Quick SNITCH

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

Name: JPTC

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:17
SNITCH Correlation0.7

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
2026-08-31 Monday 3394 03:19
2026-05-18 Monday 3304 03:28
2026-07-13 Monday 3352 03:31
2026-09-11 Friday 3404 03:40
2026-05-04 Monday 3292 03:42
2026-06-17 Wednesday 3330 03:54
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 03:55
2026-08-08 Saturday 3375 03:55

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
70 2026-09-07 3400 85 3402 68 3404 58
95 2026-08-31 3394 52 3395 70 3396 85 3397 94 3398 175
94 2026-08-24 3388 99 3389 97 3390 122 3391 85 3392 68
103 2026-08-17 3382 124 3384 84 3385 95 3386 97
90 2026-08-10 3376 75 3377 93 3378 76 3380 92
90 2026-08-03 3372 79 3373 123 3374 98

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
75 2026-09-07 3400 93 3402 73 3404 60
100 2026-08-31 3394 78 3395 85 3396 104 3397 106 3398 130
104 2026-08-24 3388 117 3389 110 3390 103 3391 110 3392 83
110 2026-08-17 3382 124 3384 98 3385 105 3386 103
90 2026-08-10 3376 78 3377 109 3378 84 3380 86
87 2026-08-03 3372 92 3373 111 3374 81

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 107 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).