diff --git a/sprout/algorithm/search_n.hpp b/sprout/algorithm/search_n.hpp
index b9f0244e..36c72664 100644
--- a/sprout/algorithm/search_n.hpp
+++ b/sprout/algorithm/search_n.hpp
@@ -11,11 +11,115 @@
 #include <iterator>
 #include <sprout/config.hpp>
 #include <sprout/iterator/operation.hpp>
-#include <sprout/iterator/value_iterator.hpp>
 #include <sprout/functional/equal_to.hpp>
-#include <sprout/algorithm/search.hpp>
+#include <sprout/tuple.hpp>
+#include <sprout/algorithm/find.hpp>
+#include <sprout/algorithm/find_if.hpp>
 
 namespace sprout {
+	namespace detail {
+		template<typename RandomAccessIterator, typename Size, typename T, typename BinaryPredicate>
+		inline SPROUT_CONSTEXPR RandomAccessIterator
+		search_n_impl_ra(
+			RandomAccessIterator current, RandomAccessIterator last,
+			Size count, T const& value, BinaryPredicate pred,
+			typename std::iterator_traits<RandomAccessIterator>::difference_type len,
+			RandomAccessIterator searched
+			)
+		{
+			return sprout::distance(searched, current) >= count || searched == last ? searched
+				: len == 1 ? pred(*current, value) ? searched
+					: sprout::distance(current, last) > count ? sprout::next(current) : last
+				: sprout::detail::search_n_impl_ra(
+					current + len / 2, last, count, value, pred, len - len / 2,
+					sprout::detail::search_n_impl_ra(
+						current, last, count, value, pred, len / 2, searched
+						)
+					)
+				;
+		}
+		template<typename RandomAccessIterator, typename Size, typename T, typename BinaryPredicate>
+		inline SPROUT_CONSTEXPR typename std::enable_if<
+			sprout::is_constant_distance_iterator<RandomAccessIterator>::value,
+			RandomAccessIterator
+		>::type
+		search_n(
+			RandomAccessIterator first, RandomAccessIterator last, Size count, T const& value, BinaryPredicate pred,
+			std::random_access_iterator_tag*
+			)
+		{
+			return sprout::distance(first, last) < count
+				? last
+				: sprout::detail::search_n_impl_ra(
+					first, last, count, value, pred, sprout::distance(first, last), first
+					)
+				;
+		}
+		template<typename ForwardIterator, typename Size>
+		inline SPROUT_CONSTEXPR ForwardIterator
+		search_n_impl_check(
+			sprout::tuple<ForwardIterator, ForwardIterator, Size> current,
+			ForwardIterator last, Size count
+			)
+		{
+			return sprout::tuples::get<2>(current) == count ? sprout::tuples::get<1>(current) : last;
+		}
+		template<typename ForwardIterator, typename Size, typename T, typename BinaryPredicate>
+		inline SPROUT_CONSTEXPR sprout::tuple<ForwardIterator, ForwardIterator, Size>
+		search_n_impl_1(
+			sprout::tuple<ForwardIterator, ForwardIterator, Size> current,
+			ForwardIterator last, Size count, T const& value, BinaryPredicate pred,
+			typename std::iterator_traits<ForwardIterator>::difference_type n
+			)
+		{
+			typedef sprout::tuple<ForwardIterator, ForwardIterator, Size> type;
+			return sprout::tuples::get<2>(current) == count || sprout::tuples::get<0>(current) == last ? current
+				: n == 1
+				? pred(*sprout::tuples::get<0>(current), value)
+					? type(sprout::next(sprout::tuples::get<0>(current)), sprout::tuples::get<1>(current), sprout::tuples::get<2>(current) + 1)
+					: type(sprout::next(sprout::tuples::get<0>(current)), sprout::next(sprout::tuples::get<0>(current)), 0)
+				: sprout::detail::search_n_impl_1(
+					sprout::detail::search_n_impl_1(
+						current,
+						last, count, value, pred, n / 2
+						),
+					last, count, value, pred, n - n / 2
+					)
+				;
+		}
+		template<typename ForwardIterator, typename Size, typename T, typename BinaryPredicate>
+		inline SPROUT_CONSTEXPR sprout::tuple<ForwardIterator, ForwardIterator, Size>
+		search_n_impl(
+			sprout::tuple<ForwardIterator, ForwardIterator, Size> current,
+			ForwardIterator last, Size count, T const& value, BinaryPredicate pred,
+			typename std::iterator_traits<ForwardIterator>::difference_type n
+			)
+		{
+			return sprout::tuples::get<2>(current) == count || sprout::tuples::get<0>(current) == last ? current
+				: sprout::detail::search_n_impl(
+					sprout::detail::search_n_impl_1(
+						current,
+						last, count, value, pred, n
+						),
+					last, count, value, pred, n * 2
+					)
+				;
+		}
+		template<typename ForwardIterator, typename Size, typename T, typename BinaryPredicate>
+		inline SPROUT_CONSTEXPR ForwardIterator
+		search_n(
+			ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last, Size count, T const& value, BinaryPredicate pred,
+			std::forward_iterator_tag*
+			)
+		{
+			typedef sprout::tuple<ForwardIterator, ForwardIterator, Size> type;
+			return sprout::detail::search_n_impl_check(
+				sprout::detail::search_n_impl(type(first, first, 0), last, count, value, pred, 1),
+				last, count
+				)
+				;
+		}
+	}
 	// 25.2.13 Search
 	//
 	//	recursion depth:
@@ -24,19 +128,17 @@ namespace sprout {
 	template<typename ForwardIterator, typename Size, typename T, typename BinaryPredicate>
 	inline SPROUT_CONSTEXPR ForwardIterator
 	search_n(ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last, Size count, T const& value, BinaryPredicate pred) {
-		typedef sprout::value_iterator<T const&> iterator;
-		typedef typename std::iterator_traits<iterator>::difference_type difference_type;
-		return sprout::search(
-			first, last,
-			iterator(value, static_cast<difference_type>(count)), iterator(value, 0),
-			pred
-			);
+		typedef typename std::iterator_traits<ForwardIterator>::iterator_category* category;
+		return count == 0 ? last : count == 1 ? sprout::find_if(first, last, sprout::bind2nd(pred, value))
+			: sprout::detail::search_n(first, last, count, value, pred, category());
 	}
 
 	template<typename ForwardIterator, typename Size, typename T>
 	inline SPROUT_CONSTEXPR ForwardIterator
 	search_n(ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last, Size count, T const& value) {
-		return sprout::search_n(first, last, count, value, sprout::equal_to<>());
+		typedef typename std::iterator_traits<ForwardIterator>::iterator_category* category;
+		return count == 0 ? last : count == 1 ? sprout::find(first, last, value)
+			: sprout::detail::search_n(first, last, count, value, sprout::equal_to<>(), category());
 	}
 }	// namespace sprout