Quick SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Hammond

TftT NamePaul Hammond
Solver Typereference
Average Time05:24
SNITCH Correlation0.63

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-10-13 Monday 3118 02:44
2026-05-15 Friday 3302 02:45
2026-08-31 Monday 3394 03:03
2026-05-18 Monday 3304 03:06
2025-09-15 Monday 3094 03:11
2025-11-24 Monday 3154 03:20
2025-04-14 Monday 2962 03:20
2025-07-01 Tuesday 3029 03:23
2023-06-08 Thursday 2413 03:23
2026-03-30 Monday 3262 03:24

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
86 2026-09-14 3406 81 3407 80 3409 98
74 2026-09-07 3400 74
64 2026-08-31 3394 56 3396 73

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
93 2026-09-14 3406 97 3407 87 3409 95
81 2026-09-07 3400 81
87 2026-08-31 3394 84 3396 90

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 54 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Paul Hammond. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).