from pymongo import Connection
from pymongo.objectid import ObjectId

connection = Connection()
db = connection.coledit_development

def test():
    project = db.projects.find_one({'_id': ObjectId('4e52ccbd3a5c9f20b8000003')})
    #print project['name']

from timeit import Timer
t = Timer("test()", "from __main__ import test")
print t.timeit(10000)