Often people use the thin ends or 'left overs' of their cuttings for trying to root 'one node wonders'. You know, the ends they just don't want to throw away ...and they see them sadly sitting/drying on the table - and just stick 'em into something.... And these often do grow slower because they weren't grown from the prime ends or treated as lovingly.
But if you start with really nice cuttings consisting of just one node, it's been my experience that once you get good roots and a nice leafy shoot, they grow just as nicely as initially longer cuttings. I'm not sure you get the same high % of rooting as from larger/longer cuttings with greater stores of energy, but you can get very nice, healthy plants from one node wonders.
So... (Using easy numbers) if you get 70% success from longer cuttings, and 'only' 40 or 50% from shorter or one node wonders, if you start with 100 long cuttings you'll get 70 plants ...vs 80 to 100 plants from cuttings that have been cut in half (including one node wonders) and with a lower success rate.
Of course your mileage may vary - I don't advise this for anyone who is a novice at rooting cuttings.