diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7adea65..ea0bcb7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.5.3", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 colored = { version = "2.1.0", optional = false }
 libpt = "0.4.2"
 rand = "0.8.5"
+rayon = "1.10.0"
 regex = "1.10.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0.197", optional = true, features = ["serde_derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.114", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/bench/mod.rs b/src/bench/mod.rs
index 0cace90..d25eca6 100644
--- a/src/bench/mod.rs
+++ b/src/bench/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-use std::fmt::{Debug, Display};
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 use libpt::log::debug;
+use rayon::prelude::*;
 
 use crate::error::WResult;
 use crate::game::response::GuessResponse;
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ pub mod builtin;
 /// Default amount of games to play for a [Benchmark]
 pub const DEFAULT_N: usize = 50;
 
-pub trait Benchmark<'wl, WL, SL>: Clone + Sized + Debug
+pub trait Benchmark<'wl, WL, SL>: Clone + Sized + Debug + Sync
 where
     WL: WordList,
     WL: 'wl,
@@ -40,21 +42,26 @@ where
     // TODO: add some interface to get reports while the benchmark runs
     // TODO: make the benchmark optionally multithreaded
     fn bench(&'wl self, n: usize) -> WResult<Report> {
-        // PERF: it would be better to make this multithreaded
         let part = match n / 20 {
             0 => 19,
             other => other,
         };
-        let mut report = Report::new();
+        let report = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Report::new()));
+        let this = std::sync::Arc::new(self);
 
-        for i in 0..n {
-            report.add(self.play()?);
-            if i % part == part - 1 {
-                // TODO: add the report to the struct so that users can poll it to print the status
-                // TODO: update the report in the struct
-            }
-        }
+        (0..n)
+            .into_par_iter()
+            .for_each_with(report.clone(), |outside_data, _i| {
+                let report = outside_data;
+                let r = this
+                    .play()
+                    .expect("error playing the game during benchmark");
+                report.lock().expect("lock is poisoned").add(r);
+            });
 
+        // FIXME: find some way to take the Report from the Mutex
+        // Mutex::into_inner() does not work
+        let mut report: Report = report.lock().unwrap().clone();
         report.finalize();
 
         Ok(report)
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 75b56e4..b5731b9 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use thiserror::Error;
 
+use crate::bench::report::Report;
 use crate::wlist::word::Word;
 
 pub type WResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ pub enum Error {
         #[from]
         source: regex::Error,
     },
+    #[error("Error sharing the benchmark data over multiple threads")]
+    Mutex {
+        #[from]
+        source: std::sync::PoisonError<Report>
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Error)]
diff --git a/src/solve/mod.rs b/src/solve/mod.rs
index 1615dc1..800f8a4 100644
--- a/src/solve/mod.rs
+++ b/src/solve/mod.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub use stupid::StupidSolver;
 ///
 /// If you want to have the user select a model, create an enum with it's variants containing your
 /// [Solvers][Solver] and have this enum implement [Solver], see [AnyBuiltinSolver].
-pub trait Solver<'wl, WL: WordList>: Clone + std::fmt::Debug + Sized {
+pub trait Solver<'wl, WL: WordList>: Clone + std::fmt::Debug + Sized + Sync {
     /// Build and initialize a [Solver]
     fn build(wordlist: &'wl WL) -> WResult<Self>;
     /// Calculate the next guess for a [Game]
diff --git a/src/wlist/mod.rs b/src/wlist/mod.rs
index ec7db95..6ed8cd1 100644
--- a/src/wlist/mod.rs
+++ b/src/wlist/mod.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use crate::error::WResult;
 
 pub type AnyWordlist = Box<dyn WordList>;
 
-pub trait WordList: Clone + std::fmt::Debug + Default {
+pub trait WordList: Clone + std::fmt::Debug + Default + Sync {
     fn solutions(&self) -> ManyWordDatas {
         let wmap = self.wordmap().clone();
         let threshold = wmap.threshold();