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 Time05:19
SNITCH Alignment1.39

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
2026-05-18 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
2023-03-22 Wednesday 2357 03:26

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2026-06-01 3316 70 3317 100
234 2026-05-25 3314 234
59 2026-05-18 3304 59
73 2026-05-11 3300 81 3301 72 3302 53
115 2026-05-04 3292 115 3293 94 3294 78 3295 164 3296 126
121 2026-04-27 3287 110 3288 148 3289 105

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
101 2026-06-01 3316 93 3317 109
147 2026-05-25 3314 147
89 2026-05-18 3304 89
88 2026-05-11 3300 98 3301 94 3302 70
121 2026-05-04 3292 138 3293 104 3294 91 3295 157 3296 118
132 2026-04-27 3287 135 3288 160 3289 103

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 76 correct entries

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).