Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:24
SNITCH Correlation0.63

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-12-06 Friday 2852 02:47
2023-02-13 Monday 2330 03:11
2025-11-12 Wednesday 3144 03:11
2025-06-09 Monday 3010 03:13
2025-06-30 Monday 3028 03:13
2025-09-02 Tuesday 3083 03:16
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 03:19
2026-06-29 Monday 3340 03:21
2024-06-11 Tuesday 2699 03:22
2024-02-21 Wednesday 2604 03:23

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
94 2026-07-27 3365 94 3366 111 3368 80
106 2026-07-20 3358 80 3359 86 3360 87 3361 160 3362 104
113 2026-07-13 3352 90 3353 152 3354 99 3355 114 3356 114
99 2026-07-06 3346 67 3347 83 3348 134 3349 93 3350 114
125 2026-06-29 3340 62 3344 107

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2026-07-27 3365 102 3366 121 3368 86
109 2026-07-20 3358 97 3359 126 3360 85 3361 141 3362 106
121 2026-07-13 3352 116 3353 149 3354 102 3355 115 3356 125
101 2026-07-06 3346 93 3347 97 3348 127 3349 82 3350 117
116 2026-06-29 3340 103 3344 95

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 111 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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