After reading all these post, I realized one thing, as Blondie.dk says it:" I Love speed, but all those players are so damn fast that I think it's silly to argue about whose faster. It all come down to taste and can't be stated as a fact!!! "

I love Michael and Yngwie, both are exceptional and super fast, Im a fan of both, but I think Yngwie has an edge, If ever they will have a duel ala Crossroads, Yngwie will win IF Michael wont strut His circus acts, and just base on sheer speed and most of all Musical sense. Anyway I downloaded and bought the videos of all the other players mentioned here is what Ive observed.

Francesco Fareri- "He also has ZERO songwriting or improvisational skills, can NOT play slow, NO sense of melody, and a practically nonexistent vibrato.
Besides, I've heard him play with a clean sound (as opposed to his regular hyper-distorted, over-processed/compressed sound), and he ain't hitting half of those notes.-aiwass" I 100% agree, just a pure wanker, any shredder can play at that speed coz its just mindless finger flapping.

Rusty Cooley - Very good technique, but worse songwritting and besides He feels tense in the video, His arms are locking and If you know how to read body language It seems he is just showboating by really playing as fast as he could and trying to show to every one he's the fastest shredder. Sorry Rusty you cant fake it, youre not the fastest.

George Bellas-- Awesome player, great technique, controlled speed. very fast but knows when to use speed and not being out of control all the time like Rusty and Francesco. ( Download his videos to see my point : http://www.georgebellas.com )

Michael Romeo--Very melodic player, fast but not fast enough compared to Yngwie and Michael Angelo. But still Michael Romeo is extra ordinary.

Michael Angelo-- Simply fantastic player, He's on the top 5 fastest ever, but definitely not the fastest, His advantage is showmanship, playing both hands at the same time, Its so amusing to watch, When I download Speedkills (the old ones) I was impressed not with the music but by the showmanship and I also laugh myself out by his looks. I love him for that, it gives me inspiration and comic relief when I feel blue. But in fairness to his music, Its far more better than Rusty and Francesco Fareri.Listen to Full Force and Prog its great but not In the level of Malmsteen.

Yngwie Malmsteen --- Ive read comments from poeple that he's boring and repetitive, but to every comment you should have an open mind and check it for yourself whether its true or not to be fair, so I download two of his songs namely: Black Star and the Trilogy Suite 5 video. I dont find it boring but I was really blown away by those songs, very powerful and a spectacular display of speed and virtousity. He can play slow and very fast but still create beautiful passages and maintain control over speed, very clear crisp picking even distorted, you can hear the notes picked. Even Steve Vai once said that Yngwie is on top of the heap when it comes to speed picking, It's coming from Vai so I dont take it for granted. Plus Yngwie Malmsteen COULD be the fastest IF he wants too, he just dont fully show his top notch speed, coz according to him he maintains his speed at a "Normal level" so that it is still listenable, see my point. There's a big difference in being fast and trying to play fast.......Yngwie is very fast coz he is really fast while Rusty Cooley, Fareri or sometimes even Michael plays their song really fast because they are trying to be the fast for speeds sake. In conclusion its really music that matters not speed alone. See....Rusty Cooley is fast, but he is not god..............Hendrix, Page, Vai and Malmsteen is god, Why..because Its music that matters most. PEACE.