diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
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+results.json
+plots.html
diff --git a/tests/benchmark.py b/tests/benchmark.py
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+import sys
+import json
+import os.path
+from random import shuffle
+from time import perf_counter
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+
+from test_rindex import FUNCTIONS
+
+
+TEST_TIME = 1
+MIN_COUNT = 10
+WARMUP_COUNT = 5
+STEPS = 10
+SIZES = (100, 10_000, 1_000_000)
+
+
+def test(func, args):
+    # warm-up
+    for _ in range(WARMUP_COUNT):
+        try:
+            func(*args)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    total_time = 0
+    count = 0
+    while total_time < TEST_TIME or count < MIN_COUNT:
+        t = perf_counter()
+        try:
+            func(*args)
+        except:  # bare except is faster
+            pass
+        total_time += perf_counter() - t
+        count += 1
+
+    return total_time * 1000 / count
+
+
+def _numbers_for(size):
+    numbers = [-1]
+    numbers.extend(range(0, size, size // STEPS))
+    if numbers[-1] != size - 1:
+        numbers.append(size - 1)
+    return tuple(numbers)
+
+
+def _get_name(func):
+    try:
+        file = func.__code__.co_filename
+    except AttributeError:
+        return func.__qualname__
+    return os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(file))[0] + "." + func.__qualname__
+
+
+def rindex_alternative1(seq, value):
+    return len(seq) - 1 - seq[::-1].index(value)
+
+
+def rindex_alternative2(seq, value):
+    seq.reverse()
+    try:
+        return len(seq) - 1 - seq.index(value)
+    finally:
+        seq.reverse()
+
+
+def rindex_alternative3(seq, value):
+    for i, elem in enumerate(reversed(seq)):
+        if elem == value:
+            return len(seq) - 1 - i
+    raise ValueError("value not in sequence")
+
+
+FUNCTIONS = (
+    (list.index,)
+    + FUNCTIONS
+    + (rindex_alternative1, rindex_alternative2, rindex_alternative3)
+)
+
+
+def test_list_size(func, size):
+    assert size % STEPS == 0, f"can't divide the size into {STEPS} equal parts"
+    list_ = list(range(size))
+    # randomize the list to avoid possible optimizations
+    shuffle(list_)
+    numbers = _numbers_for(size)
+    if func is list.index:
+        numbers = numbers[:1] + tuple(reversed(numbers[1:]))
+    return [test(func, (list_, list_[i] if i != -1 else size)) for i in numbers]
+
+
+def run_measurements():
+    results = []
+    axis = _numbers_for(100)
+    for size in SIZES:
+        print("List size:", size)
+        lines = []
+
+        for func in FUNCTIONS:
+            fname = _get_name(func)
+            print("Function:", fname)
+
+            values = test_list_size(func, size)
+            if len(values) < len(axis):
+                values.append(values[-1])
+            lines.append((fname, values))
+        results.append((size, lines))
+
+    return results
+
+
+def write_plots(results):
+    import mpld3
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+    axis = _numbers_for(100)
+    f = open("plots.html", "w")
+    f.write('<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">\n')
+
+    for size, plot in results:
+        plt.title(f"list of {size} elements")
+        plt.xlabel("position")
+        plt.ylabel("milliseconds")
+        for fname, values in plot:
+            plt.plot(axis, values, label=fname)
+        plt.legend()
+        f.write(mpld3.fig_to_html(plt.gcf()))
+        plt.clf()
+
+    f.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    p = ArgumentParser()
+    p.add_argument("--json", action="store_true")
+    p.add_argument("--from-json", action="store_true")
+    p.add_argument("--append", action="store_true")
+
+    args = p.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
+
+    if args.from_json or args.append:
+        with open("results.json") as f:
+            plots = json.load(f)
+    else:
+        plots = []
+
+    if not args.from_json:
+        plots.extend(run_measurements())
+
+    if args.json:
+        with open("results.json", "w") as f:
+            json.dump(plots, f)
+    else:
+        write_plots(plots)