Quick SNITCH

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

Name: philby

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:52
SNITCH Alignment0.92

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
88 2026-01-05 3191 68
118 2025-12-29 3184 85 3185 109 3186 124 3187 119
81 2025-12-22 3178 74 3179 89
110 2025-12-15 3172 89 3175 171 3176 71
109 2025-12-08 3166 84 3167 104
86 2025-12-01 3161 92 3162 70 3163 96

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2026-01-05 3191 75
116 2025-12-29 3184 92 3185 112 3186 115 3187 136
83 2025-12-22 3178 78 3179 89
118 2025-12-15 3172 117 3175 171 3176 68
109 2025-12-08 3166 103 3167 89
100 2025-12-01 3161 117 3162 79 3163 106

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 58 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).