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 Time06:49
SNITCH Correlation0.64

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-08-05 Tuesday 3059 03:36
2026-07-28 Tuesday 3365 04:02
2026-07-27 Monday 3364 04:12
2026-08-03 Monday 3370 04:18
2026-01-22 Thursday 3205 04:19
2026-05-18 Monday 3304 04:24
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 04:26
2026-09-18 Friday 3410 04:27
2026-03-02 Monday 3238 04:27
2026-10-14 Wednesday 3432 04:28

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
81 2026-10-26 3442 78 3443 85
91 2026-10-19 3436 91 3439 93 3440 96
88 2026-10-12 3430 93 3431 86 3432 65 3433 132
135 2026-10-05 3426 110 3428 171
91 2026-09-28 3420 84 3422 98
119 2026-09-21 3412 108 3413 106 3414 172 3415 92
84 2026-09-14 3407 86 3408 104 3409 93 3410 65
95 2026-09-07 3400 85 3402 97 3404 104
78 2026-08-31 3397 78

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2026-10-26 3442 106 3443 94
101 2026-10-19 3436 118 3439 109 3440 97
88 2026-10-12 3430 104 3431 92 3432 73 3433 109
136 2026-10-05 3426 130 3428 158
86 2026-09-28 3420 80 3422 92
110 2026-09-21 3412 100 3413 97 3414 147 3415 97
84 2026-09-14 3407 94 3408 115 3409 91 3410 63
101 2026-09-07 3400 93 3402 104 3404 108
88 2026-08-31 3397 88

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 97 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).