diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index aa0619c..97ee2f2 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## 0.12.0 (unreleased)
 
-* BREAKING CHANGE: Changed semantics of `Navigator` protocol `select*` in order to enable very large performance improvements to `select`, `select-one`, `select-first`, and `select-one!`. Custom navigators will need to be updated to comform to the new required semantics. Codebases that do not use custom navigators do not require any changes. See the docstring on the protocol for the details. 
+* BREAKING CHANGE: Changed semantics of `Navigator` protocol `select*` in order to enable very large performance improvements to `select`, `select-one`, `select-first`, and `select-one!`. Custom navigators will need to be updated to conform to the new required semantics. Codebases that do not use custom navigators do not require any changes. See the docstring on the protocol for the details. 
 * Added `select-any` operation which selects a single element navigated to by the path. Which element returned is undefined. If no elements are navigated to, returns `com.rpl.specter/NONE`. This is the fastest selection operation.
 * Added `selected-any?` operation that returns true if any element is navigated to.
 * Added `traverse` operation which returns a reducible object of all the elements navigated to by the path. Very efficient.
diff --git a/scripts/benchmarks.clj b/scripts/benchmarks.clj
index 8d60eca..e4d3be6 100644
--- a/scripts/benchmarks.clj
+++ b/scripts/benchmarks.clj
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
         [com.rpl.specter macros]
         [com.rpl.specter.transients]
         [com.rpl.specter.impl :only [benchmark]])
-  (:require [clojure.walk :as walk]))
+  (:require [clojure.walk :as walk])
+  )
 
 ;; run via `lein repl` with `(load-file "scripts/benchmarks.clj")`
 
+
 (defn pretty-float5 [anum]
   (format "%.5g" anum))
 
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@
         (time-ms amt-per-iter afn)))))
 
 (defn compare-benchmark [amt-per-iter afn-map]
+  (System/runFinalization)
+  (System/gc)
   (let [results (transform MAP-VALS
                   (fn [afn]
                     (average-time-ms 8 amt-per-iter afn))
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@
 
 (let [data {:a {:b {:c 1}}}
       p (comp-paths :a :b :c)]
-  (run-benchmark "get value in nested map" 5000000
+  (run-benchmark "get value in nested map" 2500000
     (select-any [:a :b :c] data)
     (select-one [:a :b :c] data)
     (select-first [:a :b :c] data)
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@
           )))))
 
 (let [data {:a 1 :b 2 :c 3 :d 4}]
-  (run-benchmark "transform values of a small map" 1000000
+  (run-benchmark "transform values of a small map" 500000
     (into {} (for [[k v] data] [k (inc v)]))
     (reduce-kv (fn [m k v] (assoc m k (inc v))) {} data)
     (persistent! (reduce-kv (fn [m k v] (assoc! m k (inc v))) (transient {}) data))
@@ -124,7 +128,7 @@
     ))
 
 (let [data (->> (for [i (range 1000)] [i i]) (into {}))]
-  (run-benchmark "transform values of large map" 1000
+  (run-benchmark "transform values of large map" 600
     (into {} (for [[k v] data] [k (inc v)]))
     (reduce-kv (fn [m k v] (assoc m k (inc v))) {} data)
     (persistent! (reduce-kv (fn [m k v] (assoc! m k (inc v))) (transient {}) data))
@@ -146,22 +150,25 @@
     ))
 
 (let [data [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10]]
-  (run-benchmark "filter a sequence" 1000000
+  (run-benchmark "filter a sequence" 500000
     (doall (filter even? data))
     (filterv even? data)
     (select [ALL even?] data)
     (select-any (filterer even?) data)
     ))
 
-(let [data [{:a 2 :b 2} {:a 1} {:a 4} {:a 6}]]
-  (run-benchmark "even :a values from sequence of maps" 1000000
+(let [data [{:a 2 :b 2} {:a 1} {:a 4} {:a 6}]
+      xf (comp (map :a) (filter even?))]
+  (run-benchmark "even :a values from sequence of maps" 500000
     (select [ALL :a even?] data)
     (->> data (mapv :a) (filter even?) doall)
+    (into [] (comp (map :a) (filter even?)) data)
+    (into [] xf data)
     ))
 
 (let [v (vec (range 1000))]
   (run-benchmark "END on large vector"
-    5000000
+    2000000
     (setval END [1] v)
     (reduce conj v [1])
     (conj v 1)))
@@ -199,7 +206,7 @@
 
 (let [toappend (range 1000)]
   (run-benchmark "transient comparison: building up vectors"
-    10000
+    8000
     (reduce (fn [v i] (conj v i)) [] toappend)
     (reduce (fn [v i] (conj! v i)) (transient []) toappend)
     (setval END toappend [])
@@ -207,7 +214,7 @@
 
 (let [toappend (range 1000)]
   (run-benchmark "transient comparison: building up vectors one at a time"
-    10000
+    7000
     (reduce (fn [v i] (conj v i)) [] toappend)
     (reduce (fn [v i] (conj! v i)) (transient []) toappend)
     (reduce (fn [v i] (setval END [i] v)) [] toappend)
@@ -231,7 +238,7 @@
       tdata2 (transient data)
       idx 600]
   (run-benchmark "transient comparison: assoc'ing in maps"
-    2500000
+    1500000
     (assoc data idx 0)
     (assoc! tdata idx 0)
     (setval (keypath idx) 0 data)
@@ -245,26 +252,26 @@
                       [k (rand)]))
       tdata (transient data)]
   (run-benchmark "transient comparison: submap"
-    300000
+    150000
     (transform (submap [600 700]) modify-submap data)
     (transform (submap! [600 700]) modify-submap tdata)))
 
 (let [data {:x 1}
       meta-map {:my :metadata}]
   (run-benchmark "set metadata"
-    2000000
+    1500000
     (with-meta data meta-map)
     (setval META meta-map data)))
 
 (let [data (with-meta {:x 1} {:my :metadata})]
   (run-benchmark "get metadata"
-    20000000
+    15000000
     (meta data)
     (select-any META data)))
 
 (let [data (with-meta {:x 1} {:my :metadata})]
   (run-benchmark "vary metadata"
-    2000000
+    800000
     (vary-meta data assoc :y 2)
     (setval [META :y] 2 data)))