Quick SNITCH

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

Name: barracuda

TftT Namebarracuda
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:08
SNITCH Correlation0.65

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-01-30 Monday 2320 03:46
2023-02-13 Monday 2330 04:11
2023-10-24 Tuesday 2511 04:15
2022-11-21 Monday 2270 04:22
2023-01-03 Tuesday 2301 04:42
2024-01-04 Thursday 2563 04:43
2023-12-04 Monday 2540 04:52
2023-03-30 Thursday 2363 04:55
2023-02-09 Thursday 2328 04:57
2023-02-02 Thursday 2323 04:58

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-08-10 3376 136 3377 77
101 2026-08-03 3370 82 3373 142
108 2026-07-27 3365 90 3367 104
90 2026-07-20 3358 73 3360 80 3361 105 3362 105
86 2026-07-13 3352 68 3353 90 3354 78 3355 80 3356 83
92 2026-07-06 3348 105 3349 129 3350 54
95 2026-06-29 3340 71 3342 99 3344 116

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
116 2026-08-10 3376 143 3377 90
106 2026-08-03 3370 106 3373 129
105 2026-07-27 3365 97 3367 89
91 2026-07-20 3358 89 3360 78 3361 92 3362 107
85 2026-07-13 3352 88 3353 88 3354 80 3355 80 3356 91
84 2026-07-06 3348 100 3349 114 3350 55
105 2026-06-29 3340 118 3342 96 3344 103

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 85 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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