Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Tom Stubbs

TftT NameTom Stubbs
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:08
SNITCH Correlation0.83

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
85 2026-11-02 29689 85
98 2026-10-26 29683 65 29684 72 29685 100 29686 104 29687 149
115 2026-10-19 29677 91 29678 86 29679 62 29680 93 29681 226
105 2026-10-12 29671 68 29672 73 29673 64 29674 124 29675 241
114 2026-10-05 29665 78 29666 60 29667 113 29668 99 29669 224
107 2026-09-28 29659 73 29660 111 29661 89 29662 158 29663 92

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-11-02 29689 103
110 2026-10-26 29683 110 29684 91 29685 104 29686 116 29687 131
106 2026-10-19 29677 135 29678 101 29679 77 29680 91 29681 132
104 2026-10-12 29671 88 29672 91 29673 70 29674 114 29675 145
104 2026-10-05 29665 108 29666 75 29667 105 29668 85 29669 143
110 2026-09-28 29659 94 29660 123 29661 100 29662 119 29663 105

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 129 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).