diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/Observable.java b/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/Observable.java
index aff51453e8..4afefabc8e 100644
--- a/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/Observable.java
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/Observable.java
@@ -6255,16 +6255,7 @@ public final Subscription subscribe(Subscriber<? super T> subscriber) {
                 subscriber = new SafeSubscriber<T>(subscriber);
             }
             onSubscribeFunction.call(subscriber);
-            final Subscription returnSubscription = hook.onSubscribeReturn(subscriber);
-            // we return it inside a Subscription so it can't be cast back to Subscriber
-            return Subscriptions.create(new Action0() {
-
-                @Override
-                public void call() {
-                    returnSubscription.unsubscribe();
-                }
-
-            });
+            return hook.onSubscribeReturn(subscriber);
         } catch (Throwable e) {
             // special handling for certain Throwable/Error/Exception types
             Exceptions.throwIfFatal(e);
diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfObserveOn.java b/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfObserveOn.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b6aa1d2ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfObserveOn.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2014 Netflix, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package rx.usecases;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.GenerateMicroBenchmark;
+
+import rx.schedulers.Schedulers;
+
+public class PerfObserveOn {
+
+    @GenerateMicroBenchmark
+    public void observeOn(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
+        input.observable.observeOn(Schedulers.computation()).subscribe(input.observer);
+        input.awaitCompletion();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfTransforms.java b/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfTransforms.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d67ccd3a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfTransforms.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2014 Netflix, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package rx.usecases;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.GenerateMicroBenchmark;
+
+import rx.Observable;
+import rx.functions.Func1;
+
+public class PerfTransforms {
+
+    @GenerateMicroBenchmark
+    public void mapTransformation(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
+        input.observable.map(new Func1<Integer, String>() {
+
+            @Override
+            public String call(Integer i) {
+                return String.valueOf(i);
+            }
+
+        }).map(new Func1<String, Integer>() {
+
+            @Override
+            public Integer call(String i) {
+                return Integer.parseInt(i);
+            }
+
+        }).subscribe(input.observer);
+        input.awaitCompletion();
+    }
+
+    @GenerateMicroBenchmark
+    public void flatMapTransformsUsingFrom(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
+        input.observable.flatMap(new Func1<Integer, Observable<Integer>>() {
+
+            @Override
+            public Observable<Integer> call(Integer i) {
+                return Observable.from(i);
+            }
+
+        }).subscribe(input.observer);
+        input.awaitCompletion();
+    }
+
+    @GenerateMicroBenchmark
+    public void flatMapTransformsUsingJust(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
+        input.observable.flatMap(new Func1<Integer, Observable<Integer>>() {
+
+            @Override
+            public Observable<Integer> call(Integer i) {
+                return Observable.just(i);
+            }
+
+        }).subscribe(input.observer);
+        input.awaitCompletion();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/UseCaseInput.java b/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/UseCaseInput.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0463d9190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/UseCaseInput.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2014 Netflix, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package rx.usecases;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Param;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.logic.BlackHole;
+
+import rx.Observable;
+import rx.Observable.OnSubscribe;
+import rx.Observer;
+import rx.Subscriber;
+
+/**
+ * Exposes an Observable and Observer that increments n Integers and consumes them in a Blackhole.
+ */
+@State(Scope.Thread)
+public class UseCaseInput {
+    @Param({ "1", "1024" })
+    public int size;
+
+    public Observable<Integer> observable;
+    public Observer<Integer> observer;
+
+    private CountDownLatch latch;
+
+    @Setup
+    public void setup() {
+        observable = Observable.create(new OnSubscribe<Integer>() {
+            @Override
+            public void call(Subscriber<? super Integer> o) {
+                for (int value = 0; value < size; value++) {
+                    o.onNext(value);
+                }
+                o.onCompleted();
+            }
+        });
+
+        final BlackHole bh = new BlackHole();
+        latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        observer = new Observer<Integer>() {
+            @Override
+            public void onCompleted() {
+                latch.countDown();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onError(Throwable e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onNext(Integer value) {
+                bh.consume(value);
+            }
+        };
+
+    }
+
+    public void awaitCompletion() throws InterruptedException {
+        latch.await();
+    }
+}