I'm creating a time series Torque animation with CartoDB, using data that spans a one week period. I've noticed that the animation is running longer than the value that 'duration' is set to in the CartoDB editor. This is true no matter what value I use for the duration. For example, if I set duration to 30 seconds, the animation actually takes about 35 seconds to complete one full cycle. If I set it to 15 seconds, it seems to take about 17.5 seconds.
From: http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/158983/cartodb-torque-animation-running-longer-than-duration-value-in-cartodb-editor