diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index b3eab66..e43729e 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -18,22 +18,16 @@ std::vector<std::size_t> getReversalsToSort(const std::vector<int> &arr);
  */
 std::vector<std::size_t> getReversalsToSort(const std::vector<int> &arr) {
 
-  // there's a slightly more fancy version of this but who cares
-  // all we need is the elements sorted from least to greatest
-  // sorting to get info might be cheating but eeeeeh it wasn't specified
-  std::vector<int> sorted = arr;
-  std::sort(sorted.begin(), sorted.end());
-
   std::vector<int> intermediate = arr;
   std::vector<std::size_t> ret = {};
 
   // a bit more explicit than necessary but my brain thought it was useful info
-  std::size_t i = intermediate.size();
-  for (auto elem = sorted.rbegin(); elem != sorted.rend(); elem++) {
+  ;
+  for (std::size_t i = intermediate.size(); i > 1; i--) {
 
     // only searching the unsorted elements
     auto found =
-        std::find(intermediate.cbegin(), intermediate.cbegin() + i, *elem);
+        std::max_element(intermediate.cbegin(), intermediate.cbegin() + i);
 
     std::size_t first_swap = found - intermediate.cbegin() + 1;
     std::size_t second_swap = i;
@@ -49,7 +43,6 @@ std::vector<std::size_t> getReversalsToSort(const std::vector<int> &arr) {
         std::reverse(intermediate.begin(), intermediate.begin() + second_swap);
       }
     }
-    i--;
   }
 
   return ret;