Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mike Harper

TftT NameMike Harper
Solver Typereference
Average Time28:35
SNITCH Correlation0.74

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
82 2026-10-12 29671 97 29672 68
99 2026-10-05 29665 70 29666 65 29667 97 29668 118 29669 147
91 2026-09-28 29660 59 29661 64 29662 173 29663 70
119 2026-09-21 29653 93 29654 116 29655 99 29656 91 29657 196
96 2026-09-14 29647 95 29648 131 29649 81 29650 76 29651 99
124 2026-09-07 29641 97 29642 83 29643 146 29645 172
98 2026-08-31 29635 78 29636 84 29637 78 29638 154

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2026-10-12 29671 124 29672 85
92 2026-10-05 29665 97 29666 81 29667 90 29668 101 29669 94
86 2026-09-28 29660 65 29661 71 29662 131 29663 80
114 2026-09-21 29653 155 29654 113 29655 110 29656 86 29657 109
110 2026-09-14 29647 109 29648 150 29649 102 29650 76 29651 113
109 2026-09-07 29641 96 29642 83 29643 133 29645 127
110 2026-08-31 29635 111 29636 105 29637 79 29638 146

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 118 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).