diff --git a/pallets/subtensor/src/math.rs b/pallets/subtensor/src/math.rs
index 1abc9ed9b..9aab2c4b5 100644
--- a/pallets/subtensor/src/math.rs
+++ b/pallets/subtensor/src/math.rs
@@ -889,59 +889,48 @@ pub fn weighted_median(
     score: &[I32F32],
     partition_idx: &[usize],
     minority: I32F32,
-    partition_lo: I32F32,
-    partition_hi: I32F32,
+    mut partition_lo: I32F32,
+    mut partition_hi: I32F32,
 ) -> I32F32 {
-    let n = partition_idx.len();
-    if n == 0 {
-        return I32F32::from_num(0);
-    }
-    if n == 1 {
-        return score[partition_idx[0]];
-    }
-    assert!(stake.len() == score.len());
-    let mid_idx: usize = n.saturating_div(2);
-    let pivot: I32F32 = score[partition_idx[mid_idx]];
-    let mut lo_stake: I32F32 = I32F32::from_num(0);
-    let mut hi_stake: I32F32 = I32F32::from_num(0);
-    let mut lower: Vec<usize> = vec![];
-    let mut upper: Vec<usize> = vec![];
-    for &idx in partition_idx {
-        if score[idx] == pivot {
-            continue;
+    let mut current_partition_idx = partition_idx.to_vec();
+    while !current_partition_idx.is_empty() {
+        let n = current_partition_idx.len();
+        if n == 1 {
+            return score[current_partition_idx[0]];
+        }
+        let mid_idx: usize = n.saturating_div(2);
+        let pivot: I32F32 = score[current_partition_idx[mid_idx]];
+        let mut lo_stake: I32F32 = I32F32::from_num(0);
+        let mut hi_stake: I32F32 = I32F32::from_num(0);
+        let mut lower: Vec<usize> = vec![];
+        let mut upper: Vec<usize> = vec![];
+        for &idx in &current_partition_idx {
+            if score[idx] == pivot {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if score[idx] < pivot {
+                lo_stake = lo_stake.saturating_add(stake[idx]);
+                lower.push(idx);
+            } else {
+                hi_stake = hi_stake.saturating_add(stake[idx]);
+                upper.push(idx);
+            }
         }
-        if score[idx] < pivot {
-            lo_stake = lo_stake.saturating_add(stake[idx]);
-            lower.push(idx);
+        if partition_lo.saturating_add(lo_stake) <= minority
+            && minority < partition_hi.saturating_sub(hi_stake)
+        {
+            return pivot;
+        } else if (minority < partition_lo.saturating_add(lo_stake)) && (!lower.is_empty()) {
+            current_partition_idx = lower;
+            partition_hi = partition_lo.saturating_add(lo_stake);
+        } else if (partition_hi.saturating_sub(hi_stake) <= minority) && (!upper.is_empty()) {
+            current_partition_idx = upper;
+            partition_lo = partition_hi.saturating_sub(hi_stake);
         } else {
-            hi_stake = hi_stake.saturating_add(stake[idx]);
-            upper.push(idx);
+            return pivot;
         }
     }
-    if (partition_lo.saturating_add(lo_stake) <= minority)
-        && (minority < partition_hi.saturating_sub(hi_stake))
-    {
-        return pivot;
-    } else if (minority < partition_lo.saturating_add(lo_stake)) && (!lower.is_empty()) {
-        return weighted_median(
-            stake,
-            score,
-            &lower,
-            minority,
-            partition_lo,
-            partition_lo.saturating_add(lo_stake),
-        );
-    } else if (partition_hi.saturating_sub(hi_stake) <= minority) && (!upper.is_empty()) {
-        return weighted_median(
-            stake,
-            score,
-            &upper,
-            minority,
-            partition_hi.saturating_sub(hi_stake),
-            partition_hi,
-        );
-    }
-    pivot
+    I32F32::from_num(0)
 }
 
 /// Column-wise weighted median, e.g. stake-weighted median scores per server (column) over all validators (rows).