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 Correlation0.6

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
62 2026-06-29 3340 62
95 2026-06-22 3334 85 3335 84 3336 85 3337 71 3338 104
114 2026-06-15 3328 69 3329 146 3330 76 3331 144 3332 109
116 2026-06-08 3322 108 3323 98 3324 92 3325 86 3326 127
119 2026-06-01 3316 86 3317 156 3318 140 3320 85

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-06-29 3340 103
100 2026-06-22 3334 89 3335 107 3336 85 3337 70 3338 102
114 2026-06-15 3328 101 3329 143 3330 89 3331 122 3332 118
118 2026-06-08 3322 121 3323 108 3324 97 3325 98 3326 125
119 2026-06-01 3316 114 3317 171 3318 120 3320 93

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 106 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).