Cool level - I was a little surprised that that actually saves moves over the 2-off I found, but it makes sense after thinking about it for a little. Trying to be clever bit me a bit here.
So funny! I had a good laughing upon winning. I never had a 2 off. I went straight from 4 off to winning.
The "trick" is for me totally counter intuitive! First time I see this type of "seems longer, is shorter".