Quick SNITCH

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

Name: ian.shepherd

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:12
SNITCH Alignment0.62

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-03-20 Wednesday 2628 11:05
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 11:25
2025-01-25 Saturday 2895 11:44
2025-04-22 Tuesday 2969 11:56
2025-06-02 Monday 3004 12:25
2024-08-07 Wednesday 2748 12:28
2024-11-11 Monday 2830 12:29
2024-09-03 Tuesday 2771 12:59
2024-07-26 Friday 2738 13:04
2025-03-27 Thursday 2947 13:17

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2025-06-02 3004 61 3006 109
82 2025-05-26 2998 95 2999 70 3000 73 3001 65 3002 98
111 2025-05-19 2992 88 2993 124
85 2025-05-12 2986 85 2987 66 2990 90
90 2025-05-05 2980 103 2981 94 2982 87 2983 83
100 2025-04-28 2974 73 2975 72 2977 104 2978 78

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
94 2025-06-02 3004 85 3006 104
102 2025-05-26 2998 115 2999 104 3000 96 3001 75 3002 106
113 2025-05-19 2992 94 2993 133
103 2025-05-12 2986 123 2987 86 2990 108
95 2025-05-05 2980 117 2981 98 2982 103 2983 74
116 2025-04-28 2974 76 2975 110 2977 118 2978 72

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 98 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for ian.shepherd. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).