diff --git a/prototorch/functions/competitions.py b/prototorch/functions/competitions.py
index 48cf78c..44c8248 100644
--- a/prototorch/functions/competitions.py
+++ b/prototorch/functions/competitions.py
@@ -3,6 +3,31 @@
 import torch
 
 
+# @torch.jit.script
+def stratified_min(distances, labels):
+    clabels = torch.unique(labels, dim=0)
+    nclasses = clabels.size()[0]
+    batch_size = distances.size()[0]
+    winning_distances = torch.zeros(nclasses, batch_size)
+    inf = torch.full_like(distances.T, fill_value=float('inf'))
+    # distances_to_wpluses = torch.where(matcher, distances, inf)
+    for i, cl in enumerate(clabels):
+        # cdists = distances.T[labels == cl]
+        matcher = torch.eq(labels.unsqueeze(dim=1), cl)
+        if labels.ndim == 2:
+            # if the labels are one-hot vectors
+            matcher = torch.eq(torch.sum(matcher, dim=-1), nclasses)
+        cdists = torch.where(matcher, distances.T, inf).T
+        winning_distances[i] = torch.min(cdists, dim=1,
+                                         keepdim=True).values.squeeze()
+    if labels.ndim == 2:
+        # Transpose to return with `batch_size` first and
+        # reverse the columns to fix the ordering of the classes
+        return torch.flip(winning_distances.T, dims=(1, ))
+
+    return winning_distances.T  # return with `batch_size` first
+
+
 # @torch.jit.script
 def wtac(distances, labels):
     winning_indices = torch.min(distances, dim=1).indices