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 Correlation0.62

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
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
84 2026-06-22 3334 85 3335 84
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
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
100 2026-06-22 3334 90 3335 110
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
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

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 112 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).