diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/benchmark/IntegerArray.java b/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/benchmark/IntegerArray.java
index 0e54ab0..4f22483 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/benchmark/IntegerArray.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/benchmark/IntegerArray.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class IntegerArray {
      * @return [high, high-1, ..., low+1, low]
      */
     public static Integer[] descending(final int high, final int low) {
-        assert high > low;
+        assert high >= low;
 
         Integer[] list = new Integer[high - low + 1];
         for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ public class IntegerArray {
      * @return [low, low-1, ..., high+1, high]
      */
     public static Integer[] ascending(final int low, final int high) {
-        assert low < high;
+        assert low <= high;
 
-        Integer[] list = new Integer[low - high + 1];
+        Integer[] list = new Integer[high - low + 1];
         for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
             int value = low + i;
             list[i] = value;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/data/AscendingIntegers.java b/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/data/AscendingIntegers.java
index 9a830c9..c660f84 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/data/AscendingIntegers.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/data/AscendingIntegers.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import static de.uni_marburg.powersort.data.DataArraySizes.SIZE_ASC;
 
 public class AscendingIntegers extends IntegerSupplier {
     public AscendingIntegers() {
-        super(IntegerArray.ascending(SIZE_ASC, 1));
+        super(IntegerArray.ascending( 1, SIZE_ASC));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/data/AscendingRuns.java b/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/data/AscendingRuns.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be1a221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/data/AscendingRuns.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package de.uni_marburg.powersort.data;
+
+import de.uni_marburg.powersort.benchmark.IntegerArray;
+
+public class AscendingRuns extends IntegerSupplier {
+    /**
+     * Can be used e.g. to construct this array:
+     * [0, 1, 2, 3,  -2, -1, 0, 1,  -4, -3, -2, -1]
+     *
+     * @param runLength >= 1
+     */
+    public static AscendingRuns newAscendingRuns(
+            int numOfRuns,
+            int runLength,
+            int decreaseBetweenRuns
+    ) {
+        if(numOfRuns < 0 || runLength <= 0){
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+        }
+
+        Integer[] data = new Integer[numOfRuns * runLength];
+        for (int i = 0; i < numOfRuns; i++) {
+            int low = decreaseBetweenRuns * i;
+            int high = low + runLength - 1;
+
+            Integer[] run = IntegerArray.ascending(low, high);
+            System.arraycopy(run, 0, data, i * runLength, run.length);
+        }
+        return new AscendingRuns(data);
+    }
+
+    private AscendingRuns(Integer[] readonly) {
+        super(readonly);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String title() {
+        return "Array of Integer objects with ascending runs";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/data/DataEnum.java b/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/data/DataEnum.java
index 6d2ee1e..af0fa35 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/data/DataEnum.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/data/DataEnum.java
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ package de.uni_marburg.powersort.data;
 public enum DataEnum {
     RANDOM_INTEGERS,
     ASCENDING_INTEGERS,
-    DESCENDING_INTEGERS;
+    DESCENDING_INTEGERS,
+    ASCENDING_RUNS;
 
     public ObjectSupplier get() {
         // We use a seed to get the same random list every time -> Repeatable benchmarks on same input data!
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ public enum DataEnum {
             case RANDOM_INTEGERS -> new RandomIntegers(seed);
             case ASCENDING_INTEGERS -> new AscendingIntegers();
             case DESCENDING_INTEGERS -> new DescendingIntegers();
+            case ASCENDING_RUNS -> AscendingRuns.newAscendingRuns(10000, 10000, -10000);
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/data/AscendingRunsTest.java b/app/src/test/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/data/AscendingRunsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69f9b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/data/AscendingRunsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package de.uni_marburg.powersort.data;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.converter.ConvertWith;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.converter.SimpleArgumentConverter;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.CsvSource;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class AscendingRunsTest {
+    /**
+     * https://stackoverflow.com/a/46850299/6334421
+     */
+    private static class IntArrayConverter extends SimpleArgumentConverter {
+        @Override
+        protected Object convert(Object source, Class<?> targetType) {
+            if (source instanceof String s && int[].class.isAssignableFrom(targetType)) {
+                if (s.isEmpty()) {
+                    return new int[0];
+                }
+                String[] strings = s.split("\\s*\\|\\s*");
+                return Arrays.stream(strings).mapToInt(Integer::valueOf).toArray();
+            } else {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Conversion from " + source.getClass()
+                        + " to " + targetType + " not supported.");
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @CsvSource({
+            "0,1,-1,''",
+            "1,1,-1,0",
+            "1,2,-2,0|1",
+            "2,2,-2,0|1|-2|-1",
+            "2,4,-2,0|1|2|3|-2|-1|0|1",
+    })
+    void testAscendingRuns1(int numOfRuns, int runLength, int decreaseBetweenRuns, @ConvertWith(IntArrayConverter.class) int[] expected) {
+        Integer[] actualIntegers = AscendingRuns.newAscendingRuns(numOfRuns, runLength, decreaseBetweenRuns).getCopy();
+        int[] actual = Arrays.stream(actualIntegers).mapToInt(Integer::valueOf).toArray();
+        assertArrayEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @CsvSource({
+            "1,0,-1",
+            "-1,1,-1",
+    })
+    void testAscendingRuns2(int numOfRuns, int runLength, int decreaseBetweenRuns) {
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> AscendingRuns.newAscendingRuns(numOfRuns, runLength, decreaseBetweenRuns));
+    }
+}