diff --git a/dense_vector/challenges/default.json b/dense_vector/challenges/default.json
index c1aeb109..76885973 100644
--- a/dense_vector/challenges/default.json
+++ b/dense_vector/challenges/default.json
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
           },
           {
             "name": "knn-search-100-1000-concurrent-with-indexing",
-            "operation": "knn-search-100-1000"
+            "operation": "compareme-knn-search-100-1000"
           }
         ]
       }
@@ -110,36 +110,182 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "knn-search-10-100",
-      "operation": "knn-search-10-100",
+      "operation": "compareme-knn-search-10-100",
       "warmup-iterations": 100,
       "iterations": 1000
     },
     {
       "name": "knn-search-100-1000",
-      "operation": "knn-search-100-1000",
+      "operation": "compareme-knn-search-100-1000",
       "warmup-iterations": 100,
       "iterations": 1000
     },
     {
       "name": "script-score-query",
-      "operation": "script-score-query",
+      "operation": "compareme-script-score-query",
       "warmup-iterations": 100,
       "iterations": 1000
     },
     {
-      "operation": "knn-recall-10-100"
+      "operation": "compareme-knn-recall-10-100"
     },
     {
-      "operation": "knn-recall-100-1000"
+      "operation": "compareme-knn-recall-100-1000"
     },
     {
-      "operation": "knn-recall-10-10"
+      "operation": "compareme-knn-recall-10-10"
     },
     {
-      "operation": "knn-recall-100-100"
+      "operation": "compareme-knn-recall-100-100"
     },
     {
-      "operation": "knn-recall-1000-1000"
+      "operation": "compareme-knn-recall-1000-1000"
+    }
+  ]
+},
+{
+  "name": "index-and-search-cold-cache",
+  "description": "Indexes vectors, then executes searches under various conditions",
+  "default": false,
+  "schedule": [
+    {
+      "operation": {
+        "operation-type": "delete-index"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": {
+        "operation-type": "create-index",
+        "settings": {{index_settings | default({}) | tojson}}
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": {
+        "operation-type": "cluster-health",
+        "request-params": {
+          "wait_for_status": "green"
+        },
+        "retry-until-success": true
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "index-append",
+      "operation": {
+        "operation-type": "bulk",
+        "bulk-size": {{bulk_size | default(5000)}},
+        "ingest-percentage": 20
+      },
+      "warmup-time-period": {{ bulk_warmup | default(40) | int }},
+      "clients": {{bulk_indexing_clients | default(1)}}
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "refresh-after-index",
+      "operation": {
+        "operation-type": "refresh",
+        "request-timeout": 1000,
+        "include-in-reporting": true
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "wait-until-merges-finish-after-index",
+      "operation": {
+        "operation-type": "index-stats",
+        "index": "_all",
+        "condition": {
+          "path": "_all.total.merges.current",
+          "expected-value": 0
+        },
+        "retry-until-success": true,
+        "include-in-reporting": false
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "parallel": {
+        "warmup-time-period": 10,
+        "completed-by": "index-update-concurrent-with-searches",
+        "tasks": [
+          {
+            "name": "index-update-concurrent-with-searches",
+            "operation": {
+              "operation-type": "bulk",
+              "bulk-size": 5000,
+              "ingest-percentage": 5
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "knn-search-100-1000-concurrent-with-indexing",
+            "operation": "knn-search-100-1000-cold_cache"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "refresh-after-update",
+      "operation": {
+        "operation-type": "refresh",
+        "request-timeout": 1000,
+        "include-in-reporting": true
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": {
+        "operation-type": "force-merge",
+        "mode" : "polling",
+        "max-num-segments": 1,
+        "request-timeout": 7200,
+        "include-in-reporting": true
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "refresh-after-force-merge",
+      "operation": "refresh"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "wait-until-merges-finish",
+      "operation": {
+        "operation-type": "index-stats",
+        "index": "_all",
+        "condition": {
+          "path": "_all.total.merges.current",
+          "expected-value": 0
+        },
+        "retry-until-success": true,
+        "include-in-reporting": false
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "cold-cache-knn-search-10-100",
+      "operation": "knn-search-10-100-cold_cache",
+      "warmup-iterations": 100,
+      "iterations": 1000
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "cold-cache-knn-search-100-1000",
+      "operation": "knn-search-100-1000-cold_cache",
+      "warmup-iterations": 100,
+      "iterations": 1000
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "cold-cache-script-score-query",
+      "operation": "script-score-query-cold_cache",
+      "warmup-iterations": 100,
+      "iterations": 1000
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": "knn-recall-10-100-cold_cache"
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": "knn-recall-100-1000-cold_cache"
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": "knn-recall-10-10-cold_cache"
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": "knn-recall-100-100-cold_cache"
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": "knn-recall-1000-1000-cold_cache"
     }
   ]
 }
+
diff --git a/dense_vector/operations/default.json b/dense_vector/operations/default.json
index e4a48f32..3d1c8143 100644
--- a/dense_vector/operations/default.json
+++ b/dense_vector/operations/default.json
@@ -1,61 +1,252 @@
-{
-  "name": "knn-search-10-100",
-  "operation-type": "search",
-  "param-source": "knn-param-source",
-  "k": 10,
-  "num-candidates": 100
-},
-{
-  "name": "knn-search-100-1000",
-  "operation-type": "search",
-  "param-source": "knn-param-source",
-  "k": 100,
-  "num-candidates": 1000
-},
-{
-  "name": "script-score-query",
-  "operation-type": "search",
-  "param-source": "knn-param-source",
-  "k": 10,
-  "exact": true
-},
-{
-  "name": "knn-recall-10-100",
-  "operation-type": "knn-recall",
-  "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
-  "k": 10,
-  "num-candidates": 100,
-  "include-in-reporting": false
-},
-{
-  "name": "knn-recall-100-1000",
-  "operation-type": "knn-recall",
-  "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
-  "k": 100,
-  "num-candidates": 1000,
-  "include-in-reporting": false
-},
-{
-  "name": "knn-recall-10-10",
-  "operation-type": "knn-recall",
-  "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
-  "k": 10,
-  "num-candidates": 10,
-  "include-in-reporting": false
-},
-{
-  "name": "knn-recall-100-100",
-  "operation-type": "knn-recall",
-  "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
-  "k": 100,
-  "num-candidates": 100,
-  "include-in-reporting": false
-},
-{
-  "name": "knn-recall-1000-1000",
-  "operation-type": "knn-recall",
-  "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
-  "k": 1000,
-  "num-candidates": 1000,
-  "include-in-reporting": false
-}
+
+  {
+    "name": "compareme-knn-search-10-100",
+    "operation-type": "search",
+    "param-source": "knn-param-source",
+    "k": 10,
+    "num-candidates": 100
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "knn-search-10-100-cold_cache",
+    "param-source": "knn-param-source",
+    "operation-type": "composite",
+    "requests": [
+      {
+        "stream": [
+          {
+            "name": "cache-clear",
+            "operation-type": "raw-request",
+            "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+            "method": "POST"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "compareme-knn-search-10-100",
+            "operation-type": "search",
+            "param-source": "knn-param-source",
+            "k": 10,
+            "num-candidates": 100
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "compareme-knn-search-100-1000",
+    "operation-type": "search",
+    "param-source": "knn-param-source",
+    "k": 100,
+    "num-candidates": 1000
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "knn-search-100-1000-cold_cache",
+    "operation-type": "composite",
+    "requests": [
+      {
+        "stream": [
+          {
+            "name": "cache-clear",
+            "operation-type": "raw-request",
+            "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+            "method": "POST"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "compareme-knn-search-100-1000",
+            "param-source": "knn-param-source",
+            "operation-type": "search",
+            "k": 100,
+            "num-candidates": 1000
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "compareme-script-score-query",
+    "operation-type": "search",
+    "param-source": "knn-param-source",
+    "k": 10,
+    "exact": true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "script-score-query-cold_cache",
+    "operation-type": "composite",
+    "requests": [
+      {
+        "stream": [
+          {
+            "name": "cache-clear",
+            "operation-type": "raw-request",
+            "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+            "method": "POST"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "compareme-script-score-query",
+            "operation-type": "search",
+            "param-source": "knn-param-source",
+            "k": 10,
+            "exact": true
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "compareme-knn-recall-10-100",
+    "operation-type": "knn-recall",
+    "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
+    "k": 10,
+    "num-candidates": 100,
+    "include-in-reporting": false
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "knn-recall-10-100-cold_cache",
+    "operation-type": "composite",
+    "requests": [
+      {
+        "stream": [
+          {
+            "name": "cache-clear",
+            "operation-type": "raw-request",
+            "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+            "method": "POST"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "compareme-knn-recall-10-100",
+            "operation-type": "knn-recall",
+            "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
+            "k": 10,
+            "num-candidates": 100,
+            "include-in-reporting": false
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "compareme-knn-recall-100-1000",
+    "operation-type": "knn-recall",
+    "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
+    "k": 100,
+    "num-candidates": 1000,
+    "include-in-reporting": false
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "knn-recall-100-1000-cold_cache",
+    "operation-type": "composite",
+    "requests": [
+      {
+        "stream": [
+          {
+            "name": "cache-clear",
+            "operation-type": "raw-request",
+            "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+            "method": "POST"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "compareme-knn-recall-100-1000",
+            "operation-type": "knn-recall",
+            "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
+            "k": 100,
+            "num-candidates": 1000,
+            "include-in-reporting": false
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "compareme-knn-recall-10-10",
+    "operation-type": "knn-recall",
+    "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
+    "k": 10,
+    "num-candidates": 10,
+    "include-in-reporting": false
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "knn-recall-10-10-cold_cache",
+    "operation-type": "composite",
+    "requests": [
+      {
+        "stream": [
+          {
+            "name": "cache-clear",
+            "operation-type": "raw-request",
+            "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+            "method": "POST"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "compareme-knn-recall-10-10",
+            "operation-type": "knn-recall",
+            "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
+            "k": 10,
+            "num-candidates": 10,
+            "include-in-reporting": false
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "compareme-knn-recall-100-100",
+    "operation-type": "knn-recall",
+    "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
+    "k": 100,
+    "num-candidates": 100,
+    "include-in-reporting": false
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "knn-recall-100-100-cold_cache",
+    "operation-type": "composite",
+    "requests": [
+      {
+        "stream": [
+          {
+            "name": "cache-clear",
+            "operation-type": "raw-request",
+            "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+            "method": "POST"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "compareme-knn-recall-100-100",
+            "operation-type": "knn-recall",
+            "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
+            "k": 100,
+            "num-candidates": 100,
+            "include-in-reporting": false
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "compareme-knn-recall-1000-1000",
+    "operation-type": "knn-recall",
+    "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
+    "k": 1000,
+    "num-candidates": 1000,
+    "include-in-reporting": false
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "knn-recall-1000-1000-cold_cache",
+    "operation-type": "composite",
+    "requests": [
+      {
+        "stream": [
+          {
+            "name": "cache-clear",
+            "operation-type": "raw-request",
+            "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+            "method": "POST"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "compareme-knn-recall-1000-1000",
+            "operation-type": "knn-recall",
+            "param-source": "knn-recall-param-source",
+            "k": 1000,
+            "num-candidates": 1000,
+            "include-in-reporting": false
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
diff --git a/geonames/challenges/default.json b/geonames/challenges/default.json
index 875c790a..0a11cfb0 100644
--- a/geonames/challenges/default.json
+++ b/geonames/challenges/default.json
@@ -72,165 +72,368 @@
           "target-throughput": 90
         },
         {
-          "operation": "default",
+          "operation": "compareme-default",
           "warmup-iterations": 500,
           "iterations": 1000,
           "target-throughput": 50
         },
         {
-          "operation": "term",
+          "operation": "compareme-term",
           "warmup-iterations": 500,
           "iterations": 1000,
           "target-throughput": 100
         },
         {
-          "operation": "phrase",
+          "operation": "compareme-phrase",
           "warmup-iterations": 500,
           "iterations": 1000,
           "target-throughput": 110
         },
         {
-          "operation": "country_agg_uncached",
+          "operation": "compareme-country_agg_uncached",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 3
         },
         {
-          "operation": "country_agg_cached",
+          "operation": "compareme-country_agg_cached",
           "warmup-iterations": 1000,
           "iterations": 1000,
           "target-throughput": 100
         },
         {
-          "operation": "scroll",
+          "operation": "compareme-scroll",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "#COMMENT": "Throughput is considered per request. So we issue one scroll request per second which will retrieve 25 pages",
           "target-throughput": 0.8
         },
         {
-          "operation": "expression",
+          "operation": "compareme-expression",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1.5
         },
         {
-          "operation": "painless_static",
+          "operation": "compareme-painless_static",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1.1
         },
         {
-          "operation": "painless_dynamic",
+          "operation": "compareme-painless_dynamic",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1.4
         },
         {
-          "operation": "decay_geo_gauss_function_score",
+          "operation": "compareme-decay_geo_gauss_function_score",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1
         },
         {
-          "operation": "decay_geo_gauss_script_score",
+          "operation": "compareme-decay_geo_gauss_script_score",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1
         },
         {
-          "operation": "field_value_function_score",
+          "operation": "compareme-field_value_function_score",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1.5
         },
         {
-          "operation": "field_value_script_score",
+          "operation": "compareme-field_value_script_score",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1.5
         },
         {
-          "operation": "large_terms",
+          "operation": "compareme-desc_sort_population",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
-          "target-throughput": 1.1
+          "target-throughput": 1.5
         },
         {
-          "operation": "large_filtered_terms",
+          "operation": "compareme-desc_sort_population_can_match_shortcut",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
-          "target-throughput": 1.1
+          "target-throughput": 1.5
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "compareme-desc_sort_population_no_can_match_shortcut",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 1.5
+        },
+
+        {
+          "operation": "compareme-asc_sort_population",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 1.5
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "compareme-asc_sort_with_after_population",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 1.5
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "compareme-desc_sort_geonameid",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 6
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "compareme-desc_sort_with_after_geonameid",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 6
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "compareme-asc_sort_geonameid",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 6
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "compareme-asc_sort_with_after_geonameid",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 6
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "compareme-sort_country_code_can_match_shortcut",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 1.5
         },
         {
-          "operation": "large_prohibited_terms",
+          "operation": "compareme-sort_country_code_no_can_match_shortcut",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 1.5
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "append-no-conflicts-cold-cache",
+      "description": "Indexes the whole document corpus using Elasticsearch default settings. We only adjust the number of replicas as we benchmark a single node cluster and Rally will only start the benchmark if the cluster turns green. Document ids are unique so all index operations are append only. After that a couple of queries are run.",
+      "default": false,
+      "schedule": [
+        {
+          "operation": "delete-index"
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": {
+            "operation-type": "create-index",
+            "settings": {{index_settings | default({}) | tojson}}
+      }
+      },
+        {
+          "name": "check-cluster-health",
+          "operation": {
+            "operation-type": "cluster-health",
+            "index": "geonames",
+            "request-params": {
+              "wait_for_status": "{{cluster_health | default('green')}}",
+              "wait_for_no_relocating_shards": "true"
+            },
+            "retry-until-success": true
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "index-append",
+          "warmup-time-period": 120,
+          "clients": {{bulk_indexing_clients | default(8)}},
+        "ignore-response-error-level": "{{error_level | default('non-fatal')}}"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "refresh-after-index",
+          "operation": "refresh"
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": {
+            "operation-type": "force-merge",
+            "request-timeout": 7200{%- if max_num_segments is defined %},
+        "max-num-segments": {{max_num_segments}}
+        {%- endif %}
+      }
+      },
+        {
+          "name": "refresh-after-force-merge",
+          "operation": "refresh"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "wait-until-merges-finish",
+          "operation": {
+            "operation-type": "index-stats",
+            "index": "_all",
+            "condition": {
+              "path": "_all.total.merges.current",
+              "expected-value": 0
+            },
+            "retry-until-success": true,
+            "include-in-reporting": false
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "index-stats",
+          "warmup-iterations": 500,
+          "iterations": 1000,
+          "target-throughput": 90
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "node-stats",
+          "warmup-iterations": 100,
+          "iterations": 1000,
+          "target-throughput": 90
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-default",
+          "warmup-iterations": 500,
+          "iterations": 1000,
+          "target-throughput": 50
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-term",
+          "warmup-iterations": 500,
+          "iterations": 1000,
+          "target-throughput": 100
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-phrase",
+          "warmup-iterations": 500,
+          "iterations": 1000,
+          "target-throughput": 110
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-country_agg_uncached",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 3
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-country_agg_cached",
+          "warmup-iterations": 1000,
+          "iterations": 1000,
+          "target-throughput": 100
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-scroll",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "#COMMENT": "Throughput is considered per request. So we issue one scroll request per second which will retrieve 25 pages",
+          "target-throughput": 0.8
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-expression",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 1.5
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-painless_static",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1.1
         },
         {
-          "operation": "desc_sort_population",
+          "operation": "cold-cache-painless_dynamic",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 1.4
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-decay_geo_gauss_function_score",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 1
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-decay_geo_gauss_script_score",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 1
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-field_value_function_score",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 1.5
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-field_value_script_score",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 1.5
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-desc_sort_population",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1.5
         },
         {
-          "operation": "desc_sort_population_can_match_shortcut",
+          "operation": "cold-cache-desc_sort_population_can_match_shortcut",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1.5
         },
         {
-          "operation": "desc_sort_population_no_can_match_shortcut",
+          "operation": "cold-cache-desc_sort_population_no_can_match_shortcut",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1.5
         },
 
         {
-          "operation": "asc_sort_population",
+          "operation": "cold-cache-asc_sort_population",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1.5
         },
         {
-          "operation": "asc_sort_with_after_population",
+          "operation": "cold-cache-asc_sort_with_after_population",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1.5
         },
         {
-          "operation": "desc_sort_geonameid",
+          "operation": "cold-cache-desc_sort_geonameid",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 6
         },
         {
-          "operation": "desc_sort_with_after_geonameid",
+          "operation": "cold-cache-desc_sort_with_after_geonameid",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 6
         },
         {
-          "operation": "asc_sort_geonameid",
+          "operation": "cold-cache-asc_sort_geonameid",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 6
         },
         {
-          "operation": "asc_sort_with_after_geonameid",
+          "operation": "cold-cache-asc_sort_with_after_geonameid",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 6
         },
         {
-          "operation": "sort_country_code_can_match_shortcut",
+          "operation": "cold-cache-sort_country_code_can_match_shortcut",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1.5
         },
         {
-          "operation": "sort_country_code_no_can_match_shortcut",
+          "operation": "cold-cache-sort_country_code_no_can_match_shortcut",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 1.5
diff --git a/geonames/operations/default.json b/geonames/operations/default.json
index 7ef5a747..41ae7a35 100644
--- a/geonames/operations/default.json
+++ b/geonames/operations/default.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-    {
+   {
       "name": "index-append",
       "operation-type": "bulk",
       "bulk-size": {{bulk_size | default(5000)}},
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       "recency": {{recency | default(0)}}
     },
     {
-      "name": "default",
+      "name": "compareme-default",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -24,7 +24,33 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "term",
+      "name": "cold-cache-default",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-default",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "match_all": {}
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-term",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -35,7 +61,35 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "phrase",
+      "name": "cold-cache-term",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-term",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "term": {
+                    "country_code.raw": "AT"
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-phrase",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -46,7 +100,35 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "country_agg_uncached",
+      "name": "cold-cache-phrase",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-phrase",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "match_phrase": {
+                    "name": "Sankt Georgen"
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-country_agg_uncached",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "size": 0,
@@ -67,7 +149,45 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "country_agg_cached",
+      "name": "cold-cache-country_agg_uncached",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-country_agg_uncached",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "size": 0,
+                "aggs": {
+                  "country_population": {
+                    "terms": {
+                      "field": "country_code.raw"
+                    },
+                    "aggs": {
+                      "sum_population": {
+                        "sum": {
+                          "field": "population"
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-country_agg_cached",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "cache": true,
       "body": {
@@ -89,7 +209,46 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "scroll",
+      "name": "cold-cache-country_agg_cached",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-country_agg_cached",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "cache": true,
+              "body": {
+                "size": 0,
+                "aggs": {
+                  "country_population": {
+                    "terms": {
+                      "field": "country_code.raw"
+                    },
+                    "aggs": {
+                      "sum_population": {
+                        "sum": {
+                          "field": "population"
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-scroll",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "pages": 25,
       "results-per-page": 1000,
@@ -100,7 +259,35 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "expression",
+      "name": "cold-cache-scroll",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-scroll",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "pages": 25,
+              "results-per-page": 1000,
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "match_all": {}
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-expression",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -123,7 +310,47 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "painless_static",
+      "name": "cold-cache-expression",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-expression",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "function_score": {
+                    "query": {
+                      "match_all": {}
+                    },
+                    "functions": [
+                      {
+                        "script_score": {
+                          "script": {
+                            "source": "abs(ln(abs(doc['population']) + 1) + doc['location'].lon + doc['location'].lat) * _score",
+                            "lang": "expression"
+                          }
+                        }
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-painless_static",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -146,7 +373,47 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "painless_dynamic",
+      "name": "cold-cache-painless_static",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-painless_static",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "function_score": {
+                    "query": {
+                      "match_all": {}
+                    },
+                    "functions": [
+                      {
+                        "script_score": {
+                          "script": {
+                            "source": "Math.abs(Math.log(Math.abs((int)((List)doc.population).get(0)) + 1) + (double)(doc.location.lon) * (double)(doc.location.lat))/_score",
+                            "lang": "painless"
+                          }
+                        }
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-painless_dynamic",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -169,28 +436,106 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "decay_geo_gauss_function_score",
+      "name": "cold-cache-painless_dynamic",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-painless_dynamic",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "function_score": {
+                    "query": {
+                      "match_all": {}
+                    },
+                    "functions": [
+                      {
+                        "script_score": {
+                          "script": {
+                            "source": "Math.abs(Math.log(Math.abs(doc['population'].value) + 1) + doc['location'].lon * doc['location'].lat)/_score",
+                            "lang": "painless"
+                          }
+                        }
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-decay_geo_gauss_function_score",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
           "function_score": {
             "query": {
               "match_all": {}
-            },  
+            },
             "gauss": {
               "location": {
                 "origin": "52.37, 4.8951",
                 "scale": "500km",
                 "offset": "0km",
-                "decay" : 0.1
+                "decay": 0.1
               }
-            }     
+            }
           }
         }
       }
     },
-   {
-      "name": "decay_geo_gauss_script_score",
+    {
+      "name": "cold-cache-decay_geo_gauss_function_score",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-decay_geo_gauss_function_score",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "function_score": {
+                    "query": {
+                      "match_all": {}
+                    },
+                    "gauss": {
+                      "location": {
+                        "origin": "52.37, 4.8951",
+                        "scale": "500km",
+                        "offset": "0km",
+                        "decay": 0.1
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-decay_geo_gauss_script_score",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -201,10 +546,10 @@
             "script": {
               "source": "decayGeoGauss(params.origin, params.scale, params.offset, params.decay, doc['location'].value)",
               "params": {
-                 "origin": "52.37, 4.8951",
-                  "scale": "500km",
-                  "offset": "0km",
-                  "decay" : 0.1 
+                "origin": "52.37, 4.8951",
+                "scale": "500km",
+                "offset": "0km",
+                "decay": 0.1
               }
             }
           }
@@ -212,7 +557,46 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "field_value_function_score",
+      "name": "cold-cache-decay_geo_gauss_script_score",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-decay_geo_gauss_script_score",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "script_score": {
+                    "query": {
+                      "match_all": {}
+                    },
+                    "script": {
+                      "source": "decayGeoGauss(params.origin, params.scale, params.offset, params.decay, doc['location'].value)",
+                      "params": {
+                        "origin": "52.37, 4.8951",
+                        "scale": "500km",
+                        "offset": "0km",
+                        "decay": 0.1
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-field_value_function_score",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -224,13 +608,48 @@
               "field": "population",
               "factor": 1.2,
               "modifier": "log2p"
-            }  
+            }
           }
         }
       }
-    }, 
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "cold-cache-field_value_function_score",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-field_value_function_score",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "function_score": {
+                    "query": {
+                      "match_all": {}
+                    },
+                    "field_value_factor": {
+                      "field": "population",
+                      "factor": 1.2,
+                      "modifier": "log2p"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
     {
-      "name": "field_value_script_score",
+      "name": "compareme-field_value_script_score",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -246,34 +665,85 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "large_terms",
-      "operation-type": "search",
-      "param-source": "pure-terms-query-source"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "large_filtered_terms",
-      "operation-type": "search",
-      "param-source": "filtered-terms-query-source"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "large_prohibited_terms",
-      "operation-type": "search",
-      "param-source": "prohibited-terms-query-source"
+      "name": "cold-cache-field_value_script_score",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-field_value_script_score",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "script_score": {
+                    "query": {
+                      "match_all": {}
+                    },
+                    "script": {
+                      "source": "Math.log10(doc['population'].value * 1.2 + 2)"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
     },
     {
-      "name": "desc_sort_population",
+      "name": "compareme-desc_sort_population",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
           "match_all": {}
         },
-        "sort" : [
-          {"population" : "desc"}
+        "sort": [
+          {
+            "population": "desc"
+          }
         ]
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "desc_sort_population_can_match_shortcut",
+      "name": "cold-cache-desc_sort_population",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-desc_sort_population",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "match_all": {}
+                },
+                "sort": [
+                  {
+                    "population": "desc"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-desc_sort_population_can_match_shortcut",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "track_total_hits": false,
@@ -282,16 +752,52 @@
             "timezone": "America"
           }
         },
-        "sort" : [
-          {"population" : "desc"}
+        "sort": [
+          {
+            "population": "desc"
+          }
         ]
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "desc_sort_population_no_can_match_shortcut",
+      "name": "cold-cache-desc_sort_population_can_match_shortcut",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-desc_sort_population_can_match_shortcut",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "track_total_hits": false,
+                "query": {
+                  "match": {
+                    "timezone": "America"
+                  }
+                },
+                "sort": [
+                  {
+                    "population": "desc"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-desc_sort_population_no_can_match_shortcut",
       "operation-type": "search",
-      "request-params" : {
-          "pre_filter_shard_size" : 10000
+      "request-params": {
+        "pre_filter_shard_size": 10000
       },
       "body": {
         "track_total_hits": false,
@@ -300,90 +806,344 @@
             "timezone": "America"
           }
         },
-        "sort" : [
-          {"population" : "desc"}
+        "sort": [
+          {
+            "population": "desc"
+          }
         ]
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "asc_sort_population",
+      "name": "cold-cache-desc_sort_population_no_can_match_shortcut",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-desc_sort_population_no_can_match_shortcut",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "request-params": {
+                "pre_filter_shard_size": 10000
+              },
+              "body": {
+                "track_total_hits": false,
+                "query": {
+                  "match": {
+                    "timezone": "America"
+                  }
+                },
+                "sort": [
+                  {
+                    "population": "desc"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-asc_sort_population",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
           "match_all": {}
         },
-        "sort" : [
-          {"population" : "asc"}
+        "sort": [
+          {
+            "population": "asc"
+          }
         ]
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "asc_sort_with_after_population",
+      "name": "cold-cache-asc_sort_population",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-asc_sort_population",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "match_all": {}
+                },
+                "sort": [
+                  {
+                    "population": "asc"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-asc_sort_with_after_population",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
           "match_all": {}
         },
-        "sort" : [
-          {"population" : "asc"}
+        "sort": [
+          {
+            "population": "asc"
+          }
         ],
-        "search_after" : [1000000]
+        "search_after": [
+          1000000
+        ]
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "desc_sort_geonameid",
+      "name": "cold-cache-asc_sort_with_after_population",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-asc_sort_with_after_population",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "match_all": {}
+                },
+                "sort": [
+                  {
+                    "population": "asc"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "search_after": [
+                  1000000
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-desc_sort_geonameid",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
           "match_all": {}
         },
-        "sort" : [
-          {"geonameid" : "desc"}
+        "sort": [
+          {
+            "geonameid": "desc"
+          }
         ]
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "desc_sort_with_after_geonameid",
+      "name": "cold-cache-desc_sort_geonameid",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-desc_sort_geonameid",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "match_all": {}
+                },
+                "sort": [
+                  {
+                    "geonameid": "desc"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-desc_sort_with_after_geonameid",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "track_total_hits": false,
         "query": {
           "match_all": {}
         },
-        "sort" : [
-          {"geonameid" : "desc"}
+        "sort": [
+          {
+            "geonameid": "desc"
+          }
         ],
-        "search_after": [5000000]
+        "search_after": [
+          5000000
+        ]
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "asc_sort_geonameid",
+      "name": "cold-cache-desc_sort_with_after_geonameid",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-desc_sort_with_after_geonameid",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "track_total_hits": false,
+                "query": {
+                  "match_all": {}
+                },
+                "sort": [
+                  {
+                    "geonameid": "desc"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "search_after": [
+                  5000000
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-asc_sort_geonameid",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
           "match_all": {}
         },
-        "sort" : [
-          {"geonameid" : "asc"}
+        "sort": [
+          {
+            "geonameid": "asc"
+          }
         ]
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "asc_sort_with_after_geonameid",
+      "name": "cold-cache-asc_sort_geonameid",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-asc_sort_geonameid",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "match_all": {}
+                },
+                "sort": [
+                  {
+                    "geonameid": "asc"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-asc_sort_with_after_geonameid",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "track_total_hits": false,
         "query": {
           "match_all": {}
         },
-        "sort" : [
-          {"geonameid" : "asc"}
+        "sort": [
+          {
+            "geonameid": "asc"
+          }
         ],
-        "search_after": [5000000]
+        "search_after": [
+          5000000
+        ]
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "sort_country_code_can_match_shortcut",
+      "name": "cold-cache-asc_sort_with_after_geonameid",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-asc_sort_with_after_geonameid",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "track_total_hits": false,
+                "query": {
+                  "match_all": {}
+                },
+                "sort": [
+                  {
+                    "geonameid": "asc"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "search_after": [
+                  5000000
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-sort_country_code_can_match_shortcut",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "track_total_hits": false,
@@ -392,16 +1152,52 @@
             "timezone": "America"
           }
         },
-        "sort" : [
-          {"country_code.raw" : "asc"}
+        "sort": [
+          {
+            "country_code.raw": "asc"
+          }
         ]
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "sort_country_code_no_can_match_shortcut",
+      "name": "cold-cache-sort_country_code_can_match_shortcut",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-sort_country_code_can_match_shortcut",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "track_total_hits": false,
+                "query": {
+                  "match": {
+                    "timezone": "America"
+                  }
+                },
+                "sort": [
+                  {
+                    "country_code.raw": "asc"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-sort_country_code_no_can_match_shortcut",
       "operation-type": "search",
-      "request-params" : {
-          "pre_filter_shard_size" : 10000
+      "request-params": {
+        "pre_filter_shard_size": 10000
       },
       "body": {
         "track_total_hits": false,
@@ -410,13 +1206,52 @@
             "timezone": "America"
           }
         },
-        "sort" : [
-          {"country_code.raw" : "asc"}
+        "sort": [
+          {
+            "country_code.raw": "asc"
+          }
         ]
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "significant_text_selective",
+      "name": "cold-cache-sort_country_code_no_can_match_shortcut",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-sort_country_code_no_can_match_shortcut",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "request-params": {
+                "pre_filter_shard_size": 10000
+              },
+              "body": {
+                "track_total_hits": false,
+                "query": {
+                  "match": {
+                    "timezone": "America"
+                  }
+                },
+                "sort": [
+                  {
+                    "country_code.raw": "asc"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-significant_text_selective",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "size": 0,
@@ -435,7 +1270,43 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "significant_text_sampled_selective",
+      "name": "cold-cache-significant_text_selective",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-significant_text_selective",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "size": 0,
+                "query": {
+                  "match": {
+                    "alternatenames": "street"
+                  }
+                },
+                "aggs": {
+                  "sig": {
+                    "significant_text": {
+                      "field": "alternatenames"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-significant_text_sampled_selective",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "size": 0,
@@ -461,7 +1332,50 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "significant_text_unselective",
+      "name": "cold-cache-significant_text_sampled_selective",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-significant_text_sampled_selective",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "size": 0,
+                "query": {
+                  "match": {
+                    "alternatenames": "street"
+                  }
+                },
+                "aggs": {
+                  "s": {
+                    "sampler": {
+                      "shard_size": 100
+                    },
+                    "aggs": {
+                      "sig": {
+                        "significant_text": {
+                          "field": "alternatenames"
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-significant_text_unselective",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "size": 0,
@@ -480,7 +1394,43 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "significant_text_sampled_unselective",
+      "name": "cold-cache-significant_text_unselective",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-significant_text_unselective",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "size": 0,
+                "query": {
+                  "match": {
+                    "timezone": "America"
+                  }
+                },
+                "aggs": {
+                  "sig": {
+                    "significant_text": {
+                      "field": "alternatenames"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-significant_text_sampled_unselective",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "size": 0,
@@ -504,4 +1454,47 @@
           }
         }
       }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "cold-cache-significant_text_sampled_unselective",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-significant_text_sampled_unselective",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "geonames",
+              "body": {
+                "size": 0,
+                "query": {
+                  "match": {
+                    "timezone": "America"
+                  }
+                },
+                "aggs": {
+                  "s": {
+                    "sampler": {
+                      "shard_size": 100
+                    },
+                    "aggs": {
+                      "sig": {
+                        "significant_text": {
+                          "field": "alternatenames"
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
     }
diff --git a/geopointshape/challenges/default.json b/geopointshape/challenges/default.json
index 96db6220..08aa7731 100644
--- a/geopointshape/challenges/default.json
+++ b/geopointshape/challenges/default.json
@@ -59,44 +59,148 @@
           }
         },
         {
-          "operation": "polygon",
+          "operation": "compareme-polygon",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 2
         },
         {
-          "operation": "bbox",
+          "operation": "compareme-bbox",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100,
           "target-throughput": 2
         },
         {
-          "operation": "geoGrid_geohash",
+          "operation": "compareme-geoGrid_geohash",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100
         },
         {
-          "operation": "geoGrid_geotile",
+          "operation": "compareme-geoGrid_geotile",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100
         },
         {
-          "operation": "geoGrid_geohex",
+          "operation": "compareme-geoGrid_geohex",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100
         },
         {
-          "operation": "geoGrid_aggs_geohash",
+          "operation": "compareme-geoGrid_aggs_geohash",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100
         },
         {
-          "operation": "geoGrid_aggs_geotile",
+          "operation": "compareme-geoGrid_aggs_geotile",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100
         },
         {
-          "operation": "geoGrid_aggs_geohex",
+          "operation": "compareme-geoGrid_aggs_geohex",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "append-no-conflicts-cold-cache",
+      "description": "Indexes the whole document corpus using Elasticsearch default settings. We only adjust the number of replicas as we benchmark a single node cluster and Rally will only start the benchmark if the cluster turns green. Document ids are unique so all index operations are append only. After that a couple of queries are run.",
+      "default": false,
+      "schedule": [
+        {
+          "operation": "delete-index"
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": {
+            "operation-type": "create-index",
+            "settings": {{index_settings | default({}) | tojson}}
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "check-cluster-health",
+          "operation": {
+            "operation-type": "cluster-health",
+            "index": "osmgeoshapes",
+            "request-params": {
+              "wait_for_status": "{{cluster_health | default('green')}}",
+              "wait_for_no_relocating_shards": "true"
+            },
+            "retry-until-success": true
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "index-append",
+          "warmup-time-period": 120,
+          "clients": {{bulk_indexing_clients | default(8)}},
+          "ignore-response-error-level": "{{error_level | default('non-fatal')}}"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "refresh-after-index",
+          "operation": "refresh"
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": {
+            "operation-type": "force-merge",
+            "max-num-segments": 1,
+            "request-timeout": 7200
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "refresh-after-force-merge",
+          "operation": "refresh"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "wait-until-merges-finish",
+          "operation": {
+            "operation-type": "index-stats",
+            "index": "_all",
+            "condition": {
+              "path": "_all.total.merges.current",
+              "expected-value": 0
+            },
+            "retry-until-success": true,
+            "include-in-reporting": false
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-polygon",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 2
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-bbox",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100,
+          "target-throughput": 2
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-geoGrid_geohash",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-geoGrid_geotile",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-geoGrid_geohex",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-geoGrid_aggs_geohash",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-geoGrid_aggs_geotile",
+          "warmup-iterations": 200,
+          "iterations": 100
+        },
+        {
+          "operation": "cold-cache-geoGrid_aggs_geohex",
           "warmup-iterations": 200,
           "iterations": 100
         }
diff --git a/geopointshape/operations/default.json b/geopointshape/operations/default.json
index 63724415..3464e622 100644
--- a/geopointshape/operations/default.json
+++ b/geopointshape/operations/default.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       "recency": {{recency | default(0)}}
     },
     {
-      "name": "polygon",
+      "name": "compareme-polygon",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -38,7 +38,47 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "bbox",
+      "name": "cold-cache-polygon",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-polygon",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "osmgeoshapes",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "geo_shape": {
+                    "location": {
+                      "shape": {
+                        "type": "polygon",
+                        "coordinates" : [[
+                          [-0.1, 49.0],
+                          [5.0, 48.0],
+                          [15.0, 49.0],
+                          [14.0, 60.0],
+                          [-0.1, 61.0],
+                          [-0.1, 49.0]
+                        ]]
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-bbox",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -54,7 +94,40 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "geoGrid_geohash",
+      "name": "cold-cache-bbox",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-bbox",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "osmgeoshapes",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "geo_shape": {
+                    "location": {
+                      "shape": {
+                        "type": "envelope",
+                        "coordinates" : [[-0.1, 61.0], [15.0, 48.0]]
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-geoGrid_geohash",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -67,7 +140,37 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "geoGrid_geotile",
+      "name": "cold-cache-geoGrid_geohash",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-geoGrid_geohash",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "osmgeoshapes",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "geo_grid": {
+                    "location": {
+                      "geohash": "u0"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-geoGrid_geotile",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -80,7 +183,37 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "geoGrid_geohex",
+      "name": "cold-cache-geoGrid_geotile",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-geoGrid_geotile",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "osmgeoshapes",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "geo_grid": {
+                    "location": {
+                      "geotile" : "6/32/22"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-geoGrid_geohex",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -93,7 +226,37 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "geoGrid_aggs_geohash",
+      "name": "cold-cache-geoGrid_geohex",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-geoGrid_geohex",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "osmgeoshapes",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "geo_grid": {
+                    "location": {
+                      "geohex" : "811fbffffffffff"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-geoGrid_aggs_geohash",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -120,7 +283,51 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "geoGrid_aggs_geotile",
+      "name": "cold-cache-geoGrid_aggs_geohash",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-geoGrid_aggs_geohash",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "osmgeoshapes",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "geo_bounding_box": {
+                    "location": {
+                      "top_left": "POINT (2.20 48.95)",
+                      "bottom_right": "POINT (2.40 48.75)"
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "size": 0,
+                "aggs": {
+                  "zoomed-in": {
+                    "geohash_grid": {
+                      "field": "location",
+                      "precision": 5,
+                      "bounds": {
+                        "top_left": "POINT (2.20 48.95)",
+                        "bottom_right": "POINT (2.40 48.75)"
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-geoGrid_aggs_geotile",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -147,7 +354,51 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "geoGrid_aggs_geohex",
+      "name": "cold-cache-geoGrid_aggs_geotile",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-geoGrid_aggs_geotile",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "osmgeoshapes",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "geo_bounding_box": {
+                    "location": {
+                      "top_left": "POINT (2.20 48.95)",
+                      "bottom_right": "POINT (2.40 48.75)"
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "size": 0,
+                "aggs": {
+                  "zoomed-in": {
+                    "geotile_grid": {
+                      "field": "location",
+                      "precision": 13,
+                      "bounds": {
+                        "top_left": "POINT (2.20 48.95)",
+                        "bottom_right": "POINT (2.40 48.75)"
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-geoGrid_aggs_geohex",
       "operation-type": "search",
       "body": {
         "query": {
@@ -172,4 +423,48 @@
           }
         }
       }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "cold-cache-geoGrid_aggs_geohex",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-geoGrid_aggs_geohex",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "osmgeoshapes",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "geo_bounding_box": {
+                    "location": {
+                      "top_left": "POINT (2.20 48.95)",
+                      "bottom_right": "POINT (2.40 48.75)"
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "size": 0,
+                "aggs": {
+                  "zoomed-in": {
+                    "geohex_grid": {
+                      "field": "location",
+                      "precision": 6,
+                      "bounds": {
+                        "top_left": "POINT (2.20 48.95)",
+                        "bottom_right": "POINT (2.40 48.75)"
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
     }
diff --git a/nyc_taxis/operations/default.json b/nyc_taxis/operations/default.json
index 72aae95f..a669959c 100644
--- a/nyc_taxis/operations/default.json
+++ b/nyc_taxis/operations/default.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-    {
+  {
       "name": "index",
       "operation-type": "bulk",
       "bulk-size": {{bulk_size | default(10000)}},
@@ -28,118 +28,220 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "default",
-      "operation-type": "search",
-      "body": {
-        "query": {
-          "match_all": {}
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "default-op",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "nyc_taxis",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "match_all": {}
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
         }
-      }
+      ]
     },
     {
       "name": "default_1k",
-      "operation-type": "search",
-      "body": {
-        "query": {
-          "match_all": {}
-        },
-        "size": 1000
-      }
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "default_1k-op",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "nyc_taxis",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "match_all": {}
+                },
+                "size": 1000
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
     },
     {
       "name": "range",
-      "operation-type": "search",
-      "body": {
-        "query": {
-          "range": {
-            "total_amount": {
-              "gte": 5,
-              "lt": 15
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "range-op",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "nyc_taxis",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "range": {
+                    "total_amount": {
+                      "gte": 5,
+                      "lt": 15
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
             }
-          }
+          ]
         }
-      }
+      ]
     },
     {
       "name": "distance_amount_agg",
-      "operation-type": "search",
-      "body": {
-        "size": 0,
-        "query": {
-          "bool": {
-            "filter": {
-              "range": {
-                "trip_distance": {
-                  "lt": 50,
-                  "gte": 0
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        },
-        "aggs": {
-          "distance_histo": {
-            "histogram": {
-              "field": "trip_distance",
-              "interval": 1
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
             },
-            "aggs": {
-              "total_amount_stats": {
-                "stats": {
-                  "field": "total_amount"
+            {
+              "name": "distance_amount_agg-op",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "nyc_taxis",
+              "body": {
+                "size": 0,
+                "query": {
+                  "bool": {
+                    "filter": {
+                      "range": {
+                        "trip_distance": {
+                          "lt": 50,
+                          "gte": 0
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "aggs": {
+                  "distance_histo": {
+                    "histogram": {
+                      "field": "trip_distance",
+                      "interval": 1
+                    },
+                    "aggs": {
+                      "total_amount_stats": {
+                        "stats": {
+                          "field": "total_amount"
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
                 }
               }
             }
-          }
+          ]
         }
-      }
+      ]
     },
     {
       "name": "autohisto_agg",
-      "operation-type": "search",
-      "body": {
-        "size": 0,
-        "query": {
-          "range": {
-            "dropoff_datetime": {
-              "gte": "01/01/2015",
-              "lte": "21/01/2015",
-              "format": "dd/MM/yyyy"
-            }
-          }
-        },
-        "aggs": {
-          "dropoffs_over_time": {
-            "auto_date_histogram": {
-              "field": "dropoff_datetime",
-              "buckets": 20
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "autohisto_agg-op",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "nyc_taxis",
+              "body": {
+                "size": 0,
+                "query": {
+                  "range": {
+                    "dropoff_datetime": {
+                      "gte": "01/01/2015",
+                      "lte": "21/01/2015",
+                      "format": "dd/MM/yyyy"
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "aggs": {
+                  "dropoffs_over_time": {
+                    "auto_date_histogram": {
+                      "field": "dropoff_datetime",
+                      "buckets": 20
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
             }
-          }
+          ]
         }
-      }
+      ]
     },
     {
       "name": "date_histogram_agg",
-      "operation-type": "search",
-      "body": {
-        "size": 0,
-        "query": {
-          "range": {
-              "dropoff_datetime": {
-              "gte": "01/01/2015",
-              "lte": "21/01/2015",
-              "format": "dd/MM/yyyy"
-            }
-          }
-        },
-        "aggs": {
-          "dropoffs_over_time": {
-            "date_histogram": {
-              "field": "dropoff_datetime",
-              "calendar_interval": "day"
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "date_histogram_agg-op",
+              "index": "nyc_taxis",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "body": {
+                "size": 0,
+                "query": {
+                  "range": {
+                    "dropoff_datetime": {
+                      "gte": "01/01/2015",
+                      "lte": "21/01/2015",
+                      "format": "dd/MM/yyyy"
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "aggs": {
+                  "dropoffs_over_time": {
+                    "date_histogram": {
+                      "field": "dropoff_datetime",
+                      "calendar_interval": "day"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
             }
-          }
+          ]
         }
-      }
+      ]
     },
     {
       "name": "date_histogram_calendar_interval",
diff --git a/percolator/challenges/default.json b/percolator/challenges/default.json
index ca11ff48..c56148e9 100644
--- a/percolator/challenges/default.json
+++ b/percolator/challenges/default.json
@@ -1,111 +1,222 @@
+{
+  "name": "append-no-conflicts",
+  "description": "Indexes the whole document corpus using Elasticsearch default settings. We only adjust the number of replicas as we benchmark a single node cluster and Rally will only start the benchmark if the cluster turns green and we want to ensure that we don't use the query cache. Document ids are unique so all index operations are append only. After that a couple of queries are run.",
+  "default": true,
+  "schedule": [
     {
-      "name": "append-no-conflicts",
-      "description": "Indexes the whole document corpus using Elasticsearch default settings. We only adjust the number of replicas as we benchmark a single node cluster and Rally will only start the benchmark if the cluster turns green and we want to ensure that we don't use the query cache. Document ids are unique so all index operations are append only. After that a couple of queries are run.",
-      "default": true,
-      "schedule": [
-        {
-          "operation": "delete-index"
-        },
-        {
-          "operation": {
-            "operation-type": "create-index",
-            "settings": {{index_settings | default({}) | tojson}}
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "check-cluster-health",
-          "operation": {
-            "operation-type": "cluster-health",
-            "index": "queries",
-            "request-params": {
-              "wait_for_status": "{{cluster_health | default('green')}}",
-              "wait_for_no_relocating_shards": "true"
-            },
-            "retry-until-success": true
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "operation": "index",
-          "#COMMENT": "This is an incredibly short warmup time period but it is necessary to get also measurement samples. As this benchmark is rather about search than indexing this is ok.",
-          "warmup-time-period": 10,
-          "clients": {{bulk_indexing_clients | default(8)}},
-          "ignore-response-error-level": "{{error_level | default('non-fatal')}}"
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "refresh-after-index",
-          "operation": "refresh"
-        },
-        {
-          "operation": {
-            "operation-type": "force-merge",
-            "request-timeout": 7200
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "refresh-after-force-merge",
-          "operation": "refresh"
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "wait-until-merges-finish",
-          "operation": {
-            "operation-type": "index-stats",
-            "index": "_all",
-            "condition": {
-              "path": "_all.total.merges.current",
-              "expected-value": 0
-            },
-            "retry-until-success": true,
-            "include-in-reporting": false
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "operation": "percolator_with_content_president_bush",
-          "warmup-iterations": 100,
-          "iterations": 100,
-          "target-throughput": 50
-        },
-        {
-          "operation": "percolator_with_content_saddam_hussein",
-          "warmup-iterations": 100,
-          "iterations": 100,
-          "target-throughput": 50
-        },
-        {
-          "operation": "percolator_with_content_hurricane_katrina",
-          "warmup-iterations": 100,
-          "iterations": 100,
-          "target-throughput": 50
-        },
-        {
-          "operation": "percolator_with_content_google",
-          "warmup-iterations": 100,
-          "iterations": 100,
-          "target-throughput": 27
-        },
-        {
-          "operation": "percolator_no_score_with_content_google",
-          "warmup-iterations": 100,
-          "iterations": 100,
-          "target-throughput": 100
-        },
-        {
-          "operation": "percolator_with_highlighting",
-          "warmup-iterations": 100,
-          "iterations": 100,
-          "target-throughput": 50
+      "operation": "delete-index"
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": {
+        "operation-type": "create-index",
+        "settings": {{index_settings | default({}) | tojson}}
+  }
+  },
+    {
+      "name": "check-cluster-health",
+      "operation": {
+        "operation-type": "cluster-health",
+        "index": "queries",
+        "request-params": {
+          "wait_for_status": "{{cluster_health | default('green')}}",
+          "wait_for_no_relocating_shards": "true"
         },
-        {
-          "operation": "percolator_with_content_ignore_me",
-          "warmup-iterations": 10,
-          "iterations": 100,
-          "#COMMENT": "Be aware that we specify *target-interval* here! This means we issue one query every 12 seconds",
-          "target-interval": 12
+        "retry-until-success": true
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": "index",
+      "#COMMENT": "This is an incredibly short warmup time period but it is necessary to get also measurement samples. As this benchmark is rather about search than indexing this is ok.",
+      "warmup-time-period": 10,
+      "clients": {{bulk_indexing_clients | default(8)}},
+    "ignore-response-error-level": "{{error_level | default('non-fatal')}}"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "refresh-after-index",
+      "operation": "refresh"
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": {
+        "operation-type": "force-merge",
+        "request-timeout": 7200
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "refresh-after-force-merge",
+      "operation": "refresh"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "wait-until-merges-finish",
+      "operation": {
+        "operation-type": "index-stats",
+        "index": "_all",
+        "condition": {
+          "path": "_all.total.merges.current",
+          "expected-value": 0
         },
-        {
-          "operation": "percolator_no_score_with_content_ignore_me",
-          "warmup-iterations": 100,
-          "iterations": 100,
-          "target-throughput": 15
-        }
-      ]
+        "retry-until-success": true,
+        "include-in-reporting": false
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": "compareme-percolator_with_content_president_bush",
+      "warmup-iterations": 100,
+      "iterations": 100,
+      "target-throughput": 50
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": "compareme-percolator_with_content_saddam_hussein",
+      "warmup-iterations": 100,
+      "iterations": 100,
+      "target-throughput": 50
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": "compareme-percolator_with_content_hurricane_katrina",
+      "warmup-iterations": 100,
+      "iterations": 100,
+      "target-throughput": 50
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": "compareme-percolator_with_content_google",
+      "warmup-iterations": 100,
+      "iterations": 100,
+      "target-throughput": 27
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": "compareme-percolator_no_score_with_content_google",
+      "warmup-iterations": 100,
+      "iterations": 100,
+      "target-throughput": 100
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": "compareme-percolator_with_highlighting",
+      "warmup-iterations": 100,
+      "iterations": 100,
+      "target-throughput": 50
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": "compareme-percolator_with_content_ignore_me",
+      "warmup-iterations": 10,
+      "iterations": 100,
+      "#COMMENT": "Be aware that we specify *target-interval* here! This means we issue one query every 12 seconds",
+      "target-interval": 12
+    },
+    {
+      "operation": "compareme-percolator_no_score_with_content_ignore_me",
+      "warmup-iterations": 100,
+      "iterations": 100,
+      "target-throughput": 15
     }
+  ]
+},
+  {
+    "name": "append-no-conflicts-cold-cache",
+    "description": "Indexes the whole document corpus using Elasticsearch default settings. We only adjust the number of replicas as we benchmark a single node cluster and Rally will only start the benchmark if the cluster turns green and we want to ensure that we don't use the query cache. Document ids are unique so all index operations are append only. After that a couple of queries are run.",
+    "default": false,
+    "schedule": [
+      {
+        "operation": "delete-index"
+      },
+      {
+        "operation": {
+          "operation-type": "create-index",
+          "settings": {{index_settings | default({}) | tojson}}
+    }
+    },
+      {
+        "name": "check-cluster-health",
+        "operation": {
+          "operation-type": "cluster-health",
+          "index": "queries",
+          "request-params": {
+            "wait_for_status": "{{cluster_health | default('green')}}",
+            "wait_for_no_relocating_shards": "true"
+          },
+          "retry-until-success": true
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "operation": "index",
+        "#COMMENT": "This is an incredibly short warmup time period but it is necessary to get also measurement samples. As this benchmark is rather about search than indexing this is ok.",
+        "warmup-time-period": 10,
+        "clients": {{bulk_indexing_clients | default(8)}},
+      "ignore-response-error-level": "{{error_level | default('non-fatal')}}"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "refresh-after-index",
+        "operation": "refresh"
+      },
+      {
+        "operation": {
+          "operation-type": "force-merge",
+          "request-timeout": 7200
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "refresh-after-force-merge",
+        "operation": "refresh"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "wait-until-merges-finish",
+        "operation": {
+          "operation-type": "index-stats",
+          "index": "_all",
+          "condition": {
+            "path": "_all.total.merges.current",
+            "expected-value": 0
+          },
+          "retry-until-success": true,
+          "include-in-reporting": false
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "operation": "cold-cache-percolator_with_content_president_bush",
+        "warmup-iterations": 100,
+        "iterations": 100,
+        "target-throughput": 50
+      },
+      {
+        "operation": "cold-cache-percolator_with_content_saddam_hussein",
+        "warmup-iterations": 100,
+        "iterations": 100,
+        "target-throughput": 50
+      },
+      {
+        "operation": "cold-cache-percolator_with_content_hurricane_katrina",
+        "warmup-iterations": 100,
+        "iterations": 100,
+        "target-throughput": 50
+      },
+      {
+        "operation": "cold-cache-percolator_with_content_google",
+        "warmup-iterations": 100,
+        "iterations": 100,
+        "target-throughput": 27
+      },
+      {
+        "operation": "cold-cache-percolator_no_score_with_content_google",
+        "warmup-iterations": 100,
+        "iterations": 100,
+        "target-throughput": 100
+      },
+      {
+        "operation": "cold-cache-percolator_with_highlighting",
+        "warmup-iterations": 100,
+        "iterations": 100,
+        "target-throughput": 50
+      },
+      {
+        "operation": "cold-cache-percolator_with_content_ignore_me",
+        "warmup-iterations": 10,
+        "iterations": 100,
+        "#COMMENT": "Be aware that we specify *target-interval* here! This means we issue one query every 12 seconds",
+        "target-interval": 12
+      },
+      {
+        "operation": "cold-cache-percolator_no_score_with_content_ignore_me",
+        "warmup-iterations": 100,
+        "iterations": 100,
+        "target-throughput": 15
+      }
+    ]
+  }
diff --git a/percolator/operations/default.json b/percolator/operations/default.json
index 533f14d1..15baedd4 100644
--- a/percolator/operations/default.json
+++ b/percolator/operations/default.json
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
       "ingest-percentage": {{ingest_percentage | default(100)}}
     },
     {
-      "name": "percolator_with_content_president_bush",
+      "name": "compareme-percolator_with_content_president_bush",
       "operation-type": "search",
+      "index": "queries",
       "body": {
         "query": {
           "percolate": {
@@ -19,8 +20,40 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "percolator_with_content_saddam_hussein",
+      "name": "cold-cache-percolator_with_content_president_bush",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-percolator_with_content_president_bush",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "queries",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "percolate": {
+                    "field": "query",
+                    "document": {
+                      "body": "president bush"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-percolator_with_content_saddam_hussein",
       "operation-type": "search",
+      "index": "queries",
       "body": {
         "query": {
           "percolate": {
@@ -33,8 +66,40 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "percolator_with_content_hurricane_katrina",
+      "name": "cold-cache-percolator_with_content_saddam_hussein",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-percolator_with_content_saddam_hussein",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "queries",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "percolate": {
+                    "field": "query",
+                    "document": {
+                      "body": "saddam hussein"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-percolator_with_content_hurricane_katrina",
       "operation-type": "search",
+      "index": "queries",
       "body": {
         "query": {
           "percolate": {
@@ -47,8 +112,40 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "percolator_with_content_google",
+      "name": "cold-cache-percolator_with_content_hurricane_katrina",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-percolator_with_content_hurricane_katrina",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "queries",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "percolate": {
+                    "field": "query",
+                    "document": {
+                      "body": "hurricane katrina"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-percolator_with_content_google",
       "operation-type": "search",
+      "index": "queries",
       "body": {
         "query": {
           "percolate": {
@@ -61,8 +158,40 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "percolator_no_score_with_content_google",
+      "name": "cold-cache-percolator_with_content_google",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-percolator_with_content_google",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "queries",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "percolate": {
+                    "field": "query",
+                    "document": {
+                      "body": "google"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-percolator_no_score_with_content_google",
       "operation-type": "search",
+      "index": "queries",
       "body": {
         "query": {
           "constant_score": {
@@ -79,8 +208,44 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "percolator_with_highlighting",
+      "name": "cold-cache-percolator_no_score_with_content_google",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-percolator_no_score_with_content_google",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "queries",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "constant_score": {
+                    "filter": {
+                      "percolate": {
+                        "field": "query",
+                        "document": {
+                          "body": "google"
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-percolator_with_highlighting",
       "operation-type": "search",
+      "index": "queries",
       "body": {
         "query": {
           "percolate": {
@@ -98,8 +263,45 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "percolator_with_content_ignore_me",
+      "name": "cold-cache-percolator_with_highlighting",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-percolator_with_highlighting",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "queries",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "percolate": {
+                    "field": "query",
+                    "document": {
+                      "body": "Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon suffers a massive stroke; he is replaced by acting prime minister Ehud Olmert"
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "highlight": {
+                  "fields": {
+                    "body": {}
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-percolator_with_content_ignore_me",
       "operation-type": "search",
+      "index": "queries",
       "body": {
         "query": {
           "percolate": {
@@ -112,8 +314,40 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "name": "percolator_no_score_with_content_ignore_me",
+      "name": "cold-cache-percolator_with_content_ignore_me",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-percolator_with_content_ignore_me",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "queries",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "percolate": {
+                    "field": "query",
+                    "document": {
+                      "body": "ignore me"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "compareme-percolator_no_score_with_content_ignore_me",
       "operation-type": "search",
+      "index": "queries",
       "body": {
         "query": {
           "constant_score": {
@@ -128,4 +362,39 @@
           }
         }
       }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "cold-cache-percolator_no_score_with_content_ignore_me",
+      "operation-type": "composite",
+      "requests": [
+        {
+          "stream": [
+            {
+              "name": "cache-clear",
+              "operation-type": "raw-request",
+              "path": "/_internal/blob_caches/clear",
+              "method": "POST"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "compareme-percolator_no_score_with_content_ignore_me",
+              "operation-type": "search",
+              "index": "queries",
+              "body": {
+                "query": {
+                  "constant_score": {
+                    "filter": {
+                      "percolate": {
+                        "field": "query",
+                        "document": {
+                          "body": "ignore me"
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
     }
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