I don't know how valid a test of five milliseconds is to one of six milliseconds (much less one requesting a single known resource with no keep-alive). Though practically, even if those results held in a realistic test, is it still a viable alternative to nginx? You eliminate an enormous amount of flexibility (I admit -- I ♥ nginx) and proven trust for a margin-of-error theoretical speed advantage?
I understand the desire to get software out there, but webserver is a ridiculously hard nut to crack. nginx broke in through a new architectural paradigm.
Nope, I'm not trying to replace nginx. I love nginx too ;) The "challenge" was to build a very lightweight server that was faster than nginx - which I did. Then I've used it as a base for a various of projects (see my other comments).
I understand the desire to get software out there, but webserver is a ridiculously hard nut to crack. nginx broke in through a new architectural paradigm.