Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Hammond

TftT NamePaul Hammond
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:06
SNITCH Correlation0.72

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-10-13 Monday 3118 02:44
2026-05-15 Friday 3302 02:45
2026-08-31 Monday 3394 03:03
2026-05-18 Monday 3304 03:06
2025-09-15 Monday 3094 03:11
2025-11-24 Monday 3154 03:20
2025-04-14 Monday 2962 03:20
2025-07-01 Tuesday 3029 03:23
2023-06-08 Thursday 2413 03:23
2026-03-30 Monday 3262 03:24

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
84 2026-10-19 3436 88 3440 81
98 2026-10-12 3430 97 3432 99

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
98 2026-10-19 3436 114 3440 82
110 2026-10-12 3430 108 3432 112

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 27 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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