Quick SNITCH

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

Name: philby

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time21:36
SNITCH Alignment1.86

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-05-21 Tuesday 2681 08:12
2025-05-27 Tuesday 2999 08:37
2025-04-29 Tuesday 2975 09:20
2025-01-24 Friday 2894 11:12
2025-05-28 Wednesday 3000 11:43
2025-09-18 Thursday 3097 13:24
2025-03-13 Thursday 2935 13:31
2025-10-09 Thursday 3115 13:40
2025-11-10 Monday 3142 13:41
2025-01-25 Saturday 2895 14:08

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
63 2025-11-10 3142 63
86 2025-11-03 3137 95 3138 99 3139 65
72 2025-10-27
95 2025-10-20 3125 90 3127 128 3128 67
95 2025-10-13 3120 77
59 2025-10-06 3115 59
91 2025-09-29 3106 100 3107 68

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
91 2025-11-10 3142 91
84 2025-11-03 3137 98 3138 72 3139 78
78 2025-10-27
103 2025-10-20 3125 111 3127 121 3128 78
94 2025-10-13 3120 86
79 2025-10-06 3115 79
97 2025-09-29 3106 123 3107 81

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 57 correct entries

Monthly average times

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