diff --git a/examples/example-gradle/build.gradle.kts b/examples/example-gradle/build.gradle.kts
index 235e6f0..e485dca 100644
--- a/examples/example-gradle/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/examples/example-gradle/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,6 +8,31 @@ version = "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
 
 jmh {
     jmhVersion.set("0.1.0")
+
+    benchmarkMode.set(listOf("avgt"))
+    timeUnit.set("ns")
+    warmupIterations.set(2)
+    warmup.set("1s")
+    iterations.set(3)
+    timeOnIteration.set("1s")
+    fork.set(3)
+    resultFormat.set("JSON")
+
+    // Force a System.gc() between iterations so heap state is reset before each
+    // measurement starts. Without this, a GC pause can land inside the measurement
+    // window and show up as a spurious regression in CI.
+    forceGC = true
+
+    // Run subset of the benchmarks to avoid long CI runtimes
+    if (System.getenv("CODSPEED_ENV") != null) {
+        logger.lifecycle("CODSPEED_ENV detected — running curated CI benchmark subset")
+        // me.champeau.jmh joins `includes` with commas into a single positional
+        // regex passed to JMH, so multiple entries collapse to one pattern with
+        // literal commas and match nothing. Use a single alternation instead.
+        includes.set(listOf(
+            ".*(SleepBenchmark|BacktrackingBenchmark|FibBenchmark).*",
+        ))
+    }
 }
 
 sourceSets {
diff --git a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/BacktrackingBenchmark.java b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/BacktrackingBenchmark.java
index 5d75754..4602823 100644
--- a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/BacktrackingBenchmark.java
+++ b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/BacktrackingBenchmark.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package bench;
 
 import com.thealgorithms.backtracking.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.*;
@@ -8,16 +9,13 @@
 
 @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
 @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS)
-@Warmup(iterations = 1, time = 1)
-@Measurement(iterations = 3, time = 1)
-@Fork(1)
 public class BacktrackingBenchmark {
 
   // -- N-Queens --
 
   @State(Scope.Benchmark)
   public static class NQueensState {
-    @Param({"4", "5", "6", "7", "8"})
+    @Param({"8"})
     public int nQueens;
   }
 
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ public List<List<String>> nQueensSolver(NQueensState state) {
 
   @State(Scope.Benchmark)
   public static class ParenthesesState {
-    @Param({"3", "4", "5", "6"})
+    @Param({"6"})
     public int nParens;
   }
 
@@ -43,34 +41,46 @@ public List<String> generateParentheses(ParenthesesState state) {
 
   @State(Scope.Benchmark)
   public static class CombinationsState {
-    @Param({"5", "6", "7", "8", "9"})
+    @Param({"9"})
     public int nCombinations;
+
+    public Integer[] arr;
+
+    @Setup(Level.Trial)
+    public void setup() {
+      arr = new Integer[nCombinations];
+      for (int i = 0; i < nCombinations; i++) {
+        arr[i] = i;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   @Benchmark
   public void generateCombinations(CombinationsState state, Blackhole bh) {
-    Integer[] arr = new Integer[state.nCombinations];
-    for (int i = 0; i < state.nCombinations; i++) {
-      arr[i] = i;
-    }
-    bh.consume(Combination.combination(arr, 3));
+    bh.consume(Combination.combination(state.arr, 3));
   }
 
   // -- Permutations --
 
   @State(Scope.Benchmark)
   public static class PermutationsState {
-    @Param({"3", "4", "5", "6", "7"})
+    @Param({"7"})
     public int nPermutations;
+
+    public Integer[] arr;
+
+    @Setup(Level.Trial)
+    public void setup() {
+      arr = new Integer[nPermutations];
+      for (int i = 0; i < nPermutations; i++) {
+        arr[i] = i;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   @Benchmark
   public void permutations(PermutationsState state, Blackhole bh) {
-    Integer[] arr = new Integer[state.nPermutations];
-    for (int i = 0; i < state.nPermutations; i++) {
-      arr[i] = i;
-    }
-    bh.consume(Permutation.permutation(arr));
+    bh.consume(Permutation.permutation(state.arr));
   }
 
   // -- Sudoku Solver --
@@ -105,16 +115,22 @@ public boolean sudokuSolver(SudokuState state) {
 
   @State(Scope.Benchmark)
   public static class SubsequencesState {
-    @Param({"8", "10", "12"})
+    @Param({"12"})
     public int nSubsequences;
+
+    public List<Integer> seq;
+
+    @Setup(Level.Trial)
+    public void setup() {
+      seq = new ArrayList<>(nSubsequences);
+      for (int i = 0; i < nSubsequences; i++) {
+        seq.add(i);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   @Benchmark
   public void generateSubsequences(SubsequencesState state, Blackhole bh) {
-    List<Integer> seq = new java.util.ArrayList<>();
-    for (int i = 0; i < state.nSubsequences; i++) {
-      seq.add(i);
-    }
-    bh.consume(SubsequenceFinder.generateAll(seq));
+    bh.consume(SubsequenceFinder.generateAll(state.seq));
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/BitManipulationBenchmark.java b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/BitManipulationBenchmark.java
index fc45b71..7030dc4 100644
--- a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/BitManipulationBenchmark.java
+++ b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/BitManipulationBenchmark.java
@@ -8,12 +8,9 @@
 @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
 @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
 @State(Scope.Benchmark)
-@Warmup(iterations = 1, time = 1)
-@Measurement(iterations = 3, time = 1)
-@Fork(1)
 public class BitManipulationBenchmark {
 
-  @Param({"0", "42", "255", "1024", "65535"})
+  @Param({"65535"})
   private int bitValue;
 
   @Benchmark
diff --git a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/DynamicProgrammingBenchmark.java b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/DynamicProgrammingBenchmark.java
index 8f9b704..bda6243 100644
--- a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/DynamicProgrammingBenchmark.java
+++ b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/DynamicProgrammingBenchmark.java
@@ -6,16 +6,13 @@
 
 @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
 @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
-@Warmup(iterations = 1, time = 1)
-@Measurement(iterations = 3, time = 1)
-@Fork(1)
 public class DynamicProgrammingBenchmark {
 
   // -- Fibonacci --
 
   @State(Scope.Benchmark)
   public static class FibonacciState {
-    @Param({"10", "20", "30", "40"})
+    @Param({"30"})
     public int fibN;
   }
 
@@ -38,7 +35,7 @@ public int fibonacciOptimized(FibonacciState state) {
 
   @State(Scope.Benchmark)
   public static class KnapsackState {
-    @Param({"10", "15", "20"})
+    @Param({"20"})
     public int knapsackSize;
 
     public int[] knapsackWeights;
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ public int knapsack(KnapsackState state) {
 
   @State(Scope.Benchmark)
   public static class EditDistanceState {
-    @Param({"kitten", "saturday"})
+    @Param({"saturday"})
     public String editWord1;
   }
 
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@ public int editDistance(EditDistanceState state) {
 
   @State(Scope.Benchmark)
   public static class LevenshteinState {
-    @Param({"kitten sitting", "saturday sunday"})
+    @Param({"saturday sunday"})
     public String levenshteinPair;
   }
 
@@ -91,7 +88,7 @@ public int levenshteinDistance(LevenshteinState state) {
 
   @State(Scope.Benchmark)
   public static class LisState {
-    @Param({"10", "50", "100"})
+    @Param({"100"})
     public int lisSize;
 
     public int[] lisArray;
@@ -115,7 +112,7 @@ public int longestIncreasingSubsequence(LisState state) {
 
   @State(Scope.Benchmark)
   public static class CoinChangeState {
-    @Param({"50", "100", "200"})
+    @Param({"200"})
     public int coinAmount;
   }
 
@@ -130,7 +127,7 @@ public int coinChange(CoinChangeState state) {
 
   @State(Scope.Benchmark)
   public static class SubsetSumState {
-    @Param({"10", "15", "20"})
+    @Param({"20"})
     public int subsetSize;
 
     public int[] subsetArr;
diff --git a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/FibBenchmark.java b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/FibBenchmark.java
index 272fed6..2c15ec7 100644
--- a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/FibBenchmark.java
+++ b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/FibBenchmark.java
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
 @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
 @State(Scope.Benchmark)
-@Warmup(iterations = 1, time = 1)
-@Measurement(iterations = 3, time = 1)
-@Fork(1)
 public class FibBenchmark {
 
   @Param({"30"})
diff --git a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/RegexBenchmark.java b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/RegexBenchmark.java
index 3adc366..bf2ec61 100644
--- a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/RegexBenchmark.java
+++ b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/RegexBenchmark.java
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
 @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS)
 @State(Scope.Benchmark)
-@Warmup(iterations = 1, time = 1)
-@Measurement(iterations = 3, time = 1)
-@Fork(1)
 public class RegexBenchmark {
 
   // Complex pattern with alternations, named groups, lookahead, and quantifiers.
@@ -26,7 +23,7 @@ public class RegexBenchmark {
   // Nested quantifiers: (a+)+ applied to a string of 'a's followed by a non-matching char.
   private static final String BACKTRACK_PATTERN = "^(a+)+b$";
 
-  @Param({"20", "24"})
+  @Param({"24"})
   private int backtrackLength;
 
   private String scanInput;
diff --git a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/RleBenchmark.java b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/RleBenchmark.java
index eb44f38..23fc779 100644
--- a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/RleBenchmark.java
+++ b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/RleBenchmark.java
@@ -9,12 +9,9 @@
 @BenchmarkMode(Mode.Throughput)
 @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
 @State(Scope.Benchmark)
-@Warmup(iterations = 1, time = 1)
-@Measurement(iterations = 3, time = 1)
-@Fork(1)
 public class RleBenchmark {
 
-  @Param({"1024", "65536"})
+  @Param({"65536"})
   private int size;
 
   private byte[] rawData;
diff --git a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/SleepBenchmark.java b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/SleepBenchmark.java
index 2a8ef82..a7476b4 100644
--- a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/SleepBenchmark.java
+++ b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/bench/SleepBenchmark.java
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
 @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
 @State(Scope.Benchmark)
-@Warmup(iterations = 1, time = 1)
-@Measurement(iterations = 3, time = 1)
-@Fork(1)
 public class SleepBenchmark {
 
   private static void busyWait(long nanos) {
diff --git a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/com/thealgorithms/sorts/SortBenchmark.java b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/com/thealgorithms/sorts/SortBenchmark.java
index a942f4a..86ae03d 100644
--- a/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/com/thealgorithms/sorts/SortBenchmark.java
+++ b/examples/example-gradle/src/jmh/java/com/thealgorithms/sorts/SortBenchmark.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.thealgorithms.sorts;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.*;
@@ -8,82 +7,51 @@
 @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
 @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS)
 @State(Scope.Benchmark)
-@Warmup(iterations = 1, time = 1)
-@Measurement(iterations = 3, time = 1)
-@Fork(1)
 public class SortBenchmark {
 
-  @Param({"100", "1000", "10000"})
+  @Param({"10000"})
   private int size;
 
   private Integer[] data;
+  private Integer[] working;
 
   private final QuickSort quickSort = new QuickSort();
   private final MergeSort mergeSort = new MergeSort();
-  private final HeapSort heapSort = new HeapSort();
-  private final InsertionSort insertionSort = new InsertionSort();
-  private final BubbleSort bubbleSort = new BubbleSort();
   private final TimSort timSort = new TimSort();
-  private final ShellSort shellSort = new ShellSort();
-  private final SelectionSort selectionSort = new SelectionSort();
   private final DualPivotQuickSort dualPivotQuickSort = new DualPivotQuickSort();
-  private final IntrospectiveSort introspectiveSort = new IntrospectiveSort();
 
   @Setup(Level.Trial)
   public void setup() {
     Random rng = new Random(42);
     data = new Integer[size];
+    working = new Integer[size];
     for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
       data[i] = rng.nextInt(size * 10);
     }
   }
 
-  private Integer[] copyData() {
-    return Arrays.copyOf(data, data.length);
+  private Integer[] resetWorking() {
+    System.arraycopy(data, 0, working, 0, size);
+    return working;
   }
 
   @Benchmark
   public Integer[] quickSort() {
-    return quickSort.sort(copyData());
+    return quickSort.sort(resetWorking());
   }
 
   @Benchmark
   public Integer[] mergeSort() {
-    return mergeSort.sort(copyData());
-  }
-
-  @Benchmark
-  public Integer[] heapSort() {
-    return heapSort.sort(copyData());
+    return mergeSort.sort(resetWorking());
   }
 
   @Benchmark
   public Integer[] timSort() {
-    return timSort.sort(copyData());
-  }
-
-  @Benchmark
-  public Integer[] shellSort() {
-    return shellSort.sort(copyData());
-  }
-
-  @Benchmark
-  public Integer[] selectionSort() {
-    return selectionSort.sort(copyData());
-  }
-
-  @Benchmark
-  public Integer[] insertionSort() {
-    return insertionSort.sort(copyData());
+    return timSort.sort(resetWorking());
   }
 
   @Benchmark
   public Integer[] dualPivotQuickSort() {
-    return dualPivotQuickSort.sort(copyData());
-  }
-
-  @Benchmark
-  public Integer[] introspectiveSort() {
-    return introspectiveSort.sort(copyData());
+    return dualPivotQuickSort.sort(resetWorking());
   }
 }
diff --git a/jmh-fork/jmh-core/src/main/java/org/openjdk/jmh/runner/Defaults.java b/jmh-fork/jmh-core/src/main/java/org/openjdk/jmh/runner/Defaults.java
index 0b79b79..843fe92 100644
--- a/jmh-fork/jmh-core/src/main/java/org/openjdk/jmh/runner/Defaults.java
+++ b/jmh-fork/jmh-core/src/main/java/org/openjdk/jmh/runner/Defaults.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class Defaults {
     /**
      * Number of warmup iterations.
      */
-    public static final int WARMUP_ITERATIONS = 5;
+    public static final int WARMUP_ITERATIONS = 3;
 
     /**
      * Number of warmup iterations in {@link org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode#SingleShotTime} mode.
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ public class Defaults {
     /**
      * The duration of warmup iterations.
      */
-    public static final TimeValue WARMUP_TIME = TimeValue.seconds(10);
+    public static final TimeValue WARMUP_TIME = TimeValue.seconds(1);
 
     /**
      * Number of measurement iterations.
      */
-    public static final int MEASUREMENT_ITERATIONS = 5;
+    public static final int MEASUREMENT_ITERATIONS = 3;
 
     /**
      * Number of measurement iterations in {@link org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode#SingleShotTime} mode.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class Defaults {
     /**
      * The duration of measurement iterations.
      */
-    public static final TimeValue MEASUREMENT_TIME = TimeValue.seconds(10);
+    public static final TimeValue MEASUREMENT_TIME = TimeValue.seconds(1);
 
     /**
      * Number of measurement threads.
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class Defaults {
     /**
      * Number of forks in which we measure the workload.
      */
-    public static final int MEASUREMENT_FORKS = 5;
+    public static final int MEASUREMENT_FORKS = 3;
 
     /**
      * Number of warmup forks we discard.