diff --git a/test/test-performance.rkt b/test/test-performance.rkt
index 3cd09d3..8069fc0 100644
--- a/test/test-performance.rkt
+++ b/test/test-performance.rkt
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@
 
 (require subtemplate/override)
 
-#;(time
-   (syntax-case #'((((0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)))) ()
-     [((((a b c d e f g h i j) …) …) …)
-      #'(a … … …)]))
-
-#;(time
-   (syntax-case #'((((0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)))) ()
-     [((((a b c d e f g h i j) …) …) …)
-      (list #'a … … …)]))
+(time
+ (syntax-case #'((((0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)))) ()
+   [((((a b c d e f g h i j) …) …) …)
+    #'(a … … …)]))
 
 (time
- (syntax-case #'(((0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9))) ()
-   [(((a b c d e f g h i j) …) …)
-    (list #'a … …)]))
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+ (syntax-case #'((((0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)))) ()
+   [((((a b c d e f g h i j) …) …) …)
+    (list #'a … … …)]))
+
+;; raco expand this-file.rkt | wc
+;; shows that there are 160 extra words for each additional level of nesting
+;; for the following code, between 2 and 5 (inclusive) levels of nesting.
+(time
+ (syntax-case #'((((((0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)))))) ()
+   [((((((a b c d e f g h i j) …) …) …) …) …)
+    (list #'a … … … … …)]))
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