Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Captain Burnaby

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time10:39
SNITCH Alignment0.95

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
2026-05-19 Tuesday 3305 06:51

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
81 2026-06-01 3319 97 3320 65
97 2026-05-25
100 2026-05-18 3305 65 3306 136
111 2026-05-11 3298 111
99 2026-05-04 3292 98
117 2026-04-27 3287 106 3290 129

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
88 2026-06-01 3319 105 3320 71
89 2026-05-25
103 2026-05-18 3305 78 3306 128
133 2026-05-11 3298 133
108 2026-05-04 3292 118
110 2026-04-27 3287 130 3290 90

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 46 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).