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QUIC transaction relay, the first 1-hour run

2,202 transactions sent through the co-located QUIC relay (Yellowstone TPU, Frankfurt). First-seen (deshred) and processed timing matched by signature.

initial run2026-06-30 · 09:14 UTC1 hourYellowstone TPU · FrankfurtQUIC · mainnet

◆ HEADLINE

Observation rate

96.32%

2,121 of 2,202 landed-evidence

Submit → first-seen

104 ms

p50 · deshred, the landing metric

p99 first-seen

838 ms

tail shown, not hidden

Gateway ACK

0.01 ms

p50 · health, not landing

How to read this. ACK latency is gateway health, not landing latency. Landing evidence uses deshred and processed observations matched by signature - so the number that matters is submit → first-seen, not the gateway ACK.

LATENCY DISTRIBUTION

The whole curve, p50 to max.

PercentileClient ACKRoute ACKSubmit → first-seenSubmit → processed
p500.31 ms0.01 ms104 ms106 ms
p750.37 ms0.01 ms199 ms200 ms
p900.48 ms0.02 ms375 ms375 ms
p950.58 ms0.02 ms511 ms511 ms
p990.79 ms0.03 ms838 ms839 ms
max1.6 ms0.11 ms45.4 s45.4 s

BREAKDOWN

Where it landed fast.

By leader region
RegionSentObservedRatep50p90p99
Europe1,3111,26096.1%70.2 ms260 ms1022 ms
Asia Pacific27124891.5%265 ms650 ms788 ms
US East19419198.5%159 ms360 ms782 ms
US Central14013898.6%111 ms178 ms413 ms
US West4646100.0%167 ms443 ms467 ms
Unknown24023899.2%109 ms199 ms614 ms
By validator client
ClientSentObservedRatep50p90p99
bam74872697.1%90.0 ms467 ms730 ms
harmonic49544790.3%109 ms497 ms9984 ms
jito47546898.5%71.1 ms337 ms614 ms
rakurai203203100.0%117 ms349 ms780 ms
frankendancer16516499.4%158 ms336 ms396 ms
firedancer6767100.0%41.0 ms103 ms120 ms
agave474697.9%162 ms262 ms369 ms

NOTES

The honest footnotes.

  • Initial run - a single 1-hour window on mainnet, published raw and unedited. Continuous, multi-route benchmarks follow.
  • Fastest leaders sat where the physics is best: Frankfurt validators landed at 20-48 ms p50, with Amsterdam and Stockholm close behind.
  • Tail latency is real and shown, not hidden: p99 deshred is 838 ms and the worst single transaction reached about 45 seconds.

// raw report: https://rpc-edge.github.io/solana-tx-bench/reports/legacy/quic-zero-1h-20260630T091402Z/