diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark_cargo_cmp.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark_cargo_cmp.yml
index 5bbe2ad422..ba532209f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark_cargo_cmp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark_cargo_cmp.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ jobs:
         run: "./scripts/bin/infra perf cargo ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && '--pr-benchmark' || (inputs.dryRun == true && '--dry-run' || '') }} comparison"
         env:
           BENCHER_API_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.BENCHER_API_TOKEN }}"
-          BENCHER_PR_START_POINT_HASH: "${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
           BENCHER_PR_HEAD_HASH: "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark_cargo_slang.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark_cargo_slang.yml
index 9282f54ddc..dfd950d893 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark_cargo_slang.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark_cargo_slang.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ jobs:
         run: "./scripts/bin/infra perf cargo ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && '--pr-benchmark' || (inputs.dryRun == true && '--dry-run' || '') }} slang"
         env:
           BENCHER_API_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.BENCHER_API_TOKEN }}"
-          BENCHER_PR_START_POINT_HASH: "${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
           BENCHER_PR_HEAD_HASH: "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark_cargo_slang_v2.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark_cargo_slang_v2.yml
index a5d1974b37..e5889de1b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark_cargo_slang_v2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark_cargo_slang_v2.yml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ on:
     branches:
       - "main"
 
-  # Run on pull requests (smoke test always, full benchmark with 'ci:perf' label):
+  # Run on every pull request (full benchmark, non-blocking):
   pull_request:
     types:
       - "opened"
       - "synchronize"
       - "reopened"
-      - "labeled"
 
 permissions: {}
 
@@ -78,21 +77,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "SLANG_BENCHER_PROJECT=${{ inputs.bencherProject }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         if: "${{ inputs.bencherProject }}"
 
-      - name: "Smoke Test > infra perf cargo --smoke slang-v2"
-        if: "${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ci:perf') }}"
-        run: "./scripts/bin/infra perf cargo --smoke slang-v2"
-
       - name: "Benchmark > infra perf cargo slang-v2"
-        if: "${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ci:perf') }}"
         run: "./scripts/bin/infra perf cargo ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && '--pr-benchmark' || (inputs.dryRun == true && '--dry-run' || '') }} slang-v2"
         env:
           BENCHER_API_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.BENCHER_API_TOKEN }}"
-          BENCHER_PR_START_POINT_HASH: "${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
           BENCHER_PR_HEAD_HASH: "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
 
       - name: "Benchmark > Upload Benchmarking Data"
-        if: "${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ci:perf') }}"
         uses: "actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a" # v7.0.1
         with:
           name: "benchmarking-data"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark_npm.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark_npm.yml
index d93f3ab4ab..9293d0e5f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark_npm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark_npm.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,5 @@ jobs:
         run: "./scripts/bin/infra perf npm ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && '--pr-benchmark' || (inputs.dryRun == true && '--dry-run' || '') }}"
         env:
           BENCHER_API_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.BENCHER_API_TOKEN }}"
-          BENCHER_PR_START_POINT_HASH: "${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
           BENCHER_PR_HEAD_HASH: "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/crates/infra/cli/src/commands/perf/cargo/mod.rs b/crates/infra/cli/src/commands/perf/cargo/mod.rs
index 5bc69c7cf3..0631701911 100644
--- a/crates/infra/cli/src/commands/perf/cargo/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/infra/cli/src/commands/perf/cargo/mod.rs
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ impl CargoController {
 
         // 1% threshold: iai-callgrind uses deterministic hardware counters (not wall clock),
         // so any change reflects a real code change, not noise.
-        // We also keep the window small (only 2 measurements), for the same reason.
-        let threshold = |measure| BencherThreshold::new(measure, "0.01").with_max_sample_size("2");
+        // We also keep the window small (only 1 measurement), for the same reason.
+        let threshold = |measure| BencherThreshold::new(measure, "0.01").with_max_sample_size("1");
 
         // We don't add thresholds for l1-hits, l2-hits, and ram-hits, since there's not a simple
         // rule that could catch all cases (ie more l1-hits is better if total bytes read remains the same,
diff --git a/crates/infra/cli/src/toolchains/bencher/mod.rs b/crates/infra/cli/src/toolchains/bencher/mod.rs
index 215be54f40..aa715ea212 100644
--- a/crates/infra/cli/src/toolchains/bencher/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/infra/cli/src/toolchains/bencher/mod.rs
@@ -80,15 +80,12 @@ pub(crate) fn run_bench(
             .expect("GITHUB_HEAD_REF must be set for --pr-benchmark (are you running in a PR?)");
         let base_ref = std::env::var("GITHUB_BASE_REF")
             .expect("GITHUB_BASE_REF must be set for --pr-benchmark (are you running in a PR?)");
-        let start_point_hash = std::env::var("BENCHER_PR_START_POINT_HASH")
-            .expect("BENCHER_PR_START_POINT_HASH must be set for --pr-benchmark");
         let head_hash = std::env::var("BENCHER_PR_HEAD_HASH")
             .expect("BENCHER_PR_HEAD_HASH must be set for --pr-benchmark");
 
         command = command
             .property("--branch", &head_ref)
             .property("--start-point", &base_ref)
-            .property("--start-point-hash", &start_point_hash)
             .flag("--start-point-reset")
             .property("--hash", &head_hash);