jquery selector speed

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Preparation HTML

<div>
<p><a><span></span></a></p>
</div>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

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simple
var t = $('div p a span');
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complex
var t = $('div').find('p').find('a').find('span');
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