@dnzundah I've tried maintenance recomping for 5 months at 167cm 69.3kg around 17% body fat according to my smart scale (take that figure with a grain of salt. But I do have lower Abdominal fat and lack vascularity. So I don't think my bf% was low.) And barely noticed much change in my physique. If at all (though I wasn't diligent with taking progress pics). Maybe I was just impatient.
But when you are cutting and bulking, you at least feel like you're accomplishing something and not spinning your wheels. Because the results come sooner. If you drop 1 lb/week, you will lose fat. If you gain even just 1 lb/month, you will gain muscle if you train properly.
That said at 16, you're still growing, you're too young to cut I think. So maybe you should try a maintenance recomp for now.