diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cc676ec..66ffebb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 input*.txt
-target
\ No newline at end of file
+target
+perf.data*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/2023/day1/README.md b/2023/day1/README.md
index d83d8ce..5fce6ac 100644
--- a/2023/day1/README.md
+++ b/2023/day1/README.md
@@ -4,9 +4,27 @@ benchmarks:
 
 Ensure that `input.txt` contains many, many copies of the actual input, the actual input is way too small.
 
-`cargo build --release && hyperfine 'target/release/day1 naive' 'target/release/day1 zero_alloc' 'target/release/day1 branchless'`
+`cargo build --release && hyperfine 'target/release/day1 naive' 'target/release/day1 zero_alloc' 'target/release/day1 branchless' 'target/release/day1 vectorized'`
 ```
-  target/release/day1 branchless ran
-    1.52 ± 0.06 times faster than target/release/day1 zero_alloc
-    7.74 ± 0.27 times faster than target/release/day1 naive
+Benchmark 1: target/release/day1 naive
+  Time (mean ± σ):      4.735 s ±  0.061 s    [User: 4.663 s, System: 0.072 s]
+  Range (min … max):    4.643 s …  4.798 s    10 runs
+ 
+Benchmark 2: target/release/day1 zero_alloc
+  Time (mean ± σ):     880.1 ms ±  10.7 ms    [User: 807.9 ms, System: 72.1 ms]
+  Range (min … max):   858.3 ms … 891.4 ms    10 runs
+ 
+Benchmark 3: target/release/day1 branchless
+  Time (mean ± σ):     587.1 ms ±   4.4 ms    [User: 515.0 ms, System: 72.1 ms]
+  Range (min … max):   578.3 ms … 594.1 ms    10 runs
+ 
+Benchmark 4: target/release/day1 vectorized
+  Time (mean ± σ):     394.3 ms ±   5.2 ms    [User: 322.2 ms, System: 71.9 ms]
+  Range (min … max):   386.4 ms … 400.0 ms    10 runs
+ 
+Summary
+  target/release/day1 vectorized ran
+    1.49 ± 0.02 times faster than target/release/day1 branchless
+    2.23 ± 0.04 times faster than target/release/day1 zero_alloc
+   12.01 ± 0.22 times faster than target/release/day1 naive
 ```
diff --git a/2023/day1/src/vectorized.rs b/2023/day1/src/vectorized.rs
index 6e6565f..80875ec 100644
--- a/2023/day1/src/vectorized.rs
+++ b/2023/day1/src/vectorized.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pub unsafe fn part2(input: &str) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        const fn gorble(s: &[u8]) -> u64 {
+        fn gorble(s: &[u8]) -> u64 {
             let mut bytes = [0; 8];
             let mut i = 0;
             while i < s.len() {
@@ -61,21 +61,22 @@ pub unsafe fn part2(input: &str) {
 
         let mut acc = 0;
 
-
         acc |= if one >= b'0' && one <= b'9' { one } else { 0 };
 
+        let mut vector_result = None;
+
         #[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64"))]
         if avx2 {
             use std::arch::x86_64;
             unsafe fn round(input: u64, compare: [u64; 4], then: [u64; 4]) -> x86_64::__m256i {
                 // YYYYYYYY|AAAAAAAA|XXXXXXXX|BBBBBBBB|
-                let fives = unsafe { std::mem::transmute::<_, x86_64::__m256i>(compare) };
+                let compare = unsafe { std::mem::transmute::<_, x86_64::__m256i>(compare) };
                 // 000000EE|000000ZZ|000000XX|000000FF|
                 let then = unsafe { std::mem::transmute::<_, x86_64::__m256i>(then) };
                 // XXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXX|
                 let actual = x86_64::_mm256_set1_epi64x(input as i64);
                 // 00000000|00000000|11111111|00000000|
-                let mask = x86_64::_mm256_cmpeq_epi64(fives, actual);
+                let mask = x86_64::_mm256_cmpeq_epi64(compare, actual);
                 // 00000000|00000000|0000000X|00000000|
                 let result = x86_64::_mm256_and_si256(then, mask);
                 // we can also pretend that it's this as only the lowest byte is set in each lane
@@ -99,8 +100,8 @@ pub unsafe fn part2(input: &str) {
                 [b'6' as _, b'2' as _, b'1' as _, 0],
             );
 
-
-            let result = x86_64::_mm256_or_pd(std::mem::transmute(fives), std::mem::transmute(fours));
+            let result =
+                x86_64::_mm256_or_pd(std::mem::transmute(fives), std::mem::transmute(fours));
             let result = x86_64::_mm256_or_pd(result, std::mem::transmute(threes));
 
             let low = x86_64::_mm256_extractf128_pd(result, 0);
@@ -114,29 +115,37 @@ pub unsafe fn part2(input: &str) {
 
             digits[line_idx] = acc | result as u8;
 
+            if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
+                vector_result = Some(acc | result as u8);
+            }
         }
 
-        if !avx2 {
+        if cfg!(debug_assertions) || !avx2 {
             macro_rules! check {
-                ($const:ident $len:ident == $str:expr => $value:expr) => {
-                    const $const: u64 = gorble($str);
-                    acc |= (if $len == $const { $value } else { 0 });
+                ($len:ident == $str:expr => $value:expr) => {
+                    acc |= (if $len == gorble($str) { $value } else { 0 });
                 };
             }
-    
-            check!(EIGHT five == b"eight" => b'8');
-            check!(SEVEN five == b"seven" => b'7');
-            check!(THREE five == b"three" => b'3');
 
-            check!(FIVE four == b"five" => b'5');
-            check!(FOUR four == b"four" => b'4');
-            check!(NINE four == b"nine" => b'9');
+            check!(five == b"eight" => b'8');
+            check!(five == b"seven" => b'7');
+            check!(five == b"three" => b'3');
 
-            check!(SIX three == b"six" => b'6');
-            check!(TWO three == b"two" => b'2');
-            check!(ONE three == b"one" => b'1');
+            check!(four == b"five" => b'5');
+            check!(four == b"four" => b'4');
+            check!(four == b"nine" => b'9');
+
+            check!(three == b"six" => b'6');
+            check!(three == b"two" => b'2');
+            check!(three == b"one" => b'1');
 
             digits[line_idx] = acc;
+
+            if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
+                if let Some(vector_result) = vector_result {
+                    assert_eq!(vector_result, acc);
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         byte_idx += 1;