Quick SNITCH

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

Name: babka

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time04:39
SNITCH Correlation0.74

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-03-16 Monday 3250 02:06
2025-06-09 Monday 3010 02:19
2025-09-15 Monday 3094 02:21
2025-08-18 Monday 3070 02:34
2026-02-23 Monday 3232 02:42
2025-06-16 Monday 3016 02:47
2025-06-30 Monday 3028 02:52
2026-05-18 Monday 3304 02:52
2026-01-26 Monday 3208 02:53
2025-09-01 Monday 3082 02:53

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
73 2026-06-22 3334 73
138 2026-06-08 3322 128 3326 149
97 2026-06-01 3320 94
173 2026-05-25 3314 171
91 2026-05-18 3304 58
77 2026-05-11 3298 66 3299 80 3302 60
129 2026-05-04 3296 123

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
76 2026-06-22 3334 76
145 2026-06-08 3322 143 3326 147
89 2026-06-01 3320 103
134 2026-05-25 3314 107
98 2026-05-18 3304 87
90 2026-05-11 3298 79 3299 96 3302 80
124 2026-05-04 3296 116

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 35 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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