{"slug":"aggregator-head-lag","title":"Fastest crypto price API, live head lag across Mobula, Codex, GeckoTerminal","subtitle":"Wall-clock head lag in seconds from on-chain swap event to API emission, measured live for Mobula, Codex and GeckoTerminal on Base, BNB Chain and Solana.","category":"Aggregators","metric":"Head lag","unit":"s","status":"live","higherIsBetter":false,"value":724,"leader":{"name":"Mobula","slug":"mobula","value":724},"rankings":[{"name":"Mobula","slug":"mobula","ms":{"p50":724,"p90":1237,"p99":3172,"mean":753.351},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":51840},{"name":"Codex","slug":"codex","ms":{"p50":1005,"p90":1531,"p99":2101,"mean":1088.89},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":51840},{"name":"GeckoTerminal","slug":"geckoterminal","ms":{"p50":5620,"p90":12673,"p99":18998,"mean":7065.71},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":51840}],"sparkline":[650.462,634.462,593.392,541.092,564.28,640.516,674.213,640.802,665.271,681.519,707.572,654.755,669.27,658.981,689.049,676.656,634.811,569.748,523.587,544.218,590.654,624.917,661.451,633.291,597.97,606.118,599.113,631.767,607.824,676.806,677.135,695.606,636.886,617.488,573.611,559.416,608.307,635.368,666.163,620.724,640.236,648.931,645.058,628.661,585.398,591.404,582.893,607.491,625.452,648.372,652.484,759.478,781.66,765.792,628.79,585.537,566.069,571.813,570.174,606.855,649.074,669.629,653.558,617.812,673.043,702.652,760.215,692.678,629.675,614.317,609.567,628.849,600.892],"sampleSize":155520,"asOf":"2026-06-14T08:13:18.767Z","headline":"Mobula leads head lag at 0.7 s (p50, 24h) on Fastest crypto price API, live head lag across Mobula, Codex, GeckoTerminal.","quote":"Mobula leads head lag at 0.7 s (p50, 24h) on Fastest crypto price API, live head lag across Mobula, Codex, GeckoTerminal. Source: OpenChainBench (https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/aggregator-head-lag).","pageUrl":"https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/aggregator-head-lag","ogImage":"https://openchainbench.com/api/og/aggregator-head-lag","source":"https://github.com/ChainBench/OpenChainBench/tree/main/harnesses/aggregator-head-lag","methodology":["Aggregators measured: Mobula, Codex, GeckoTerminal.","Chains: Base, BNB Chain, Solana.","Regions: us-east, eu-west, sgp. Cross-region median reported in the headline.","Reference: archive nodes per chain, validated against block hashes.","Metric: gauge `head_lag_seconds`, sampled every 15 seconds. Aggregated over the 24-hour window using `quantile_over_time`.","Success rate: presence ratio. Share of expected sampling slots where a value was actually emitted (5,760 expected per provider per day at the 15s cadence). 100% means the aggregator's feed was reachable for the full window.","Cardinality: 3 aggregators × 3 chains × 3 regions = 27 active series."],"license":"CC-BY-4.0"}