diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 57bdde7b..30043153 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lazy_static"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.171"
@@ -83,7 +77,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "sha256"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
  "sha2",
 ]
 
diff --git a/wasm/pow/sha256/Cargo.toml b/wasm/pow/sha256/Cargo.toml
index c2bf025b..35a12f3f 100644
--- a/wasm/pow/sha256/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wasm/pow/sha256/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ edition = "2024"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-lazy_static = "1.5"
 sha2 = "0.10"
 
 [lints.clippy]
diff --git a/wasm/pow/sha256/src/lib.rs b/wasm/pow/sha256/src/lib.rs
index 8179bf35..5c9002b7 100644
--- a/wasm/pow/sha256/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wasm/pow/sha256/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
-use std::sync::Mutex;
+use std::sync::{Arc, LazyLock, Mutex};
 
-// Statically allocated buffers at compile time.
-lazy_static! {
-    /// The data buffer is a bit weird in that it doesn't have an explicit length as it can
-    /// and will change depending on the challenge input that was sent by the server.
-    /// However, it can only fit 4096 bytes of data (one amd64 machine page). This is
-    /// slightly overkill for the purposes of an Anubis check, but it's fine to assume
-    /// that the browser can afford this much ram usage.
-    ///
-    /// Callers should fetch the base data pointer, write up to 4096 bytes, and then
-    /// `set_data_length` the number of bytes they have written
-    ///
-    /// This is also functionally a write-only buffer, so it doesn't really matter that
-    /// the length of this buffer isn't exposed.
-    static ref DATA_BUFFER: Mutex<[u8; 4096]> = Mutex::new([0; 4096]);
-    static ref DATA_LENGTH: Mutex<usize> = Mutex::new(0);
+/// The data buffer is a bit weird in that it doesn't have an explicit length as it can
+/// and will change depending on the challenge input that was sent by the server.
+/// However, it can only fit 4096 bytes of data (one amd64 machine page). This is
+/// slightly overkill for the purposes of an Anubis check, but it's fine to assume
+/// that the browser can afford this much ram usage.
+///
+/// Callers should fetch the base data pointer, write up to 4096 bytes, and then
+/// `set_data_length` the number of bytes they have written
+///
+/// This is also functionally a write-only buffer, so it doesn't really matter that
+/// the length of this buffer isn't exposed.
+static DATA_BUFFER: LazyLock<Arc<Mutex<[u8; 4096]>>> =
+    LazyLock::new(|| Arc::new(Mutex::new([0; 4096])));
 
-    /// SHA-256 hashes are 32 bytes (256 bits). These are stored in static buffers due to the
-    /// fact that you cannot easily pass data from host space to WebAssembly space.
-    static ref RESULT_HASH: Mutex<[u8; 32]> = Mutex::new([0; 32]);
-    static ref VERIFICATION_HASH: Mutex<[u8; 32]> = Mutex::new([0; 32]);
-}
+static DATA_LENGTH: LazyLock<Mutex<usize>> = LazyLock::new(|| Mutex::new(0));
+
+/// SHA-256 hashes are 32 bytes (256 bits). These are stored in static buffers due to the
+/// fact that you cannot easily pass data from host space to WebAssembly space.
+static RESULT_HASH: LazyLock<Arc<Mutex<[u8; 32]>>> =
+    LazyLock::new(|| Arc::new(Mutex::new([0; 32])));
+
+static VERIFICATION_HASH: LazyLock<Arc<Mutex<[u8; 32]>>> =
+    LazyLock::new(|| Arc::new(Mutex::new([0; 32])));
 
 #[link(wasm_import_module = "anubis")]
 unsafe extern "C" {
diff --git a/wasm/wasm.go b/wasm/wasm.go
index 8f1aeb23..4f21aac2 100644
--- a/wasm/wasm.go
+++ b/wasm/wasm.go
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ func (r *Runner) dataPtr(ctx context.Context) (uint32, error) {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
+	fmt.Printf("data pointer: 0x%x\n", results[0])
+
 	return uint32(results[0]), nil
 }
 
diff --git a/wasm/wasm_test.go b/wasm/wasm_test.go
index 3b04f065..c64dc7c9 100644
--- a/wasm/wasm_test.go
+++ b/wasm/wasm_test.go
@@ -64,3 +64,37 @@ func TestSHA256(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("validation failed")
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkSHA256(b *testing.B) {
+	const difficulty = 4 // one nibble, intentionally easy for testing
+
+	fin, err := web.Static.Open("static/wasm/sha256.wasm")
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer fin.Close()
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
+	b.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+	runner, err := NewRunner(ctx, "sha256.wasm", fin)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	h := sha256.New()
+	fmt.Fprint(h, os.Args[0])
+	data := h.Sum(nil)
+
+	if n, err := runner.WriteData(ctx, data); err != nil {
+		b.Fatalf("can't write data: %v", err)
+	} else {
+		b.Logf("wrote %d bytes to data segment", n)
+	}
+
+	for b.Loop() {
+		_, err := runner.anubisWork(ctx, difficulty, 0, 1)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("can't do test work run: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}