See the asv docs for how to run our (currently very simple) benchmark suite and track speed changes over time.
E.g.:
PYTHONPATH=.. asv bench
Or for cases that asv doesn't handle too well (hit control-C when bored of watching numbers scroll):
PYTHONPATH=.. pypy benchmarks/benchmarks.py
PYTHONPATH=.. python -m vmprof --web benchmarks/benchmarks.py
PYTHONPATH=.. pypy -m vmprof --web benchmarks/benchmarks.py