Quick SNITCH

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

Name: philby

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:19
SNITCH Alignment1.19

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
2026-03-28 Saturday 3261 10:37
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 10:48
2025-01-24 Friday 2894 11:12
2026-06-15 Monday 3328 11:23

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
58 2026-06-15 3328 58
139 2026-06-08 3322 111 3323 123 3324 162 3326 132
68 2026-06-01 3319 68
90 2026-05-25 3310 52 3313 114
73 2026-05-18 3304 60 3306 86
97 2026-05-11 3298 88 3299 83 3301 89 3302 72
107 2026-05-04 3292 73 3293 132 3294 84 3296 125
82 2026-04-27 3286 99 3287 91 3289 58

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
82 2026-06-15 3328 82
141 2026-06-08 3322 124 3323 136 3324 172 3326 130
73 2026-06-01 3319 73
97 2026-05-25 3310 65 3313 131
85 2026-05-18 3304 90 3306 81
115 2026-05-11 3298 106 3299 100 3301 117 3302 96
113 2026-05-04 3292 87 3293 146 3294 98 3296 117
96 2026-04-27 3286 119 3287 112 3289 57

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 90 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).