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 Alignment0.99

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
2026-03-09 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
2026-02-21 Saturday 3231 13:34

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
54 2026-03-09 3244 54
98 2026-03-02 3239 138 3242 79
92 2026-02-23 3232 35 3233 87 3234 100
109 2026-02-16 3226 101 3229 88 3230 181
110 2026-02-09 3220 104 3221 117 3222 97 3223 112 3224 87
109 2026-02-02 3214 109

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
72 2026-03-09 3244 72
99 2026-03-02 3239 148 3242 82
101 2026-02-23 3232 53 3233 104 3234 120
116 2026-02-16 3226 120 3229 88 3230 166
115 2026-02-09 3220 136 3221 121 3222 103 3223 109 3224 92
112 2026-02-02 3214 112

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).