Quick SNITCH

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

Name: JPTC

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:10
SNITCH Correlation0.61

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
2026-03-16 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
2026-06-17 Wednesday 3330 03:54

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
99 2026-09-28 3418 47 3420 140 3421 111
98 2026-09-21 3412 80 3413 105 3414 84 3415 81 3416 143
68 2026-09-14 3407 77 3408 71 3410 57
70 2026-09-07 3400 85 3402 68 3404 58
95 2026-08-31 3394 52 3395 70 3396 85 3397 94 3398 175

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-09-28 3418 78 3420 133 3421 109
96 2026-09-21 3412 74 3413 96 3414 71 3415 86 3416 153
72 2026-09-14 3407 84 3408 78 3410 55
75 2026-09-07 3400 93 3402 73 3404 60
100 2026-08-31 3394 78 3395 85 3396 104 3397 106 3398 130

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 100 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).