Ben can probably tell us for sure, but I think it's because the of
a. the jaccard clipping step needed for S. pombe (compact genomes in general) now happens during the massively parallel phase instead of during the earlier serial phase from the earlier version (pre-2) of Trinity.
b. the others are slightly slower because they don't use the jaccard clip and the massively parallel step has increased in complexity. Note, it's not a whole lot slower, just slightly slower. Also, note if we put this on a compute farm for the parallel stage, it would be ultra-fast in comparison. (Ben - something to consider).
best,
~b