Benchmark: timing 100000 iterations of adam, best, best_int, blaise, fund, husker, ncw...

TIME converted is 1 seconds...
      adam:  2 wallclock secs ( 2.52 usr + -0.01 sys =  2.51 CPU)
      best:  4 wallclock secs ( 3.61 usr +  0.00 sys =  3.61 CPU)
  best_int:  3 wallclock secs ( 3.26 usr +  0.01 sys =  3.27 CPU)
    blaise: 22 wallclock secs (20.81 usr +  0.03 sys = 20.84 CPU)
      fund: 15 wallclock secs (14.84 usr +  0.02 sys = 14.86 CPU)
    husker: 14 wallclock secs (12.82 usr +  0.01 sys = 12.83 CPU)
       ncw: 21 wallclock secs (20.94 usr +  0.03 sys = 20.97 CPU)

TIME converted is 5 seconds...
      adam:  3 wallclock secs ( 2.53 usr +  0.00 sys =  2.53 CPU)
      best:  4 wallclock secs ( 3.61 usr +  0.01 sys =  3.62 CPU)
  best_int:  3 wallclock secs ( 3.27 usr +  0.01 sys =  3.28 CPU)
    blaise: 21 wallclock secs (20.74 usr +  0.03 sys = 20.77 CPU)
      fund: 15 wallclock secs (14.75 usr +  0.02 sys = 14.77 CPU)
    husker: 18 wallclock secs (12.93 usr +  0.03 sys = 12.96 CPU)
       ncw: 22 wallclock secs (20.95 usr +  0.03 sys = 20.98 CPU)

TIME converted is 100 seconds...
      adam:  6 wallclock secs ( 5.91 usr +  0.01 sys =  5.92 CPU)
      best:  7 wallclock secs ( 6.22 usr +  0.02 sys =  6.24 CPU)
  best_int:  5 wallclock secs ( 5.67 usr +  0.00 sys =  5.67 CPU)
    blaise: 21 wallclock secs (19.98 usr +  0.01 sys = 19.99 CPU)
      fund: 15 wallclock secs (14.22 usr +  0.00 sys = 14.22 CPU)
    husker: 13 wallclock secs (12.97 usr +  0.00 sys = 12.97 CPU)
       ncw: 22 wallclock secs (20.91 usr +  0.04 sys = 20.95 CPU)

TIME converted is 10000 seconds...
      adam:  9 wallclock secs ( 8.76 usr +  0.02 sys =  8.78 CPU)
      best:  9 wallclock secs ( 8.64 usr +  0.01 sys =  8.65 CPU)
  best_int:  8 wallclock secs ( 7.90 usr +  0.01 sys =  7.91 CPU)
    blaise: 20 wallclock secs (19.19 usr +  0.01 sys = 19.20 CPU)
      fund: 14 wallclock secs (13.60 usr +  0.02 sys = 13.62 CPU)
    husker: 13 wallclock secs (13.09 usr +  0.02 sys = 13.11 CPU)
       ncw: 21 wallclock secs (20.39 usr +  0.03 sys = 20.42 CPU)

TIME converted is 1000000 seconds...
      adam: 13 wallclock secs (12.06 usr +  0.02 sys = 12.08 CPU)
      best: 11 wallclock secs (10.74 usr +  0.00 sys = 10.74 CPU)
  best_int: 10 wallclock secs ( 9.87 usr +  0.01 sys =  9.88 CPU)
    blaise: 19 wallclock secs (18.79 usr +  0.01 sys = 18.80 CPU)
      fund: 18 wallclock secs (12.27 usr +  0.03 sys = 12.30 CPU)
    husker: 13 wallclock secs (13.34 usr +  0.01 sys = 13.35 CPU)
       ncw: 19 wallclock secs (18.63 usr +  0.01 sys = 18.64 CPU)

TIME converted is 100000000 seconds...
      adam: 14 wallclock secs (13.20 usr +  0.02 sys = 13.22 CPU)
      best: 11 wallclock secs (10.92 usr +  0.02 sys = 10.94 CPU)
  best_int: 11 wallclock secs (10.05 usr +  0.01 sys = 10.06 CPU)
    blaise: 19 wallclock secs (19.32 usr +  0.03 sys = 19.35 CPU)
      fund: 13 wallclock secs (12.24 usr +  0.02 sys = 12.26 CPU)
    husker: 14 wallclock secs (13.38 usr +  0.02 sys = 13.40 CPU)

TIME converted is 3000000000 seconds...
      best: 11 wallclock secs (10.71 usr +  0.03 sys = 10.74 CPU)
      fund: 13 wallclock secs (12.07 usr +  0.02 sys = 12.09 CPU)