Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time04:08
SNITCH Correlation0.61

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-12-31 Tuesday 2873 02:00
2025-01-04 Saturday 2877 02:01
2023-01-12 Thursday 2308 02:06
2024-06-11 Tuesday 2699 02:09
2023-10-30 Monday 2515 02:10
2025-05-28 Wednesday 3000 02:11
2023-01-30 Monday 2320 02:12
2024-08-27 Tuesday 2765 02:13
2023-09-22 Friday 2489 02:13
2024-06-18 Tuesday 2705 02:13

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2026-06-29 3340 72 3341 132 3342 76 3344 134
88 2026-06-22 3335 87 3336 98 3337 92 3338 72
116 2026-06-15 3328 83 3329 129 3330 129 3331 158 3332 77
100 2026-06-08 3322 102 3323 88 3324 106 3325 83 3326 90
113 2026-06-01 3316 56 3317 78 3318 216 3319 103

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
118 2026-06-29 3340 120 3341 167 3342 73 3344 119
94 2026-06-22 3335 111 3336 98 3337 91 3338 71
118 2026-06-15 3328 122 3329 126 3330 151 3331 133 3332 83
104 2026-06-08 3322 114 3323 97 3324 112 3325 95 3326 89
114 2026-06-01 3316 74 3317 85 3318 186 3319 111

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 115 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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