A sorted array [0,1,2,3,4,5] when rotated n times (3 times in this case) becomes [3,4,5,0,1,2], meaning elements in the front move to the end. The code below finds the minimum element in this array, which is the pivot point of rotation. function findminimum(a, start, end){ if(start>end || start == end || a[start]<a[end]) return a[start]; var mid = start + Math.floor((end-start)/2); //check if mid is the minimum element - also if mid is greater than start if(mid>start && a[mid]<a[mid-1]) return a[mid]; //check if mid+1 is the minimum element - also if mid is less than end if(mid<end && a[mid]>a[mid+1]) return a[mid+1]; //handles duplicate elements case if(a[start]==a[mid] && a[mid]==a[end]){ //search both sides and get the minimum return Math.min(findminimum(a, start, mid-1), findminimum(a, mid+1, end)); } //left half is sorted or every element is same, search right half if(a[start]<=a[mid]) return findminimum(a, mid+1, end); return findminimum(a, start, mid-1); //search left half } var a = [3,4,5,0,1,2]; //original array [0,5,5,5,5] rotated 2 times //var a = [5,5,5,0,5]; console.log(findminimum(a, 0, a.length-1)); Code also handles duplicates. Any comments or suggestions on improving this code will be helpful.