How do I speed up java solution to SPOJ HACKRNDM

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problem link: http://www.spoj.com/problems/HACKRNDM/
and this is what I have tried: http://ideone.com/65qPOa

The problem has got only 19 successful submissions in java.

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Try making algorithmic changes. It would become easy once the element are sorted. After that you can run a binary search on ‘element+2’.