Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:30
SNITCH Correlation0.65

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
90 2026-08-31 3394 71 3395 110
108 2026-08-24 3388 110 3389 133 3390 130 3391 77 3392 93
110 2026-08-17 3382 150 3383 147 3384 83 3385 81 3386 74
109 2026-08-10 3376 98 3377 106 3378 117 3379 116
113 2026-08-03 3370 80 3371 201 3372 83 3373 105 3374 119

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
117 2026-08-31 3394 105 3395 129
121 2026-08-24 3388 130 3389 151 3390 110 3391 100 3392 114
114 2026-08-17 3382 150 3383 137 3384 97 3385 90 3386 78
114 2026-08-10 3376 103 3377 124 3378 130 3379 100
111 2026-08-03 3370 103 3371 179 3372 97 3373 95 3374 99

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 115 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).