Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:27
SNITCH Alignment1.24

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-12-06 Friday 2852 02:47
2025-11-12 Wednesday 3144 03:11
2023-02-13 Monday 2330 03:11
2025-06-30 Monday 3028 03:13
2025-06-09 Monday 3010 03:13
2025-09-02 Tuesday 3083 03:16
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 03:19
2024-06-11 Tuesday 2699 03:22
2024-02-21 Wednesday 2604 03:23
2025-11-13 Thursday 3145 03:24

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2026-01-19 3202 91 3203 144 3204 74 3205 82
99 2026-01-12 3197 87 3198 100 3199 68 3200 128
90 2025-12-29 3184 89 3186 91
102 2025-12-22 3180 102
106 2025-12-08 3166 89 3167 132 3168 116 3170 87
101 2025-12-01 3160 90 3161 77 3162 84 3163 88 3164 124

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-01-19 3202 119 3203 127 3204 94 3205 85
94 2026-01-12 3197 82 3198 95 3199 75 3200 109
90 2025-12-29 3184 96 3186 85
110 2025-12-22 3180 110
100 2025-12-08 3166 109 3167 113 3168 88 3170 92
109 2025-12-01 3160 93 3161 98 3162 95 3163 97 3164 120

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 116 correct entries

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).