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 Time06:55
SNITCH Correlation0.67

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
2026-03-02 Monday 3238 04:27
2026-06-23 Tuesday 3335 04:30
2026-07-20 Monday 3358 04:30

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
78 2026-08-03 3370 62 3371 103 3372 70
84 2026-07-27 3364 59 3365 57 3366 137
92 2026-07-20 3358 64 3359 86 3360 101 3362 117
87 2026-07-13 3352 65 3356 105
103 2026-07-06 3346 74 3347 82 3348 114 3349 137 3350 109
90 2026-06-29 3340 74 3341 102 3342 80 3344 107

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
84 2026-08-03 3370 80 3371 91 3372 82
95 2026-07-27 3364 85 3365 61 3366 150
105 2026-07-20 3358 78 3359 126 3360 99 3362 119
88 2026-07-13 3352 84 3356 115
107 2026-07-06 3346 102 3347 96 3348 108 3349 121 3350 112
106 2026-06-29 3340 123 3341 129 3342 77 3344 95

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 78 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).