diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-04-01-21-15-35.gh-issue-117431.UBT4zj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-04-01-21-15-35.gh-issue-117431.UBT4zj.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3c862000164f6a
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+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-04-01-21-15-35.gh-issue-117431.UBT4zj.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improve performance of startswith, endswith, count and find methods for strings and bytes.
diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/find.h b/Objects/stringlib/find.h
index 509b9297396be8..60d13ab54415eb 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/find.h
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/find.h
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ STRINGLIB(parse_args_finds)(const char * function_name, PyObject *args,
     Py_ssize_t tmp_start = 0;
     Py_ssize_t tmp_end = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
     PyObject *obj_start=Py_None, *obj_end=Py_None;
+
+    if (PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args) == 1) {
+        // fast path
+        *start = tmp_start;
+        *end = tmp_end;
+        *subobj = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     char format[FORMAT_BUFFER_SIZE] = "O|OO:";
     size_t len = strlen(format);