Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mike Harper

TftT NameMike Harper
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:07
SNITCH Alignment0.97

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2019-08-27 Tuesday 27440 03:14
2019-09-02 Monday 27445 03:28
2018-12-03 Monday 27211 03:36
2019-09-30 Monday 27469 03:42
2019-09-16 Monday 27457 04:10
2019-07-08 Monday 27397 04:17
2019-04-29 Monday 27337 04:32
2019-04-24 Wednesday 27333 05:08
2019-05-28 Tuesday 27362 05:25
2019-07-01 Monday 27391 05:34

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
176 2026-01-19 29443 95 29445 164 29446 194 29447 252
134 2026-01-12 29437 55 29438 158 29439 101 29440 125 29441 231
97 2026-01-05 29431 66 29432 92 29433 126 29434 104
116 2025-12-29 29427 81 29428 86 29429 182
122 2025-12-22 29420 103 29421 88 29422 176
102 2025-12-15 29413 80 29414 81 29415 123 29416 127
94 2025-12-08 29407 89 29408 111 29409 55 29410 92 29411 126
87 2025-12-01 29401 60 29402 88 29403 69 29404 134

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
146 2026-01-19 29443 104 29445 153 29446 177 29447 150
116 2026-01-12 29437 96 29438 179 29439 93 29440 91 29441 124
107 2026-01-05 29431 82 29432 117 29433 107 29434 122
98 2025-12-29 29427 80 29428 89 29429 126
142 2025-12-22 29420 132 29421 129 29422 167
112 2025-12-15 29413 117 29414 112 29415 108 29416 112
95 2025-12-08 29407 101 29408 90 29409 75 29410 109 29411 104
106 2025-12-01 29401 89 29402 131 29403 100 29404 107

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 116 correct entries

Monthly average times

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