Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:37
SNITCH Alignment1.17

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
117 2026-01-26 3209 109 3210 108 3211 162
94 2026-01-19 3202 91 3203 144 3204 74 3205 82 3206 81
99 2026-01-12 3197 87 3198 100 3199 68 3200 128
90 2025-12-29 3184 89 3186 91

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2026-01-26 3209 105 3210 93 3211 144
99 2026-01-19 3202 119 3203 127 3204 94 3205 86 3206 72
94 2026-01-12 3197 82 3198 95 3199 75 3200 109
90 2025-12-29 3184 96 3186 85

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 103 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).