as BB said, once you get the hang of making 6 braid challos, it is easy. I used to make 4’s and 6’s when we made bigger challos but now since we don’t eat as much challah, we make smaller ones and its harder to do 4’s and 6’s with smaller challos. so we make 3’s.
and the plus side to that is my 5 year old sister can help get ready for shabbos. we make the ropes, pinch them together and then she braids them. it keeps her busy and out of the way