Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Tom Stubbs

TftT NameTom Stubbs
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:55
SNITCH Correlation0.82

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-09-21 Saturday 29028 04:23
2017-07-31 Monday 26791 04:25
2017-02-20 Monday 26653 05:11
2016-04-11 Monday 26383 05:12
2018-10-29 Monday 27181 05:13
2024-12-17 Tuesday 29102 05:19
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 05:26
2021-08-09 Monday 28051 05:32
2022-11-28 Monday 28459 05:34
2017-03-02 Thursday 26662 05:35

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2026-09-28 29659 73 29660 111 29661 89 29662 158 29663 92
116 2026-09-21 29653 78 29654 139 29655 98 29656 119 29657 173
105 2026-09-14 29647 108 29648 88 29649 77 29650 114 29651 90
100 2026-09-07 29641 102 29643 95 29644 83 29645 120
109 2026-08-31 29635 64 29636 84 29637 122 29638 144 29639 138

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
108 2026-09-28 29659 94 29660 123 29661 100 29662 119 29663 105
114 2026-09-21 29653 130 29654 136 29655 108 29656 113 29657 96
109 2026-09-14 29647 124 29648 101 29649 97 29650 114 29651 103
95 2026-09-07 29641 100 29643 87 29644 106 29645 88
109 2026-08-31 29635 91 29636 105 29637 124 29638 137 29639 115

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 127 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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