Yea, 2-4-D is a lot faster and easier!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic_acid
At my very first house I spent several hours pulling dandelions and other weeds by hand. A few days later I swear they were re-incarnated.
I went with the chemical option. Better life with chemistry.
That weed puller is a neat wall hangar for display.