Use median benchmark timings with sample quality context

[lukekarrys]

A single slow measured run can dominate a mean-of-three chart point. Use the median of successful measured runs throughout chart generation, dated/latest results, console summaries, aggregate views, history, leaderboard timing calculations, and registry speed alerts. For [294, 3, 4], publish 4 seconds and retain the 3–294 second observed range.

Tables show the statistic, successful/attempted runs, range, and partial status. Measured run 0 is intentionally included; explicit Hyperfine warmups are excluded. Aggregates are labeled arithmetic averages of medians, without an invented aggregate standard deviation. Partial comparison sets are excluded from aggregate rankings/history. Legacy mean results remain readable and labeled, but mean-only history is omitted until the dated raw results are reprocessed.

Validation: the combined 23 Node tests pass, including extreme outliers, single/two-run samples, partial/all-failed samples, dated/latest processing and reprocessing, per-package scaling, history, aggregates, and leaderboard behavior. Fresh-dependency TypeScript/Vite build and targeted ESLint checks pass. The inherited PR CI runs data tests and the application build.

Depends on #172 (partial-failure metadata); merge #172 before this PR. The overlap is resolved in this branch.

Closes #160

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Benchmark results now use median timing statistics with successful/attempted run counts, observed ranges, and partial-run indicators.
  • History, variation, and leaderboard views display clearer sample-quality details and identify legacy averages.
  • Benchmark summaries provide standardized timing output, including failure and partial-run information.

• Bug Fixes

  • Failed, incomplete, and invalid samples are excluded from averages, history, and leaderboard rankings.
  • Registry benchmark comparisons now use median results and clearer slowdown messaging.

• Documentation

  • Added guidance explaining timing statistics, sample quality, outliers, and legacy results.

• Chores

  • Added automated pull-request and main-branch testing and build verification.

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Changes

The benchmark pipeline now uses medians of successful measured runs as the canonical statistic. It preserves sample and partial-run metadata, excludes incomplete data from history and rankings, displays sampling details in the UI, updates registry comparisons, and adds tests and CI coverage.

Benchmark statistics

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Canonical statistic calculation scripts/benchmark-statistics.js, scripts/process-results.sh	Adds median calculation, failure and partial detection, sample metadata, formatted summaries, and CLI output.
Processing and chart persistence scripts/clean-benchmarks.js, scripts/generate-chart.js, scripts/benchmark-data.test.js, scripts/benchmark-statistics.test.js	Cleans and normalizes benchmark results with median metadata, preserves completeness fields, and validates chart generation and reprocessing.
Chart data and aggregation app/src/types/chart-data.ts, app/src/hooks/use-history-data.ts, app/src/lib/utils.ts, app/tests/statistics.test.ts	Carries sample metadata through chart data, selects complete medians for history, and excludes partial results from averages and leaderboards.
Sample metadata presentation app/src/components/variation/table.tsx, app/src/components/variation/index.tsx, app/src/components/history-chart.tsx, README.md	Displays statistic, run-count, range, variation-count, and partial-status details. Documents median-based timing and legacy means.
Workflow validation and registry comparison .github/workflows/benchmark.yaml, .github/workflows/test.yml	Uses complete median results for registry alerts and adds pull-request and main-branch test and build validation.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: vltbaudbot

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 673bb

The workflow summary can report a mean while benchmark charts and alerts report medians, making published benchmark results inconsistent. This is bounded to diagnostics but should be corrected for accurate reporting.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #160 coding requirements are met. scripts/benchmark-statistics.js defines the canonical statistic as the median of successful measured runs. Its code includes measured run 0 and excludes expli…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes stay within Issue #160. The README and UI text document the timing decision. The shared statistic helper, chart processing, history and aggregate logic, leaderboard logic, registry alert u…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 83.33% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 6 functions across 13 files. (3 skipped: 3 …
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: benchmark timings now use medians and include sample quality context.

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🟡 Minor · Report the canonical statistic in the workflow summary.

.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml:290
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Report the canonical statistic in the workflow summary.

The summary runs after processing but reads records that may still contain legacy mean-only data. Replace the direct r.mean formatting with formatBenchmarkSummary(r) or benchmarkStatistics(r). This reports the median for sampled results and preserves the legacy-mean label for mean-only records.

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In @.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml at line 290, Update the workflow summary’s
record formatting to use formatBenchmarkSummary(r) or benchmarkStatistics(r)
instead of directly formatting r.mean, so sampled results report the median
while mean-only legacy records retain the legacy-mean label.

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In @.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml:
- Line 290: Update the workflow summary’s record formatting to use
formatBenchmarkSummary(r) or benchmarkStatistics(r) instead of directly
formatting r.mean, so sampled results report the median while mean-only legacy
records retain the legacy-mean label.

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• .github/workflows/benchmark.yaml
• .github/workflows/test.yml
• README.md
• app/src/components/history-chart.tsx
• app/src/components/variation/index.tsx
• app/src/components/variation/table.tsx
• app/src/hooks/use-history-data.ts
• app/src/lib/utils.ts
• app/src/types/chart-data.ts
• app/tests/statistics.test.ts
• scripts/benchmark-data.test.js
• scripts/benchmark-statistics.js
• scripts/benchmark-statistics.test.js
• scripts/clean-benchmarks.js
• scripts/generate-chart.js
• scripts/process-results.sh

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