GenTheSnail
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[time date backround] I switched to zz in something like late feburary of 2016. After my second competition in early may, I was able to transition out of cross f2l, and into full ZZ block builing f2l. I think it was sometime in the summer, as I was breaking into 18.5-19, was when I stopped doing the finger thing since i realized it was a bad idea, and would look stupid in competition.@GenTheThief I do the finger thing too for remembering pieces but some times they are just placed really awkardly and my cube destabilizes; it gets messy. How long do you think you used your fingers to help you? I've been trying to break the need for it by just planning the first four in my head then putting my fingers on whatever bad edges remain.
I think if you have a solid grasp of EO, you should stop with the finger thing as soon as you feel comfortable.
Nowadays, I've encountered most and probably all variations of EO that I instantly have a plan, so no need for fingers.