Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Umpire

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time04:15
SNITCH Correlation0.65

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
97 2026-09-28 3418 51 3419 142 3420 100 3421 97
104 2026-09-21 3412 115 3413 111 3414 81
110 2026-09-14 3406 101 3408 104 3409 81 3410 127
106 2026-09-07 3400 112 3401 107 3402 99 3403 111 3404 103
108 2026-08-31 3394 49 3395 73 3396 68 3398 158

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-09-28 3418 85 3419 147 3420 95 3421 97
89 2026-09-21 3412 106 3413 101 3414 69
109 2026-09-14 3406 121 3408 115 3409 79 3410 124
109 2026-09-07 3400 123 3401 112 3402 106 3403 101 3404 107
105 2026-08-31 3394 74 3395 89 3396 83 3398 117

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 102 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).