diff --git a/benchmarks/passing/raytrace.rs b/benchmarks/passing/raytrace.rs
index ba76c246..7c936658 100644
--- a/benchmarks/passing/raytrace.rs
+++ b/benchmarks/passing/raytrace.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,47 @@
 // ARGS: 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 50.0
 
-// builds a cube mesh
+// builds a cube mesh with two sides
+// z is positive going up, x goes positive to the right
+// y is positive going into the screen
 // then builds a bvh tree from the cube mesh
 fn main(xpos: f64, ypos: f64, zpos: f64, width: f64, height: f64) {
     let num_triangles: i64 = 100;
-    let triangles: [f64; 300] = [0.0; 300];
-    build_cube(xpos, ypos, width, height, triangles);
+    let mut first_point: [f64; 3] = [0.0; 3];
+    // 100 triangles, 3 points per triangle
+    let mut triangles: [[f64; 3]; 300] = [first_point; 300];
 
-    let res: f64 = triangles[0];
+    let mut ind: i64 = 1;
+    while ind < 300 {
+        let mut next_point: [f64; 3] = [0.0; 3];
+        triangles[ind] = next_point;
+        ind = ind + 1;
+    }
+
+    //build_cube(xpos, ypos, width, height, triangles);
+
+    let res: f64 = triangles[10][0];
+    let mut ind: i64 = 0;
+    while ind < 300 {
+        drop(triangles[ind]);
+        ind = ind + 1;
+    }
     drop(triangles);
     println!("{}", res);
 }
 
-fn build_cube(xpos: f64, ypos: f64, width: f64, height: f64, triangles: [f64; 300]) {
+fn build_cube(xpos: f64, ypos: f64, width: f64, height: f64, triangles: [[f64; 3]; 300]) {
     let num_triangles: i64 = 100;
-    let 
-    triangles[0] = xpos;
-    triangles[1] = ypos;
+    let num_rectangles: i64 = 25;
+    let rect_width: f64 = width / 25.0;
+
+    let mut i: i64 = 0;
+    let mut ti: i64 = 0;
+    let cx: f64 = xpos + width / 2.0;
+    while i < num_rectangles {
+        triangles[ti][0] = cx;
+        triangles[ti][1] = ypos;
+        triangles[ti][2] = 0.0;
+
+        i = i + 1;
+    }
 }