No, I mean faster across a broad benchmark suite from 227 globally distributed test locations. 1.1.1.1 is faster in every region - in Africa and Oceania, they're faster by over 100ms on average. It's conceivable that some users could get faster resolution from 8.8.8.8, but highly unlikely.

https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-resolvers

Cloudflare are a CDN company. Running a fast geographically distributed system is their core competence.