19) | 104 (19) | 100 (19) | 113 (15) | 102 (12) |
| 39 | Ed freshpot | 98 | 04:54 | 96 (20) | 94 (18) | 95 (20) | 104 (19) | 108 (21) |
| 40 | andy | 111 | 04:54 | 91 (24) | 104 (22) | 96 (23) | 104 (19) | 104 (23) |
| 41 | Honggui | 81 | 04:56 | 94 (18) | 101 (16) | 99 (20) | 100 (14) | 106 (13) |
| 42 | LouWeed | 114 | 04:58 | 89 (23) | 108 (24) | 95 (21) | 93 (21) | 110 (25) |
| 43 | March | 118 | 04:58 | 94 (24) | 98 (22) | 98 (24) | 97 (24) | 109 (24) |
| 44 | nina s | 87 | 05:09 | 82 (19) | 92 (16) | 105 (13) | 107 (19) | 111 (20) |
| 45 | 7dPenguin | 108 | 05:10 | 100 (22) | 98 (22) | 101 (20) | 99 (21) | 99 (23) |
| 46 | Zander | 104 | 05:11 | 91 (20) | 100 (21) | 95 (19) | 100 (23) | 110 (21) |
| 47 | Ease This Jam | 67 | 05:17 | 85 (14) | 131 (12) | 84 (14) | 100 (12) | 101 (15) |
| 48 | Eddddddd | 44 | 05:19 | 94 (11) | 105 (10) | 99 (8) | 88 (7) | 110 (8) |
| 49 | ChuckB | 68 | 05:19 | 94 (12) | 100 (17) | 94 (14) | 101 (12) | 106 (13) |
| 50 | Squallaby | 113 | 05:19 | 89 (24) | 101 (22) | 99 (19) | 105 (23) | 103 (25) |
| 51 | Tibthorpe | 113 | 05:19 | 96 (22) | 101 (22) | 95 (25) | 105 (23) | 101 (21) |
| 52 | Penfold_61 | 88 | 05:20 | 95 (19) | 101 (16) | 98 (20) | 101 (14) | 103 (19) |
| 53 | Dekkers | 37 | 05:21 | 90 (9) | 100 (8) | 107 (7) | 102 (6) | 101 (7) |
| 54 | daulbs | 107 | 05:21 | 86 (22) | 104 (22) | 88 (21) | 109 (23) | 112 (19) |
| 55 | fshephe | 116 | 05:22 | 92 (23) | 101 (23) | 97 (24) | 102 (21) | 106 (25) |
| 56 | Aly Duncan | 61 | 05:24 | 98 (18) | 93 (11) | 96 (13) | 103 (11) | 111 (8) |
| 57 | KET | 71 | 05:26 | 90 (15) | 108 (18) | 96 (15) | 98 (12) | 107 (11) |
| 58 | george.plumbly | 77 | 05:29 | 90 (16) | 103 (17) | 98 (16) | 109 (13) | 100 (15) |
| 59 | neilr | 104 | 05:29 | 93 (20) | 103 (19) | 96 (23) | 105 (19) | 101 (23) |
| 60 | Paul Hammond | 55 | 05:31 | 86 (13) | 105 (10) | 99 (11) | 104 (12) | 108 (9) |
| 61 | esmeralda | 99 | 05:35 | 88 (23) | 107 (18) | 102 (20) | 94 (19) | 109 (19) |
| 62 | cath23 | 55 | 05:37 | 83 (9) | 94 (10) | 102 (13) | 110 (11) | 103 (12) |
| 63 | Finzi | 119 | 05:45 | 96 (26) | 100 (22) | 94 (25) | 105 (23) | 104 (23) |
| 64 | Looch | 125 | 05:46 | 93 (25) | 103 (25) | 98 (25) | 99 (24) | 104 (26) |
| 65 | Rabbitoh | 102 | 05:47 | 85 (20) | 102 (20) | 95 (22) | 117 (21) | 99 (19) |
| 66 | Dzhigit | 79 | 05:48 | 94 (15) | 101 (17) | 98 (16) | 93 (16) | 113 (15) |
| 67 | mw7000 | 55 | 05:49 | 87 (13) | 99 (7) | 97 (15) | 105 (12) | 115 (8) |
| 68 | Carol | 59 | 05:49 | 88 (13) | 100 (10) | 99 (13) | 103 (11) | 110 (12) |
| 69 | McBeak | 100 | 05:56 | 96 (22) | 103 (20) | 98 (22) | 103 (19) | 99 (17) |
| 70 | RobR | 38 | 05:58 | 93 (8) | 88 (6) | 88 (7) | 107 (7) | 114 (10) |
| 71 | Shabbo | 81 | 05:58 | 92 (15) | 93 (16) | 104 (16) | 94 (14) | 111 (20) |
| 72 | MrChumley | 39 | 05:59 | 96 (11) | 102 (6) | 96 (7) | 102 (7) | 104 (8) |
| 73 | GeorgeTz | 53 | 05:59 | 97 (10) | 97 (11) | 99 (12) | 104 (12) | 102 (8) |
| 74 | Crossiant | 110 | 06:00 | 88 (19) | 93 (23) | 94 (23) | 108 (23) | 114 (22) |
| 75 | Blackbeard | 40 | 06:03 | 86 (8) | 117 (8) | 81 (10) | 105 (6) | 115 (8) |
| 76 | GMcD | 108 | 06:05 | 90 (21) | 97 (21) | 102 (22) | 101 (21) | 107 (23) |
| 77 | Freemers | 70 | 06:07 | 94 (15) | 97 (14) | 93 (12) | 103 (14) | 110 (15) |
| 78 | DunPangolin | 85 | 06:08 | 92 (20) | 102 (19) | 96 (20) | 107 (14) | 104 (12) |
| 79 | Tudds | 108 | 06:10 | 95 (21) | 95 (19) | 94 (24) | 103 (23) | 111 (21) |
| 80 | jimwetzler | 67 | 06:13 | 86 (16) | 109 (14) | 102 (11) | 104 (15) | 100 (11) |
| 81 | LuckOfLucien | 65 | 06:16 | 90 (13) | 99 (13) | 98 (13) | 104 (13) | 108 (13) |
| 82 | Kevin Gregg | 77 | 06:20 | 89 (17) | 100 (15) | 109 (17) | 99 (15) | 100 (13) |
| 83 | ilan | 93 | 06:20 | 89 (22) | 110 (16) | 98 (21) | 101 (14) | 102 (20) |
| 84 | Jeremy Weissmann | 51 | 06:21 | 96 (15) | 113 (7) | 98 (8) | 101 (10) | 96 (11) |
| 85 | PGooden | 76 | 06:28 | 96 (15) | 94 (14) | 95 (19) | 109 (14) | 106 (14) |
| 86 | Michael Dove | 40 | 06:29 | 84 (10) | 95 (8) | 102 (9) | 115 (7) | 109 (6) |
| 87 | paul.whitehouse69 | 85 | 06:32 | 98 (17) | 99 (16) | 100 (21) | 93 (16) | 107 (15) |
| 88 | Viscomte | 62 | 06:34 | 88 (12) | 102 (13) | 99 (16) | 111 (10) | 100 (11) |
| 89 | uvofiz | 101 | 06:34 | 87 (19) | 108 (20) | 95 (22) | 103 (19) | 103 (21) |
| 90 | hopkinb | 85 | 06:36 | 87 (17) | 102 (16) | 98 (19) | 104 (15) | 106 (18) |
| 91 | julian_w | 70 | 06:38 | 98 (11) | 97 (14) | 100 (17) | 101 (14) | 101 (14) |
| 92 | KenD51 | 36 | 06:39 | 85 (8) | 94 (7) | 98 (7) | 126 (6) | 100 (8) |
| 93 | robinh | 95 | 06:44 | 91 (18) | 95 (17) | 103 (21) | 102 (21) | 105 (18) |
| 94 | ratterz | 42 | 06:48 | 93 (6) | 100 (6) | 87 (6) | 117 (6) | 100 (18) |
| 95 | jon | 84 | 06:51 | 90 (15) | 102 (16) | 99 (11) | 95 (22) | 109 (20) |
| 96 | James P | 102 | 06:51 | 89 (20) | 98 (21) | 99 (21) | 100 (18) | 111 (22) |
| 97 | SlumdogEngineer | 56 | 07:04 | 85 (11) | 104 (11) | 93 (15) | 90 (8) | 124 (11) |
| 98 | Nangle | 64 | 07:05 | 85 (11) | 98 (11) | 100 (14) | 102 (16) | 111 (12) |
| 99 | Riche | 73 | 07:07 | 95 (14) | 107 (13) | 96 (16) | 95 (16) | 107 (14) |
| 100 | Dvynys | 72 | 07:08 | 85 (12) | 105 (16) | 97 (17) | 98 (10) | 108 (17) |
| 101 | valerian1967 | 39 | 07:12 | 91 (6) | 103 (10) | 103 (7) | 96 (8) | 102 (8) |
| 102 | Puzzleplease | 98 | 07:13 | 87 (18) | 104 (19) | 95 (20) | 109 (21) | 102 (20) |
| 103 | DianeRS | 49 | 07:17 | 84 (12) | 102 (10) | 102 (7) | 103 (11) | 110 (9) |
| 104 | Mike Harper | 95 | 07:18 | 96 (19) | 108 (18) | 91 (17) | 103 (20) | 100 (21) |
| 105 | earlylight | 79 | 07:19 | 88 (17) | 102 (18) | 96 (17) | 104 (11) | 109 (16) |
| 106 | 1234 | 56 | 07:22 | 93 (13) | 92 (10) | 98 (11) | 102 (10) | 112 (12) |
| 107 | endafk | 89 | 07:36 | 90 (20) | 92 (16) | 85 (17) | 112 (20) | 119 (16) |
| 108 | John Arnold | 71 | 07:50 | 82 (14) | 114 (10) | 88 (20) | 106 (12) | 116 (15) |
| 109 | gsriordan52 | 77 | 07:50 | 88 (12) | 110 (18) | 90 (14) | 101 (17) | 103 (16) |
| 110 | ChrisBrea | 85 | 07:50 | 91 (16) | 107 (15) | 97 (17) | 96 (17) | 106 (20) |
| 111 | Corymbia | 84 | 07:57 | 87 (20) | 105 (16) | 97 (16) | 97 (17) | 115 (15) |
| 112 | jaraab | 43 | 07:58 | 86 (10) | 104 (10) | 102 (7) | 102 (8) | 107 (8) |
| 113 | nigel | 49 | 08:02 | 77 (13) | 91 (11) | 127 (8) | 89 (7) | 124 (10) |
| 114 | TomHerbert | 70 | 08:07 | 94 (14) | 101 (15) | 100 (16) | 105 (13) | 98 (12) |
| 115 | mattindoha | 84 | 08:10 | 87 (18) | 101 (15) | 103 (13) | 100 (19) | 107 (19) |
| 116 | crosswordian | 62 | 08:12 | 86 (11) | 98 (14) | 100 (10) | 105 (14) | 107 (13) |
| 117 | cheryllayne | 48 | 08:14 | 82 (11) | 146 (10) | 87 (9) | 90 (11) | 91 (7) |
| 118 | dec | 36 | 08:17 | 89 (8) | 113 (7) | 79 (7) | 98 (7) | 121 (7) |
| 119 | Templar Redux | 77 | 08:17 | 95 (14) | 101 (18) | 91 (15) | 102 (15) | 108 (15) |
| 120 | plett11 | 90 | 08:20 | 89 (20) | 94 (16) | 103 (16) | 105 (21) | 108 (17) |
| 121 | m5harp | 58 | 08:22 | 87 (11) | 99 (11) | 99 (11) | 100 (9) | 109 (16) |
| 122 | ulaca | 71 | 08:26 | 84 (13) | 104 (12) | 99 (14) | 101 (14) | 108 (18) |
| 123 | johndun | 73 | 08:27 | 93 (11) | 96 (12) | 92 (17) | 92 (17) | 123 (16) |
| 124 | barracuda | 82 | 08:29 | 90 (14) | 95 (18) | 100 (16) | 109 (16) | 103 (18) |
| 125 | maisiemae | 53 | 08:33 | 133 (10) | 97 (10) | 82 (13) | 92 (9) | 98 (11) |
| 126 | nigelmzzz | 64 | 08:33 | 76 (8) | 105 (15) | 90 (11) | 102 (14) | 110 (16) |
| 127 | Deezzaa | 74 | 08:37 | 95 (14) | 104 (12) | 79 (17) | 101 (15) | 120 (16) |
| 128 | goblin | 83 | 08:38 | 91 (17) | 102 (17) | 96 (17) | 101 (16) | 108 (16) |
| 129 | Sheen | 62 | 08:40 | 90 (13) | 109 (11) | 86 (9) | 99 (12) | 108 (17) |
| 130 | kath | 49 | 08:42 | 88 (12) | 94 (8) | 100 (8) | 104 (9) | 111 (12) |
| 131 | john.brassey | 58 | 09:03 | 81 (9) | 104 (13) | 101 (11) | 100 (13) | 106 (12) |
| 132 | Mkgnao | 71 | 09:10 | 97 (12) | 99 (16) | 93 (14) | 107 (15) | 101 (14) |
| 133 | luxtonj61 | 59 | 09:12 | 99 (8) | 110 (13) | 92 (11) | 96 (12) | 99 (15) |
| 134 | Zabadak3 | 61 | 09:16 | 98 (8) | 96 (15) | 87 (12) | 102 (11) | 112 (15) |
| 135 | vinyl12345 | 59 | 09:20 | 92 (11) | 108 (11) | 96 (14) | 94 (13) | 111 (10) |
| 136 | Doyler | 60 | 09:28 | 84 (11) | 124 (13) | 85 (14) | 111 (11) | 92 (11) |
| 137 | Pauline Minter | 37 | 09:59 | 88 (6) | 112 (8) | 82 (7) | 116 (9) | 92 (7) |
| 138 | alastair52 | 59 | 10:00 | 70 (14) | 92 (13) | 80 (9) | 159 (14) | 85 (9) |
| 139 | wwicksteed | 39 | 10:06 | 92 (8) | 91 (7) | 99 (8) | 106 (7) | 108 (9) |
| 140 | FelicityTT | 36 | 10:10 | 92 (7) | 102 (8) | 90 (7) | 85 (6) | 123 (8) |
| 141 | BertieVII | 60 | 10:11 | 92 (13) | 106 (12) | 91 (12) | 93 (9) | 112 (14) |
| 142 | Jeeves | 54 | 10:18 | 95 (9) | 102 (11) | 92 (9) | 103 (13) | 102 (12) |
| 143 | Pendrov | 44 | 10:37 | 89 (6) | 104 (9) | 92 (9) | 100 (10) | 109 (10) |
| 144 | jackk.larg | 35 | 10:52 | 95 (7) | 106 (7) | 92 (9) | 95 (6) | 114 (6) |
| 145 | suethepotterer | 58 | 11:04 | 82 (13) | 110 (14) | 108 (12) | 92 (10) | 106 (9) |
| 146 | Rozz | 37 | 11:17 | 78 (9) | 119 (6) | 103 (8) | 104 (8) | 102 (6) |
| 147 | starstruck | 56 | 11:39 | 89 (12) | 98 (11) | 87 (11) | 107 (12) | 118 (10) |
| 148 | hipponym | 66 | 11:44 | 104 (14) | 100 (14) | 98 (13) | 86 (11) | 106 (14) |
| 149 | alistair.boere | 57 | 12:04 | 81 (11) | 111 (13) | 91 (11) | 115 (13) | 94 (9) |
| 150 | tyrotim | 56 | 12:05 | 99 (12) | 92 (10) | 91 (11) | 101 (12) | 114 (11) |
| 151 | simjt | 65 | 12:10 | 83 (11) | 104 (12) | 86 (14) | 107 (12) | 113 (16) |
| 152 | pfalloon | 46 | 14:07 | 124 (8) | 82 (9) | 88 (7) | 108 (11) | 95 (11) |
| 153 | TonyK | 46 | 19:21 | 83 (8) | 96 (9) | 101 (8) | 112 (10) | 102 (11) |
| 154 | maryht | 66 | 19:30 | 90 (12) | 96 (14) | 94 (13) | 100 (12) | 115 (15) |
| 155 | mcfarl | 67 | 39:49 | 101 (14) | 99 (12) | 90 (12) | 102 (16) | 103 (13) |