Compared to the Vapour I was riding before, the croix has very laid back geo, and I miss the nippiness of the vapour frame. It was fun to ride unloaded, but with a surly LHT fork it could still carry 40kg. The croix has a 20cm longer wheelbase, and is a more upright position.
Won't be that much quicker, hell it'll probably be hard to tell.
Both have CX geometry, like I mentioned earlier, it's the geometry that give the illusion of its being slow.