Quick SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Quick Cryptic Crossword

Name: phatman

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:34
SNITCH Alignment1.72

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-03-16 Monday 3250 03:42
2026-05-18 Monday 3304 03:43
2025-10-13 Monday 3118 03:43
2026-02-09 Monday 3220 03:50
2025-09-01 Monday 3082 04:04
2026-03-26 Thursday 3259 04:14
2026-03-30 Monday 3262 04:20
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 04:26
2026-01-06 Tuesday 3191 04:31
2026-04-22 Wednesday 3282 04:31

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
61 2026-05-18 3304 49 3305 74
83 2026-05-11 3298 131 3299 64 3300 75 3301 65
103 2026-05-04 3293 98
106 2026-04-27 3287 72 3288 94 3290 167
66 2026-04-20 3280 58 3281 91 3282 56 3284 60
112 2026-04-13 3274 74 3275 102 3276 110 3278 163
116 2026-04-06 3269 161 3270 57 3272 143
108 2026-03-30 3262 54 3263 77 3264 233 3266 71

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
81 2026-05-18 3304 74 3305 88
102 2026-05-11 3298 157 3299 77 3300 91 3301 85
106 2026-05-04 3293 108
101 2026-04-27 3287 88 3288 102 3290 117
76 2026-04-20 3280 93 3281 88 3282 60 3284 66
100 2026-04-13 3274 82 3275 89 3276 113 3278 118
125 2026-04-06 3269 187 3270 68 3272 134
97 2026-03-30 3262 69 3263 75 3264 167 3266 78

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 83 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for phatman. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).