diff --git a/src/SwarmMakie.jl b/src/SwarmMakie.jl
index ef57751..321e932 100644
--- a/src/SwarmMakie.jl
+++ b/src/SwarmMakie.jl
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module SwarmMakie
 using Makie
 using Random
 import StatsBase:
+    mean,
     Histogram,
     fit,
     UnitWeights
@@ -16,5 +17,6 @@ include("algorithms/simple.jl")
 include("algorithms/seaborn.jl")
 include("algorithms/wilkinson.jl")
 include("algorithms/jitter.jl")
+include("algorithms/simple2.jl")
 
 end
diff --git a/src/algorithms/simple2.jl b/src/algorithms/simple2.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8671366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/algorithms/simple2.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+struct SimpleBeeswarm2 <: BeeswarmAlgorithm
+end
+
+
+function calculate!(buffer::AbstractVector{<: Point2}, alg::SimpleBeeswarm2, positions::AbstractVector{<: Point2}, markersize, side::Symbol)
+    ys = last.(positions)
+    xs = first.(positions)
+
+    for x_val in unique(xs)
+        group = findall(==(x_val), xs)
+        view_ys = view(ys, group)
+        perm = sortperm(view_ys)
+        ys_sorted = view_ys[perm]
+        if isempty(ys_sorted)
+            continue
+        else
+            xs[group] .= simple_beeswarm2(ys_sorted, markersize)[invperm(perm)]
+        end
+    end
+    
+    buffer .= Point2f.(xs .+ first.(positions), last.(positions))
+end
+
+absmin(a, b) = abs(a) < abs(b) ? a : b
+
+covers_zero(a, b) = a <= 0 && b >= 0
+
+function simple_beeswarm2(sorted_ys, markersize)
+    @assert issorted(sorted_ys)
+    xs = zeros(length(sorted_ys))
+
+    ms_squared = markersize ^ 2
+
+    blocked_x_intervals = Tuple{Float64,Float64}[]
+
+    for i in eachindex(sorted_ys)
+        y = sorted_ys[i]
+
+        # store all intervals that the y-adjacent markers are blocking
+        empty!(blocked_x_intervals)
+        backwards_iter = (i-1):-1:1
+        # go backwards through all markers that are overlapping in y
+        for j in backwards_iter
+            delta_y = y - sorted_ys[j]
+            delta_y > markersize && break
+            # compute the x distance between two circles that touch, each is markersize
+            # in diameter and they are delta_y apart vertically, the current marker would have
+            # to be at least that distance away in positive or negative direction
+            blocked_delta_x = sqrt(ms_squared - delta_y ^ 2)
+            blocked_x = xs[j]
+            blocked_x_interval = (blocked_x - blocked_delta_x, blocked_x + blocked_delta_x)
+            push!(blocked_x_intervals, blocked_x_interval)
+        end
+
+        # we want to go through all blocked intervals from left to right and see
+        # if there's a gap between them (a point gap is enough as we've already included
+        # the new marker's size in these blocked intervals)
+        # the point where we'll place the new marker is either right at the edge of one
+        # of these intervals, or it's at zero
+        sort!(blocked_x_intervals)
+
+        # this marker can be placed at zero as it doesn't overlap any of the previous ones in y
+        isempty(blocked_x_intervals) && continue
+
+        if length(blocked_x_intervals) == 1
+            # if there's just one blocked interval, we immediately know what the best value
+            # is and the loop below doesn't apply because it starts at 2
+            only_interval = blocked_x_intervals[]
+            if covers_zero(only_interval...)
+                x_closest_to_zero = absmin(blocked_x_intervals[]...)
+            else
+                x_closest_to_zero = 0.0
+            end
+        else
+            # otherwise our first candidate is the left edge of the first interval
+            x_closest_to_zero = first(blocked_x_intervals)[1]
+        end
+
+        left_interval = first(blocked_x_intervals)
+        for j in 2:length(blocked_x_intervals)
+            right_interval = blocked_x_intervals[j]
+            
+            if right_interval[1] < left_interval[2]
+                # if two adjacent intervals overlap, we merge them together for the
+                # next loop iteration which we directly go to
+                left_interval = (left_interval[1], max(left_interval[2], right_interval[2]))
+                # but if we're at the last interval, we will not see another loop iteration, so
+                # we have to check the last interval for a candidate directly
+                if j == length(blocked_x_intervals) && abs(left_interval[2]) < abs(x_closest_to_zero)
+                    x_closest_to_zero = left_interval[2]
+                end
+                continue
+            else
+                new_candidate_x = if covers_zero(left_interval[2], right_interval[1])
+                    0.0
+                elseif abs(left_interval[2]) < abs(right_interval[1])
+                    left_interval[2]
+                else
+                    right_interval[1]
+                end
+                if abs(new_candidate_x) < abs(x_closest_to_zero)
+                    x_closest_to_zero = new_candidate_x
+                    left_interval = right_interval
+                else
+                    # we can't get closer once our candidates start getting worse
+                    # than the best one we have so far, which means we're going further
+                    # away from zero to the right
+                    break
+                end
+            end
+        end
+        xs[i] = x_closest_to_zero
+    end
+
+    # for better centering, we zero out groups of markers by their mean
+    # where each group is separated from its neighbors
+    # by a gap of at least one markersize (which means they can't collide when moving horizontally)
+    align_group_start = 1
+    for i in eachindex(sorted_ys) .+ 1
+        if (i - 1) == length(sorted_ys) || sorted_ys[i] - sorted_ys[i-1] >= markersize
+            xs[align_group_start:i-1] .-= mean(@view(xs[align_group_start:i-1]))
+            align_group_start = i
+        end
+    end
+
+    return xs
+end
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