diff --git a/libs/algorithm/test/rotate.cpp b/libs/algorithm/test/rotate.cpp
index d4181fba..65a5d550 100644
--- a/libs/algorithm/test/rotate.cpp
+++ b/libs/algorithm/test/rotate.cpp
@@ -24,21 +24,21 @@ namespace testspr {
 			{
 				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::rotate(
 					arr1,
-					sprout::begin(arr1) + 5
+					sprout::begin(arr1) + 4
 					);
 				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
 					rotated,
-					array<int, 10>{{6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}}
+					array<int, 10>{{5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1, 2, 3, 4}}
 					));
 			}
 			{
 				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::fit::rotate(
 					arr1,
-					sprout::begin(arr1) + 5
+					sprout::begin(arr1) + 4
 					);
 				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
 					rotated,
-					array<int, 10>{{6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}}
+					array<int, 10>{{5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1, 2, 3, 4}}
 					));
 			}
 			// rotate
@@ -46,29 +46,29 @@ namespace testspr {
 			{
 				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::rotate(
 					sprout::sub(arr1, 2, 8),
-					sprout::begin(arr1) + 5
+					sprout::begin(arr1) + 4
 					);
 				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
 					rotated,
-					array<int, 6>{{6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 5}}
+					array<int, 6>{{5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4}}
 					));
 				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
 					sprout::get_internal(rotated),
-					array<int, 10>{{1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10}}
+					array<int, 10>{{1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 9, 10}}
 					));
 			}
 			{
 				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::fit::rotate(
 					sprout::sub(arr1, 2, 8),
-					sprout::begin(arr1) + 5
+					sprout::begin(arr1) + 4
 					);
 				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
 					rotated,
-					array<int, 6>{{6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 5}}
+					array<int, 6>{{5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4}}
 					));
 				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
 					sprout::get_internal(rotated),
-					array<int, 10>{{1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10}}
+					array<int, 10>{{1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 9, 10}}
 					));
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/libs/algorithm/test/rotate_copy.cpp b/libs/algorithm/test/rotate_copy.cpp
index 77224c07..0236ab81 100644
--- a/libs/algorithm/test/rotate_copy.cpp
+++ b/libs/algorithm/test/rotate_copy.cpp
@@ -26,25 +26,25 @@ namespace testspr {
 			{
 				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::rotate_copy(
 					sprout::begin(arr1) + 2,
-					sprout::begin(arr1) + 5,
+					sprout::begin(arr1) + 4,
 					sprout::begin(arr1) + 8,
 					arr2
 					);
 				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
 					rotated,
-					array<int, 10>{{6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0}}
+					array<int, 10>{{5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0}}
 					));
 			}
 			{
 				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::fit::rotate_copy(
 					sprout::begin(arr1) + 2,
-					sprout::begin(arr1) + 5,
+					sprout::begin(arr1) + 4,
 					sprout::begin(arr1) + 8,
 					arr2
 					);
 				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
 					rotated,
-					array<int, 6>{{6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 5}}
+					array<int, 6>{{5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4}}
 					));
 			}
 			// rotate in range [2 .. 8)
@@ -52,25 +52,25 @@ namespace testspr {
 			{
 				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::rotate_copy(
 					sprout::begin(arr1) + 2,
-					sprout::begin(arr1) + 5,
-					sprout::begin(arr1) + 8,
+					sprout::begin(arr1) + 4,
+					sprout::begin(arr1) + 7,
 					arr3
 					);
 				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
 					rotated,
-					array<int, 4>{{6, 7, 8, 3}}
+					array<int, 4>{{5, 6, 7, 3}}
 					));
 			}
 			{
 				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::fit::rotate_copy(
 					sprout::begin(arr1) + 2,
-					sprout::begin(arr1) + 5,
-					sprout::begin(arr1) + 8,
+					sprout::begin(arr1) + 4,
+					sprout::begin(arr1) + 7,
 					arr3
 					);
 				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
 					rotated,
-					array<int, 4>{{6, 7, 8, 3}}
+					array<int, 4>{{5, 6, 7, 3}}
 					));
 			}
 			// rotate in range [2 .. 8)
@@ -78,33 +78,119 @@ namespace testspr {
 			{
 				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::rotate_copy(
 					sprout::begin(arr1) + 2,
-					sprout::begin(arr1) + 5,
+					sprout::begin(arr1) + 4,
 					sprout::begin(arr1) + 8,
 					sprout::sub(arr2, 2, 8)
 					);
 				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
 					rotated,
-					array<int, 6>{{6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 5}}
+					array<int, 6>{{5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4}}
 					));
 				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
 					sprout::get_internal(rotated),
-					array<int, 10>{{0, 0, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 5, 0, 0}}
+					array<int, 10>{{0, 0, 5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 0, 0}}
 					));
 			}
 			{
 				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::fit::rotate_copy(
 					sprout::begin(arr1) + 2,
-					sprout::begin(arr1) + 5,
+					sprout::begin(arr1) + 4,
 					sprout::begin(arr1) + 8,
 					sprout::sub(arr2, 2, 8)
 					);
 				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
 					rotated,
-					array<int, 6>{{6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 5}}
+					array<int, 6>{{5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4}}
 					));
 				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
 					sprout::get_internal(rotated),
-					array<int, 10>{{0, 0, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 5, 0, 0}}
+					array<int, 10>{{0, 0, 5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 0, 0}}
+					));
+			}
+
+			// rotate in range [2 .. 8)
+			{
+				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::rotate_copy(
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 2),
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 4),
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 8),
+					arr2
+					);
+				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
+					rotated,
+					array<int, 10>{{5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0}}
+					));
+			}
+			{
+				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::fit::rotate_copy(
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 2),
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 4),
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 8),
+					arr2
+					);
+				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
+					rotated,
+					array<int, 6>{{5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4}}
+					));
+			}
+			// rotate in range [2 .. 8)
+			// overrun from output range
+			{
+				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::rotate_copy(
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 2),
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 4),
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 7),
+					arr3
+					);
+				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
+					rotated,
+					array<int, 4>{{5, 6, 7, 3}}
+					));
+			}
+			{
+				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::fit::rotate_copy(
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 2),
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 4),
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 7),
+					arr3
+					);
+				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
+					rotated,
+					array<int, 4>{{5, 6, 7, 3}}
+					));
+			}
+			// rotate in range [2 .. 8)
+			// to sub range
+			{
+				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::rotate_copy(
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 2),
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 4),
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 8),
+					sprout::sub(arr2, 2, 8)
+					);
+				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
+					rotated,
+					array<int, 6>{{5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4}}
+					));
+				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
+					sprout::get_internal(rotated),
+					array<int, 10>{{0, 0, 5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 0, 0}}
+					));
+			}
+			{
+				SPROUT_STATIC_CONSTEXPR auto rotated = sprout::fit::rotate_copy(
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 2),
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 4),
+					testspr::reduct_forward(sprout::begin(arr1) + 8),
+					sprout::sub(arr2, 2, 8)
+					);
+				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
+					rotated,
+					array<int, 6>{{5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4}}
+					));
+				TESTSPR_BOTH_ASSERT(testspr::equal(
+					sprout::get_internal(rotated),
+					array<int, 10>{{0, 0, 5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 0, 0}}
 					));
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/sprout/algorithm/fixed/rotate_copy.hpp b/sprout/algorithm/fixed/rotate_copy.hpp
index 395fcd78..3b149e9a 100644
--- a/sprout/algorithm/fixed/rotate_copy.hpp
+++ b/sprout/algorithm/fixed/rotate_copy.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ namespace sprout {
 			template<typename RandomAccessIterator, typename Result, sprout::index_t... Indexes>
 			inline SPROUT_CONSTEXPR typename sprout::fixed::results::algorithm<Result>::type
 			rotate_copy_impl_ra(
-				RandomAccessIterator first, RandomAccessIterator middle, RandomAccessIterator last,
+				RandomAccessIterator first, RandomAccessIterator middle,
+				typename sprout::container_traits<Result>::size_type last_half_size,
 				Result const& result,
 				sprout::index_tuple<Indexes...>,
 				typename sprout::container_traits<Result>::difference_type offset,
@@ -41,9 +42,9 @@ namespace sprout {
 					result,
 					sprout::size(result),
 					(Indexes >= offset && Indexes < offset + size && Indexes < offset + input_size
-						? (Indexes < offset + sprout::distance(middle, last)
+						? (Indexes < offset + last_half_size
 							? middle[Indexes - offset]
-							: first[(Indexes - offset) - sprout::distance(first, middle)]
+							: first[(Indexes - offset) - last_half_size]
 							)
 						: *sprout::next(sprout::internal_begin(result), Indexes)
 						)...
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ namespace sprout {
 				)
 			{
 				return sprout::fixed::detail::rotate_copy_impl_ra(
-					first, middle, last,
+					first, middle,
+					sprout::distance(middle, last),
 					result,
 					sprout::container_indexes<Result>::make(),
 					sprout::internal_begin_offset(result),
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ namespace sprout {
 				std::forward_iterator_tag*
 				)
 			{
-				return sprout::fixed::detail::rotate_copy_impl(first, middle, last, result, sprout::size(result));
+				return sprout::fixed::detail::rotate_copy_impl(first, middle, middle, last, result, sprout::size(result));
 			}
 
 			template<typename ForwardIterator, typename Result>