Python is slower than Perl?

http://dan.corlan.net/bench.html
This benchmarking test shows that Python is over twice as slow as Perl. How can this be?

>>18

too bad python is faster than any other dynamic language

"LOL"

x86 Intel Q6600 one core median
JavaScript V8 4.22
Ruby 1.9 36.43   
PHP 45.15
Perl 54.72
Python 3 58.05

x64 Intel Q6600 one core median
JavaScript V8 5.13
Ruby 1.9 33.34   
PHP 37.73
Python 3 46.57
Perl 56.77