diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 93524fa..844eeea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /run
 /dist
+*.log
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5082646..b5986df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# run
+# 🦊 run
 
-A small utility for running `package.json` scripts and npm modules.
+A small utility for running `package.json` scripts and npm modules. `run` is written in Go and executes scripts faster than `npm`, `yarn`, or `pnpm` since it can skip the Node.js startup time.
 
 ### Installation
 
@@ -14,6 +14,36 @@ brew install jacobwgillespie/tap/run
 run [script] [flags]
 ```
 
+## Benchmarks
+
+Informally, `run` is about 25-50 times faster than Node package managers at starting scripts:
+
+```
+Benchmark 1: npm run echo-example
+  Time (mean ± σ):     142.4 ms ±   2.1 ms    [User: 132.6 ms, System: 22.0 ms]
+  Range (min … max):   139.7 ms … 150.5 ms    21 runs
+
+Benchmark 2: yarn run echo-example
+  Time (mean ± σ):      91.1 ms ±   0.7 ms    [User: 77.5 ms, System: 14.3 ms]
+  Range (min … max):    89.5 ms …  92.5 ms    33 runs
+
+Benchmark 3: pnpm run echo-example
+  Time (mean ± σ):     204.9 ms ±   1.2 ms    [User: 192.4 ms, System: 16.1 ms]
+  Range (min … max):   202.7 ms … 206.9 ms    14 runs
+
+Benchmark 4: ./run echo-example
+  Time (mean ± σ):       3.6 ms ±   0.2 ms    [User: 1.4 ms, System: 1.6 ms]
+  Range (min … max):     3.5 ms …   5.0 ms    726 runs
+
+Summary
+  './run echo-example' ran
+   24.98 ± 1.37 times faster than 'yarn run echo-example'
+   39.05 ± 2.20 times faster than 'npm run echo-example'
+   56.19 ± 3.07 times faster than 'pnpm run echo-example'
+```
+
+If you would like to run the benchmark on your local machine, ensure you have [hyperfine](https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine) installed, then run `npm run benchmark` (or just `run benchark` if `run` is already installed 🦊).
+
 ## License
 
 MIT License, see `LICENSE`.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49ac567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "scripts": {
+    "benchmark": "./support/benchmark.sh",
+    "echo-example": "echo hello world"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/support/benchmark.sh b/support/benchmark.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d27d491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/benchmark.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+go build
+hyperfine --warmup 5 -N 'npm run echo-example' 'yarn run echo-example' 'pnpm run echo-example' './run echo-example'