Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Tom Stubbs

TftT NameTom Stubbs
Solver Typereference
Average Time04:52
SNITCH Correlation0.59

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-07-09 Tuesday 2723 02:53
2024-06-14 Friday 2702 02:59
2024-08-21 Wednesday 2760 03:01
2024-08-27 Tuesday 2765 03:03
2023-07-12 Wednesday 2437 03:03
2024-01-20 Saturday 2577 03:08
2025-11-19 Wednesday 3150 03:09
2024-02-29 Thursday 2611 03:09
2024-07-26 Friday 2738 03:09
2026-03-27 Friday 3260 03:09

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-08-10 3376 103
100 2026-08-03 3370 82 3371 131 3372 68 3373 115 3374 98
98 2026-07-27 3364 75 3365 102 3366 88 3367 103 3368 104
110 2026-07-20 3358 95 3359 100 3361 151 3362 103
112 2026-07-13 3352 80 3353 104 3354 115 3355 96 3356 106
108 2026-07-06 3346 78 3347 96 3348 103 3349 137 3350 114
113 2026-06-29 3340 73 3341 89 3342 82 3343 145 3344 108

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-08-10 3376 106
100 2026-08-03 3370 106 3371 116 3372 80 3373 104 3374 81
104 2026-07-27 3364 108 3365 110 3366 96 3367 88 3368 111
117 2026-07-20 3358 115 3359 147 3361 133 3362 105
109 2026-07-13 3352 103 3353 101 3354 118 3355 96 3356 116
109 2026-07-06 3346 108 3347 112 3348 98 3349 121 3350 117
111 2026-06-29 3340 121 3341 112 3342 79 3343 130 3344 96

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 130 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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