{
 "id": "a-single-before-and-after-pair-cannot-support",
 "kind": "feedback",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "A single before-and-after pair cannot support a six percent claim; interleave the two conditions and repeat them",
 "symptom": "A measurement taken once under each condition shows a difference of a few percent. It is indistinguishable from drift, warm-up, or whatever else changed between the two runs, and it cannot be defended.",
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Report a small performance difference in a way that survives scrutiny",
 "date": "2026-08-20",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
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  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}