#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define int long long
#define F first
#define S second
#define all(x) x.begin(),x.end()
#define pii pair<int,int>
#define pb push_back
#define sz(x) (int)(x.size())
#define chmin(x,y) x=min(x,y)
#define chmax(x,y) x=max(x,y)
#define vi vector<int>
#define vp vector<pii>
#define vvi vector<vi>
#define ykh mt19937_64 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count())
#define __lg(x) 63-__builtin_clzll(x)
#define pow2(x) (1LL<<x)
void __print(int x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(float x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(double x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(long double x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(char x) {cerr << '\'' << x << '\'';}
void __print(const char *x) {cerr << '\"' << x << '\"';}
void __print(const string &x) {cerr << '\"' << x << '\"';}
void __print(bool x) {cerr << (x ? "true" : "false");}
template<typename T, typename V>
void __print(const pair<T, V> &x) {cerr << '{'; __print(x.first); cerr << ','; __print(x.second); cerr << '}';}
template<typename T>
void __print(const T &x) {int f = 0; cerr << '{'; for (auto &i: x) cerr << (f++ ? "," : ""), __print(i); cerr << "}";}
void _print() {cerr << "]\n";}
template <typename T, typename... V>
void _print(T t, V... v) {__print(t); if (sizeof...(v)) cerr << ", "; _print(v...);}
#ifdef local
void CHECK();
void setio(){
freopen("/Users/iantsai/cpp/input.txt","r",stdin);
freopen("/Users/iantsai/cpp/output.txt","w",stdout);
}
#define debug(x...) cerr << "[" << #x << "] = ["; _print(x)
#else
void setio(){}
#define debug(x...)
#endif
#define TOI_is_so_de ios::sync_with_stdio(0);cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);setio();
const int mxn = 3e5 + 5, inf = 1e18;
struct BIT{
int b[mxn];
void init(){
memset(b, 0, sizeof(b));
}
void m(int p, int v){
for(; p < mxn; p += p & -p){
b[p] += v;
}
}
int q(int p){
int r = 0;
for(; p; p -= p & -p){
r += b[p];
}
return r;
}
}bt[2];
void solve(){
int n;
cin >> n;
vector<int>h(n + 1);
for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++) bt[i].init();
int r = 0, l = 0, ans = 0;
vector<int>tmp;
for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++){
cin >> h[i];
tmp.pb(h[i]);
}
sort(all(tmp));
tmp.resize(unique(all(tmp)) - tmp.begin());
for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++){
h[i] = lower_bound(all(tmp), h[i]) - tmp.begin() + 1;
bt[1].m(h[i], 1);
}
for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++){
ans += min((n - i + 1) - bt[1].q(h[i]), (i - 1) - bt[0].q(h[i]));
bt[0].m(h[i], 1);
bt[1].m(h[i], -1);
}
cout << ans << '\n';
}
signed main(){
TOI_is_so_de;
int t = 1;
//cin >> t;
while(t--){
solve();
}
#ifdef local
CHECK();
#endif
}
/*
input:
*/
#ifdef local
void CHECK(){
cerr << "\n[Time]: " << 1000.0 * clock() / CLOCKS_PER_SEC << " ms.\n";
function<bool(string,string)> compareFiles = [](string p1, string p2)->bool {
std::ifstream file1(p1);
std::ifstream file2(p2);
if(!file1.is_open() || !file2.is_open()) return false;
std::string line1, line2;
while (getline(file1, line1) && getline(file2, line2)) {
if (line1 != line2)return false;
}
int cnta = 0, cntb = 0;
while(getline(file1,line1))cnta++;
while(getline(file2,line2))cntb++;
return cntb - cnta <= 1;
};
bool check = compareFiles("output.txt","expected.txt");
if(check) cerr<<"ACCEPTED\n";
else cerr<<"WRONG ANSWER!\n";
}
#else
#endif
