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 Time05:01
SNITCH Alignment1.06

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-10-13 Monday 3118 02:44
2025-09-15 Monday 3094 03:11
2025-04-14 Monday 2962 03:20
2025-11-24 Monday 3154 03:20
2023-06-08 Thursday 2413 03:23
2025-07-01 Tuesday 3029 03:23
2026-03-30 Monday 3262 03:24
2023-03-22 Wednesday 2357 03:26
2025-11-12 Wednesday 3144 03:27
2025-11-18 Tuesday 3149 03:29

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
128 2026-03-30 3262 67 3263 83 3264 231 3265 160 3266 103
100 2026-03-23 3256 121 3257 91 3258 121 3259 75 3260 95
109 2026-03-16 3250 74 3251 104 3252 84 3253 166 3254 117
91 2026-03-09 3244 75 3245 103 3246 90 3247 98
86 2026-03-02 3238 77 3239 82 3241 78 3242 107

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
113 2026-03-30 3262 85 3263 81 3264 166 3265 124 3266 113
121 2026-03-23 3256 139 3257 109 3258 147 3259 97 3260 114
108 2026-03-16 3250 119 3251 100 3252 87 3253 131 3254 107
104 2026-03-09 3244 100 3245 117 3246 94 3247 107
95 2026-03-02 3238 97 3239 88 3241 85 3242 111

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 90 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).