Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for employing a hybrid of sequential and parallel processing to perform random sample and consensus (RANSAC). A device to perform RANSAC includes a derivation component to derive a first set of proposed models in parallel from a first set of minimal sample sets of a data set; and a comparison component to recalculate a required quantity of proposed models to derive an accurate model if a proposed model of the first set of proposed models better fits the data set than any proposed model derived prior to derivation of the first set of proposed models, and to determine whether to derive a second set of proposed models following derivation of the first set of proposed models based on a comparison of the required quantity to a quantity of previously derived proposed models that includes the first set. Other embodiments are described and claimed.