1-10, 500 reps = 1 secs ( 1.09 usr 0.00 sys = 1.09 cpu)
1-35, 10 reps = 17 secs (17.67 usr 0.02 sys = 17.69 cpu)

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

use Benchmark;

$t0 = new Benchmark;
for (my $x = 0; $x < 500; $x++) {
my $numb = 1;
for (my $x = 0; $x < 10; $x++) {
        my @numb = split(//, $numb);

        my $count = 1;
        my $newnumb = "";

        for(my $x = 1; $x <= length($numb); $x++) {
                if ($numb[$x-1] ne $numb[$x]) {
                        $newnumb .= "$count$numb[$x-1]";
                        $count = 1;
                }
                else { $count++; }
        }
        $numb = $newnumb;
}
}

$t1 = new Benchmark;

$td = timediff($t1,$t0);

print timestr($td), "\n";
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