Couldn't leave this one alone ..

Kalean .. Neji faster than Lee? .. What in the world? I will have to most certainly disagree with you there. Neji is no way faster, in terms of sheer speed, than Rock Lee. First of all, the only reason Neji may appear faster in some cases is due to his perception. In other words, Byakugan. It grants the child awesome insight, all around him. I know it is not a complete three-hundred sixty degrees, but for the sake of argument, ignore me if I do not point that out at every mention of the Byakugan.

In any manner, because Neji has defeated Rock Lee during spars and challenges of the dropout, does not mean the Hyuuga is faster. In fact, the extra-sight on all sides is what bestowed the boy with those victories. If you were to step into the street, and can see a speeding vehicle travelling at you at insane velocities, you can move out of the way with facility. However, what goes unseen remains unfazed. And, unseen describes the speeds at which Rock Lee moves (without weights) best. During the preliminaries, once those weights were removed, many Genin claimed being unable to follow Lee's movements with their eyes.

But again, eyes are the Hyuuga's specialty .. that Byakugan and all. And, the Ura Renge (Extreme / Primary Lotus) was the way to bypass the speeds at which the Byakugan pick up motion from all around. Gai stated this during the commencement of the [Advanced] Tai-jutsu.

Main point .. from point a to point b .. straight line course, using whatever skills at your disposal .. do you seriously think Neji could get to the end remotely close to the time Lee would? Lee is the fastest Genin [that we have seen] in Konoha. And, returning to the topic .. you're right Mut@t@ .. Lee isn't on par with Kimimaro. It's hard to compete with someone with so much in their favor. But, not being able to beat such a powerful candidate hardly does anything to lower the greatness that is Rock Lee. Noone else could have hit Kimimaro. Fin.

Ninja vanish.