Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Birdingbob

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time10:34
SNITCH Correlation0.56

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-08-19 Tuesday 3071 04:39
2025-09-15 Monday 3094 04:45
2024-05-06 Monday 2668 05:29
2024-03-20 Wednesday 2628 05:33
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 05:36
2025-03-03 Monday 2926 05:38
2023-11-13 Monday 2525 05:40
2026-06-15 Monday 3328 05:44
2024-09-02 Monday 2770 05:45
2025-11-18 Tuesday 3149 05:48

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2026-07-13 3352 96 3353 102 3354 81 3355 143
113 2026-06-29 3341 96 3342 109 3343 100 3344 128
93 2026-06-22 3334 90 3335 107 3336 83 3337 92 3338 89
106 2026-06-15 3328 52 3329 93 3330 99 3331 89 3332 114
84 2026-06-08 3322 78 3323 65 3324 72 3325 106
88 2026-06-01 3316 74 3317 104 3318 87 3320 65

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2026-07-13 3352 124 3353 100 3354 83 3355 144
105 2026-06-29 3341 121 3342 105 3343 90 3344 114
100 2026-06-22 3334 94 3335 137 3336 83 3337 91 3338 88
105 2026-06-15 3328 76 3329 91 3330 116 3331 75 3332 123
88 2026-06-08 3322 87 3323 72 3324 76 3325 121
88 2026-06-01 3316 98 3317 114 3318 75 3320 71

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 110 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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