Quick SNITCH

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

Name: JPTC

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:49
SNITCH Correlation0.65

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-09-28 Monday 3418 02:54
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 02:57
2026-11-09 Monday 3454 03:08
2026-03-16 Monday 3250 03:19
2026-08-31 Monday 3394 03:19
2026-05-18 Monday 3304 03:28
2026-07-13 Monday 3352 03:31
2026-09-18 Friday 3410 03:38
2026-09-11 Friday 3404 03:40
2026-05-04 Monday 3292 03:42

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
58 2026-11-09 3454 53 3456 63
119 2026-11-02 3448 112 3449 86 3450 212 3451 105 3452 80
84 2026-10-26 3442 66 3443 86 3444 87
85 2026-10-19 3436 64 3438 106 3439 78 3440 93
99 2026-10-12 3430 69 3431 116 3434 112
85 2026-10-05 3424 76 3425 80 3427 93 3428 93
101 2026-09-28 3418 47 3420 140 3421 111 3422 107

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
79 2026-11-09 3454 79 3456 80
127 2026-11-02 3448 155 3449 96 3450 200 3451 100 3452 88
97 2026-10-26 3442 89 3443 98 3444 106
94 2026-10-19 3436 83 3438 109 3439 91 3440 94
110 2026-10-12 3430 77 3431 124 3434 131
99 2026-10-05 3424 98 3425 109 3427 103 3428 86
104 2026-09-28 3418 78 3420 133 3421 108 3422 100

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 110 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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