diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 688eb9f3..199fbb1e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,11 +44,13 @@ default = ["compare"]
 compare = []
 tracing = ["dep:opentelemetry", "dep:opentelemetry-otlp", "dep:opentelemetry-semantic-conventions", "dep:tokio", "dep:tracing", "dep:tracing-opentelemetry", "dep:tracing-subscriber"]
 
+# Optimized build for any sort of release.
 [profile.release-lto]
 inherits = "release"
 lto = true
 strip = "symbols"
 
+# Profile for performance testing with the "perf" tool. Notably keeps debug enabled and does not strip symbols to make reading the perf output easier.
 [profile.perf]
 inherits = "release"
 lto = true
diff --git a/scripts/time_parse.bash b/scripts/time_parse.bash
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0efbbba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/time_parse.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Time running a single parse without invoking a compare with emacs.
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+: ${PROFILE:="release-lto"}
+
+cd "$DIR/../"
+
+function main {
+    local additional_flags=()
+    if [ "$PROFILE" = "dev" ] || [ "$PROFILE" = "debug" ]; then
+        PROFILE="debug"
+    else
+        additional_flags+=(--profile "$PROFILE")
+    fi
+    cargo build --no-default-features "${additional_flags[@]}"
+    time ./target/${PROFILE}/compare
+}
+
+main "${@}"