Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Umpire

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time04:12
SNITCH Correlation0.64

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-06-24 Monday 2710 01:51
2024-07-26 Friday 2738 01:57
2026-07-21 Tuesday 3359 02:02
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 02:03
2026-08-31 Monday 3394 02:05
2026-09-28 Monday 3418 02:12
2026-01-06 Tuesday 3191 02:13
2023-08-14 Monday 2460 02:19
2024-11-11 Monday 2830 02:20
2024-06-22 Saturday 2709 02:20

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2026-10-26 3443 98 3444 60 3445 116 3446 128
84 2026-10-19 3436 62 3437 101 3438 82 3439 93
96 2026-10-12 3430 83 3431 68 3432 90 3433 125 3434 92
89 2026-10-05 3424 136 3425 61 3426 61 3428 80
97 2026-09-28 3418 51 3419 142 3420 100 3421 97 3422 107

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2026-10-26 3443 112 3444 73 3445 136 3446 107
94 2026-10-19 3436 80 3437 104 3438 84 3439 109
100 2026-10-12 3430 93 3431 73 3432 102 3433 103 3434 108
102 2026-10-05 3424 176 3425 83 3426 72 3428 74
102 2026-09-28 3418 85 3419 147 3420 95 3421 95 3422 100

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 110 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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