Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Tom Stubbs

TftT NameTom Stubbs
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:21
SNITCH Correlation0.77

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
103 2026-06-29 29581 87 29582 87 29583 95 29584 104 29585 143
112 2026-06-22 29575 79 29576 64 29577 166 29578 118 29579 137
110 2026-06-15 29569 75 29570 63 29571 136 29573 109
91 2026-06-08 29563 48 29564 104 29565 93 29566 125 29567 119
74 2026-06-01 29557 76 29558 94 29559 102 29561 55

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2026-06-29 29581 140 29582 95 29583 107 29584 93 29585 94
129 2026-06-22 29575 127 29576 101 29577 172 29578 132 29579 128
112 2026-06-15 29569 138 29570 85 29571 149 29573 107
109 2026-06-08 29563 100 29564 148 29565 103 29566 130 29567 110
94 2026-06-01 29557 126 29558 117 29559 117 29561 72

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).