Quick SNITCH

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

Name: philby

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time22:00
SNITCH Alignment1.89

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-05-21 Tuesday 2681 08:12
2025-05-27 Tuesday 2999 08:37
2025-04-29 Tuesday 2975 09:20
2025-01-24 Friday 2894 11:12
2025-05-28 Wednesday 3000 11:43
2025-07-24 Thursday 3049 12:43
2025-03-13 Thursday 2935 13:31
2025-07-22 Tuesday 3047 13:56
2025-01-25 Saturday 2895 14:08
2024-06-24 Monday 2710 14:13

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
125 2025-08-04 3059 117 3061 150 3062 110
73 2025-07-28 3054 66 3055 65
71 2025-07-21 3046 67 3047 63 3048 81 3049 57 3050 90
74 2025-07-14 3043 74
102 2025-07-07 3034 70 3035 98 3036 129 3037 114
166 2025-06-30 3030 218 3031 110 3032 172

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
127 2025-08-04 3059 132 3061 131 3062 119
91 2025-07-28 3054 77 3055 83
92 2025-07-21 3046 88 3047 79 3048 119 3049 73 3050 105
89 2025-07-14 3043 89
114 2025-07-07 3034 90 3035 124 3036 129 3037 116
177 2025-06-30 3030 244 3031 110 3032 177

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 63 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).