Quick SNITCH

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

Name: philby

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:58
SNITCH Correlation0.56

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-02-23 Monday 3232 06:58
2026-09-28 Monday 3418 08:05
2024-05-21 Tuesday 2681 08:12
2025-05-27 Tuesday 2999 08:37
2026-10-26 Monday 3442 09:00
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
74 2026-10-26 3442 45 3443 90 3444 87
126 2026-10-19 3436 103 3437 254 3438 119 3439 68 3440 133
111 2026-10-12
88 2026-10-05 3424 63 3425 98 3427 84 3428 104
91 2026-09-28 3418 40 3420 99 3421 104
120 2026-09-14 3407 94
111 2026-09-07 3402 87
93 2026-08-31 3394 52 3397 95

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2026-10-26 3442 60 3443 103 3444 106
134 2026-10-19 3436 133 3437 261 3438 122 3439 80 3440 135
112 2026-10-12
98 2026-10-05 3424 81 3425 134 3427 93 3428 96
98 2026-09-28 3418 66 3420 94 3421 101
110 2026-09-14 3407 103
108 2026-09-07 3402 93
99 2026-08-31 3394 78 3397 107

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 79 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).