Quick SNITCH

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

Name: philby

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:35
SNITCH Alignment0.98

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
2026-03-28 Saturday 3261 10:37
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 10:48
2025-01-24 Friday 2894 11:12
2026-04-30 Thursday 3289 11:29
2025-05-28 Wednesday 3000 11:43

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
82 2026-04-27 3286 99 3287 91 3289 58
89 2026-04-20 3280 49 3281 77 3282 113 3284 117
136 2026-04-13 3275 185 3277 88
81 2026-04-06 3268 87 3269 77 3270 73
89 2026-03-30 3266 86

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
96 2026-04-27 3286 119 3287 112 3289 57
101 2026-04-20 3280 79 3281 74 3282 122 3284 130
121 2026-04-13 3275 162 3277 80
90 2026-04-06 3268 91 3269 89 3270 87
91 2026-03-30 3266 94

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 84 correct entries

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).