Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: brian.richards1

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time23:31
SNITCH Correlation0.81

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-04-14 Monday 29203 04:42
2025-07-31 Thursday 29296 05:20
2025-03-28 Friday 29189 05:20
2025-12-02 Tuesday 29402 05:39
2025-05-16 Friday 29231 06:09
2025-05-22 Thursday 29236 08:51
2025-08-19 Tuesday 29312 09:40
2025-08-06 Wednesday 29301 10:25
2026-02-19 Thursday 29470 11:06
2026-08-17 Monday 29623 11:42

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
93 2026-10-05 29665 74 29666 90 29668 151
95 2026-09-28 29659 80 29660 82 29661 123
140 2026-09-21 29654 118 29656 81 29657 221
128 2026-09-14 29647 111 29650 180 29651 95
97 2026-09-07 29641 68 29643 123 29645 113
97 2026-08-31 29636 85

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
102 2026-10-05 29665 102 29666 112 29668 130
110 2026-09-28 29659 103 29660 91 29661 138
105 2026-09-21 29654 115 29656 77 29657 123
138 2026-09-14 29647 127 29650 180 29651 109
85 2026-09-07 29641 67 29643 112 29645 83
97 2026-08-31 29636 106

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 51 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for brian.richards1. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).