Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Mike Harper

TftT NameMike Harper
Solver Typereference
Average Time28:05
SNITCH Correlation0.78

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
95 2026-09-14 29647 95
124 2026-09-07 29641 97 29642 83 29643 146 29645 172
98 2026-08-31 29635 78 29636 84 29637 78 29638 154
80 2026-08-24 29629 86 29630 46 29631 64 29632 127
130 2026-08-17 29624 75 29625 130 29626 123 29627 193
97 2026-08-10 29617 84 29618 56 29619 82 29620 103 29621 162
105 2026-08-03 29611 55 29612 95 29613 55 29614 172 29615 150

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-09-14 29647 106
109 2026-09-07 29641 96 29642 83 29643 133 29645 127
110 2026-08-31 29635 111 29636 105 29637 79 29638 146
261 2026-08-24 29629 148 29630 73 29631 711 29632 114
117 2026-08-17 29624 96 29625 136 29626 106 29627 132
112 2026-08-10 29617 113 29618 94 29619 110 29620 96 29621 150
110 2026-08-03 29611 91 29612 126 29613 79 29614 148 29615 107

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 113 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).