Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: brian.richards1

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time23:32
SNITCH Correlation0.65

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-04-14 Monday 29203 04:42
2025-03-28 Friday 29189 05:20
2025-07-31 Thursday 29296 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
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 11:48

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
81 2026-07-27 29605 63 29607 100
78 2026-07-20 29599 78
140 2026-07-13 29594 140
135 2026-07-06 29590 130 29591 141
85 2026-06-29
80 2026-06-01 29557 53 29558 80 29560 109

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2026-07-27 29605 100 29607 108
109 2026-07-20 29599 109
125 2026-07-13 29594 125
114 2026-07-06 29590 112 29591 116
83 2026-06-29
97 2026-06-01 29557 88 29558 100 29560 105

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 47 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).