Quick SNITCH

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

Name: piltdown man

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time08:56
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
2025-09-08 Monday 3088 04:58
2024-05-29 Wednesday 2688 05:12
2024-06-12 Wednesday 2700 05:13
2025-09-30 Tuesday 3107 05:17
2025-07-25 Friday 3050 05:18
2025-05-13 Tuesday 2987 05:19

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
95 2025-10-13 3118 103 3120 81 3122 102
91 2025-10-06 3114 90 3115 86 3116 88
111 2025-09-29 3106 95 3107 59 3108 150 3109 142
83 2025-09-15 3096 99
59 2025-09-08 3088 49 3089 68 3091 60

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
115 2025-10-13 3118 156 3120 91 3122 98
105 2025-10-06 3114 98 3115 116 3116 110
118 2025-09-29 3106 117 3107 71 3108 150 3109 136
104 2025-09-15 3096 133
70 2025-09-08 3088 64 3089 83 3091 65

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 72 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).