The Fastest Browser?

People keep saying Safari is the fastest browser on Mac OS X. I’ve heard at least one person say that Apple wants it to be the fastest browser in the world. I believe Opera thinks they have the fastest browser in the world. I’m assuming they are all refering to a ‘web browser’ and in fact, I’d go further and say I’m assuming they mean ‘graphical web browser’ because last time I checked Lynx still smokes ’em all in speed tests…