Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:31
SNITCH Alignment1.15

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
110 2026-03-30 3262 100 3263 90 3264 132 3265 122 3266 109
82 2026-03-23 3256 113 3257 93 3258 87 3259 62 3260 67
102 2026-03-16 3250 68 3251 118 3252 94 3253 115 3254 83
100 2026-03-09 3244 88 3245 102 3246 92 3247 108 3248 112

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2026-03-30 3262 128 3263 88 3264 94 3265 94 3266 118
100 2026-03-23 3256 129 3257 112 3258 106 3259 80 3260 80
97 2026-03-16 3250 109 3251 113 3252 97 3253 91 3254 76
113 2026-03-09 3244 117 3245 115 3246 96 3247 118 3248 119

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).