diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index af39d9347d77c759a43806401c9a838c4be1eb23..74ed1de8542a4c562e891bdd27e7ca297a6c3811 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ get_data:
     - ls -lrtha
 
 include: 
+  - local: 'benchmarks/tracking_detectors/config.yml'
   - local: 'benchmarks/barrel_ecal/config.yml'
   - local: 'benchmarks/barrel_hcal/config.yml'
   - local: 'benchmarks/roman_pots/config.yml'
diff --git a/benchmarks/tracking_detectors/config.yml b/benchmarks/tracking_detectors/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..031cc85039579cca9b0e4e2429adaf778ffc34bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/tracking_detectors/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+tracking_detectors:sim_track_hits:
+  extends: .det_benchmark
+  stage: simulate
+  script:
+    - bash benchmarks/tracking_detectors/track_hits.sh --sim-only
+
+tracking_detectors:plot_hits:
+  extends: .det_benchmark
+  stage: benchmarks
+  needs:
+    - ["tracking_detectors:sim_track_hits"]
+  script:
+    - bash benchmarks/tracking_detectors/track_hits.sh --analysis
diff --git a/benchmarks/tracking_detectors/scripts/gen_track_hits.cxx b/benchmarks/tracking_detectors/scripts/gen_track_hits.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..13bc31e70598c6bb505d8618603b269f930e447e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/tracking_detectors/scripts/gen_track_hits.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#include "HepMC3/GenEvent.h"
+#include "HepMC3/ReaderAscii.h"
+#include "HepMC3/WriterAscii.h"
+#include "HepMC3/Print.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include<random>
+#include<cmath>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <TMath.h>
+
+using namespace HepMC3;
+
+/** Generate multiple electrons/positron tracks in the central region.
+ *  This is for testing detectors in the "barrel" region.
+ */
+void gen_track_hits(int n_events = 100, 
+                         const char* out_fname = "track_hits.hepmc",
+                         int n_parts = 2)
+{
+  double cos_theta_min = std::cos( 10.0*(M_PI/180.0));
+  double cos_theta_max = std::cos(170.0*(M_PI/180.0));
+
+  WriterAscii hepmc_output(out_fname);
+  int events_parsed = 0;
+  GenEvent evt(Units::GEV, Units::MM);
+
+  // Random number generator
+  TRandom *r1 = new TRandom();
+
+  for (events_parsed = 0; events_parsed < n_events; events_parsed++) {
+    // FourVector(px,py,pz,e,pdgid,status)
+    // type 4 is beam
+    // pdgid 11 - electron
+    // pdgid 111 - pi0
+    // pdgid 2212 - proton
+    for (int ip = 0; ip < n_parts; ip++) {
+      GenParticlePtr p1 = std::make_shared<GenParticle>(FourVector(0.0, 0.0, 10.0, 10.0), 11, 4);
+      GenParticlePtr p2 = std::make_shared<GenParticle>(FourVector(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.938), 2212, 4);
+
+      // Define momentum
+      Double_t p     = r1->Uniform(1.0, 10.0);
+      Double_t phi   = r1->Uniform(0.0, 2.0 * M_PI);
+      Double_t costh = r1->Uniform(cos_theta_min, cos_theta_max);
+      Double_t th    = std::acos(costh);
+      Double_t px    = p * std::cos(phi) * std::sin(th);
+      Double_t py    = p * std::sin(phi) * std::sin(th);
+      Double_t pz    = p * std::cos(th);
+      // Generates random vectors, uniformly distributed over the surface of a
+      // sphere of given radius, in this case momentum.
+      // r1->Sphere(px, py, pz, p);
+
+      // std::cout << std::sqrt(px*px + py*py + pz*pz) - p << " is zero? \n";
+
+      // type 1 is final state
+      // pdgid 11 - electron 0.510 MeV/c^2
+      GenParticlePtr p3 = std::make_shared<GenParticle>(FourVector(px, py, pz, sqrt(p * p + (0.000511 * 0.000511))),
+                                                        ((ip % 2 == 0) ? 11 : -11), 1);
+
+      GenVertexPtr v1 = std::make_shared<GenVertex>();
+      v1->add_particle_in(p1);
+      v1->add_particle_in(p2);
+
+      v1->add_particle_out(p3);
+      evt.add_vertex(v1);
+    }
+
+    if (events_parsed == 0) {
+      std::cout << "First event: " << std::endl;
+      Print::listing(evt);
+    }
+
+    hepmc_output.write_event(evt);
+    if (events_parsed % 10000 == 0) {
+      std::cout << "Event: " << events_parsed << std::endl;
+    }
+    evt.clear();
+  }
+  hepmc_output.close();
+  std::cout << "Events parsed and written: " << events_parsed << std::endl;
+}
diff --git a/benchmarks/tracking_detectors/scripts/sim_track_hits.cxx b/benchmarks/tracking_detectors/scripts/sim_track_hits.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..440c40720cc04774ef017470b99fe3fee3ba720b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/tracking_detectors/scripts/sim_track_hits.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+#include "ROOT/RDataFrame.hxx"
+#include "TCanvas.h"
+#include "TLegend.h"
+#include "TH1D.h"
+#include "TProfile.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+R__LOAD_LIBRARY(libeicd.so)
+R__LOAD_LIBRARY(libDD4pod.so)
+
+#include "dd4pod/TrackerHitCollection.h"
+#include "dd4pod/TrackerHitData.h"
+#include "dd4pod/Geant4ParticleCollection.h"
+#include "eicd/TrackParametersCollection.h"
+#include "eicd/ClusterCollection.h"
+#include "eicd/ClusterData.h"
+#include "eicd/TrackerHitCollection.h"
+
+using ROOT::RDataFrame;
+using namespace ROOT::VecOps;
+
+auto p_track = [](std::vector<eic::TrackParametersData> const& in) {
+  std::vector<double> result;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < in.size(); ++i) {
+    result.push_back(std::abs(1.0/(in[i].qOverP)));
+  }
+  return result;
+};
+
+
+std::vector<float> pt (std::vector<dd4pod::Geant4ParticleData> const& in){
+  std::vector<float> result;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < in.size(); ++i) {
+    result.push_back(std::sqrt(in[i].ps.x * in[i].ps.x + in[i].ps.y * in[i].ps.y));
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+auto momentum = [](std::vector<ROOT::Math::PxPyPzMVector> const& in) {
+  std::vector<double> result;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < in.size(); ++i) {
+   result.push_back(in[i].E());
+  }
+  return result;
+};
+auto theta = [](std::vector<ROOT::Math::PxPyPzMVector> const& in) {
+  std::vector<double> result;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < in.size(); ++i) {
+   result.push_back(in[i].Theta()*180/M_PI);
+  }
+  return result;
+};
+auto fourvec = [](ROOT::VecOps::RVec<dd4pod::Geant4ParticleData> const& in) {
+  std::vector<ROOT::Math::PxPyPzMVector> result;
+  ROOT::Math::PxPyPzMVector lv;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < in.size(); ++i) {
+    lv.SetCoordinates(in[i].ps.x, in[i].ps.y, in[i].ps.z, in[i].mass);
+    result.push_back(lv);
+  }
+  return result;
+};
+
+auto delta_p = [](const std::vector<double>& tracks, const std::vector<double>& thrown) {
+  std::vector<double> res;
+  for (const auto& p1 : thrown) {
+    for (const auto& p2 : tracks) {
+      res.push_back(p1 - p2);
+    }
+  }
+  return res;
+};
+
+auto delta_p_over_p = [](const std::vector<double>& tracks, const std::vector<double>& thrown) {
+  std::vector<double> res;
+  for (const auto& p1 : thrown) {
+    for (const auto& p2 : tracks) {
+      res.push_back((p1 - p2)/p1);
+    }
+  }
+  return res;
+};
+
+int sim_track_hits(const char* fname = "sim_track_hits.root")
+{
+
+  ROOT::EnableImplicitMT();
+  ROOT::RDataFrame df("events", fname);
+
+  auto df0 = df.Define("isThrown", "mcparticles.genStatus == 1")
+                 .Define("thrownParticles", "mcparticles[isThrown]")
+                 .Define("thrownP", fourvec, {"thrownParticles"})
+                 .Define("p_thrown", momentum, {"thrownP"})
+                 .Define("theta_thrown", theta, {"thrownP"})
+                 .Define("theta0", "theta_thrown[0]")
+                 .Define("N_BarrelHits", [](std::vector<dd4pod::TrackerHitData> hits) { return hits.size();}, {"TrackerBarrelHits"})
+                 .Define("N_EndcapHits", [](std::vector<dd4pod::TrackerHitData> hits) { return hits.size();}, {"TrackerEndcapHits"})
+                 ;
+
+  auto hBarrel_x_vs_y = df0.Histo2D({"hBarrel_x_vs_y", "; x ; y ",   100, -900, 900,100, -900, 900 }, "TrackerBarrelHits.position.x", "TrackerBarrelHits.position.y");
+  auto hEndcap_x_vs_y = df0.Histo2D({"hEndcap_x_vs_y", "; x ; y ",   100, -900, 900,100, -900, 900 }, "TrackerEndcapHits.position.x", "TrackerEndcapHits.position.y");
+  //auto hvtxBarrel_x_vs_y = df0.Histo2D({"hvtxBarrel_x_vs_y", "; x ; y ",   100, -900, 900,100, -900, 900 }, "VertexBarrelHits.position.x", "VertexBarrelHits.position.y");
+  //auto hvtxEndcap_x_vs_y = df0.Histo2D({"hvtxEndcap_x_vs_y", "; x ; y ",   100, -900, 900,100, -900, 900 }, "VertexEndcaplHits.position.x", "VertexEndcapHits.position.y");
+  //auto hAllHits_x_vs_y = df0.Histo2D({"hAllHitsx_vs_y", "; x ; y ",   100, -900, 900,100, -900, 900 }, "allHits.position.x", "allHits.position.y");
+
+  auto hBarrel_x_vs_z = df0.Histo2D({"hBarrel_x_vs_z", "; z ; x ", 100, -900, 900,100, -900, 900 }, "TrackerBarrelHits.position.z" , "TrackerBarrelHits.position.y");
+  auto hEndcap_x_vs_z = df0.Histo2D({"hEndcap_x_vs_z", "; z ; x ", 100, -900, 900,100, -900, 900 }, "TrackerEndcapHits.position.z", "TrackerEndcapHits.position.y");
+  //auto hvtxBarrel_x_vs_z = df0.Histo2D({"hvtxBarrel_x_vs_z", "; z ; x ", 100, -900, 900,100, -900, 900 }, "VertexBarrelHits.position.z"  , "VertexBarrelHits.position.y" );
+  //auto hvtxEndcap_x_vs_z = df0.Histo2D({"hvtxEndcap_x_vs_z", "; z ; x ", 100, -900, 900,100, -900, 900 }, "VertexEndcaplHits.position.z" , "VertexEndcapHits.position.y" );
+  //auto hAllHits_x_vs_z = df0.Histo2D({"hAllHitsx_vs_z","; z ; x ", 100, -900, 900,100, -900, 900 }, "allHits.position.z"           , "allHits.position.y"          );
+
+  auto hBarrel_N_vs_theta = df0.Histo1D({"hBarrel_N_vs_theta", "; #theta [deg.]",   20, 0, 180 }, "theta0", "N_BarrelHits");
+  auto hEndcap_N_vs_theta = df0.Histo1D({"hEndcap_N_vs_theta", "; #theta [deg.]",   20, 0, 180 }, "theta0", "N_EndcapHits");
+  //auto hVtxBarrel_N_vs_theta = df0.Histo1D({"hVtxBarrel_N_vs_theta", "; #theta [deg.]", 20, 0, 180 }, "theta0", "N_VtxBarrelHits");
+
+  auto hBarrel_Nhits  = df0.Histo1D({"hBarrel_Nhits", "; #theta [deg.]",   20, 0, 20 }, "N_BarrelHits");
+  auto hEndcap_Nhits  = df0.Histo1D({"hEndcap_Nhits", "; #theta [deg.]",   20, 0, 20 }, "N_EndcapHits");
+  //auto hVtxBarrel_Nhits = df0.Histo1D({"hVtxBarrel_Nhits", "; #theta [deg.]", 20, 0, 20 },  "N_VtxBarrelHits");
+
+  auto hBarrel_Ntheta = df0.Histo1D({"hBarrel_Ntheta", "; #theta [deg.]",   20, 0, 180 }, "theta0");
+  auto hEndcap_Ntheta = df0.Histo1D({"hEndcap_Ntheta", "; #theta [deg.]",   20, 0, 180 }, "theta0");
+  //auto hVtxBarrel_Ntheta = df0.Histo1D({"hVtxBarrel_Ntheta", "; #theta [deg.]", 20, 0, 180 }, "theta0");
+
+  auto c = new TCanvas();
+  auto hs = new THStack("n_hits","; #theta  ");
+  auto h1 = (TH1D*) hBarrel_N_vs_theta->Clone();
+  auto h2 = (TH1D*) hBarrel_Ntheta->Clone();
+  h1->Divide(h2);
+  hs->Add(h1);
+  h1 = (TH1D*) hEndcap_N_vs_theta->Clone();
+  h2 = (TH1D*) hEndcap_Ntheta->Clone();
+  h1->Divide(h2);
+  h1->SetLineColor(2);
+  hs->Add(h1);
+  //h1 = (TH1D*) hVtxBarrel_vs_theta->Clone();
+  //h1->SetLineColor(4);
+  //h1->SetFillStyle(3001);
+  //h1->SetFillColor(4);
+  //hs->Add(h1);
+  hs->Draw("nostack, hist");
+  c->BuildLegend();
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking_detectors/sim_track_hits_n_hits_vs_theta.png");
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking_detectors/sim_track_hits_n_hits_vs_theta.pdf");
+
+  c  = new TCanvas();
+  hs = new THStack("theta","; #theta  ");
+  h1 = (TH1D*) hBarrel_N_vs_theta->Clone();
+  h2 = (TH1D*) hBarrel_Ntheta->Clone();
+  //h1->Divide(h2);
+  hs->Add(h2);
+  h1 = (TH1D*) hEndcap_N_vs_theta->Clone();
+  h2 = (TH1D*) hEndcap_Ntheta->Clone();
+  //h1->Divide(h2);
+  h1->SetLineColor(2);
+  h2->SetLineColor(2);
+  hs->Add(h2);
+  //h1 = (TH1D*) hVtxBarrel_vs_theta->Clone();
+  //h1->SetLineColor(4);
+  //h1->SetFillStyle(3001);
+  //h1->SetFillColor(4);
+  //hs->Add(h1);
+  hs->Draw("nostack hist");
+  c->BuildLegend();
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking_detectors/sim_track_hits_theta.png");
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking_detectors/sim_track_hits_theta.pdf");
+
+  c  = new TCanvas();
+  hs = new THStack("hits","; hits  ");
+  h1 = (TH1D*) hBarrel_Nhits->Clone();
+  hs->Add(h1);
+  h1 = (TH1D*) hEndcap_Nhits->Clone();
+  h1->SetLineColor(2);
+  h2->SetLineColor(2);
+  hs->Add(h2);
+  //h1 = (TH1D*) hVtxBarrel_Nhits->Clone();
+  //h1->SetLineColor(4);
+  //h1->SetFillStyle(3001);
+  //h1->SetFillColor(4);
+  //hs->Add(h1);
+  //hs->Draw("nostack hist");
+  c->BuildLegend();
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking_detectors/sim_track_hits_nhits.png");
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking_detectors/sim_track_hits_nhits.pdf");
+
+  c = new TCanvas();
+  hBarrel_x_vs_y->DrawCopy("colz");
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking_detectors/sim_track_hits_trkBarrel_xy.png");
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking_detectors/sim_track_hits_trkBarrel_xy.pdf");
+
+  c = new TCanvas();
+  hBarrel_x_vs_y->DrawCopy("colz");
+  hEndcap_x_vs_y->DrawCopy("colz same");
+  //hvtxBarrel_x_vs_y->DrawCopy("colz same");
+  //hvtxEndcap_x_vs_y->DrawCopy("colz same");
+
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking_detectors/sim_track_hits_Hits_xy.png");
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking_detectors/sim_track_hits_Hits_xy.pdf");
+
+  //hAllHits_x_vs_z->DrawCopy("colz");
+  hBarrel_x_vs_z->DrawCopy("colz");
+  hEndcap_x_vs_z->DrawCopy("colz same");
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking_detectors/sim_track_hits_Hits_xz.png");
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking_detectors/sim_track_hits_Hits_xz.pdf");
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/benchmarks/tracking_detectors/track_hits.sh b/benchmarks/tracking_detectors/track_hits.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a7a54e2e31333c9c6e0d868ae1de3a637ffa7f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/tracking_detectors/track_hits.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#set -o errexit
+#set -o pipefail
+
+function print_the_help {
+  echo "USAGE: ${0}  [--sim-only]  "
+  echo "OPTIONS: "
+  echo "  --sim-only    Only run up to the simulation "
+  echo "  --analysis    Only run the analysis scripts "
+  exit 
+}
+
+ANALYSIS_ONLY=
+SIM_ONLY=
+POSITIONAL=()
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]
+do
+  key="$1"
+
+  case $key in
+    -h|--help)
+      shift # past argument
+      print_the_help
+      ;;
+    --sim-only)
+      shift # past argument
+      SIM_ONLY=1
+      ;;
+    --analysis)
+      shift # past argument
+      ANALYSIS_ONLY=1
+      ;;
+    *)    # unknown option
+      #POSITIONAL+=("$1") # save it in an array for later
+      echo "unknown option $1"
+      print_the_help
+      shift # past argument
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+set -- "${POSITIONAL[@]}" # restore positional parameters
+
+print_env.sh
+
+## To run the reconstruction, we need the following global variables:
+## - JUGGLER_INSTALL_PREFIX:   Install prefix for Juggler (simu/recon)
+## - JUGGLER_DETECTOR:         the detector package we want to use for this benchmark
+## - JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION: the detector package we want to use for this benchmark
+## - DETECTOR_PATH:            full path to the detector definitions
+##
+## You can ready options/env.sh for more in-depth explanations of the variables
+## and how they can be controlled.
+
+if [[ ! -n  "${JUGGLER_N_EVENTS}" ]] ; then 
+  export JUGGLER_N_EVENTS=100
+fi
+
+export JUGGLER_FILE_NAME_TAG="track_hits"
+export JUGGLER_GEN_FILE="${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}/${JUGGLER_FILE_NAME_TAG}.hepmc"
+
+export JUGGLER_SIM_FILE="${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}/sim_${JUGGLER_FILE_NAME_TAG}.root"
+
+echo "JUGGLER_N_EVENTS = ${JUGGLER_N_EVENTS}"
+echo "JUGGLER_DETECTOR = ${JUGGLER_DETECTOR}"
+
+
+if [ -z "${ANALYSIS_ONLY}" ] ; then
+
+  echo "Generating Events"
+  ## generate the input events
+  root -b -q "benchmarks/tracking_detectors/scripts/gen_track_hits.cxx(${JUGGLER_N_EVENTS}, \"${JUGGLER_FILE_NAME_TAG}.hepmc\")"
+  if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]] ; then
+    echo "ERROR running script"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "Running geant4 simulation"
+  ## run geant4 simulations
+  npsim --runType batch \
+    --part.minimalKineticEnergy 1000*GeV  \
+    -v WARNING \
+    --numberOfEvents ${JUGGLER_N_EVENTS} \
+    --compactFile ${DETECTOR_PATH}/${JUGGLER_DETECTOR}.xml \
+    --inputFiles  ${JUGGLER_FILE_NAME_TAG}.hepmc \
+    --outputFile  ${JUGGLER_SIM_FILE}
+  if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]] ; then
+    echo "ERROR running script"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+fi
+
+
+if [ -z "${SIM_ONLY}" ] ; then
+
+  echo "Running analysis scripts"
+
+  mkdir -p results/tracking_detectors
+  rootls -t ${JUGGLER_SIM_FILE}
+  root -b -q "benchmarks/tracking_detectors/scripts/sim_track_hits.cxx(\"${JUGGLER_SIM_FILE}\")"
+  if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]] ; then
+    echo "ERROR running root script"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+fi
+
+root_filesize=$(stat --format=%s "${JUGGLER_SIM_FILE}")
+if [[ "${JUGGLER_N_EVENTS}" -lt "500" ]] ; then 
+  # file must be less than 10 MB to upload
+  if [[ "${root_filesize}" -lt "10000000" ]] ; then 
+    cp ${JUGGLER_SIM_FILE} results/.
+  fi
+fi
+
+