Quick SNITCH

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

Name: philby

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:29
SNITCH Correlation0.54

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
123 2026-08-24 3388 101 3389 63 3391 85 3392 90
112 2026-08-17 3382 152 3386 112
109 2026-08-10 3376 93 3378 100 3380 135
138 2026-08-03 3370 143 3371 170 3372 132 3373 115 3374 183
76 2026-07-27 3364 70 3365 80 3366 80
116 2026-07-20 3360 139 3362 93
106 2026-07-13 3352 78 3353 85 3354 113 3355 125 3356 129
79 2026-07-06 3347 79
194 2026-06-29 3343 229

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
124 2026-08-24 3388 120 3389 71 3391 110 3392 111
116 2026-08-17 3382 152 3386 119
106 2026-08-10 3376 97 3378 111 3380 127
139 2026-08-03 3370 185 3371 151 3372 155 3373 104 3374 152
91 2026-07-27 3364 101 3365 86 3366 87
115 2026-07-20 3360 136 3362 94
113 2026-07-13 3352 101 3353 83 3354 116 3355 126 3356 141
92 2026-07-06 3347 92
160 2026-06-29 3343 206

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 81 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).