Well, Apple is known for misleading benchmarks, and that guy is not.
I don't think it really matters what reputation anyone has, if you throw benchmarks out into the world and make claims about them, you should throw the code out too so people can repeat it and find flaws.
I'm not suggesting malicious intent at all here. People make mistakes, and contrary to what seems to be popular opinion, good benchmarks are hard.
And microbenchmarks (and it doesn't get much more micro than "loop without doing anything") in particular have always been very poor predictors of real performance in my experience. They can be useful when trying to improve a specific area, but they should not be used for bold pronouncements.