Quick SNITCH

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

Name: philby

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:12
SNITCH Correlation0.54

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-02-23 Monday 3232 06:58
2024-05-21 Tuesday 2681 08:12
2025-05-27 Tuesday 2999 08:37
2025-04-29 Tuesday 2975 09:20
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 09:50
2026-05-25 Monday 3310 10:15
2026-08-31 Monday 3394 10:36
2026-03-28 Saturday 3261 10:37
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 10:48
2025-01-24 Friday 2894 11:12

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
93 2026-08-31 3394 52 3397 95
123 2026-08-24 3388 101 3389 63 3391 85 3392 90
112 2026-08-17 3382 152 3386 112
109 2026-08-10 3376 93 3378 100 3380 135
138 2026-08-03 3370 143 3371 170 3372 132 3373 115 3374 183

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
99 2026-08-31 3394 78 3397 107
123 2026-08-24 3388 120 3389 71 3391 110 3392 111
116 2026-08-17 3382 152 3386 119
106 2026-08-10 3376 97 3378 111 3380 127
139 2026-08-03 3370 185 3371 151 3372 155 3373 104 3374 152

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 71 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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