| rack-router | merb routing | rails routing |
--Route generation-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A simple string                                                                                 x10000 |       0.056 |        0.133 |         0.403 |
A simple string with query parameters                                                           x10000 |       0.228 |        0.344 |         0.551 |
A couple variable segments                                                                      x10000 |       0.140 |        0.435 |         0.570 |
A lot of variable segments                                                                      x10000 |       0.213 |        0.409 |         0.787 |
Conditions that matches                                                                         x10000 |       0.161 |        0.300 |         0.595 |
Conditions that don't match                                                                     x10000 |       0.502 |        0.551 |         1.332 |
A route with defaults while specifying all the parameters                                       x10000 |       0.172 |        0.282 |         0.627 |
A route with defaults while specifying the last parameter                                       x10000 |       0.170 |        0.341 |         0.611 |
A route with defaults while specifying the first parameter                                      x10000 |       0.175 |        0.369 |         0.597 |
A route with defaults while specifying none of the parameters                                   x10000 |       0.114 |        0.169 |         0.546 |
A route with optional segments given only the first parameter                                   x10000 |       0.142 |        0.227 |         0.451 |
A route with optional segments given two sequential optional parameters                         x10000 |       0.154 |        0.265 |         0.811 |
A route with optional segments given two nested optional parameters                             x10000 |       0.159 |        0.274 |         0.528 |
A route with optional segments given two nested optional parameters and one sequential          x10000 |       0.172 |        0.299 |         0.832 |
A route with optional segments given three nested optional parameters                           x10000 |       0.178 |        0.305 |         0.575 |
A route with optional segments given all the parameters                                         x10000 |       0.189 |        0.363 |         0.636 |
A route with optionals & defaults while specifying all the parameters                           x10000 |       0.173 |        0.306 |         0.670 |
A route with optionals & defaults while specifying the last parameter                           x10000 |       0.133 |        0.378 |         0.607 |
A route with optionals & defaults while specifying the first parameter                          x10000 |       0.145 |        0.359 |         0.579 |
A route with optionals & defaults while specifying none of the parameters                       x10000 |       0.093 |        0.162 |               |
All route generation (totals)                                                                          |       3.471 |        6.267 |        12.309 |