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 Time07:01
SNITCH Correlation0.63

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
2026-06-23 Tuesday 3335 04:30
2026-07-13 Monday 3352 04:37
2025-11-19 Wednesday 3150 04:37
2025-11-10 Monday 3142 04:39
2026-04-08 Wednesday 3270 04:41

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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
107 2026-06-22 3335 62 3337 76 3338 123
85 2026-06-15 3328 69 3330 91 3331 96
94 2026-06-08 3322 113 3323 85 3325 94 3326 84
103 2026-06-01 3316 71 3318 136

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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
113 2026-06-22 3335 79 3337 75 3338 121
96 2026-06-15 3328 101 3330 107 3331 81
102 2026-06-08 3322 126 3323 94 3325 108 3326 83
105 2026-06-01 3316 94 3318 117

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 85 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).