diff --git a/sample.config.xml b/sample.config.xml
index c9ea1e2..4e4c692 100644
--- a/sample.config.xml
+++ b/sample.config.xml
@@ -6,57 +6,108 @@
         xmlns="https://git.square-r00t.net/RepoMirror/"
         xsi:schemaLocation="https://git.square-r00t.net/RepoMirror/ http://schema.xml.r00t2.io/projects/repomirror.xsd">
   <distro name="arch">
+    <!--
+      If provided (and the sync script is running as the root user), the files/directories can be chowned to the
+      provided user/group. Otherwise they'll be owned by whatever user the script is running as (and its primary group).
+    -->
+    <owner>
+      <user>root</user>
+      <group>root</group>
+    </owner>
     <!--
       The local path to where the hierarchy/files should be synced to.
     -->
     <dest>/srv/repos/arch/.</dest>
     <!--
-      The local file to update with a timestamp with the last time we checked for updates.
+      The local file to update with a timestamp with the last time we *checked* for updates.
+      If not provided, don't update a file (NOT recommended!).
+      It may or may not be optional; check with the spec for mirroring for the specified distro.
+      If the timeFormat attribute is provided, write the timestamp format in the specified format.
+      See the following for details:
+        * https://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-format-codes
+        * https://strftime.org/
+      The default is to use a regular UNIX Epoch integer (e.g. June 13, 2020 5:03:53 PM UTC => 1592067833).
+      This can be manually specified by the special string "UNIX_EPOCH".
+      Optionally, you can use the special string "MICROSECOND_EPOCH", which will specify the above with microseconds.
+      e.g. June 13, 2020 5:09:13.995777 PM UTC => 1592068153.995777
     -->
-    <lastLocalCheck>/srv/http/arch.lastcheck</lastLocalCheck>
+    <lastLocalCheck timeFormat="MICROSECOND_EPOCH">/srv/http/arch.lastcheck</lastLocalCheck>
     <!--
-      The file to update with a timestamp with the last time we synced from our upstream.
+      The file to update with a timestamp with the last time we *synced from our upstream*.
+      If not provided, don't update a file (NOT recommended!).
+      It may or may not be optional; check with the spec for mirroring for the specified distro.
+      If not provided, don't update a file (NOT recommended!).
+      It takes the same optional attribute "timeFormat" as above, with the same behaviour.
     -->
-    <lastLocalSync>/srv/http/arch.lastsync</lastLocalSync>
+    <lastLocalSync timeFormat="UNIX_EPOCH">/srv/repos/arch/lastsync</lastLocalSync>
     <!--
       The path to a file on the upstream(s) that gives a time when it last updated.
+      The optional timeFormat attribute behavior is the same as above.
+      If neither this nor lastRemoteSync is provided, a sync will be attempted regardless of when the last one was
+      attempted.
     -->
-    <lastRemoteUpdate>/lastupdate</lastRemoteUpdate>
+    <lastRemoteUpdate timeFormat="UNIX_EPOCH">/lastupdate</lastRemoteUpdate>
     <!--
       The path to a file on the upstream(s) that gives a time when it last synced from its upstream.
+      The optional timeFormat attribute behavior is the same as above.
+      If neither this nor lastRemoteUpdate is provided, a sync will be attempted regardless of when the last one was
+      attempted.
     -->
-    <lastRemoteSync>/lastsync</lastRemoteSync>
+    <lastRemoteSync timeFormat="UNIX_EPOCH">/lastsync</lastRemoteSync>
     <!--
       The path that must be currently mounted for sync to proceed.
+      This is required.
     -->
     <mountCheck>/</mountCheck>
     <!--
-      The speed to cap socket bandwidth at (in KiB). Decimals are okay.
+      You cannot reliably use two dashes in XML strings, so this is a workaround.
+      The following is only used for rsync upstreams and is optional. The default is just archive and delete-after.
+      If arguments are provided, the defaults are overwritten so if you need the above, be sure to specify them.
+      See the rsync man page (rsync(1)) for more details and a listing of supported flags on your system.
     -->
-    <bwlimit>7000</bwlimit>
+    <rsyncArgs>
+      <!--
+        A "long" option (two hyphens).
+      -->
+      <long>archive</long>
+      <long>delete-after</long>
+      <!--
+        An argument with a value (info=2).
+      -->
+      <long value="2">info</long>
+      <!--
+        A "short" option (single hyphen).
+      -->
+      <short>c</short><!-- checksum -->
+    </rsyncArgs>
     <upstream>
       <!--
         The following example uses "rsync://arch.mirror.constant.com/archlinux/"
         (https://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/constant.com/1008/)
       -->
       <!--
-        One of:
+        Required; one of:
           * rsync
           * ftp
       -->
       <syncType>rsync</syncType>
       <!--
-        ONLY the domain goes here.
+        Required; ONLY the domain goes here.
       -->
       <domain>arch.mirror.constant.com</domain>
       <!--
-        If not specified,the protocol's default port will be used.
+        Optional; if not specified,the protocol's default port will be used.
       -->
       <port>873</port>
       <!--
-        The *remote* path part of the URI. The leading / is necessary. A trailing one will be assumed.
+        Required; the *remote* path part of the URI. The leading / is necessary. A trailing one will be assumed.
       -->
       <path>/archlinux/</path>
+      <!--
+        The speed to cap socket bandwidth at (in KiB). Decimals are okay.
+        Only valid for rsync; ignored for FTP. If not provided, the default is to not throttle.
+      -->
+      <bwlimit>7000</bwlimit>
     </upstream>
     <!--
       Multiple upstreams can be specified. They are tried in order specified and if connection fails or times out,
@@ -77,5 +128,14 @@
       <path>/distros/archlinux/</path>
     </upstream>
   </distro>
-  <distro name="centos"/>
+  <distro name="centos">
+    <upstream>
+      <syncType>rsync</syncType>
+      <domain>mirrors.rit.edu</domain>
+      <path>/centos/</path>
+    </upstream>
+    <dest>/srv/repos/arch/.</dest>
+    <lastLocalCheck timeFormat="MICROSECOND_EPOCH">/srv/http/centos.lastcheck</lastLocalCheck>
+    <lastLocalSync timeFormat="UNIX_EPOCH">/srv/repos/arch/lastsync</lastLocalSync>
+  </distro>
 </mirror>
diff --git a/utils/find_fastest_upstream/archlinux.py b/utils/find_fastest_upstream/archlinux.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..32fc1ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/find_fastest_upstream/archlinux.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import datetime
+import re
+##
+import iso3166
+##
+import classes
+
+
+_strip_re = re.compile(r'^\s*(?P<num>[0-9.]+).*$')
+
+
+class Ranker(classes.Ranker):
+    mirrorlist_url = 'https://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/tier/1/'
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.get_mirrors()
+        self.mycountry = iso3166.countries_by_alpha2[self.my_info['country']].name
+
+    def extract_mirrors(self):
+        # Limit to only successful mirrors.
+        mirrors = self.bs.find('table', {'id': 'successful_mirrors'})
+        # Ayyy, thanks dude.
+        # Modified from https://stackoverflow.com/a/56835562/733214.
+        header = mirrors.find('thead').find('tr')
+        headers = [h.text if h.text != '' else 'details' for h in header.find_all('th')]
+        raw_rows = mirrors.find_all('tr')
+        # rows = [{headers[i]: cell.text for i, cell in enumerate(row.find_all('td'))} for row in raw_rows]
+        rows = [{headers[i]: cell for i, cell in enumerate(row.find_all('td'))} for row in raw_rows]
+        for r in rows:
+            for k, v in r.items():
+                print(v)
+                if k in ('Completion %', 'Mirror Score', 'μ Duration (s)', 'σ Duration (s)'):
+                    r[k] = float(_strip_re.sub(r'\g<num>', v.text).strip())
+                elif k == 'μ Delay (hh:mm)':
+                    # HOO boy. Wish they just did it in seconds.
+                # elif k == 'Country':
+            self.raw_mirrors.append(r)
+        # for row in rows:
+        #     if not row:
+        #         continue
+        #     for k in ('Completion %', 'Mirror Score', 'μ Duration (s)', 'σ Duration (s)'):
+        #         row[k] = float(_strip_re.sub(r'\g<num>', row[k]).strip())
+
+        return(None)
+
+
+def main():
+    r = Ranker()
+    r.extract_mirrors()
+    import pprint
+    pprint.pprint(r.raw_mirrors)
+    return(None)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/utils/find_fastest_upstream/centos.py b/utils/find_fastest_upstream/centos.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/utils/find_fastest_upstream/classes.py b/utils/find_fastest_upstream/classes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a189cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/find_fastest_upstream/classes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import socket
+import time
+##
+import requests
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+##
+import constants
+
+
+class Ranker(object):
+    mirrorlist_url = None  # This is replaced by subclasses
+
+    def __init__(self, parser = 'lxml', *args, **kwargs):
+        self.my_info = {}
+        self.raw_html = None
+        self.parser = parser
+        self.bs = None
+        self.get_myinfo()
+        self.raw_mirrors = []
+
+    def extract_mirrors(self):
+        # A dummy func. This should be overridden by subclasses.
+        pass
+        return(None)
+
+    def get_myinfo(self):
+        req = requests.get(constants.MYINFO_URL)
+        if not req.ok:
+            raise RuntimeError('Could not contact information gatherer')
+        self.my_info = req.json()
+        return(None)
+
+    def get_mirrors(self):
+        req = requests.get(self.mirrorlist_url)
+        if not req.ok:
+            raise RuntimeError('Could not contact information gatherer')
+        self.raw_html = req.content.decode('utf-8')
+        self.bs = BeautifulSoup(self.raw_html, self.parser)
+        return(None)
diff --git a/utils/find_fastest_upstream/constants.py b/utils/find_fastest_upstream/constants.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2b0d2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/find_fastest_upstream/constants.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MYINFO_URL = 'https://ipinfo.io'
diff --git a/utils/find_fastest_upstream/test.py b/utils/find_fastest_upstream/test.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..35e31ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/find_fastest_upstream/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import requests
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+country = 'US'
+url = 'https://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/tier/1/'
+
+req = requests.get(url)
+html = req.content.decode('utf-8')
+bs = BeautifulSoup(html, 'lxml')
+
+mirrors = bs.find('table', {'id': 'successful_mirrors'})
+header = mirrors.find('thead').find('tr')
+headers = [h.text if h.text != '' else 'details' for h in header.find_all('th')]
+
+results = [{headers[i]: cell.text for i, cell in enumerate(row.find_all('td'))} for row in mirrors.find_all('tr')]
+
+import pprint
+pprint.pprint(results)