Quick SNITCH

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

Name: piltdown man

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:21
SNITCH Alignment1.36

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-03-03 Monday 2926 04:19
2025-07-01 Tuesday 3029 04:32
2024-07-08 Monday 2722 04:49
2025-07-30 Wednesday 3054 04:53
2024-05-29 Wednesday 2688 05:12
2024-06-12 Wednesday 2700 05:13
2025-07-25 Friday 3050 05:18
2025-05-13 Tuesday 2987 05:19
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 05:27
2024-07-26 Friday 2738 05:28

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
65 2025-08-18 3073 65
72 2025-08-11 3065 72
97 2025-08-04 3059 88 3060 108 3062 96
80 2025-07-28 3052 124 3053 81 3054 52
89 2025-07-21 3046 82 3049 120 3050 52
107 2025-07-14 3041 148 3043 67
106 2025-07-07 3034 64 3035 80 3037 135 3038 145
85 2025-06-30 3029 44 3030 85 3031 97 3032 92

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
63 2025-08-18 3073 63
72 2025-08-11 3065 72
107 2025-08-04 3059 100 3060 117 3062 104
90 2025-07-28 3052 134 3053 85 3054 61
104 2025-07-21 3046 107 3049 153 3050 61
104 2025-07-14 3041 128 3043 80
115 2025-07-07 3034 83 3035 101 3037 137 3038 139
89 2025-06-30 3029 63 3030 95 3031 97 3032 94

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 87 correct entries

Monthly average times

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