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
2026-03-02 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
95 2026-09-14 3407 86 3408 104
95 2026-09-07 3400 85 3402 97 3404 104
78 2026-08-31 3397 78
96 2026-08-24 3388 74 3389 72 3390 125 3391 90 3392 120
89 2026-08-17 3382 70 3383 76 3385 85 3386 99
118 2026-08-10 3376 105 3377 66 3378 67 3379 161 3380 126
78 2026-08-03 3370 62 3371 103 3372 70

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2026-09-14 3407 94 3408 115
101 2026-09-07 3400 93 3402 104 3404 108
88 2026-08-31 3397 88
107 2026-08-24 3388 88 3389 81 3390 105 3391 116 3392 148
92 2026-08-17 3382 70 3383 71 3385 94 3386 105
111 2026-08-10 3376 110 3377 77 3378 74 3379 140 3380 118
84 2026-08-03 3370 80 3371 91 3372 82

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 89 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).