diff --git a/test/test_vmap.py b/test/test_vmap.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/opt/postrange.py b/tinygrad/codegen/opt/postrange.py
index f23445578a..91cafbf48d 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/opt/postrange.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/opt/postrange.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import math, itertools
 from collections import defaultdict
 from typing import cast, Final
-from tinygrad.uop.ops import PatternMatcher, UPat, Ops, UOp, KernelInfo, graph_rewrite, AxisType, ssimplify, GroupOp, axis_letters, axis_colors
+from tinygrad.uop.ops import PatternMatcher, UPat, Ops, UOp, KernelInfo, graph_rewrite, AxisType, ssimplify, GroupOp
+from tinygrad.uop.ops import axis_letters, axis_colors, axis_to_pos
 from tinygrad.device import Buffer
 from tinygrad.dtype import dtypes, ImageDType
 from tinygrad.helpers import colored, BEAM, getenv, DEBUG, to_function_name, NOOPT, argsort, round_up, prod, merge_dicts, get_single_element, flatten
@@ -12,10 +13,6 @@ from tinygrad.renderer import Renderer
 
 remove_tags = PatternMatcher([(UPat(GroupOp.All, name="x"), lambda x: x.replace(tag=None) if x.tag is not None else None)])
 
-# NOTE: LOCAL and GROUP_REDUCE have the same priority. the order here matters
-axis_to_pos = {AxisType.LOOP: -1, AxisType.THREAD: 0, AxisType.GLOBAL: 0, AxisType.WARP: 1, AxisType.LOCAL: 2, AxisType.UPCAST: 3,
-               AxisType.GROUP_REDUCE: 2, AxisType.REDUCE: 4, AxisType.UNROLL: 5}
-
 class Scheduler:
   def __init__(self, ast:UOp, ren:Renderer):
     self.ast, self.ren = ast, ren
diff --git a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
index c4fd7a3a4c..883fd1452b 100644
--- a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
+++ b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ pm_add_range_tags = PatternMatcher([
 ])
 
 def split_store(ctx:list[UOp], x:UOp) -> UOp|None:
-  if len(x.ranges): return None
+  if len([r for r in x.ranges if r.arg[-1] != AxisType.OUTER]): return None
 
   # local kernel rewrite
   lctx = LocalAddBufferContext()
diff --git a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
index 8100c07728..600ffe1fa4 100644
--- a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
@@ -14,11 +14,16 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 class AxisType(Enum):
   def __repr__(self): return str(self)
   GLOBAL = auto(); WARP = auto(); LOCAL = auto(); LOOP = auto(); GROUP_REDUCE = auto(); REDUCE = auto(); UPCAST = auto(); UNROLL = auto() # noqa: E702
-  THREAD = auto()
+  THREAD = auto(); OUTER = auto() # noqa: E702
 axis_letters = {AxisType.GLOBAL: "g", AxisType.THREAD: "t", AxisType.LOCAL: "l", AxisType.WARP: "w", AxisType.LOOP: "L", AxisType.UPCAST: "u",
-                AxisType.GROUP_REDUCE: "G", AxisType.REDUCE: "R", AxisType.UNROLL: "r"}
+                AxisType.GROUP_REDUCE: "G", AxisType.REDUCE: "R", AxisType.UNROLL: "r", AxisType.OUTER: "O"}
 axis_colors = {AxisType.GLOBAL: "blue", AxisType.THREAD: "BLUE", AxisType.LOCAL: "cyan", AxisType.WARP: "CYAN", AxisType.LOOP: "WHITE",
-               AxisType.UPCAST: "yellow", AxisType.GROUP_REDUCE: "RED", AxisType.REDUCE: "red", AxisType.UNROLL: "magenta"}
+               AxisType.UPCAST: "yellow", AxisType.GROUP_REDUCE: "RED", AxisType.REDUCE: "red", AxisType.UNROLL: "magenta",
+               AxisType.OUTER: "green"}
+
+# NOTE: LOCAL and GROUP_REDUCE have the same priority. the order here matters
+axis_to_pos = {AxisType.LOOP: -1, AxisType.THREAD: 0, AxisType.GLOBAL: 0, AxisType.WARP: 1, AxisType.LOCAL: 2, AxisType.UPCAST: 3,
+               AxisType.GROUP_REDUCE: 2, AxisType.REDUCE: 4, AxisType.UNROLL: 5, AxisType.OUTER: -2}
 
 range_start = {Ops.BUFFERIZE: 1, Ops.REDUCE: 1, Ops.STORE: 2, Ops.WMMA: 3, Ops.END: 1}