Quick SNITCH

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

Name: The Caffeine Kid

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:08
SNITCH Alignment1.49

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-08-05 Tuesday 3059 03:36
2026-01-22 Thursday 3205 04:19
2026-05-18 Monday 3304 04:24
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 04:26
2026-03-02 Monday 3238 04:27
2025-11-19 Wednesday 3150 04:37
2025-11-10 Monday 3142 04:39
2026-04-08 Wednesday 3270 04:41
2026-03-04 Wednesday 3240 04:41
2026-01-06 Tuesday 3191 04:42

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
61 2026-05-18 3304 61
90 2026-05-11 3299 66 3300 133 3301 71 3302 90
80 2026-05-04 3294 73 3296 87
112 2026-04-27 3288 104 3289 99 3290 135
120 2026-04-20 3280 73 3283 206 3284 82
138 2026-04-13 3274 100 3276 109 3277 144 3278 201
85 2026-04-06 3270 68 3271 79
117 2026-03-30 3262 112 3263 90 3264 165

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2026-05-18 3304 92
113 2026-05-11 3299 79 3300 162 3301 93 3302 120
83 2026-05-04 3294 85 3296 82
102 2026-04-27 3288 113 3289 98 3290 95
129 2026-04-20 3280 117 3283 179 3284 91
124 2026-04-13 3274 111 3276 112 3277 130 3278 145
99 2026-04-06 3270 81 3271 100
112 2026-03-30 3262 143 3263 88 3264 118

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 93 correct entries

Monthly average times

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