diff --git a/java/continuous-subarrays.java b/java/continuous-subarrays.java
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+class Solution {
+  private int i, j;
+  private int runningMin, runningMax;
+
+  private long subarraysInRange() {
+    long length = j - i;
+    return (length * (length + 1)) / 2;
+  }
+
+  private long check(int[] nums) {
+    runningMin = Math.min(runningMin, nums[j]);
+    runningMax = Math.max(runningMax, nums[j]);
+    if (runningMax - runningMin <= 2) {
+      // differences are satisfied, can continue
+      return 0l;
+    }
+
+    long total = subarraysInRange();
+
+    i = j;
+    runningMin = runningMax = nums[j];
+
+    while (i > 0 && Math.abs(nums[j] - nums[i - 1]) <= 2) {
+      --i;
+      runningMin = Math.min(runningMin, nums[i]);
+      runningMax = Math.max(runningMax, nums[i]);
+    }
+
+    // subtract duplicitous count
+    if (i < j) {
+      total -= subarraysInRange();
+    }
+
+    return total;
+  }
+
+  public long continuousSubarrays(int[] nums) {
+    long total = 0;
+
+    i = 0;
+    runningMin = runningMax = nums[i];
+    for (j = 0; j < nums.length; ++j) {
+      total += check(nums);
+    }
+
+    // count final subarrays
+    total += subarraysInRange();
+
+    return total;
+  }
+}