diff --git a/src/interpolation_methods.jl b/src/interpolation_methods.jl
index 47e18f26..ee9db54e 100644
--- a/src/interpolation_methods.jl
+++ b/src/interpolation_methods.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-function _interpolate(A, t)
+@inline function _interpolate(A, t)
     return if t < first(A.t)
         _extrapolate_left(A, t)
     elseif t > last(A.t)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function _extrapolate_right(A::SmoothedConstantInterpolation, t)
 end
 
 # Linear Interpolation
-function _interpolate(A::LinearInterpolation{<:AbstractVector}, t::Number, iguess)
+@inline function _interpolate(A::LinearInterpolation{<:AbstractVector}, t::Number, iguess)
     if isnan(t)
         # For correct derivative with NaN
         idx = firstindex(A.u)
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ function _interpolate(A::QuadraticSpline{<:AbstractVector}, t::Number, iguess)
 end
 
 # CubicSpline Interpolation
-function _interpolate(A::CubicSpline{<:AbstractVector}, t::Number, iguess)
+@inline function _interpolate(A::CubicSpline{<:AbstractVector}, t::Number, iguess)
     idx = get_idx(A, t, iguess)
     Δt₁ = t - A.t[idx]
     Δt₂ = A.t[idx + 1] - t
diff --git a/src/interpolation_utils.jl b/src/interpolation_utils.jl
index 1ed238f1..eacfe8c0 100644
--- a/src/interpolation_utils.jl
+++ b/src/interpolation_utils.jl
@@ -182,14 +182,58 @@ function looks_linear(t; threshold = 1.0e-2)
     return norm_var < threshold^2
 end
 
-function get_idx(
+@inline function _searchsortedlast_branchless(v::AbstractVector, x)
+    n = length(v)
+    @inbounds begin
+        lo, hi = 1, n + 1  # hi is exclusive upper bound so lo can reach n
+        iters = 64 - leading_zeros((hi - lo - 1) % UInt64)
+        for _ in 1:iters
+            mid = (lo + hi) >>> 1  # mid ∈ [1, n], always in-bounds
+            cond = v[mid] <= x
+            lo = ifelse(cond, mid, lo)
+            hi = ifelse(cond, hi, mid)
+        end
+    end
+    return lo
+end
+
+@inline function _searchsortedlast_hint(v::AbstractVector, x, hint::Int)
+    n = length(v)
+    ix = clamp(hint, 1, n)
+    @inbounds begin
+        if v[ix] <= x
+            (ix == n || x < v[ix + 1]) && return ix          # direct hit
+            for _ in 1:8                                       # walk right
+                ix += 1
+                (ix == n || x < v[ix + 1]) && return ix
+            end
+        else
+            for _ in 1:8                                       # walk left
+                ix -= 1
+                ix < 1 && return 1
+                v[ix] <= x && return ix
+            end
+        end
+    end
+    return _searchsortedlast_branchless(v, x)                  # fallback
+end
+
+@inline function get_idx(
         A::AbstractInterpolation, t, iguess::Union{<:Integer, Guesser}; lb = 1,
         ub_shift = -1, idx_shift = 0, side = :last
     )
     tvec = A.t
     ub = length(tvec) + ub_shift
     return if side == :last
-        clamp(searchsortedlastcorrelated(tvec, t, iguess) + idx_shift, lb, ub)
+        idx = if iguess isa Guesser
+            _searchsortedlast_hint(tvec, t, iguess.idx_prev[])
+        else
+            _searchsortedlast_branchless(tvec, t)
+        end
+        if iguess isa Guesser
+            iguess.idx_prev[] = idx
+        end
+        clamp(idx + idx_shift, lb, ub)
     elseif side == :first
         clamp(searchsortedfirstcorrelated(tvec, t, iguess) + idx_shift, lb, ub)
     else