Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Umpire

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time04:13
SNITCH Correlation0.66

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
2026-01-06 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
2026-05-26 Tuesday 3311 02:22

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
61 2026-08-31 3394 49 3395 73
105 2026-08-24 3388 87 3389 96 3390 87 3391 116
124 2026-08-17 3383 194 3384 103 3385 106 3386 80
125 2026-08-10 3376 92 3377 113 3378 89 3379 169
122 2026-08-03 3370 66 3371 195 3373 93 3374 125

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
81 2026-08-31 3394 74 3395 89
108 2026-08-24 3388 103 3389 109 3390 73 3391 150
129 2026-08-17 3383 181 3384 121 3385 117 3386 85
120 2026-08-10 3376 96 3377 132 3378 98 3379 146
117 2026-08-03 3370 85 3371 174 3373 84 3374 104

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 88 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).