Instructions

Download The File.
Run time tar -cjf test.tbz random.file.
Look at your user time. Best of 3 runs counts. Let us know your time.

MD5 sums are:

random.file e6e9e34c16b397ce3c33eada306b4e5a
test.tbz bae50544f6855edd13b8f00873b8310c

seconds 5	ths 749	hostname iMac27	inside Top end SNB iMac 2011 (turbo 3.8)
seconds 6	ths 567	hostname Macaroni	inside 2.7Ghz i7 13" MBP 2011 (turbo to 3.4)
seconds 6	ths 720	hostname nslpc20	inside (epfl) Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5680 3.33GHz
seconds 7	ths 038	hostname lrg1	inside i7 875k
seconds 7	ths 264	hostname chinstrap3G++	inside 3.9Ghz
seconds 7	ths 774	hostname rmMacBook17	inside MacBook Pro 17" 3.06GHz Core2Duo
seconds 7	ths 824	hostname MBA11	inside 2011 MBA11 i7
seconds 8	ths 362	hostname eddie10	inside Dual Intel Xeon Dual-core 3GHz with 8GB RAM
seconds 8	ths 551	hostname dalkeith	inside 3Ghz core 2 HP DICE box
seconds 8	ths 661	hostname deaver64	inside The raging power.
seconds 8	ths 757	hostname chinstrap3G	inside Clocked to 3.12Ghz
seconds 8	ths 759	hostname LanceII	inside MBP15, 2.4 i5
seconds 9	ths 162	hostname vulcan	inside Dual Quad-core 2.67Ghx nehalem, DICE
seconds 9	ths 430	hostname laptop	inside (yes, he was that unimaginative) 2.4gig T7700
seconds 9	ths 525	hostname deaver	inside Raging power, shackled by the chains of DICE.
seconds 9	ths 609	hostname atkinson	inside E8200
seconds 9	ths 613	hostname fleming	inside E8200
seconds 10	ths 35	hostname deckchair	inside Kubuntu Natty x64, core i7 1.6Ghz
seconds 10	ths 532	hostname phoenix	inside 2.4Ghz pre-unibody LED MBP, SL
seconds 10	ths 609	hostname chinstrap	inside E5300 2.6gig, 4Gb, OSX
seconds 10	ths 693	hostname june	inside 2.4Ghz pre-unibody LED MBP, L
seconds 10	ths 902	hostname barber	inside
seconds 10	ths 974	hostname oskar	inside
seconds 11	ths 020	hostname zeedonk	inside
seconds 11	ths 266	hostname Vega	inside xeon X5460, 3.16Ghz
seconds 11	ths 372	hostname burly	inside 2.27 Nehalem, 8gig ram
seconds 11	ths 662	hostname aurora	inside
seconds 11	ths 880	hostname galago	inside 2.16 original core-2 MBP, L
seconds 14	ths 081	hostname spectator0	inside Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850, 3GHz
seconds 15	ths 305	hostname auchroisk	inside E8200 2.6Ghz, 4Gb, much like deaver, less raging. (K.Koala, Jaunty was 9.585!)
seconds 18	ths 040	hostname linode	inside Xeon L5420 2.5gig VPS
seconds 18	ths 664	hostname gomongo	inside
seconds 19	ths 681	hostname laura	inside
seconds 20	ths 612	hostname PADDLE	inside 3.0Ghz Pentium D, DICE
seconds 20	ths 771	hostname kooyong	inside 3.0Ghz Pentium D, DICE
seconds 21	ths 127	hostname Maverick	inside T5800, 32bit
seconds 22	ths 800	hostname slicehost	inside opteron 2212 (2Ghz)
seconds 24	ths 091	hostname spectator1	inside AMD turion 64 x2, 1.98GHz
seconds 25	ths 415	hostname tock	inside 1.8Ghz Sempron Processor 3400+, Ubuntu 6.10 x86_64
seconds 32	ths 000	hostname star	inside
seconds 35	ths 772	hostname reception-G5	inside dual 1.8 powermac G5, 1.5Gb
seconds 39	ths 078	hostname lobster	inside dual 2Ghz HT Xeons, 1Gb RDRAM
seconds 51	ths 71	hostname GalaxyS2	inside KE7 firmware
seconds 55	ths 863	hostname toddle	inside
seconds 56	ths 700	hostname snips	inside Atom 230, Ion, 2Gb RAM
seconds 63	ths 336	hostname shrimp	inside Atom 230, 2Gb RAM
seconds 66	ths 436	hostname booklet3G	inside Nokia Booklet 3G, Atom Z530
seconds 70	ths 40	hostname sgs	inside Samsung Galaxy S 2.2.1
seconds 71	ths 82	hostname N950	inside Nokia N950
seconds 72	ths 01	hostname N900	inside Custom kernel, time from @SimonLR.
seconds 81	ths 32	hostname mote	inside xperia X10, 1Ghz snapdragon, Android
seconds 85	ths 750	hostname xylyl-4g	inside iPod touch 4g
seconds 91	ths 600	hostname funstation	inside Playstation 3, ubuntu 9.10
seconds 106	ths 5	hostname ruptai	inside P-III Coppermine 550Mhz - 256kb cache
seconds 116	ths 25	hostname N900	inside Nokia N900, Maemo5
seconds 170	ths 9	hostname poubelle	inside WD MyBook, 128k ram
seconds 188	ths 4	hostname xylyl	inside iPod touch 2g
seconds 299	ths 92	hostname Tatoo	inside HTC tatoo OC'd to 730Mhz
seconds 3620	ths 0	hostname threeegee	inside iPod classic 3g