jquery selector speed

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Preparation code

<div id="container">
    <ul>
        <li>1</li>
        <li class="target">2</li>
        <li>3</li>
    </ul>
</div><script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
 

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$('div#container ul li.target')
 
$('div#container ul li.target').css('border','1px solid red');
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$('#container .target')
 
$('#container .target').css('border','1px solid red');
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$('li.target')
 
$('li.target').css('border','1px solid red');
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$('.target')
 
$('.target').css('border','1px solid red');
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$('.target', '#container').css('border','1px solid red');
 

$('.target', '#container').css('border','1px solid red');
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