diff --git a/test/null/test_tensor_uop_mixin.py b/test/null/test_tensor_uop_mixin.py
index 02871b7945..9acc456799 100644
--- a/test/null/test_tensor_uop_mixin.py
+++ b/test/null/test_tensor_uop_mixin.py
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ class TestTensorUOpRand(unittest.TestCase):
     bits_uop = UOp.empty((8,), dtype=dtypes.uint32)
     for shape in ((8,), (2, 4), (5,)):
       self.assertIs(Tensor._bits_to_rand(Tensor(bits_uop), shape, dtypes.float32).uop, UOp._bits_to_rand(bits_uop, shape, dtypes.float32))
+  def test_threefry(self):
+    t = _t(4).cast(dtypes.uint64)
+    self.assertIs(t.threefry(t).uop, t.uop.threefry(t.uop))
+  def test_threefry_random_bits(self):
+    key, c0, c1 = UOp.empty((2,), dtype=dtypes.uint32), UOp.arange(4, dtype=dtypes.uint32), UOp.arange(4, dtype=dtypes.uint32)
+    self.assertIs(Tensor._threefry_random_bits(Tensor(key), Tensor(c0), Tensor(c1)).uop, UOp._threefry_random_bits(key, c0, c1))
 
 class TestTensorUOpGather(unittest.TestCase):
   def _check(self, t, dim, idx):
diff --git a/tinygrad/mixin/__init__.py b/tinygrad/mixin/__init__.py
index 37ded556bc..be663c59a4 100644
--- a/tinygrad/mixin/__init__.py
+++ b/tinygrad/mixin/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from tinygrad.mixin.movement import MovementMixin
 from tinygrad.mixin.reduce import ReduceMixin
 from tinygrad.uop import Ops
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import _broadcast_shape, resolve, smax, smin, identity_element
-from tinygrad.dtype import ConstType, DType, DTypeLike, Invalid, InvalidType, PtrDType, PyConst, dtypes, least_upper_dtype, sum_acc_dtype, to_dtype
+from tinygrad.dtype import ConstType, DTypeLike, Invalid, InvalidType, PtrDType, PyConst, dtypes, least_upper_dtype, sum_acc_dtype, to_dtype
 from tinygrad.helpers import all_int, argfix, ceildiv, flatten, flat_to_grouped, fully_flatten, get_shape, make_tuple, prod
 from tinygrad.helpers import resolve_pool_pads, round_up
 
@@ -308,36 +308,6 @@ class OpMixin(ElementwiseMixin, ReduceMixin):
     """
     return self._tri(self.shape[-2], self.shape[-1], diagonal+1).where(self.const_like(0), self)
 
-  # ***** random *****
-
-  @staticmethod
-  def _threefry_random_bits(key, counts0, counts1):
-    x = (counts1.cast(dtypes.uint64) << 32) | counts0.cast(dtypes.uint64)
-    x = x.threefry((key[1]._broadcast_to(x.shape).cast(dtypes.uint64) << 32) | key[0]._broadcast_to(x.shape).cast(dtypes.uint64))
-    return (x & 0xffffffff).cast(dtypes.uint32).cat(((x >> 32) & 0xffffffff).cast(dtypes.uint32))
-
-  @classmethod
-  def random_bits(cls, key:Self, counter:Self, num:int) -> Self:
-    low, high = counter[0:1], counter[1:2]
-    bits = []
-    for i in range(0, num, dtypes.uint32.max):
-      chunk_num = min(num - i, dtypes.uint32.max)
-      c_low = low + (i & 0xffffffff)
-      c_high = high + (i >> 32) + (c_low < low).cast(dtypes.uint32)
-      new_key = cls._threefry_random_bits(key, c_low, c_high)
-      counts0 = cls.arange(ceildiv(chunk_num, 2), dtype=dtypes.uint32)
-      counts1 = counts0 + ceildiv(chunk_num, 2)
-      bits.append(cls._threefry_random_bits(new_key, counts0, counts1)[:chunk_num])
-    return bits[0].cat(*bits[1:])
-
-  @staticmethod
-  def _bits_to_rand(bits, shape:tuple[int, ...], dtype:DType):
-    _, nmant = dtypes.finfo(dtype)
-    uint_dtype = {1: dtypes.uint8, 2: dtypes.uint16, 4: dtypes.uint32, 8: dtypes.uint64}[dtype.itemsize]
-    uint_bits = bits.bitcast(uint_dtype)
-    float_one_bits = uint_bits.const_like(1).cast(dtype).bitcast(uint_dtype)
-    return uint_bits.rshift(dtype.bitsize - nmant).bitwise_or(float_one_bits).bitcast(dtype)[:prod(shape)].sub(1).reshape(shape)
-
   def _pad_constant(self, pX, value:ConstType) -> Self:
     # shrink first for negative pads, then pad with only non-negative values
     pX = tuple((0, 0) if p is None else p for p in pX)
diff --git a/tinygrad/mixin/rand.py b/tinygrad/mixin/rand.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c846830bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tinygrad/mixin/rand.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+from typing import Self
+from tinygrad.dtype import DType, dtypes
+from tinygrad.helpers import ceildiv, prod
+from tinygrad.mixin import OpMixin
+
+
+class RandMixin(OpMixin):
+  @staticmethod
+  def _threefry_random_bits(key, counts0, counts1):
+    x = (counts1.cast(dtypes.uint64) << 32) | counts0.cast(dtypes.uint64)
+    x = x.threefry((key[1]._broadcast_to(x.shape).cast(dtypes.uint64) << 32) | key[0]._broadcast_to(x.shape).cast(dtypes.uint64))
+    return (x & 0xffffffff).cast(dtypes.uint32).cat(((x >> 32) & 0xffffffff).cast(dtypes.uint32))
+
+  @classmethod
+  def random_bits(cls, key:Self, counter:Self, num:int) -> Self:
+    low, high = counter[0:1], counter[1:2]
+    bits = []
+    for i in range(0, num, dtypes.uint32.max):
+      chunk_num = min(num - i, dtypes.uint32.max)
+      c_low = low + (i & 0xffffffff)
+      c_high = high + (i >> 32) + (c_low < low).cast(dtypes.uint32)
+      new_key = cls._threefry_random_bits(key, c_low, c_high)
+      counts0 = cls.arange(ceildiv(chunk_num, 2), dtype=dtypes.uint32)
+      counts1 = counts0 + ceildiv(chunk_num, 2)
+      bits.append(cls._threefry_random_bits(new_key, counts0, counts1)[:chunk_num])
+    return bits[0].cat(*bits[1:])
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def _bits_to_rand(bits, shape:tuple[int, ...], dtype:DType):
+    _, nmant = dtypes.finfo(dtype)
+    uint_dtype = {1: dtypes.uint8, 2: dtypes.uint16, 4: dtypes.uint32, 8: dtypes.uint64}[dtype.itemsize]
+    uint_bits = bits.bitcast(uint_dtype)
+    float_one_bits = uint_bits.const_like(1).cast(dtype).bitcast(uint_dtype)
+    return uint_bits.rshift(dtype.bitsize - nmant).bitwise_or(float_one_bits).bitcast(dtype)[:prod(shape)].sub(1).reshape(shape)
diff --git a/tinygrad/tensor.py b/tinygrad/tensor.py
index 1ba13fc3b1..043eb1292f 100644
--- a/tinygrad/tensor.py
+++ b/tinygrad/tensor.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from tinygrad.helpers import argfix, flatten, prod, all_int, round_up, getenv, f
 from tinygrad.helpers import resolve_pool_pads, IMAGE, FLOAT16, WINO, Metadata, TRACEMETA, is_numpy_ndarray, TracingKey, cpu_profile
 from tinygrad.helpers import suppress_finalizing, disable_gc
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp, Ops, sint, all_metadata, _index_to_concrete_int, Variable, _broadcast_shape
-from tinygrad.mixin import OpMixin
+from tinygrad.mixin.rand import RandMixin
 from tinygrad.schedule import create_linear_with_vars
 from tinygrad.device import Buffer, canonicalize_device
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import run_linear
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def _apply_winograd_matrix(mat, t:Tensor, dims:int) -> Tensor:
   assert isinstance(ret, Tensor), "sum didn't return a Tensor"
   return ret
 
-class Tensor(OpMixin):
+class Tensor(RandMixin):
   """
   A `Tensor` is a multi-dimensional matrix containing elements of a single data type.
 
diff --git a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
index e4b669d600..5ad62ea4ed 100644
--- a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
@@ -135,10 +135,11 @@ class recursive_property(property):
 
 # we import this late so we can use resolve/smax in mixins
 from tinygrad.mixin import OpMixin
+from tinygrad.mixin.rand import RandMixin
 
 # NOTE: this should be frozen, but frozen is slower
 @dataclass(eq=False, slots=True)
-class UOp(OpMixin, metaclass=UOpMetaClass):
+class UOp(RandMixin, metaclass=UOpMetaClass):
   op:Ops
   dtype:DType = dtypes.void
   src:tuple[UOp, ...] = tuple()