There are ABSOLUTELY more optimal ways to escalate. I’ll very roughly break down the principles I follow

1. Create shitload of sexual tension with strong eye contact and sexual vibe.

2. Touch a lot before “going for it”, I will always touch a girls knee, brush past her hair, get close and then pull back do a whole bunch of things like that to establish a lot of physical touch before “going for it”

3. Leverage her kinks. I can read Girls quite well and also test for Just how submissive she is and whether she will want to be choked hard and called a dirty slut or a more gentle experience then I follow that route

4. most of time I go for makeout, but def not all. I keep it brief and intense and then start moving down her body. Spending lot of Time kissing her neck and collarbone, getting her Mad horny

5. Pull shirt Down (i don’t try to take off here because that could cause pushback and I want it to be as smooth as possible) and suck on her tits. If she’s the submissive type I choke her lightly while sucking on her tits

6. Kiss Down her body and make way to pussy. Again, I want it smooth so I just pull panties to side and kiss her pussy. After a few min, she is super horny and I take her pants off and eat her out

7. I get the girl semi close to orgasms (but almost never let her cum, because once she dies there’s a chance she gets what she wants and doesn’t fuck so I get her close, spiking compliance through roof)

8. take my cock out and have her either jerk it off or suck it

9. I’m about the yolo life so typically I just try to fuck her without a condom at this point (unless I think she’s a real ho). If she stops me, I agree and put a condom on and smash

HOWEVER

Almost none of my lays go exactly like this. There are always some variations. For instance, with a girl who is a hard brat, I won’t makeout at all before sex. I will tease the shit out of her. Then take my cock out and pull her face in, having her cock in my mouth is the submission green light that will make smashing easy
Then with Lmr and objections I will act based on how the situation calls for. I think that there are general principles with escalating that everyone should follow like

1. Creating sexual tension
2. not getting stuck on make out
3. smooth transitions
4. getting Girl as horny as possible
5. leveraging kinks
6. etc etc

BUT Having too rigid of a plan will Just cause you to get stifled and create an awkward vibe of worse cause you to fail to act. Every man needs to develop that closing intuition where they can improvise and adapt to the situation. Also, it needs to feel natural and normal, like you are a man who is driven by hormones and desire not his logical mind