Quick SNITCH

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

Name: OldSolver

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:08
SNITCH Correlation0.57

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
118 2026-08-10 3376 227 3377 73 3378 85 3379 100 3380 108
100 2026-08-03 3372 70 3373 102 3374 128
83 2026-07-27 3364 76 3365 75 3366 100
169 2026-07-20 3362 137
71 2026-07-13 3355 71
94 2026-07-06 3346 85 3347 89 3349 108
240 2026-06-29 3343 190 3344 290

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
120 2026-08-10 3376 238 3377 85 3378 94 3379 86 3380 100
93 2026-08-03 3372 82 3373 92 3374 106
100 2026-07-27 3364 110 3365 81 3366 109
155 2026-07-20 3362 139
71 2026-07-13 3355 71
105 2026-07-06 3346 118 3347 104 3349 95
214 2026-06-29 3343 171 3344 258

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 51 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).