diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c337c95..50664d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "image",
  "image-compare",
  "rand",
+ "rayon",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f4172be..f4ccf6a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 rand = "0.8"
 image = "0.25"
 image-compare = "0.5.0"
+rayon = "1.11.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 divan = { version = "4.0.2", package = "codspeed-divan-compat" }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e9c5be..c5d095f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@ cargo codspeed run -m walltime
 ```
 
 Note: You can also set the `CODSPEED_RUNNER_MODE` environment variable to `walltime` to avoid passing `-m walltime` every time.
+
+# Sauls Version
diff --git a/src/bfs.rs b/src/bfs.rs
index 487fddc..95f61ac 100644
--- a/src/bfs.rs
+++ b/src/bfs.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::collections::{HashSet, VecDeque};
 
 /// A simple graph represented as an adjacency list
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -27,21 +27,22 @@ impl Graph {
 /// Returns the order in which nodes were visited
 pub fn bfs_naive(graph: &Graph, start: usize) -> Vec<usize> {
     let mut visited = HashSet::new();
-    let mut queue = Vec::new(); // Using Vec instead of VecDeque - intentionally inefficient!
+    // let mut queue = Vec::new(); // Using Vec instead of VecDeque - intentionally inefficient!
+    let mut queue = VecDeque::new();
     let mut result = Vec::new();
 
-    queue.push(start);
+    queue.push_back(start);
     visited.insert(start);
 
     while !queue.is_empty() {
         // remove(0) is O(n) - this makes BFS slow!
-        let node = queue.remove(0);
+        let node = queue.remove(0).expect("node is available");
         result.push(node);
 
         if let Some(neighbors) = graph.adjacency.get(node) {
             for &neighbor in neighbors {
                 if visited.insert(neighbor) {
-                    queue.push(neighbor);
+                    queue.push_back(neighbor);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/dna_matcher.rs b/src/dna_matcher.rs
index d99c90e..19cbb18 100644
--- a/src/dna_matcher.rs
+++ b/src/dna_matcher.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+use rayon::prelude::*;
+
 /// Naive approach: Read the entire file as a string and filter lines
 pub fn naive_dna_matcher(genome: &str, pattern: &str) -> Vec<String> {
     genome
-        .lines()
+        .par_lines()
         .filter(|line| !line.starts_with('>')) // Skip headers
         .filter(|line| line.contains(pattern))
         .map(|s| s.to_string())
diff --git a/src/lut_filters.rs b/src/lut_filters.rs
index a73068c..e6646cf 100644
--- a/src/lut_filters.rs
+++ b/src/lut_filters.rs
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 use image::{ImageBuffer, Rgb, RgbImage};
 
 pub fn apply_brightness_contrast(img: &RgbImage, brightness: i16, contrast: f32) -> RgbImage {
-    naive::apply_brightness_contrast(img, brightness, contrast)
+    saul::apply_brightness_contrast(img, brightness, contrast)
 }
 
 pub fn apply_gamma(img: &RgbImage, gamma: f32) -> RgbImage {
-    naive::apply_gamma(img, gamma)
+    saul::apply_gamma(img, gamma)
 }
 
 pub fn apply_brightness_contrast_gamma(
@@ -32,7 +32,62 @@ pub fn apply_brightness_contrast_gamma(
     gamma: f32,
 ) -> RgbImage {
     let temp_img = apply_brightness_contrast(img, brightness, contrast);
-    naive::apply_gamma(&temp_img, gamma)
+    saul::apply_gamma(&temp_img, gamma)
+}
+
+mod saul {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn create_brightness_contrast_lut(brightness: i16, contrast: f32) -> [u8; 256] {
+        let mut ret = [0; 256];
+        for r in 0..=u8::MAX {
+            let r_float = r as f32;
+            let value = ((r_float - 128.0) * (1.0 + contrast)) + 128.0 + brightness as f32;
+            ret[r as usize] = value.clamp(0.0, 255.0) as u8;
+        }
+        ret
+    }
+
+    /// Apply brightness and contrast with floating-point math per pixel
+    pub fn apply_brightness_contrast(img: &RgbImage, brightness: i16, contrast: f32) -> RgbImage {
+        let (width, height) = img.dimensions();
+        let mut output = ImageBuffer::new(width, height);
+        let lut = create_brightness_contrast_lut(brightness, contrast);
+
+        for (x, y, pixel) in img.enumerate_pixels() {
+            let r = pixel[0] as usize;
+            let g = pixel[1] as usize;
+            let b = pixel[2] as usize;
+            output.put_pixel(x, y, Rgb([lut[r], lut[g], lut[b]]));
+        }
+
+        output
+    }
+
+    fn create_gamma_lut(gamma: f32) -> [u8; 256] {
+        let mut ret = [0; 256];
+        for r in 0..=u8::MAX {
+            let value = (r as f32 / 255.0).powf(1.0 / gamma) * 255.0;
+            ret[r as usize] = value as u8;
+        }
+        ret
+    }
+
+    pub fn apply_gamma(img: &RgbImage, gamma: f32) -> RgbImage {
+        let (width, height) = img.dimensions();
+        let mut output = ImageBuffer::new(width, height);
+        let lut = create_gamma_lut(gamma);
+
+        for (x, y, pixel) in img.enumerate_pixels() {
+            let r = lut[pixel[0] as usize];
+            let g = lut[pixel[1] as usize];
+            let b = lut[pixel[2] as usize];
+
+            output.put_pixel(x, y, Rgb([r, g, b]));
+        }
+
+        output
+    }
 }
 
 mod naive {