Can certain pirates run faster than others?

[KRAKEN OF THE EAST]

Ok, i have a question ive been wondering about the answer to for a while now. A friend of mine once said: "[so&so] (forgot the name) runs pretty fast!"

and i said, all pirates run the same speed, dont they?

to which she replied: "nope!"

her friend was there to back her up too, claiming that the speed of pirates varies when they are created

i searched the internet for something regarding this, but found nothing... so i was wondering if its true that certain pirates are able to run faster than others? or were my friend and her friend just full of it?