diff --git a/kpeerset/sorted_peerset.go b/kpeerset/sorted_peerset.go
index f4eac9b..ef1ef9e 100644
--- a/kpeerset/sorted_peerset.go
+++ b/kpeerset/sorted_peerset.go
@@ -160,6 +160,64 @@ func (ps *SortedPeerset) UnqueriedFromKClosest(getValue func(id peer.ID, distanc
 	return peers
 }
 
+func (ps *SortedPeerset) GetBestUnqueried(num int, getValue func(id peer.ID, distance *big.Int) interface{},
+	sortWith peerheap.Comparator) []peer.ID {
+	ps.lock.Lock()
+	defer ps.lock.Unlock()
+
+	unqueriedPeerItems := ps.heapKClosestPeers.FilterItems(ps.isPeerItemQueried)
+
+	// create a min-heap to sort the unqueried peer Items using the given comparator
+	ph := peerheap.New(false, sortWith)
+	for _, i := range unqueriedPeerItems {
+		p := i.Peer
+		d := i.Value.(*big.Int)
+		heap.Push(ph, &peerheap.Item{Peer: p, Value: getValue(p, d)})
+	}
+	// now pop so we get them in sorted order
+	peers := make([]peer.ID, 0, num)
+	for ph.Len() != 0 && len(peers) < num {
+		popped := heap.Pop(ph).(*peerheap.Item)
+		peers = append(peers, popped.Peer)
+	}
+
+	return peers
+}
+
+func (ps *SortedPeerset) GetClosestUnqueried(num int) []peer.ID {
+	ps.lock.Lock()
+	defer ps.lock.Unlock()
+
+	sortWith := func(i1 peerheap.Item, i2 peerheap.Item) bool {
+		return i1.Value.(*big.Int).Cmp(i2.Value.(*big.Int)) == -1
+	}
+
+	peerItems := ps.heapKClosestPeers.FilterItems(func(peerheap.Item) bool { return true })
+
+	// create a min-heap to sort the unqueried peer Items using the given comparator
+	ph := peerheap.New(false, sortWith)
+	for _, i := range peerItems {
+		p := i.Peer
+		d := i.Value.(*big.Int)
+		heap.Push(ph, &peerheap.Item{Peer: p, Value: d})
+	}
+	// now pop so we get them in sorted order
+	peers := make([]peer.ID, 0, num)
+	for ph.Len() != 0 && len(peers) < num {
+		popped := heap.Pop(ph).(*peerheap.Item)
+		peers = append(peers, popped.Peer)
+	}
+
+	unqueriedPeers := make([]peer.ID, 0, num)
+	for _, p := range peers {
+		if _, queried := ps.queried[p]; !queried {
+			unqueriedPeers = append(unqueriedPeers, p)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return unqueriedPeers
+}
+
 // LenUnqueriedFromKClosest returns the number of unqueried peers among
 // the K closest peers.
 func (ps *SortedPeerset) LenUnqueriedFromKClosest() int {
diff --git a/query.go b/query.go
index 6eddf8f..39b2624 100644
--- a/query.go
+++ b/query.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/routing"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht/kpeerset/peerheap"
 	"math/big"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht/kpeerset"
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ func (dht *IpfsDHT) runDisjointQueries(ctx context.Context, d int, target string
 	for i := 0; i < d; i++ {
 		query := queries[i]
 		go func() {
-			strictParallelismQuery(query)
+			looseBParallelismQuery(query)
+			//strictParallelismQuery(query)
 			queryDone <- struct{}{}
 		}()
 	}
@@ -208,6 +210,68 @@ func strictParallelismQuery(q *query) {
 	}
 }
 
+// strictParallelismQuery concurrently sends the query RPC to all eligible peers
+// and waits for ALL the RPC's to complete before starting the next round of RPC's.
+func looseBParallelismQuery(q *query) {
+	alphaCh := make(chan bool, q.dht.alpha)
+	resultCh := make(chan *queryResult, q.dht.alpha)
+
+	pathCtx, cancelPath := context.WithCancel(q.ctx)
+	defer cancelPath()
+
+	scoreCmp := func(i1 peerheap.Item, i2 peerheap.Item) bool {
+		return i1.Value.(*big.Int).Cmp(i2.Value.(*big.Int)) == -1
+	}
+
+	alphaMx := sync.Mutex{}
+
+	for i := 0; i < q.dht.alpha; i++ {
+		go func() {
+			for {
+				if len(q.localPeers.GetClosestUnqueried(3)) == 0 {
+					cancelPath()
+				}
+
+				select {
+				case top := <-alphaCh:
+					alphaMx.Lock()
+					var peers []peer.ID
+					if !top {
+						peers = q.localPeers.GetBestUnqueried(1, q.scorePeerByDistanceAndLatency, scoreCmp)
+					} else {
+						peers = q.localPeers.GetClosestUnqueried(3)
+					}
+					var qp peer.ID
+					if len(peers) > 0 {
+						qp = peers[0]
+					} else {
+						continue
+					}
+					q.localPeers.MarkQueried(qp)
+					alphaMx.Unlock()
+					resultCh <- q.queryPeer(qp)
+				case <-pathCtx.Done():
+					return
+				}
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	foundCloserCounter := 0
+	for closest := q.localPeers.GetClosestUnqueried(3); len(closest) > 0; {
+		select {
+		case alphaCh <- foundCloserCounter >= q.dht.alpha:
+		case res := <-resultCh:
+			if res.foundCloserPeer {
+				foundCloserCounter++
+			} else {
+				foundCloserCounter = 0
+			}
+		case <-pathCtx.Done():
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 type queryResult struct {
 	// foundCloserPeer is true if the peer we're querying returns a peer
 	// closer than the closest we've already heard about