diff --git a/.github/scripts/run-sql-bench.sh b/.github/scripts/run-sql-bench.sh
index 96c2e2f19dc..bdbcae3f7a0 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/run-sql-bench.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/run-sql-bench.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 set -Eeu -o pipefail
 
+export VORTEX_EXPERIMENTAL_PATCHED_ARRAY=1
+export FLAT_LAYOUT_INLINE_ARRAY_NODE=1
+
 subcommand="$1"
 targets="$2"
 shift 2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/bench-pr.yml
index f392f1a6e45..d3de66765dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench-pr.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           RUSTFLAGS: "-C target-cpu=native"
         run: |
-          cargo build --package ${{ matrix.benchmark.id }} --profile release_debug ${{ matrix.benchmark.build_args }}
+          cargo build --package ${{ matrix.benchmark.id }} --profile release_debug ${{ matrix.benchmark.build_args }} --features unstable_encodings
 
       - name: Setup Polar Signals
         if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         env:
           RUST_BACKTRACE: full
+          VORTEX_EXPERIMENTAL_PATCHED_ARRAY: "1"
+          FLAT_LAYOUT_INLINE_ARRAY_NODE: "1"
         run: |
           bash scripts/bench-taskset.sh target/release_debug/${{ matrix.benchmark.id }} -d gh-json -o results.json
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index 558a5bd51ff..abc80c1d93e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           RUSTFLAGS: "-C target-cpu=native"
         run: |
-          cargo build --bin ${{ matrix.benchmark.id }} --profile release_debug ${{ matrix.benchmark.build_args }}
+          cargo build --bin ${{ matrix.benchmark.id }} --profile release_debug ${{ matrix.benchmark.build_args }} --features unstable_encodings
 
       - name: Setup Polar Signals
         uses: polarsignals/gh-actions-ps-profiling@v0.8.1
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         env:
           RUST_BACKTRACE: full
+          VORTEX_EXPERIMENTAL_PATCHED_ARRAY: "1"
+          FLAT_LAYOUT_INLINE_ARRAY_NODE: "1"
         run: |
           bash scripts/bench-taskset.sh target/release_debug/${{ matrix.benchmark.id }} --formats ${{ matrix.benchmark.formats }} -d gh-json -o results.json
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sql-benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/sql-benchmarks.yml
index 4c114f00bda..c12a5fe7bea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sql-benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sql-benchmarks.yml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
           if [ "${{ matrix.build_lance }}" = "true" ]; then
             packages="$packages --bin lance-bench"
           fi
-          cargo build $packages --profile release_debug
+          cargo build $packages --profile release_debug --features unstable_encodings
 
       - name: Generate data
         shell: bash
diff --git a/benchmarks/compress-bench/Cargo.toml b/benchmarks/compress-bench/Cargo.toml
index 4c72a20f712..baff1daad74 100644
--- a/benchmarks/compress-bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benchmarks/compress-bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ vortex-bench = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 lance = ["dep:lance-bench"]
+unstable_encodings = ["vortex/unstable_encodings"]
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/benchmarks/datafusion-bench/Cargo.toml b/benchmarks/datafusion-bench/Cargo.toml
index eea6e70e8aa..d0015dd2995 100644
--- a/benchmarks/datafusion-bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benchmarks/datafusion-bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ custom-labels = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 cuda = ["dep:vortex-cuda"]
+unstable_encodings = ["vortex/unstable_encodings"]
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/benchmarks/duckdb-bench/Cargo.toml b/benchmarks/duckdb-bench/Cargo.toml
index ad9ece90fc3..b70375cf963 100644
--- a/benchmarks/duckdb-bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benchmarks/duckdb-bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ vortex-duckdb = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 cuda = ["dep:vortex-cuda"]
+unstable_encodings = ["vortex/unstable_encodings"]
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/benchmarks/lance-bench/Cargo.toml b/benchmarks/lance-bench/Cargo.toml
index acfe39ef531..e5c6044e4f5 100644
--- a/benchmarks/lance-bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benchmarks/lance-bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,5 +29,8 @@ tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 vortex-bench = { workspace = true }
 
+[features]
+unstable_encodings = ["vortex-bench/unstable_encodings"]
+
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/benchmarks/random-access-bench/Cargo.toml b/benchmarks/random-access-bench/Cargo.toml
index c22736b65d4..cde8fb6f81a 100644
--- a/benchmarks/random-access-bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benchmarks/random-access-bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ vortex-bench = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 lance = ["dep:lance-bench"]
+unstable_encodings = ["vortex-bench/unstable_encodings"]
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/vortex-bench/Cargo.toml b/vortex-bench/Cargo.toml
index 62d302f12e1..8b2bb6efe25 100644
--- a/vortex-bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vortex-bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,3 +63,6 @@ vortex = { workspace = true, features = [
     "tokio",
     "zstd",
 ] }
+
+[features]
+unstable_encodings = ["vortex/unstable_encodings"]