Quick SNITCH

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

Name: John Arnold

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time08:19
SNITCH Correlation0.59

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-04-03 Monday 2365 03:54
2023-03-27 Monday 2360 03:55
2023-09-11 Monday 2480 04:31
2023-06-05 Monday 2410 04:37
2026-06-23 Tuesday 3335 04:41
2023-12-04 Monday 2540 04:41
2024-06-14 Friday 2702 04:43
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 04:46
2023-10-19 Thursday 2508 04:49
2023-02-07 Tuesday 2326 04:49

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
99 2026-08-31 3394 87 3395 111 3396 100
91 2026-08-24 3388 94 3391 88
114 2026-08-17 3382 99 3383 113 3384 100 3385 109 3386 114
120 2026-08-10 3376 99 3377 72 3378 149 3379 160 3380 106
96 2026-08-03 3370 94 3371 124 3372 69

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
129 2026-08-31 3394 131 3395 135 3396 123
112 2026-08-24 3388 111 3391 114
119 2026-08-17 3382 99 3383 105 3384 117 3385 121 3386 121
116 2026-08-10 3376 104 3377 84 3378 165 3379 139 3380 100
105 2026-08-03 3370 122 3371 110 3372 81

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 90 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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