diff --git a/cache.go b/cache.go
index 1c16974f9..b03e4951c 100644
--- a/cache.go
+++ b/cache.go
@@ -369,12 +369,6 @@ type Pair struct {
 	Count uint64 `json:"count"`
 }
 
-func (pair Pair) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	buffer := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	_, err := buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(`{"count":%v,"id":%v,"key":"%v"}`, pair.Count, pair.ID, pair.Key))
-	return buffer.Bytes(), err
-}
-
 // PairField is a Pair with its associated field.
 type PairField struct {
 	Pair  Pair
@@ -567,47 +561,7 @@ func (p *PairsField) ToRows(callback func(*pb.RowResponse) error) error {
 // MarshalJSON marshals PairsField into a JSON-encoded byte slice,
 // excluding `Field`.
 func (p PairsField) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	return json.Marshal(SortedPairs(p.Pairs))
-}
-
-type SortedPairs []Pair
-
-func (sortPair SortedPairs) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	sort.Slice(sortPair, func(i, j int) bool {
-		if sortPair[j].Count == sortPair[i].Count {
-			if sortPair[j].Key != "" {
-				return sortPair[j].Key < sortPair[i].Key
-			}
-			return sortPair[j].ID < sortPair[i].ID
-		}
-		return sortPair[j].Count < sortPair[i].Count
-	})
-	buffer := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	_, err := buffer.Write([]byte("["))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	for i, pair := range sortPair {
-		jsonValue, err := json.Marshal(pair)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if i != 0 {
-			_, err = buffer.Write([]byte(","))
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-		}
-		_, err = buffer.Write(jsonValue)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-	_, err = buffer.Write([]byte("]"))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return buffer.Bytes(), nil
+	return json.Marshal(p.Pairs)
 }
 
 // int64Slice represents a sortable slice of int64 numbers.
diff --git a/cmd/random-query/main.go b/cmd/random-query/main.go
index 4bb0962d1..d218c63f2 100644
--- a/cmd/random-query/main.go
+++ b/cmd/random-query/main.go
@@ -212,18 +212,15 @@ NewSetup:
 		pql, err := cfg.GenQuery(index)
 		panicOn(err)
 
+		if cfg.Verbose {
+			fmt.Printf("pql = '%v'\n", pql)
+		}
+
 		// Query node0.
 		res, err := cli.Query(ctx, index, &pilosa.QueryRequest{Index: index, Query: pql})
-		colorReset := "\033[0m"
 		if err != nil {
-			colorRed := "\033[31m"
-			colorCyan := "\033[36m"
-			AlwaysPrintf("\n%vDIFF%v queries before this=%v;\nPQL=%v%v%v\nerr='%v'", colorRed, colorReset, loops, colorCyan, pql, colorReset, err)
-		} else {
-			colorYellow := "\033[33m"
-			if cfg.Verbose {
-				fmt.Printf("pql = %v%v%v\n", colorYellow, pql, colorReset)
-			}
+			AlwaysPrintf("QUERY FAILED! queries before this=%v; err = '%v', pql='%v'", loops, err, pql)
+			return err
 		}
 		if cfg.VeryVerbose {
 			fmt.Printf("success on pql = '%v'; res='%v'\n", pql, res.Results[0])
@@ -377,26 +374,7 @@ func (cfg *RandomQueryConfig) Setup(api API) (err error) {
 				}
 			case "int":
 				foundIntField = true
-				minPQL := fmt.Sprintf("Min(field=%v)", fld.Name)
-				resp, err := api.Query(ctx, ii.Name, &pilosa.QueryRequest{Index: ii.Name, Query: minPQL})
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				min := resp.Results[0]
-				maxPQL := fmt.Sprintf("Max(field=%v)", fld.Name)
-				resp, err = api.Query(ctx, ii.Name, &pilosa.QueryRequest{Index: ii.Name, Query: maxPQL})
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				max := resp.Results[0]
-				m := pql.Decimal{}
-				x := pql.Decimal{}
-				m.Scale = fld.Options.Scale
-				m.Value = min.(pilosa.ValCount).Val
-				x.Value = max.(pilosa.ValCount).Val
-				x.Scale = fld.Options.Scale
-
-				cfg.AddIntField(ii.Name, fld.Name, m, x, fld.Options.Scale, fld.Options.Type == "decimal")
+				fallthrough // I bet you thought you'd never see this used
 			case "decimal":
 				cfg.AddIntField(ii.Name, fld.Name, fld.Options.Min, fld.Options.Max, fld.Options.Scale, fld.Options.Type == "decimal")
 			default:
@@ -525,10 +503,8 @@ func (cfg *RandomQueryConfig) GenTree(index string, depth int) (tr *Tree) {
 	tr = &Tree{S: f}
 	numChild := 2
 	switch f {
-	case "Union", "Intersect":
+	case "Union", "Intersect", "Xor":
 		numChild = cfg.Rnd.Intn(8) + 2
-	case "Xor":
-		numChild = cfg.Rnd.Intn(2) + 1
 	case "Not":
 		numChild = 1
 	case "Difference":
diff --git a/executor.go b/executor.go
index 1db8fde7d..0e869ff64 100644
--- a/executor.go
+++ b/executor.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package pilosa
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
@@ -3163,16 +3162,6 @@ type FieldRow struct {
 	Value  *int64 `json:"value,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func (p FieldRow) Less(o FieldRow) bool {
-	if p.Field == o.Field {
-		if p.RowKey != "" {
-			return p.RowKey < o.RowKey
-		}
-		return p.RowID < o.RowID
-	}
-	return p.Field < o.Field
-}
-
 func (fr *FieldRow) Clone() (clone *FieldRow) {
 	clone = &FieldRow{
 		Field:  fr.Field,
@@ -3339,7 +3328,7 @@ func (g *GroupCounts) ToRows(callback func(*pb.RowResponse) error) error {
 // customizes the JSON output of the aggregate field label.
 func (g *GroupCounts) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	groups := g.Groups()
-	var counts interface{} = SortedGroupCount(groups)
+	var counts interface{} = groups
 
 	if len(groups) == 0 {
 		return []byte("[]"), nil
@@ -3353,50 +3342,6 @@ func (g *GroupCounts) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(counts)
 }
 
-type SortedGroupCount []GroupCount
-
-// Provides determanistic ordering for the JSON output
-func (sortgroup SortedGroupCount) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	sort.Slice(sortgroup, func(i, j int) bool {
-		if sortgroup[j].Count == sortgroup[i].Count {
-			for x := range sortgroup[j].Group {
-				if sortgroup[j].Group[x] == sortgroup[i].Group[x] {
-					continue
-				}
-				return sortgroup[j].Group[x].Less(sortgroup[i].Group[x])
-			}
-
-		}
-		return sortgroup[j].Count < sortgroup[i].Count
-	})
-	buffer := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	_, err := buffer.Write([]byte("["))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	for i, groupCount := range sortgroup {
-		jsonValue, err := json.Marshal(groupCount)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if i != 0 {
-			_, err = buffer.Write([]byte(","))
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-		}
-		_, err = buffer.Write(jsonValue)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-	_, err = buffer.Write([]byte("]"))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return buffer.Bytes(), nil
-}
-
 // GroupCount represents a result item for a group by query.
 type GroupCount struct {
 	Group []FieldRow `json:"group"`
@@ -3404,32 +3349,6 @@ type GroupCount struct {
 	Agg   int64      `json:"-"`
 }
 
-// comparing json structures in the oracle demand that map values have a consistent order
-// docs say it should be lexigraphically but experimentation proved otherwise int the
-// groupcount state
-func (group GroupCount) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	// TODO(twg) figure out how to access struct tags from code
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	sort.Slice(group.Group, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return group.Group[i].Field < group.Group[j].Field
-	})
-
-	//write the Counts
-	buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(`{"count": %v,`, group.Count))
-	//write the Groups
-	buf.WriteString(`"group":[`)
-	for i, g := range group.Group {
-		part, _ := g.MarshalJSON()
-		if i != 0 {
-			buf.Write([]byte(","))
-		}
-		buf.Write(part)
-	}
-
-	buf.WriteString("]}")
-	return buf.Bytes(), nil
-}
-
 type groupCountSum struct {
 	Group []FieldRow `json:"group"`
 	Count uint64     `json:"count"`
@@ -3926,43 +3845,6 @@ type ExtractedTableColumn struct {
 	Rows   []interface{} `json:"rows"`
 }
 
-func (etc ExtractedTableColumn) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	buf.WriteString(`{"column":`)
-	b, _ := etc.Column.MarshalJSON()
-	buf.Write(b)
-	buf.WriteString(`,"rows":[`)
-	for i, row := range etc.Rows {
-		if i != 0 {
-			buf.WriteByte(44) //write a comma
-		}
-		buf.WriteString(`[`)
-		switch v := row.(type) {
-		case []string:
-			sort.Slice(v, func(i, j int) bool {
-				return v[i] < v[j]
-			})
-			for si, s := range v {
-				if si != 0 {
-					buf.WriteByte(44) //write a comma
-				}
-				buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(`"%v"`, s))
-			}
-		case []uint64:
-			for si, s := range v {
-				if si != 0 {
-					buf.WriteByte(44) //write a comma
-				}
-				buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(`%v`, s))
-			}
-		}
-		buf.WriteString(`]`)
-
-	}
-	buf.WriteString(`]}`)
-	return buf.Bytes(), nil
-}
-
 type ExtractedTable struct {
 	Fields  []ExtractedTableField  `json:"fields"`
 	Columns []ExtractedTableColumn `json:"columns"`
@@ -7525,21 +7407,6 @@ type ValCount struct {
 	Count      int64        `json:"count"`
 }
 
-func (vc ValCount) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	nullOrVal := "null"
-	if vc.DecimalVal != nil {
-		nullOrVal = fmt.Sprintf("%v", vc.DecimalVal)
-	}
-	_, err := buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(`{
-	               "count": %v,
-	               "decimalValue": %v,
-	               "floatValue": %v,
-	               "value":%v 
-	         }`, vc.Count, nullOrVal, vc.FloatVal, vc.Val))
-	return buf.Bytes(), err
-}
-
 func (v *ValCount) Clone() (r *ValCount) {
 	r = &ValCount{
 		Val:      v.Val,
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0ecb42c4a..831cfd30e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.1.0
 	github.com/prometheus/prom2json v1.3.0
 	github.com/rakyll/statik v0.1.7
+	github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20190728182440-6a916e37a237 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.20.11
@@ -51,12 +52,12 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.3.1-0.20200828183125-ce943fd02449
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200822124328-c89045814202 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20200625203802-6e8e738ad208
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201214095126-aec9a390925b // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.28.0
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
-	modernc.org/mathutil v1.2.2
+	modernc.org/mathutil v1.0.0
 	modernc.org/strutil v1.0.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 // indirect
 	vitess.io/vitess v3.0.0-rc.3.0.20190602171040-12bfde34629c+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f36d9b043..e089dba6b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRF
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190924025748-f65c72e2690d/go.mod h1:rBZYJk541a8SKzHPHnH3zbiI+7dagKZ0cgpgrD7Fyho=
 github.com/armon/circbuf v0.0.0-20150827004946-bbbad097214e/go.mod h1:3U/XgcO3hCbHZ8TKRvWD2dDTCfh9M9ya+I9JpbB7O8o=
+github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da h1:8GUt8eRujhVEGZFFEjBj46YV4rDjvGrNxb0KMWYkL2I=
 github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da/go.mod h1:Q73ZrmVTwzkszR9V5SSuryQ31EELlFMUz1kKyl939pY=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/beevik/ntp v0.3.0 h1:xzVrPrE4ziasFXgBVBZJDP0Wg/KpMwk2KHJ4Ba8GrDw=
@@ -48,7 +49,9 @@ github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven v0.0.0-20190809214429-80d97fb3cbaa h1:OaNxuTZr
 github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven v0.0.0-20190809214429-80d97fb3cbaa/go.mod h1:zn76sxSg3SzpJ0PPJaLDCu+Bu0Lg3sKTORVIj19EIF8=
 github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd h1:qMd81Ts1T2OTKmB4acZcyKaMtRnY5Y44NuXGX2GFJ1w=
 github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd/go.mod h1:sE/e/2PUdi/liOCUjSTXgM1o87ZssimdTWN964YiIeI=
+github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2 h1:wZwiHHUieZCquLkDL0B8UhzreNWsPHooDAG3q34zk0s=
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=
+github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.13+incompatible h1:8F3hqu9fGYLBifCmRCJsicFqDx/D68Rt3q1JMazcgBQ=
 github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.13+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc32PjwdhPthX9715RE=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.2.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3EedlOD2RNk=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0 h1:wkHLiw0WNATZnSG7epLsujiMCgPAc9xhjJ4tgnAxmfM=
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.m
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1mIlRU8Am5FuJP05cCM98=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7 h1:IXs+QLmnXW2CcXuY+8Mzv/fWEsPGWxqefPtCP5CnV9I=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
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 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9/go.mod h1:znqG4EE+3YCdAaPaxE2ZRY/06pZUdp0tY4IgpuI1SZQ=
@@ -138,28 +142,39 @@ github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.0/go.mod h1:1lud6UwP+6orDFRuTfBEV8e9/aOM/c4fVVCaMa2z
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v0.0.0-20170926233335-4201258b820c/go.mod h1:E7qHFY5m1UJ88s3WnNqhKjPHQ0heANvMoAMk2YaljkQ=
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+github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.0.0 h1:Iju5GlWwrvL6UBg4zJJt3btmonfrMlCDdsejg4CZE7c=
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diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index c9d6fa1d2..ade7c9c26 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package pilosa
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/v2/tracing"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -99,56 +98,6 @@ func (resp *QueryResponse) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	})
 }
 
-// used in the oracle, orders keys lexigraphically
-func (resp *QueryResponse) Equals(other *QueryResponse) bool {
-	other.Sort()
-	resp.Sort()
-
-	a, err := resp.MarshalJSON()
-	panicOn(err)
-	b, err := other.MarshalJSON()
-	panicOn(err)
-	return string(a) == string(b)
-
-}
-
-// SortIfIsRowIdentifiers forces a certain order of rowkeys so that the sauron
-// tool gets comparable results
-func SortIfIsRowIdentifiers(i interface{}) (bool, interface{}) {
-	if m, ok := i.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
-		it, ok := m["keys"]
-		if ok {
-			items := it.([]interface{})
-			if len(items) > 0 {
-				sort.Slice(items, func(p, q int) bool {
-					return items[p].(string) < items[q].(string)
-				})
-				return true, items
-				//return true, ToGenericArray(sitems)
-			}
-		}
-
-	}
-	return false, nil
-}
-
-// TODO (twg) probably going to get fancy here but hardcode to test idea
-func (resp *QueryResponse) Sort() bool {
-	modified := false
-	if resp == nil || resp.Results == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	for i, result := range resp.Results {
-		sorted, results := SortIfIsRowIdentifiers(result)
-		if sorted {
-			resp.Results[i] = results
-			modified = true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return modified
-}
-
 // Handler is the interface for the data handler, a wrapper around
 // Pilosa's data store.
 type Handler interface {
diff --git a/server/handler_test.go b/server/handler_test.go
index 1bf507452..ccd3c5b03 100644
--- a/server/handler_test.go
+++ b/server/handler_test.go
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ func TestHandler_Endpoints(t *testing.T) {
 		h.ServeHTTP(w, test.MustNewHTTPRequest("POST", "/index/i0/query", strings.NewReader(`TopN(f0, n=2)`)))
 		if w.Code != gohttp.StatusOK {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected status code: %d", w.Code)
-		} else if body := w.Body.String(); body != `{"results":[[{"count":3,"id":30,"key":""},{"count":1,"id":31,"key":""}]]}`+"\n" {
+		} else if body := w.Body.String(); body != `{"results":[[{"id":30,"key":"","count":3},{"id":31,"key":"","count":1}]]}`+"\n" {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected body: %q", body)
 		}
 	})