Quick SNITCH

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

Name: ian.shepherd

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:25
SNITCH Alignment1.17

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-11-18 Tuesday 3149 09:34
2025-09-15 Monday 3094 09:43
2024-03-20 Wednesday 2628 11:05
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 11:25
2025-12-15 Monday 3172 11:26
2025-09-11 Thursday 3091 11:28
2025-01-25 Saturday 2895 11:44
2025-04-22 Tuesday 2969 11:56
2025-06-10 Tuesday 3011 12:05
2025-11-04 Tuesday 3137 12:07

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2025-12-22 3178 69 3179 84 3180 114 3182 122
74 2025-12-15 3172 63 3176 85
91 2025-12-08 3166 78 3169 94
104 2025-12-01 3161 85 3163 75 3164 123
86 2025-11-24 3154 84 3155 94 3157 70 3158 103
92 2025-11-17 3148 76 3149 52 3150 87 3151 138 3152 108
85 2025-11-10 3143 110 3144 72 3145 73
104 2025-11-03 3136 137 3137 66 3138 149 3139 79 3140 113

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2025-12-22 3178 73 3179 84 3180 123 3182 85
82 2025-12-15 3172 82 3176 82
96 2025-12-08 3166 96 3169 95
112 2025-12-01 3161 108 3163 83 3164 119
97 2025-11-24 3154 109 3155 125 3157 82 3158 98
99 2025-11-17 3148 100 3149 75 3150 104 3151 123 3152 95
93 2025-11-10 3143 101 3144 90 3145 89
100 2025-11-03 3136 148 3137 68 3138 109 3139 95 3140 98

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 60 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).