Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Captain Burnaby

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time10:31
SNITCH Alignment1.26

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 05:15
2025-03-17 Monday 2938 05:27
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 05:43
2025-04-08 Tuesday 2957 05:47
2026-04-09 Thursday 3271 06:01
2025-04-30 Wednesday 2976 06:12
2026-02-21 Saturday 3231 06:25
2025-11-10 Monday 3142 06:27
2025-01-25 Saturday 2895 06:38
2025-06-27 Friday 3026 06:57

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-04-27 3287 106
81 2026-04-20 3280 48 3284 114
73 2026-04-06 3268 97 3269 67 3271 55
81 2026-03-30 3266 81
101 2026-03-16 3252 101
95 2026-03-09 3244 52 3245 112 3247 107 3248 112
96 2026-03-02 3238 78 3240 70 3242 141

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
130 2026-04-27 3287 130
101 2026-04-20 3280 77 3284 126
82 2026-04-06 3268 102 3269 77 3271 69
84 2026-03-30 3266 89
105 2026-03-16 3252 105
108 2026-03-09 3244 69 3245 127 3247 117 3248 119
106 2026-03-02 3238 98 3240 76 3242 146

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 64 correct entries

Monthly average times

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