Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:22
SNITCH Alignment0.92

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
121 2026-06-01 3316 86 3317 156
103 2026-05-25 3310 63 3311 79 3312 85 3313 85 3314 164
89 2026-05-18 3304 66 3305 89 3306 114 3307 94 3308 87
87 2026-05-11 3298 90 3300 82 3301 93 3302 86
94 2026-05-04 3292 78 3293 92 3294 93 3295 127 3296 82
85 2026-04-27 3287 65 3288 93 3289 116

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
142 2026-06-01 3316 114 3317 171
100 2026-05-25 3310 78 3311 100 3312 89 3313 97 3314 103
92 2026-05-18 3304 100 3305 107 3306 107 3307 88 3308 79
111 2026-05-11 3298 108 3300 100 3301 122 3302 114
100 2026-05-04 3292 93 3293 102 3294 109 3295 122 3296 77
91 2026-04-27 3287 80 3288 101 3289 114

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 110 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).