Quick SNITCH

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

Name: OldSolver

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time08:43
SNITCH Correlation0.58

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-04-29 Tuesday 2975 04:27
2023-01-04 Wednesday 2302 04:27
2025-06-09 Monday 3010 04:41
2025-11-26 Wednesday 3156 04:48
2022-12-15 Thursday 2288 04:51
2023-10-30 Monday 2515 05:06
2025-09-15 Monday 3094 05:07
2025-06-10 Tuesday 3011 05:08
2025-12-15 Monday 3172 05:14
2025-12-02 Tuesday 3161 05:15

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2026-07-06 3346 85
240 2026-06-29 3343 190 3344 290
165 2026-06-22 3336 115
146 2026-06-08 3322 217 3323 97 3325 126
101 2026-06-01 3317 101

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
118 2026-07-06 3346 118
214 2026-06-29 3343 171 3344 258
172 2026-06-22 3336 116
164 2026-06-08 3322 243 3323 107 3325 144
110 2026-06-01 3317 110

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 42 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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