1. A method of ordering intervals rLPS and rMPS of a range to increase speed of decoding a binary symbol (bin) in a binary arithmetic decoder, comprising the steps of: placing rLPS at a bottom of the range; subtracting the rLPS from a provided offset; and comparing the provided offset to the rLPS to determine if the offset is greater than or equal to the rLPS, wherein the steps of subtracting and comparing are performed substantially in parallel, reducing time it takes to decode the bin.