Is Being Method Neutral Worth It?

[Averageof12]

Basically just the title. Is it worth it to be method neutral on 3x3?
As in, if you practiced a few methods, then if you saw a good case, you would use the best method for that scramble. Do you think this is worth it?

 

[ProStar]

Good discussion about this:

Does method neutral on 3x3 worth it?

so I think I’m going to become a method neutral 3x3 solver like Tao Yu and Andrew Nathenson. depends on the scrambles if its good for CFOP,Roux,ZZ,Petrus,Freefop,NMP. So I want to know if this would be a good idea and what people’s opinions are.Thanks!

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[SkewbIsTheBestEvent]

Basically just the title. Is it worth it to be method neutral on 3x3?
As in, if you practiced a few methods, then if you saw a good case, you would use the best method for that scramble. Do you think this is worth it?

I don't think so, because picking which method to do adds more time in inspection, so you will have less time to plan more in inspection.

 

[PapaSmurf]

Depends on how you define method neutral. Between CFOP and ZZ (maybe think CFOP with EO stuff or ZZ where you don't always do EO), yes. Between Roux and CFOP, a lot more difficult and probably no. For more reading, see this thread (this is shameless self promotion).

 

[Spencer131]

I personally would not recommend method neutrality, for the same reason I don't recommend color neutrality

in theory, the benefit of having more options is you can choose the best start during inspection

the downside is, it takes time out of inspection to decide a path. it's better to inspect deeply, like in cfop to plan out 1, 2, or even 3 pairs. inspecting deeply is much more impactful than shaving off 1 move from your cross