More insights on 2 and 5

Posted on October 26, 2026 by matt

Marlon Wilson has done a short giving some good options for combinations 2 and 5. He solves the problems a different way than I do, which I feel offers some added value. I tend to view shutting down decision trees as optimizing techniques, where he tends to be more movement oriented in his optimization, so folks can pick and choose a direction and still get a more optimized technique. Check out his short:

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Now We’re Looking at 3 and 5

Posted on October 25, 2026 by matt

This video includes combinations 3 and 5, mainly because I actually like combination 3 pretty much as is. I give some thoughts on some possible tweaks, but really, that one is good to go. I have a lot to say about combination 5 however, and drop some foreshadowing on combination 35. Sorry things are coming a little more slowly – Chris and I are busy folks!

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Another look at Combination 2

Posted on October 24, 2026 by matt

Some folks are acting like I’m coming out of left field with some of my critiques, but this has been going on for a while – not just from YouTube! comments but from inside the community.

Jim Brassard has strong feelings about the box step in combination 2. I shared the link starting at 1:11 because the video has a particularly long intro.

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