Why Quick Sort Dominates Among Sorting Algorithms!

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:00]Most sorting algorithms are predictable solutions. Quick sort in particular is very aggressive. It's the fastest insplace sorting algorithm that you have available. And it all comes down towards a single elegant maneuver you can use called partitioning. Let's break down partitioning. The strategy behind it is first starting with a pivot. It can be the first element or the last element or a randomly chosen element within your array. The goal of a pivot is to move every smaller element towards the left of the pivot and everything that's larger than the pivot to the right. Once that's done, the pivot is going to be in the final sorted position within your array. Once you have your pivot set, you can perform partitioning. The secret behind it is that you have two pointers.

[00:00:39]One scans for elements that are smaller than the pivot, and the other keeps track of what exactly they should land.

[00:00:44]When we find a smaller element, we're going to swap it forward. So, by the time you hit the end, the pivot will swap into the middle, effectively splitting the problem with in half. The reason why quicksort is the king algorithm in sorting is because we repeat this recursively for the left and right sides of the list which means that we have an O of N log N average runtime complexity. We also don't have to use any extra memory which is a huge bonus.

[00:01:07]It's the engine behind many standard libraries because it's cache friendly and incredibly fast for modern software development. I'm making more videos like these from my sorting algorithm series.

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