Scenario

Round-trip latencies for chained requests getSlot and getBlock(slot) with start-to-start throttling of (at least) 1100 ms for every request.

Also, slot number consistency with block availability and block age. The block propagation comparison is conservative and latency-agnostic.

Of the possible 31 regions, 2 were selected for data collection: Columbus, OH and Frankfurt.

Each location probe breaks its processing loop if / when the endpoint response is too-many-requests, a.k.a. HTTP code 429 etc. Also, codes 401 and 403.

At the time of the report generation: 4 of 4 datasets were available from 2 selected regions x 2 endpoints.

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Findings

A. rpc-frankfurt.constant-k.com
Solana Mainnet
A. P95 COMPARISON
winner region / method
1
worse region / method
1
additional region / method
1
A. RPC QUALITY
number consistency
100%
block availability
100%
A. RPC RESPONSES
Success
31
Fail
0
429
1
B. rpc-newyork.constant-k.com
Solana Mainnet
B. P95 COMPARISON
winner region / method
1
worse region / method
1
additional region / method
1
B. RPC QUALITY
number consistency
100%
block availability
100%
B. RPC RESPONSES
Success
31
Fail
0
429
1
BLOCK PROPAGATION
Endpoint Lagging Unique Lowest Arrival Tms Arrival Region Highest Arrival Tms Arrival Region
A. rpc-frankfurt.constant-k.com 0 0
B. rpc-newyork.constant-k.com 0 0

No conclusive proof of block lag was found in this dataset / interval.

Details

Latencies exclude one warmup request per endpoint in each region. Additional columns are visible when you scroll to the right.

Errors

Info about errors incl. 429. Up to 4 retained error responses per endpoint, per region. Scenario-derived availability notes may also appear.