Quick SNITCH

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

Name: philby

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:41
SNITCH Alignment0.91

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
2026-03-28 Saturday 3261 10:37
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 10:48
2025-01-24 Friday 2894 11:12
2025-05-28 Wednesday 3000 11:43
2025-09-18 Thursday 3097 13:24
2025-03-13 Thursday 2935 13:31

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2026-03-23 3257 74 3258 84 3259 95 3260 158
117 2026-03-16 3252 106 3253 128
54 2026-03-09 3244 54
98 2026-03-02 3239 138 3242 79

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2026-03-23 3257 89 3258 102 3259 123 3260 190
105 2026-03-16 3252 110 3253 101
72 2026-03-09 3244 72
99 2026-03-02 3239 148 3242 82

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 79 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).