Maple Leaf Skewb

 I decided to revisit an old puzzle and see if I could solve it. Grabbed the Maple Leaf Skewb. Instead of experimenting with it I just jumped right into a scramble. After fiddling around a teeny bit I decided to consult my notes. I found one brief entry that wasn't very helpful, but it pointed me in the right direction. Or maybe I am just not understanding what I said. Here's what I said in November 2020—

"The Maple Leaf Skewb took me the longest to figure out. I tried various things with varied success, but in the end came up with this strategy:

1. Move the central 3-sided parts to their centers.
2. Move the petals to their centers.
3. Solve the skewb.

You know the skewbish puzzles that have pieces that correspond to the squares of a skewb, only they need to be oriented by flipping sometimes? The algorithm is Up Back Down Switchhands Up Forward Down Replace Up Back Down Switchhands Up Forward Down Goback. When solving the pieces of the center squares I would sometimes want to flip the square. At first I would use the 14-move algorithm for flipping edges/centers of skewbish puzzles. After a while I realized that it wasn't necessary to do the whole thing and I just did half of it. 7 moves. Then I realized there was an easier way that only took 3 moves. Then I stumbled upon a way that is only 2 moves. Sweet. The 2 moves? Up Forward."

Steps 1 and 3 are pretty straightforward. Step 2... well, I ended up using a 3-cycle. (Up Around Down) (Over Around Back) (Up Around Down) (Over Around Back). 

Solved it again. See ya in another couple years. :)