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 Alignment1.3

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
2024-09-02 Monday 2770 05:45
2025-11-18 Tuesday 3149 05:48
2026-03-16 Monday 3250 05:48

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
90 2026-05-11 3298 88 3300 116 3301 86 3302 68
108 2026-05-04 3292 93 3293 105 3296 156
100 2026-04-27 3288 76 3290 147
93 2026-04-20 3281 86 3282 81 3283 116 3284 91
97 2026-04-13 3274 85 3275 82 3276 69 3277 106 3278 117
80 2026-04-06 3268 90 3269 75 3270 61 3271 82
103 2026-03-30 3262 101 3263 77 3266 120

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
109 2026-05-11 3298 106 3300 141 3301 113 3302 90
113 2026-05-04 3292 112 3293 116 3296 147
89 2026-04-27 3288 82 3290 103
93 2026-04-20 3281 83 3282 88 3283 100 3284 101
85 2026-04-13 3274 94 3275 71 3276 71 3277 96 3278 84
91 2026-04-06 3268 94 3269 87 3270 73 3271 103
111 2026-03-30 3262 129 3263 75 3266 131

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 114 correct entries

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).