Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:47
SNITCH Alignment1.56

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
2025-06-09 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
2024-06-11 Tuesday 2699 03:22
2024-02-21 Wednesday 2604 03:23
2025-05-31 Saturday 3003 03:26
2024-09-02 Monday 2770 03:27

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2025-09-08 3089 61 3090 93 3091 110 3092 93
83 2025-09-01 3083 56 3084 105 3086 88
120 2025-08-25 3078 106 3079 109
107 2025-08-18 3072 80 3073 95 3074 175
99 2025-08-11 3064 105 3065 117 3066 101 3067 100 3068 76
86 2025-08-04 3058 66 3059 73 3060 102 3062 106
86 2025-07-28 3052 92 3053 85 3054 81 3055 78

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
90 2025-09-08 3089 75 3090 93 3091 118 3092 75
89 2025-09-01 3083 77 3084 97 3086 93
102 2025-08-25 3078 102 3079 106
97 2025-08-18 3072 98 3073 95 3074 123
102 2025-08-11 3064 90 3065 119 3066 105 3067 107 3068 90
100 2025-08-04 3058 91 3059 83 3060 113 3062 116
102 2025-07-28 3052 101 3053 90 3054 98 3055 102

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 126 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).