Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Hamish.S

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time22:33
SNITCH Correlation0.78

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-01-11 Wednesday 28497 03:54
2024-02-01 Thursday 28828 04:44
2022-08-26 Friday 28379 04:55
2023-06-06 Tuesday 28622 04:59
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 06:59
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 07:40
2024-12-11 Wednesday 29097 07:43
2023-03-27 Monday 28561 07:53
2022-06-13 Monday 28315 07:57
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 08:04

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
78 2026-10-19 29677 80 29678 77
111 2026-10-12 29671 78 29672 89 29673 110 29675 170
138 2026-10-05 29665 62 29666 95 29668 182 29669 213
104 2026-09-28 29659 108 29662 129 29663 65
100 2026-09-21 29654 130 29655 66 29656 104
78 2026-09-14 29647 69 29648 55 29649 72 29650 88 29651 108
121 2026-09-07 29641 100 29643 117 29644 83 29645 186
118 2026-08-31 29635 89 29637 121 29638 119 29639 143

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-10-19 29677 119 29678 88
108 2026-10-12 29671 101 29672 111 29673 120 29675 102
124 2026-10-05 29665 86 29666 118 29668 156 29669 136
101 2026-09-28 29659 140 29662 97 29663 74
99 2026-09-21 29654 127 29655 73 29656 99
89 2026-09-14 29647 79 29648 63 29649 91 29650 88 29651 124
112 2026-09-07 29641 99 29643 107 29644 106 29645 137
120 2026-08-31 29635 127 29637 123 29638 113 29639 120

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 123 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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