Quick SNITCH

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

Name: JPTC

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:29
SNITCH Correlation0.67

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
2026-07-13 Monday 3352 03:31
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
83 2026-07-27 3364 60 3365 116 3366 73
85 2026-07-20 3358 78 3359 60 3360 104 3361 104 3362 81
77 2026-07-13 3352 49 3354 86 3355 64 3356 110
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2026-07-27 3364 86 3365 126 3366 80
91 2026-07-20 3358 95 3359 88 3360 101 3361 92 3362 82
83 2026-07-13 3352 63 3354 88 3355 64 3356 120
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

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 98 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).