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 Alignment1.34

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
90 2025-12-01 3160 90
106 2025-11-24 3156 107 3157 83
118 2025-11-17 3149 104 3151 143
94 2025-11-10 3143 144 3144 59 3145 63 3146 118
128 2025-11-03 3136 124 3137 77 3138 219 3139 90 3140 149

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2025-12-01 3160 92
112 2025-11-24 3156 127 3157 97
122 2025-11-17 3149 150 3151 127
96 2025-11-10 3143 133 3144 73 3145 76 3146 106
121 2025-11-03 3136 134 3137 80 3138 161 3139 108 3140 129

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 112 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).