Quick SNITCH

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

Name: brian.richards1

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:35
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
2025-11-10 Monday 3142 04:55

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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
103 2026-08-24 3389 70 3390 148 3392 77
96 2026-08-17 3382 109 3383 104 3384 79 3385 91 3386 100
109 2026-08-10 3376 91 3379 120 3380 118
110 2026-08-03 3371 109 3372 89 3374 133

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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
96 2026-08-24 3389 79 3390 125 3392 95
100 2026-08-17 3382 109 3383 97 3384 92 3385 101 3386 106
103 2026-08-10 3376 95 3379 104 3380 111
103 2026-08-03 3371 97 3372 104 3374 110

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 76 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).