diff --git a/vortex-cuda/src/kernel/patches/types.rs b/vortex-cuda/src/kernel/patches/types.rs
index 2e6d429bb23..80c38c34cd8 100644
--- a/vortex-cuda/src/kernel/patches/types.rs
+++ b/vortex-cuda/src/kernel/patches/types.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 use vortex::buffer::Buffer;
 use vortex::buffer::BufferMut;
-use vortex::buffer::buffer_mut;
 use vortex_array::Canonical;
 use vortex_array::buffer::BufferHandle;
 use vortex_array::dtype::IntegerPType;
@@ -40,19 +39,6 @@ const fn patch_lanes<V: Sized>() -> usize {
     if size_of::<V>() < 8 { 32 } else { 16 }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
-struct Chunk<V> {
-    lanes: Vec<Lane<V>>,
-}
-
-impl<V: Copy + Default> Default for Chunk<V> {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            lanes: vec![Lane::<V>::default(); patch_lanes::<V>()],
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// A set of patches of values `V` existing in host buffers.
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 pub struct HostPatches<V> {
@@ -122,23 +108,6 @@ impl<V: Copy> HostPatches<V> {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
-struct Lane<V> {
-    indices: Vec<u16>,
-    values: Vec<V>,
-}
-
-impl<V: Copy> Lane<V> {
-    fn push(&mut self, index: u16, value: V) {
-        self.indices.push(index);
-        self.values.push(value);
-    }
-
-    fn len(&self) -> usize {
-        self.indices.len()
-    }
-}
-
 /// Transpose a set of patches from the default sorted layout into the data parallel layout.
 #[allow(clippy::cognitive_complexity)]
 pub async fn transpose_patches(
@@ -180,8 +149,8 @@ pub async fn transpose_patches(
 
 #[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
 fn transpose<I: IntegerPType, V: NativePType>(
-    indices: &[I],
-    values: &[V],
+    indices_in: &[I],
+    values_in: &[V],
     offset: usize,
     array_len: usize,
 ) -> HostPatches<V> {
@@ -193,30 +162,56 @@ fn transpose<I: IntegerPType, V: NativePType>(
     );
 
     let n_lanes = patch_lanes::<V>();
-    let mut chunks: Vec<Chunk<V>> = vec![Chunk::default(); n_chunks];
 
-    // For each chunk, for each lane, push new values
-    for (index, &value) in std::iter::zip(indices, values) {
+    // We know upfront how many indices and values we'll have.
+    let mut indices_buffer = BufferMut::with_capacity(indices_in.len());
+    let mut values_buffer = BufferMut::with_capacity(values_in.len());
+
+    // number of patches in each chunk.
+    let mut lane_offsets: BufferMut<u32> = BufferMut::zeroed(n_chunks * n_lanes + 1);
+
+    // Scan the index/values once to get chunk/lane counts
+    for index in indices_in {
         let index = index.as_() - offset;
+        let chunk = index / 1024;
+        let lane = index % n_lanes;
+
+        lane_offsets[chunk * n_lanes + lane + 1] += 1;
+    }
 
+    // Prefix-sum sizes -> offsets
+    for index in 1..lane_offsets.len() {
+        lane_offsets[index] += lane_offsets[index - 1];
+    }
+
+    // Loop over patches, writing them to final positions
+    let indices_out = indices_buffer.spare_capacity_mut();
+    let values_out = values_buffer.spare_capacity_mut();
+    for (index, &value) in std::iter::zip(indices_in, values_in) {
+        let index = index.as_() - offset;
         let chunk = index / 1024;
         let lane = index % n_lanes;
 
-        chunks[chunk].lanes[lane].push((index % 1024) as u16, value);
+        let position = &mut lane_offsets[chunk * n_lanes + lane];
+        indices_out[*position as usize].write((index % 1024) as u16);
+        values_out[*position as usize].write(value);
+        *position += 1;
     }
 
-    // Reshuffle the different containers into a single contiguous buffer each for indices/values
-    let mut lane_offset = 0;
-    let mut lane_offsets = buffer_mut![0u32];
-    let mut indices_buffer = BufferMut::empty();
-    let mut values_buffer = BufferMut::empty();
-    for chunk in chunks {
-        for lane in chunk.lanes {
-            indices_buffer.extend_from_slice(&lane.indices);
-            values_buffer.extend_from_slice(&lane.values);
-            lane_offset += lane.len() as u32;
-            lane_offsets.push(lane_offset);
-        }
+    // SAFETY: we know there are exactly indices_in.len() indices/values, and we just
+    //  set them to the appropriate values in the loop above.
+    unsafe {
+        indices_buffer.set_len(indices_in.len());
+        values_buffer.set_len(values_in.len());
+    }
+
+    // Now, pass over all the indices and values again and subtract out the position increments.
+    for index in indices_in {
+        let index = index.as_() - offset;
+        let chunk = index / 1024;
+        let lane = index % n_lanes;
+
+        lane_offsets[chunk * n_lanes + lane] -= 1;
     }
 
     HostPatches {