Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Speedcop2

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time26:33
SNITCH Correlation0.67

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2019-06-24 Monday 27385 03:47
2021-09-10 Friday 28079 04:51
2022-01-11 Tuesday 28184 04:57
2022-06-10 Friday 28313 05:16
2019-06-13 Thursday 27376 05:34
2020-03-19 Thursday 27616 05:54
2019-06-18 Tuesday 27380 06:02
2019-12-20 Friday 27539 06:18
2021-02-16 Tuesday 27902 06:27
2020-01-22 Wednesday 27567 06:36

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
74 2026-07-13 29593 64 29594 86 29595 74
107 2026-07-06 29588 77 29589 106 29591 140
121 2026-06-29 29583 119 29584 124
69 2026-06-22 29575 60 29576 51 29577 97
99 2026-06-15 29573 99
100 2026-06-08 29566 94 29567 106
70 2026-06-01 29560 85 29561 55

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
80 2026-07-13 29593 78 29594 76 29595 88
97 2026-07-06 29588 105 29589 71 29591 115
123 2026-06-29 29583 135 29584 111
92 2026-06-22 29575 96 29576 80 29577 101
98 2026-06-15 29573 98
97 2026-06-08 29566 97 29567 98
77 2026-06-01 29560 82 29561 72

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 34 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Speedcop2. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).