FYI I just checked this in the NRK fork v2.1.6 and getting about 47-50fps.
Also I’d recommend you try these changes, where requestAnimationFrame is used:
var scroller = document.querySelector('.rmain');
function play () {
requestAnimationFrame(scroll);
}
var pixels = 10;
function scroll() {
scroller.style.transform = 'translate3d(0px, '+pixels+'px, 0px)';
pixels += 10;
requestAnimationFrame(scroll);
}