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 Time05:07
SNITCH Alignment1.02

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
2023-06-08 Thursday 2413 03:23
2025-07-01 Tuesday 3029 03:23
2023-03-22 Wednesday 2357 03:26
2024-12-09 Monday 2854 03:30
2023-07-27 Thursday 2448 03:34
2025-08-19 Tuesday 3071 03:35
2025-05-03 Saturday 2979 03:38

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2025-11-03 3136 105
90 2025-10-27 3130 68 3133 89 3134 106
98 2025-10-20 3125 95 3127 107 3128 93
100 2025-10-13 3118 51 3119 100 3120 133 3122 121
78 2025-10-06 3114 96 3115 70 3116 70
96 2025-09-29 3106 86 3107 86 3110 116

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2025-11-03 3136 114
89 2025-10-27 3130 67 3133 91 3134 95
109 2025-10-20 3125 117 3127 101 3128 109
108 2025-10-13 3118 77 3119 113 3120 149 3122 116
95 2025-10-06 3114 105 3115 94 3116 87
108 2025-09-29 3106 106 3107 103 3110 117

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 89 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).