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

 

[abunickabhi]

I guess it can be worth it for the clock event!

 

[Puzzle Maniac]

I guess it can be worth it for the clock event!

@Discomantis

 

[Cubing_Grandson]

I guess it can be worth it for the clock event!

And skewb

 

[acrystal]

i wanna be method neutral cuz i suck at 3x3
(CFOP, Roux, OP, CXC1)

 

[gpl_zz]

I main ZZ (sub10 avg), usually solve with APB, Roux, Petrus and very rarily so with CFOP (don't know full OLL yet) and Ceor (still can't plan CPLine grrrr).
I've been doing so because it's really fun to learn other methods and the ones I most liked take to heart and use them depending on the scramble. Still can't call it "method neutral" if my averages in them are all over the place i.e. not on par with ZZ. But just picking up a cstimer session dedicated to that method and solving on it is an amazing experience and just searching for this kind of stuff gives you more genie points ️. But if you plan on focusing in speed it's definetely not worth it, since you'll want to practice all methods you want to use at all times and never give focus to actually getting faster to specific techniques that can be applied only to determined method. So in reality trying to be "method neutral" would only slow you down on the long run.