Coming Up For Air

Believe it or not, I’m not going to say anything about Claude today.

I wrote a post a couple years ago about statistics I tracked while doing daily crossword puzzles. I took a couple years off, but last year I was back at it, this time using a calendar from the New York Times.

The NYT crosswords are supposed to get harder as the week goes on, with Monday being easiest, and weekend ones being the most difficult. I wanted to prove that out, so I noted my average solve time (capped at 30 minutes) on every puzzle, and then computed an average solve time for each day. The results are below:

Lo and behold, my experience aligns perfectly! I thought that was cool.