1, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 9, 8, 7, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 25, 24, 23, etc.

Input | Output
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1     |  1
5     |  3
20    |  10
50    |  72
78    |  76
123   |  155
1234  |  1324
3000  |  2996
9999  |  9903
29890 |  29796

8(s=⌊(⌊Sqrt[#-1]⌋+1)/2⌋)^2-#+2+If[#<=4s^2+2s,-2,6]s&