diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/ManiaRuleset.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/ManiaRuleset.cs
index c38d6519bd..75a642924c 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/ManiaRuleset.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/ManiaRuleset.cs
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ public override LocalisableString GetVariantName(int variant)
         /// <returns>The <see cref="PlayfieldType"/> that corresponds to <paramref name="variant"/>.</returns>
         private PlayfieldType getPlayfieldType(int variant)
         {
-            return (PlayfieldType)Enum.GetValues(typeof(PlayfieldType)).Cast<int>().OrderByDescending(i => i).First(v => variant >= v);
+            return (PlayfieldType)Enum.GetValues(typeof(PlayfieldType)).Cast<int>().OrderDescending().First(v => variant >= v);
         }
 
         protected override IEnumerable<HitResult> GetValidHitResults()
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Scoring/ManiaScoreProcessor.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Scoring/ManiaScoreProcessor.cs
index 1947d86a97..0444394d87 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Scoring/ManiaScoreProcessor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Scoring/ManiaScoreProcessor.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public ManiaScoreProcessor()
         }
 
         protected override IEnumerable<HitObject> EnumerateHitObjects(IBeatmap beatmap)
-            => base.EnumerateHitObjects(beatmap).OrderBy(ho => ho, JudgementOrderComparer.DEFAULT);
+            => base.EnumerateHitObjects(beatmap).Order(JudgementOrderComparer.DEFAULT);
 
         protected override double ComputeTotalScore(double comboProgress, double accuracyProgress, double bonusPortion)
         {
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/OsuStrainSkill.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/OsuStrainSkill.cs
index 15b20a5572..4a6328010b 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/OsuStrainSkill.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/OsuStrainSkill.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public override double DifficultyValue()
             // These sections will not contribute to the difficulty.
             var peaks = GetCurrentStrainPeaks().Where(p => p > 0);
 
-            List<double> strains = peaks.OrderByDescending(d => d).ToList();
+            List<double> strains = peaks.OrderDescending().ToList();
 
             // We are reducing the highest strains first to account for extreme difficulty spikes
             for (int i = 0; i < Math.Min(strains.Count, ReducedSectionCount); i++)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public override double DifficultyValue()
 
             // Difficulty is the weighted sum of the highest strains from every section.
             // We're sorting from highest to lowest strain.
-            foreach (double strain in strains.OrderByDescending(d => d))
+            foreach (double strain in strains.OrderDescending())
             {
                 difficulty += strain * weight;
                 weight *= DecayWeight;
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Skills/Peaks.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Skills/Peaks.cs
index ec8e754c5c..91d8e93543 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Skills/Peaks.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Skills/Peaks.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public override double DifficultyValue()
             double difficulty = 0;
             double weight = 1;
 
-            foreach (double strain in peaks.OrderByDescending(d => d))
+            foreach (double strain in peaks.OrderDescending())
             {
                 difficulty += strain * weight;
                 weight *= 0.9;
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/IO/TournamentStorage.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/IO/TournamentStorage.cs
index 7c5f3e44a7..48cd45fdd4 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/IO/TournamentStorage.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/IO/TournamentStorage.cs
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ private void updateTournament(ValueChangedEvent<string> newTournament)
             Logger.Log("Changing tournament storage: " + GetFullPath(string.Empty));
         }
 
-        public IEnumerable<string> ListTournaments() => AllTournaments.GetDirectories(string.Empty).OrderBy(directory => directory, StringComparer.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);
+        public IEnumerable<string> ListTournaments() => AllTournaments.GetDirectories(string.Empty).Order(StringComparer.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs
index 7bb52eef52..5ff3ab64b2 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ protected override bool CanReuseExisting(BeatmapSetInfo existing, BeatmapSetInfo
             if (!base.CanReuseExisting(existing, import))
                 return false;
 
-            var existingIds = existing.Beatmaps.Select(b => b.OnlineID).OrderBy(i => i);
-            var importIds = import.Beatmaps.Select(b => b.OnlineID).OrderBy(i => i);
+            var existingIds = existing.Beatmaps.Select(b => b.OnlineID).Order();
+            var importIds = import.Beatmaps.Select(b => b.OnlineID).Order();
 
             // force re-import if we are not in a sane state.
             return existing.OnlineID == import.OnlineID && existingIds.SequenceEqual(importIds);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Collections/CollectionDropdown.cs b/osu.Game/Collections/CollectionDropdown.cs
index 249a0c35e7..15dd644073 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Collections/CollectionDropdown.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Collections/CollectionDropdown.cs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ private void collectionsChanged(IRealmCollection<BeatmapCollection> collections,
             }
             else
             {
-                foreach (int i in changes.DeletedIndices.OrderByDescending(i => i))
+                foreach (int i in changes.DeletedIndices.OrderDescending())
                     filters.RemoveAt(i + 1);
 
                 foreach (int i in changes.InsertedIndices)
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/RealmArchiveModelImporter.cs b/osu.Game/Database/RealmArchiveModelImporter.cs
index 5383040eb4..bc4954c6ea 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/RealmArchiveModelImporter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/RealmArchiveModelImporter.cs
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ await Task.WhenAll(tasks.Select(async task =>
                     // note that this should really be checking filesizes on disk (of existing files) for some degree of sanity.
                     // or alternatively doing a faster hash check. either of these require database changes and reprocessing of existing files.
                     if (CanSkipImport(existing, item) &&
-                        getFilenames(existing.Files).SequenceEqual(getShortenedFilenames(archive).Select(p => p.shortened).OrderBy(f => f)) &&
+                        getFilenames(existing.Files).SequenceEqual(getShortenedFilenames(archive).Select(p => p.shortened).Order()) &&
                         checkAllFilesExist(existing))
                     {
                         LogForModel(item, @$"Found existing (optimised) {HumanisedModelName} for {item} (ID {existing.ID}) – skipping import.");
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ private string computeHashFast(ArchiveReader reader)
         {
             MemoryStream hashable = new MemoryStream();
 
-            foreach (string? file in reader.Filenames.Where(f => HashableFileTypes.Any(ext => f.EndsWith(ext, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))).OrderBy(f => f))
+            foreach (string? file in reader.Filenames.Where(f => HashableFileTypes.Any(ext => f.EndsWith(ext, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))).Order())
             {
                 using (Stream s = reader.GetStream(file))
                     s.CopyTo(hashable);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Music/PlaylistOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Music/PlaylistOverlay.cs
index 7784643163..6ecd0f51d3 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Music/PlaylistOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Music/PlaylistOverlay.cs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ private void beatmapsChanged(IRealmCollection<BeatmapSetInfo> sender, ChangeSet
             foreach (int i in changes.InsertedIndices)
                 beatmapSets.Insert(i, sender[i].ToLive(realm));
 
-            foreach (int i in changes.DeletedIndices.OrderByDescending(i => i))
+            foreach (int i in changes.DeletedIndices.OrderDescending())
                 beatmapSets.RemoveAt(i);
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Graphics/RendererSettings.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Graphics/RendererSettings.cs
index d4cef3f4d1..fc5dd34971 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Graphics/RendererSettings.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Graphics/RendererSettings.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ private void load(FrameworkConfigManager config, OsuConfigManager osuConfig, IDi
                 {
                     LabelText = GraphicsSettingsStrings.Renderer,
                     Current = renderer,
-                    Items = host.GetPreferredRenderersForCurrentPlatform().OrderBy(t => t).Where(t => t != RendererType.Vulkan),
+                    Items = host.GetPreferredRenderersForCurrentPlatform().Order().Where(t => t != RendererType.Vulkan),
                     Keywords = new[] { @"compatibility", @"directx" },
                 },
                 // TODO: this needs to be a custom dropdown at some point
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/Skills/StrainSkill.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/Skills/StrainSkill.cs
index b43a272324..b07e8399c0 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/Skills/StrainSkill.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/Skills/StrainSkill.cs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public override double DifficultyValue()
 
             // Difficulty is the weighted sum of the highest strains from every section.
             // We're sorting from highest to lowest strain.
-            foreach (double strain in peaks.OrderByDescending(d => d))
+            foreach (double strain in peaks.OrderDescending())
             {
                 difficulty += strain * weight;
                 weight *= DecayWeight;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckBreaks.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckBreaks.cs
index 94369443c2..0842ff5453 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckBreaks.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckBreaks.cs
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ public class CheckBreaks : ICheck
 
         public IEnumerable<Issue> Run(BeatmapVerifierContext context)
         {
-            var startTimes = context.Beatmap.HitObjects.Select(ho => ho.StartTime).OrderBy(x => x).ToList();
-            var endTimes = context.Beatmap.HitObjects.Select(ho => ho.GetEndTime()).OrderBy(x => x).ToList();
+            var startTimes = context.Beatmap.HitObjects.Select(ho => ho.StartTime).Order().ToList();
+            var endTimes = context.Beatmap.HitObjects.Select(ho => ho.GetEndTime()).Order().ToList();
 
             foreach (var breakPeriod in context.Beatmap.Breaks)
             {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Mods/ModAdaptiveSpeed.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Mods/ModAdaptiveSpeed.cs
index 77aa5cdc15..19554b6504 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Mods/ModAdaptiveSpeed.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Mods/ModAdaptiveSpeed.cs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public void ApplyToDrawableHitObject(DrawableHitObject drawable)
         public void ApplyToBeatmap(IBeatmap beatmap)
         {
             var hitObjects = getAllApplicableHitObjects(beatmap.HitObjects).ToList();
-            var endTimes = hitObjects.Select(x => x.GetEndTime()).OrderBy(x => x).Distinct().ToList();
+            var endTimes = hitObjects.Select(x => x.GetEndTime()).Order().Distinct().ToList();
 
             foreach (HitObject hitObject in hitObjects)
             {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RealmRulesetStore.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RealmRulesetStore.cs
index 456f6e399b..ba6f4583d1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RealmRulesetStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RealmRulesetStore.cs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ private void prepareDetachedRulesets(RealmAccess realmAccess)
                     }
                 }
 
-                availableRulesets.AddRange(detachedRulesets.OrderBy(r => r));
+                availableRulesets.AddRange(detachedRulesets.Order());
             });
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/BeatDivisorPresetCollection.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/BeatDivisorPresetCollection.cs
index 56df0552cc..43ab47d2d7 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/BeatDivisorPresetCollection.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/BeatDivisorPresetCollection.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public static BeatDivisorPresetCollection Custom(int maxDivisor)
                 presets.Add(maxDivisor / candidate);
             }
 
-            return new BeatDivisorPresetCollection(BeatDivisorType.Custom, presets.Distinct().OrderBy(d => d));
+            return new BeatDivisorPresetCollection(BeatDivisorType.Custom, presets.Distinct().Order());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/DifficultyPointPiece.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/DifficultyPointPiece.cs
index ca1e9a5d9b..fc240c570b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/DifficultyPointPiece.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/DifficultyPointPiece.cs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ private void updateInspectorText()
 
             InspectorText.Clear();
 
-            double[] sliderVelocities = EditorBeatmap.HitObjects.OfType<IHasSliderVelocity>().Select(sv => sv.SliderVelocityMultiplier).OrderBy(v => v).ToArray();
+            double[] sliderVelocities = EditorBeatmap.HitObjects.OfType<IHasSliderVelocity>().Select(sv => sv.SliderVelocityMultiplier).Order().ToArray();
 
             AddHeader("Base velocity (from beatmap setup)");
             AddValue($"{beatmapVelocity:#,0.00}x");