I’m in court with my own brain—guilty of loving Beast Academy Level 5, which I finished mid‑year, and then I quietly married AoPS Prealgebra and Introduction to Geometry. Daily Alcumus is my stern but fair judge. The routine—a little ritual—grew persistence on multi‑step problems, fluent whole‑number/fraction/decimal computation, confident factoring and early algebraic structure. Mid‑year diagnostics: 100% lesson completion and high end‑of‑unit accuracy. Prealgebra sharpens algebraic manipulation, proportions and problem heuristics; Geometry bulks up spatial reasoning and budding proof practice. Alcumus shows high mastery and fast misconception correction. Verdict: accelerated, sustainable; next—AoPS Algebra and a proofs portfolio, with supportive scheduling plans.