Quick SNITCH

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

Name: brian.richards1

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:31
SNITCH Correlation0.75

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-12-11 Thursday 3169 02:30
2025-11-19 Wednesday 3150 02:44
2026-04-22 Wednesday 3282 03:20
2026-09-02 Wednesday 3396 04:21
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 04:22
2026-02-23 Monday 3232 04:23
2025-09-15 Monday 3094 04:43
2026-04-27 Monday 3286 04:49
2026-05-16 Saturday 3303 04:53
2026-10-06 Tuesday 3425 04:53

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
94 2026-10-05 3424 88 3425 64 3427 84 3428 141
106 2026-09-28 3418 69 3419 79 3420 102 3421 154 3422 97
119 2026-09-21 3412 105 3413 115 3415 108 3416 150
148 2026-09-14 3410 118
103 2026-09-07 3400 91 3401 93 3402 93 3403 118 3404 120
80 2026-08-31 3394 68 3395 67 3396 57 3397 89 3398 96

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-10-05 3424 114 3425 87 3427 93 3428 129
113 2026-09-28 3418 115 3419 82 3420 97 3421 150 3422 91
113 2026-09-21 3412 97 3413 105 3415 114 3416 161
129 2026-09-14 3410 115
106 2026-09-07 3400 100 3401 97 3402 100 3403 108 3404 125
85 2026-08-31 3394 103 3395 81 3396 70 3397 101 3398 71

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 85 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for brian.richards1. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).