Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Umpire

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time04:11
SNITCH Correlation0.63

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
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 02:03
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
2023-10-16 Monday 2505 02:23
2025-02-11 Tuesday 2909 02:24

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
62 2026-06-29 3340 63 3341 61
125 2026-06-22 3334 134 3335 85 3336 98 3337 180 3338 138
122 2026-06-15 3329 109 3331 144
113 2026-06-08 3322 75 3323 114 3326 140
113 2026-06-01 3316 78 3317 102 3318 132 3319 125

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
91 2026-06-29 3340 105 3341 77
130 2026-06-22 3334 141 3335 108 3336 98 3337 178 3338 136
105 2026-06-15 3329 106 3331 122
114 2026-06-08 3322 84 3323 126 3326 138
112 2026-06-01 3316 104 3317 112 3318 113 3319 135

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 59 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).