diff --git a/benchmark.py b/benchmark.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 61d5d8ab..00000000
--- a/benchmark.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-import time
-import pandas as pd
-import numpy as np
-
-# We want to benchmark the difference between iterating with a list comprehension
-# vs vectorized str.lower() method for pd.DataFrame column manipulation.
-
-# Let's create a DataFrame with many columns to see the difference clearly.
-# For a typical stock dataframe, the number of columns is small (e.g. 6-7).
-# Let's benchmark for both a small DataFrame and a very large DataFrame.
-
-def benchmark(num_cols, iterations):
-    cols = [f"Col_{i}" for i in range(num_cols)]
-    df = pd.DataFrame(columns=cols)
-
-    start = time.time()
-    for _ in range(iterations):
-        _ = [str(c).lower() for c in df.columns]
-    t1 = time.time() - start
-
-    start = time.time()
-    for _ in range(iterations):
-        _ = df.columns.astype(str).str.lower()
-    t2 = time.time() - start
-
-    print(f"Num cols: {num_cols}, Iterations: {iterations}")
-    print(f"List comprehension: {t1:.6f} s")
-    print(f"Pandas str.lower(): {t2:.6f} s")
-    print("-" * 30)
-
-benchmark(10, 10000)
-benchmark(100, 10000)
-benchmark(1000, 10000)
diff --git a/cli/main.py b/cli/main.py
index f490152a..17a53c04 100644
--- a/cli/main.py
+++ b/cli/main.py
@@ -140,10 +140,13 @@ class MessageBuffer:
 
         This prevents interim updates (like debate rounds) from counting as completed.
         """
+        # Optimized: Iterate over active report sections directly instead of all possible sections,
+        # checking content first to short-circuit the finalizing agent status lookup.
         count = 0
-        for section, (_, finalizing_agent) in self.REPORT_SECTIONS.items():
-            if self.report_sections.get(section) is not None:
-                if self.agent_status.get(finalizing_agent) == "completed":
+        for section, content in self.report_sections.items():
+            if content is not None:
+                section_info = self.REPORT_SECTIONS.get(section)
+                if section_info and self.agent_status.get(section_info[1]) == "completed":
                     count += 1
         return count