I got a slightly faster result using my laptop (new this year). Figure my ~5 year old desktop PC might have slowed things down a bit.
From my home to:
Washington D.C. (less than 50 miles)
Atlanta, GA (550 miles)
Twin Cities, MN (900 miles)
El Paso, TX (1,700 miles)
Paris, France (3,850 miles)
LOL
South Africa (8,100 miles)