diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 517f54ab15..3a29f56859 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -606,6 +606,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test CPU=1 RANGEIFY=1
       # TODO: add more passing tests here
       run: CPU=1 RANGEIFY=1 python3 -m pytest -n auto test/test_tiny.py test/test_rangeify.py test/test_ops.py --durations 20
+    - name: Test CPU=1 RANGEIFY=1 PARTIAL_CONTIG=1
+      run: PARTIAL_CONTIG=1 CPU=1 RANGEIFY=1 python3 -m pytest -n auto test/test_tiny.py test/test_rangeify.py test/test_ops.py --durations 20
 
   testdevectorize:
     name: Linux (devectorize)
diff --git a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
index 315ed45b35..f80efd03b6 100644
--- a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
+++ b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ earliest_rewrites = PatternMatcher([
   # assign only to buffer
   (UPat(Ops.ASSIGN, src=(UPat(GroupOp.All-{Ops.BUFFER}, name="target"), UPat(name="x"))),
    lambda x,target: x if target.base.op is not Ops.BUFFER else None),
+  # contiguous/buffer/copy/assign is already contiguous
+  (UPat(Ops.CONTIGUOUS, name="root", src=(UPat((Ops.CONTIGUOUS, Ops.BUFFER, Ops.COPY, Ops.ASSIGN)),)), lambda root: root.src[0]),
 ])
 
 # 1. add contiguous where we have to
@@ -92,35 +94,29 @@ pm_children = PatternMatcher([
 
 @dataclass
 class RangeifyContext:
-  idx: int = 0
-  regs: int = 0
+  # block on parent until all children have been seen
   seen_children: dict[UOp, dict[int, UOp]] = field(default_factory=dict)
   seen_child: dict[UOp, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
   progress: int = 0
-  children: dict[UOp, list[UOp]]|None = None
+
+  # create ranges
+  range_idx: int = 0
   def new_range(self, s:sint):
-    ret = UOp.range(dtypes.int, s, self.idx)
-    self.idx += 1
+    ret = UOp.range(dtypes.int, s, self.range_idx)
+    self.range_idx += 1
     return ret
 
-def collapse_to_1(shp:tuple[sint, ...], idxs:tuple[UOp, ...]) -> UOp:
+def map_reshape(idx:UOp, r:UOp):
   acc = 1
   to_sum = []
-  for s,src in list(zip(shp, idxs))[::-1]:
+  for s,src in list(zip(idx.shape, idx.src[1:]))[::-1]:
     to_sum.append(acc*src)
     acc *= s
-  return sum(to_sum, start=UOp.const(dtypes.int, 0))
-
-def map_reshape(idx:UOp, r:UOp):
-  mish = collapse_to_1(idx.shape, idx.src[1:])
+  mish = sum(to_sum, start=UOp.const(dtypes.int, 0))
   ret:list[UOp] = []
   for s in r.src[0].shape[::-1]:
-    if resolve(s!=1):
-      # this MOD should limit any ranges outside s
-      ret.append(mish % s)
-      mish //= s
-    else:
-      ret.append(UOp.const(dtypes.int, 0))
+    ret.append(mish % s) # NOTE: simplify will turn this to CONST
+    mish //= s
   tret = ret[0].sink(*ret[1:]).simplify().src[::-1] if len(ret) else ()
   return r.src[0].index(*tret, dtype=idx.dtype, arg=idx.arg)
 
@@ -134,6 +130,7 @@ def map_pad(idx:UOp, r:UOp):
     if resolve(s > 0): where = where & (ret[i] >= s)
     bigwhere = bigwhere & where
     # this is safe but dumb
+    # TODO (S-Lykles): switch to mixed index/valid
     ret[i] = (ret[i] - s).maximum(0).minimum(r.src[0].shape[i]-1)
   # PAD is with 0
   return bigwhere.simplify().where(r.src[0].index(*ret, dtype=idx.dtype, arg=idx.arg), UOp.const(r.dtype, 0))
@@ -232,8 +229,11 @@ def index_child(ctx:RangeifyContext, c:UOp, x:UOp, idx:UOp):
     out_rngs = list(idx.src[1:])
     idx_ranges, end_ranges = ctx.seen_child[c]
     for i,nr in zip(idx_ranges, end_ranges): out_rngs[i] = nr
-  if len(idx_ranges) == 0: return c.index(*out_rngs)
-  return c.index(*out_rngs).bufferize(*end_ranges, arg=x.device).index(*[idx.src[1+i] for i in idx_ranges])
+  # index based on the shared ranges
+  ret = c.index(*out_rngs)
+  # if all ranges aren't the same between children, we have to bufferize
+  if len(idx_ranges) > 0: ret = ret.bufferize(*end_ranges, arg=x.device).index(*[idx.src[1+i] for i in idx_ranges])
+  return ret
 
 def children_gate(ctx:RangeifyContext, idx:UOp, c:UOp):
   if len(ctx.seen_children[c]) != c.arg: raise RuntimeError("all children should have been seen by now")
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ def children_gate(ctx:RangeifyContext, idx:UOp, c:UOp):
 
 def might_end_axis(idx:UOp):
   if idx.arg is None: return None
+  # TODO: write a proper cost function here
   if all(x.op not in {Ops.BUFFER, Ops.CONTIGUOUS, Ops.BUFFERIZE} for x in idx.toposort()): return None
   if all(x.op not in {Ops.REDUCE_AXIS} for x in idx.toposort()): return None
   to_end_axis = []
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ pm_rangeify = pm_mops+PatternMatcher([
   # if we come across this, remove it. it was a CHILD unused in an INDEX
   (UPat(Ops.CHILD, src=(UPat(Ops.CHILDREN, src=(UPat.var("x"),)),)), lambda x: x),
 
-  # CONST (or DEFINE_VAR) can't have axes. remove srcs when we idx
+  # CONST (or DEFINE_VAR) can't have axes. remove srcs when we INDEX it
   (UPat(Ops.INDEX, src=(UPat((Ops.CONST, Ops.DEFINE_VAR), name="c"),)), lambda c: c.replace(src=())),
 
   # handle arg on any op with weight. old endrange stuff
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@ pm_rangeify = pm_mops+PatternMatcher([
 # 3.5 cleanups
 
 # you don't know in the first pass if axes are going to die, this happens if there's an EXPAND to the left
+# TODO: figure out how to reenable this
 def cleanup_dead_axes(b:UOp):
   parents = b.src[0].toposort()
   new_rng = []
@@ -361,9 +363,9 @@ def unbind_kernel(ctx:LocalAddBufferContext, b:UOp):
 
 def handle_assign(ctx:LocalAddBufferContext, assign:UOp):
   buf = assign.as_buf()
-  assert buf not in ctx.map
   # HACK to put the buffer in the MAP instead of MSTACK/MSELECT
   if buf.op in {Ops.MSTACK, Ops.MSELECT}: buf = buf.src[0]
+  assert buf not in ctx.map
   ctx.map[buf] = assign
   return buf
 
@@ -381,8 +383,9 @@ to_define_global = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat(Ops.STORE, name="store").f(Ops.INDEX, allow_any_len=True, name="idx").f(Ops.LOAD),
     lambda store,idx: idx.replace(src=(store.as_buf(),)+idx.src[1:]).load(store)),
 
-  # HACK
-  (UPat(Ops.CONST, name="c"), lambda c: c.replace(src=()) if len(c.src) else None),
+  # HACK in case any CONSTs were replaced
+  # this is only needed if you are using symbolic
+  #(UPat(Ops.CONST, name="c"), lambda c: c.replace(src=()) if len(c.src) else None),
 ])
 
 def split_store(x:UOp):
@@ -396,7 +399,7 @@ def split_store(x:UOp):
 
   # NOTE: the hack for COPY is here
   ret = ret.sink(arg=KernelInfo(name=name)) if ret.src[1].op is not Ops.COPY else ret.src[1]
-  kernel = UOp(Ops.KERNEL, src=tuple(ctx.map.values())+tuple(ctx.vars.keys()), arg=Kernel(ret, ()))
+  kernel = UOp(Ops.KERNEL, src=tuple(ctx.map.values())+tuple(ctx.vars.keys()), arg=Kernel(ret,()))
   return x.as_buf().assign(kernel)
 
 split_kernels = PatternMatcher([