Quick SNITCH

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

Name: footballblue

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:30
SNITCH Correlation0.6

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-07-24 Monday 2445 02:03
2026-03-30 Monday 3262 02:04
2023-10-23 Monday 2510 02:11
2024-12-30 Monday 2872 02:18
2023-06-26 Monday 2425 02:26
2023-08-23 Wednesday 2467 02:30
2024-12-26 Thursday 2869 02:54
2026-06-29 Monday 3340 03:14
2025-12-17 Wednesday 3174 03:28
2025-11-10 Monday 3142 03:29

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
84 2026-08-24 3391 80 3392 88
113 2026-08-17 3384 91 3385 136
117 2026-08-10 3377 97 3378 111 3379 106 3380 156
117 2026-08-03 3372 117

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2026-08-24 3391 103 3392 108
129 2026-08-17 3384 107 3385 151
119 2026-08-10 3377 114 3378 123 3379 92 3380 147
137 2026-08-03 3372 137

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 39 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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