Quick SNITCH

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

Name: ian.shepherd

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:50
SNITCH Alignment0.61

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-03-20 Wednesday 2628 11:05
2024-10-07 Monday 2800 11:25
2025-01-25 Saturday 2895 11:44
2025-04-22 Tuesday 2969 11:56
2025-06-10 Tuesday 3011 12:05
2025-06-02 Monday 3004 12:25
2024-08-07 Wednesday 2748 12:28
2024-11-11 Monday 2830 12:29
2025-06-30 Monday 3028 12:41
2024-09-03 Tuesday 2771 12:59

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
63 2025-06-30 3028 63
97 2025-06-23 3023 97
87 2025-06-16 3016 78 3017 105 3019 78
90 2025-06-09 3011 59 3013 80 3014 96
108 2025-06-02 3004 61 3006 109 3008 156

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
91 2025-06-30 3028 91
86 2025-06-23 3023 86
98 2025-06-16 3016 100 3017 103 3019 91
96 2025-06-09 3011 86 3013 86 3014 98
112 2025-06-02 3004 85 3006 104 3008 147

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 98 correct entries

Monthly average times

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