Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Xebeq

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:27
SNITCH Correlation0.78

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-12-07 Saturday 2853 04:14
2023-02-27 Monday 2340 06:02
2026-01-05 Monday 3190 06:36
2026-05-15 Friday 3302 06:42
2024-03-20 Wednesday 2628 06:53
2023-12-14 Thursday 2548 06:56
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 07:23
2025-01-25 Saturday 2895 07:25
2024-05-06 Monday 2668 07:40
2025-11-04 Tuesday 3137 07:46

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
57 2026-08-31 3394 57
101 2026-08-24 3388 65
105 2026-08-17 3383 158 3384 55 3385 92
92 2026-08-03 3371 102 3372 67 3374 103

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
86 2026-08-31 3394 86
90 2026-08-24 3388 77
109 2026-08-17 3383 147 3384 64 3385 102
89 2026-08-03 3371 91 3372 78 3374 85

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 48 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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