Quick SNITCH

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

Name: JPTC

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:05
SNITCH Correlation0.65

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 02:57
2026-03-16 Monday 3250 03:19
2026-05-18 Monday 3304 03:28
2026-05-04 Monday 3292 03:42
2026-06-17 Wednesday 3330 03:54
2026-03-05 Thursday 3241 03:55
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 03:55
2026-07-07 Tuesday 3347 04:11
2026-05-15 Friday 3302 04:12
2026-07-06 Monday 3346 04:15

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
83 2026-07-06 3346 60 3347 59 3348 78 3349 106 3350 116
88 2026-06-29 3341 63 3342 91 3343 83 3344 116
89 2026-06-22 3334 123 3335 62 3336 101 3337 88 3338 75
79 2026-06-15 3328 77 3329 126 3330 52 3331 80 3332 60
80 2026-06-08 3322 86 3323 73 3324 91 3325 71
79 2026-06-01 3316 70 3317 87 3318 91 3319 70

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
87 2026-07-06 3346 83 3347 69 3348 74 3349 93 3350 119
86 2026-06-29 3341 79 3342 88 3343 74 3344 103
94 2026-06-22 3334 129 3335 79 3336 102 3337 87 3338 74
85 2026-06-15 3328 113 3329 123 3330 61 3331 67 3332 65
88 2026-06-08 3322 96 3323 81 3324 96 3325 81
85 2026-06-01 3316 93 3317 95 3318 78 3319 76

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 106 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).