Quick SNITCH

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

Name: benbush

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time04:51
SNITCH Correlation0.66

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-07-21 Tuesday 3359 02:52
2026-04-27 Monday 3286 03:02
2025-08-04 Monday 3058 03:02
2026-06-15 Monday 3328 03:03
2025-11-26 Wednesday 3156 03:15
2026-05-18 Monday 3304 03:16
2025-09-02 Tuesday 3083 03:19
2026-03-16 Monday 3250 03:23
2026-07-27 Monday 3364 03:23
2025-08-19 Tuesday 3071 03:23

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
102 2026-08-03 3372 95 3374 110
84 2026-07-27 3364 67 3367 101
83 2026-07-20 3358 71 3359 57 3362 121
89 2026-07-13 3352 101 3353 86 3356 80
78 2026-07-06 3346 80 3347 77
88 2026-06-29 3340 71 3341 82 3342 87 3343 115

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
101 2026-08-03 3372 111 3374 91
92 2026-07-27 3364 97 3367 87
97 2026-07-20 3358 86 3359 83 3362 123
100 2026-07-13 3352 131 3353 84 3356 87
100 2026-07-06 3346 111 3347 90
102 2026-06-29 3340 118 3341 103 3342 84 3343 103

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 80 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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