N = 10
target = [2, 9, 5]

lst = list(range(1, N+1))
count = 0

for num in target:
    idx = lst.index(num)
    if idx <= len(lst)//2:
        count += idx
        lst = lst[idx:] + lst[:idx]
    else:
        count += len(lst) - idx
        lst = lst[-(len(lst)-idx):] + lst[:-(len(lst)-idx)]
    lst.pop(0)

print(count)