Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:34
SNITCH Correlation0.64

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
112 2026-09-28 3418 67 3419 116 3421 154
107 2026-09-21 3412 134 3413 94 3414 112 3416 85
104 2026-09-14 3406 98 3407 99 3408 73 3409 105 3410 93
97 2026-09-07 3400 76 3401 101 3402 96 3403 107 3404 106
112 2026-08-31 3394 71 3395 110 3396 96 3397 97 3398 177

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
126 2026-09-28 3418 111 3419 120 3421 149
96 2026-09-21 3412 124 3413 86 3414 95 3416 91
104 2026-09-14 3406 118 3407 108 3408 81 3409 102 3410 91
100 2026-09-07 3400 83 3401 106 3402 103 3403 98 3404 110
117 2026-08-31 3394 107 3395 134 3396 118 3397 110 3398 132

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 120 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).