added benchmarks to readme

README.md

@@ -34,6 +34,24 @@ Flight::route('/', function () {
 Flight::start();
 ```
 
+## Is it fast?
+
+Yes! Flight is fast. It is one of the fastest PHP frameworks available. You can see all the benchmarks at [TechEmpower](https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r18&hw=ph&test=frameworks)
+
+See the benchmark below with some other popular PHP frameworks.
+
+| Framework | Plaintext Reqs/sec | JSON Reqs/sec |
+| --------- | ------------ | ------------ |
+| Flight      | 190,421    | 182,491 |
+| Yii         | 145,749    | 131,434 |
+| Fat-Free    | 139,238	   | 133,952 |
+| Slim        | 89,588     | 87,348  |
+| Phalcon     | 95,911     | 87,675  |
+| Symfony     | 65,053     | 63,237  |
+| Lumen	      | 40,572     | 39,700  |
+| Laravel     | 26,657     | 26,901  |
+| CodeIgniter | 20,628     | 19,901  |
+
 ## Skeleton App
 
 You can also install a skeleton app. Go to [flightphp/skeleton](https://github.com/flightphp/skeleton) for instructions on how to get started!
@@ -46,7 +64,7 @@ We have our own documentation website that is built with Flight (naturally). Lea
 
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 # Upgrading From v2