Quick SNITCH

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

Name: barracuda

TftT Namebarracuda
Solver Typereference
Average Time08:56
SNITCH Correlation0.7

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
2026-09-28 Monday 3418 04:21
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2026-10-05 3424 73 3425 70 3426 80 3427 77 3428 135
76 2026-09-28 3418 48 3422 97
99 2026-09-21 3413 96 3414 125 3415 100 3416 74
112 2026-09-14 3406 85 3407 99 3408 82 3409 169 3410 139
110 2026-09-07 3400 110 3401 108 3402 92 3403 136
99 2026-08-31 3394 72 3395 86 3396 95 3397 89 3398 132

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
107 2026-10-05 3424 94 3425 95 3426 95 3427 85 3428 125
87 2026-09-28 3418 80 3422 91
91 2026-09-21 3413 88 3414 106 3415 106 3416 79
113 2026-09-14 3406 102 3407 108 3408 91 3409 165 3410 136
110 2026-09-07 3400 120 3401 113 3402 98 3403 124
104 2026-08-31 3394 109 3395 104 3396 117 3397 101 3398 98

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 104 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).