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Hitting for the cycle in the Shortz Era by total count

Counts by day of week for constructors sorted by total count

So far, 82 authors have hit for the cycle, meaning they have at least one puzzle for each day of the week. Their names are marked with a ✅.

Cycle Level is noted for constructors who have cycled more than once, that is, have a minimum of two puzzles for each day. Their photos are shown here if we have them.

Constructors need 7 daily puzzles to qualify for this page.

Manny Nosowsky Elizabeth C. Gorski David J. Kahn Brendan Emmett Quigley Jeff Chen Peter A. Collins Harvey Estes David Steinberg Fred Piscop Barry C. Silk Patrick Merrell Paula Gamache Zhouqin Burnikel Erik Agard Joel Fagliano Ian Livengood Doug Peterson Michael Shteyman Mike Nothnagel Victor Fleming Edward Sessa Trip Payne Lou Sabin David Woolf

On November 28, 2017, Andrew Ries became the first constructor to hit for the cycle on his first seven published NYT puzzles.

Click an author name to see thumbnails. Click a column heading to sort by that column.

TotalAuthorSunMonTueWedThuFriSatLevel
246Manny Nosowsky29471441122294
227Patrick Berry74124167951
219Elizabeth C. Gorski67163634392433
188David J. Kahn44514266013265
187Rich Norris1814141616118
185Nancy Salomon363353371961
176Brendan Emmett Quigley38515211951275
146Jeff Chen3810152536111110
137Joe DiPietro31109234330
122Alan Arbesfeld231025372511
117Peter A. Collins7122540161077
116Harvey Estes20151512192788
116Gregory E. Paul086291000
115Randolph Ross50103171925
108David Steinberg107891434267
106Fred Piscop142526255292
104Peter Gordon94224121151
99Lynn Lempel473162130
99Byron Walden141239367
92Barry C. Silk3585327413
91Patrick Merrell221051334522
89Paula Gamache8131815121766
87Joe Krozel4147242621
84Cathy Allis400043541
84Richard Silvestri2601361614
83Andrea Carla Michaels760112300
80Martin Ashwood-Smith000036215
77Zhouqin Burnikel6272275822
76Erik Agard118791013187
74Randall J. Hartman0342412310
70Jim Page10005141823
69Frank Longo1501371429
68A. J. Santora51311201612
66Mark Diehl120271737
65Joel Fagliano18912911333
62Bruce Haight3181811660
60Bob Klahn1313121426
60Brad Wilber014301438
60Robert H. Wolfe1100211531
59Patrick Blindauer1466141711
58Matt Gaffney1401615157
55Ian Livengood6176671122
55Timothy Polin86962402
54Ross Trudeau1062012600
53Sherry O. Blackard179312111
53Ed Early191711744
53Sarah Keller021255200
52Doug Peterson5383313173
51Michael Shteyman336717693
50Mike Nothnagel442272562
50Sidney L. Robbins04820000
48Nancy Nicholson Joline34201128
47Victor Fleming751076665
47Will Nediger220292210
46Alex Eaton-Salners44991721
46Matt Ginsberg170301646
46Robyn Weintraub12321307
45Damon J. Gulczynski166281111
44Edward Sessa412786522
43Trip Payne1034463133
42Eric Berlin141352152
42Chuck Deodene02398128
42Kevin G. Der1221241110
41Sam Ezersky71134718
41David Quarfoot101021720
40Gary Cee114108421
40Frances Hansen17245921
40Peter Wentz200121520
39John Guzzetta15635118
39Allan E. Parrish014147211
39Bob Peoples303011121
38Samuel A. Donaldson10258616
38Natan Last812521010
38Wayne Robert Williams443128433
37Trenton Charlson31237912
36Stephanie Spadaccini016172001
35Tracy Gray10547711
35Richard Hughes251012213
35Caleb Madison9154565
35Tom McCoy19815200
34Jacob Stulberg4659640
33Tim Croce01332816
33John Farmer21361083
32Richard Chisholm11297300
32Karen M. Tracey00402422
31Dana Motley20001721
31Jonathan Schmalzbach131512000
30Adam G. Perl18108300
29Mary Lou Guizzo3126386
29Lou Sabin74464222
29Bryant White50014811
28Dan Schoenholz11374300
27Janet R. Bender114101100
27Kevan Choset22105701
27Raymond Hamel34424462
27Tony Orbach17044101
26Nancy Kavanaugh010103120
26Julian Lim2125439
26Andrew Ries31121810
26Sam Trabucco5102369
26David Levinson Wilk7135271
25Lee Glickstein6068500
25Henry Hook6002944
25Andy Kravis5137423
25Ryan McCarty10001221
25James Mulhern012001012
25Jeremy Newton17022400
25joon pahk4123429
25Fran Sabin54444222
25Greg Staples42111700
25Ned White1206259
24Kameron Austin Collins00001716
24Michael Hawkins1215186
24Josh Knapp20102910
23Stanley Newman1932521
23Paolo Pasco4300079
23Matthew Stock6125252
22Myles Callum1144165
22Gerald R. Ferguson0122269
22Tyler Hinman2163334
22Kristian House1163425
22David Kwong4234621
22Jules P. Markey0168700
22Nancy S. Ross20113600
22Randy Sowell01263100
21Rand H. Burns00004116
21Bernice Gordon01263000
21Jim Hyres1663212
21Christina Iverson10341012
21Carolyn W. Stewart11072100
21Finn Vigeland10134012
20Charles M. Deber19000100
20Andrew Kingsley1223354
20David Phillips1021277
20Stella Zawistowski1263233
19Victor Barocas9114301
19Emily Carroll2523412
19Adam Cohen0156223
19Brooke Husic1102177
19John Lieb0432316
19Michael S. Maurer30111310
19Michael Torch3373210
19Ashish Vengsarkar8102512
19Bruce Venzke2264320
19Jeffrey Wechsler0246610
18Joe Deeney1224324
18Gilbert H. Ludwig0123552
18Kyle Mahowald2303262
18Pete Muller6042501
18Lois Sidway00351000
18Alex Vratsanos3143313
18Andrew Zhou3021633
17Kevin Christian01032011
17Kyle T. Dolan1141154
17Susan Gelfand0952100
17Charles E. Gersch0103067
17Todd Gross4211513
17Evan Kalish1541141
17Thomas W. Schier0544121
17Norma Steinberg11023100
17David Woolf23223322
16Holden Baker0842110
16Robert Dillman0933100
16Oliver Hill3532300
16Patrick Jordan0363400
16Daniel R. Stark00013210
16Adam Wagner5041600
15Gareth Bain0434112
15Kelly Clark1143510
15Ethan Cooper1442400
15Daniel A. Finan9021300
15Jim Hilger1115700
15William I. Johnston0103533
15Craig Kasper4301232
15Brandon Koppy2107131
15Aimee Lucido2250240
15Gene Newman0463110
15Dean Niles8011023
15Tom Pepper1431222
15Daniel Raymon1255110
15Caitlin Reid3110253
15Sid Sivakumar2100318
15Gary J. Whitehead0333402
15Bill Zais10022100
14Seth A. Abel6113120
14Ashton Anderson0100094
14Michael Blake0831200
14Freddie Cheng1442111
14Jason Flinn0112505
14Frederick J. Healy01000310
14Alex K. Justin4200233
14Ruth B. Margolin5023400
14Mel Rosen5111132
14Brian Thomas0421115
14Dave Tuller3110234
14John Underwood0162311
14Arthur S. Verdesca1182110
14Michael Vuolo0334220
14Norman S. Wizer2223230
14John Wolting10000121
13Mike Buckley0433300
13Amanda Chung1154200
13Gail Grabowski0580000
13Daniel Kantor0056110
13Roy Leban2243200
13David Liben-Nowell1112341
13Michael Lieberman3331210
13Elizabeth A. Long1422310
13Karl Ni1154200
13Stu Ockman0004603
13Mark Elliot Skolsky0138100
13Grant Thackray3001522
12Adam Aaronson0112008
12Howard Barkin3302211
12Neville Fogarty1141410
12Olivia Mitra Framke4151100
12Ernie Furtado3432000
12Don Gagliardo3151200
12John Greenman1542000
12Roland Huget0110028
12Jay Kaskel0263010
12Todd McClary1030422
12Martin Schneider5221101
12Matthew Sewell2105121
12Robert Zimmerman0362100
11Michael Ashley7000022
11Sheldon Benardo0603200
11Alex Boisvert0124310
11Karen Young Bonin3016100
11Eric Bornstein0522110
11Sam Buchbinder0251021
11John R. Conrad0131321
11Mark Feldman3420200
11Nelson Hardy7010120
11Kate Hawkins0114032
11Christopher Hurt2013410
11John Lampkin2303111
11Daniel Larsen0120071
11Barbara Lin1212410
11Evan Mahnken1214120
11Alfio Micci1025210
11Yacob Yonas0111224
10Bill Ballard0342100
10George Barany2010322
10Milo Beckman0111421
10Derek Bowman1100620
10Shannon Burns0300241
10Levi Denham0114220
10Rebecca Goldstein2121301
10Francis Heaney3014200
10Eileen Lexau0323101
10Kurt Mengel0541000
10Alan Olschwang1012150
10Amanda Rafkin0135010
10Susan Harrington Smith0033400
10Mel Taub0105211
9Marjorie Berg0900000
9Ori Brian1112121
9Daniel C. Bryant6000300
9Trent H. Evans0420021
9Nick Grivas0243000
9Jake Halperin0013500
9Christina Houlihan Kelly0620100
9Ellen Leuschner3220200
9Robert Malinow4131000
9Sophia Maymudes2000241
9Hal Moore1002141
9Derrick Niederman9000000
9Jennifer Nutt0612000
9Jim Peredo2213100
9David Poole0213300
9David Pringle0320310
9Lewis Rothlein2000700
9Michael Schlossberg3211200
9Gary Steinmehl0122121
9Ben Tausig5000400
9Bill Thompson0141300
9Xan Vongsathorn2000412
9Stanley B. Whitten0322200
9Joy L. Wouk0240201
9Nam Jin Yoon0000045
8Peter Abide2020400
8Christopher Adams2031110
8Diane C. Baldwin1142000
8Evan Birnholz0001124
8Kelsey Blakley5003000
8Ella Dershowitz2130200
8John Dunn1510010
8Adam Fromm4001111
8Katie Hale6110000
8Paul Hunsberger1042100
8Greg Johnson0311012
8Betty Jorgensen0110510
8James R. Leeds1021400
8Wyna Liu2010023
8Simon Marotte0421010
8Christopher Page0060101
8Con Pederson8000000
8Glenton Petgrave0001115
8Rich Proulx0104210
8Janice M. Putney0620000
8Corey Rubin0002231
8Herre Schouwerwou0113300
8Bob Sefick0010241
8Simeon Seigel0001700
8Margaret Seikel0141020
8Jeff Stillman0143000
8John Westwig1110203
8Kathy Wienberg1322000
8Leonard Williams1033001
8Raymond C. Young0001313
7Scott Atkinson0110122
7Alex Bajcz2013100
7Barry Boone0122110
7William S. Cotter0020113
7Ricky Cruz1011301
7Joel Davajan1231000
7Sharon Delorme0131200
7Michael Dewey0304000
7David Distenfeld0100033
7Chase Dittrich1103200
7Alison Donald0511000
7Michael J. Doran1141000
7Johanna Fenimore0222100
7Pawel Fludzinski1102210
7Jan-Michele Gianette0421000
7Robert W. Harris4012000
7Thomas Heilman0110014
7Jeremy Horwitz1200301
7Norma Johnson1231000
7Steve Kahn2310100
7Pamela Amick Klawitter4011100
7John D. Leavy0214000
7David Ainslie Macleod0111220
7John Scott Marrone0010114
7Kevin McCann1020220
7Chris A. McGlothlin1011022
7Kurt Mueller2111101
7Rafael Musa3000040
7Jean O'Conor1212100
7Merl Reagle4010110
7Claire Rimkus0010150
7Michael Sharp1121110
7Mike Shenk2001103
7Nancy Stark2003200
7James Tuttle0320200
7Hoang-Kim Vu0210220
7Alan Jay Weiss0111121

Pre-Shortz data is not included here. Difficulty level was not tied to day of the week in older puzzles.

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