Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Encota

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:26
SNITCH Alignment1.35

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
2025-06-09 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
2025-05-31 Saturday 3003 03:26
2024-09-02 Monday 2770 03:27

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
117 2025-10-06 3112 101 3113 96 3114 154
91 2025-09-29 3106 105 3107 68 3108 77 3109 82 3110 75
105 2025-09-22 3100 73 3101 151 3102 106 3103 112 3104 86
97 2025-09-15
89 2025-09-08 3089 61 3090 93 3091 110 3092 93
83 2025-09-01 3083 56 3084 105 3086 88

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
130 2025-10-06 3112 113 3113 109 3114 169
92 2025-09-29 3106 129 3107 81 3108 77 3109 78 3110 75
102 2025-09-22 3100 96 3101 158 3102 92 3103 80 3104 86
110 2025-09-15
91 2025-09-08 3089 75 3090 93 3091 119 3092 77
89 2025-09-01 3083 77 3084 97 3086 93

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 123 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).