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
91 2026-07-27 3364 73 3366 98 3367 104
98 2026-07-20 3358 63 3359 94 3360 93 3362 68
93 2026-07-13 3352 68 3353 83 3354 87 3355 85 3356 89
112 2026-07-06 3346 83 3347 71 3348 131 3349 141 3350 145
114 2026-06-29 3340 72 3341 132 3342 76 3344 134

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2026-07-27 3364 105 3366 107 3367 89
104 2026-07-20 3358 76 3359 138 3360 91 3362 69
90 2026-07-13 3352 88 3353 81 3354 89 3355 85 3356 97
114 2026-07-06 3346 115 3347 83 3348 124 3349 124 3350 149
118 2026-06-29 3340 120 3341 167 3342 73 3344 119

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 108 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).