Quick SNITCH

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

Name: philby

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:25
SNITCH Correlation0.55

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-02-23 Monday 3232 06:58
2024-05-21 Tuesday 2681 08:12
2025-05-27 Tuesday 2999 08:37
2025-04-29 Tuesday 2975 09:20
2026-04-20 Monday 3280 09:50
2026-05-25 Monday 3310 10:15
2026-03-28 Saturday 3261 10:37
2026-03-09 Monday 3244 10:48
2025-01-24 Friday 2894 11:12
2026-06-15 Monday 3328 11:23

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
118 2026-06-22 3334 97
88 2026-06-15 3328 58 3329 118 3330 89
139 2026-06-08 3322 111 3323 123 3324 162 3326 132
68 2026-06-01 3319 68

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
125 2026-06-22 3334 102
101 2026-06-15 3328 85 3329 115 3330 104
141 2026-06-08 3322 124 3323 136 3324 172 3326 130
73 2026-06-01 3319 73

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 68 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).