diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 25b4d21..7496f6f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dust-lang"
-version = "0.3.7"
+version = "0.3.8"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term",
  "cc",
diff --git a/scripts/bench.fish b/scripts/bench.fish
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47ba13f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bench.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# This script is has the following prerequisites (aside from fish):
+# - hyperfine
+# - dust (can be installed with "cargo install dust-lang")
+# - jq
+# - nodejs
+# - nushell
+# - dielectron.json (can be downloaded from https://opendata.cern.ch/record/304)
+
+hyperfine
+      --shell none
+      --parameter-list data_path examples/assets/seaCreatures.json,examples/assets/jq_data.json,dielectron.json
+      --warmup 3
+      "dust -c '(length (from_json input))' -p {data_path}"
+      "jq 'length' {data_path}"
+      "node --eval \"require('node:fs').readFile('{data_path}', (err, data)=>{console.log(JSON.parse(data).length)})\""
+      "nu -c 'open {data_path} | length'"