{"slug":"hyperlane-message-latency","title":"Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery","subtitle":"Wall-clock seconds from source-chain send to destination-chain delivery for a Hyperlane message, measured across Hyperlane-deployed source chains via the public Hyperlane Explorer GraphQL API.","category":"Bridges","metric":"Hyperlane delivery","unit":"ms","status":"live","higherIsBetter":false,"filters":null,"value":10002.7,"leader":{"name":"Ink","slug":"ink","value":10002.7},"rankings":[{"name":"Ink","slug":"ink","ms":{"p50":10002.7,"p90":14004.9,"p99":14905.4,"mean":12500},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":2.00306},{"name":"Arbitrum","slug":"arbitrum","ms":{"p50":12527.2,"p90":14910.1,"p99":54700.2,"mean":10283.1},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":106.07},{"name":"BNB Chain","slug":"bnb","ms":{"p50":12598.1,"p90":14676.6,"p99":52060.9,"mean":10490.2},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":53.052},{"name":"Polygon","slug":"polygon","ms":{"p50":12884.1,"p90":25250.1,"p99":29525,"mean":11578.9},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":38.0247},{"name":"Unichain","slug":"unichain","ms":{"p50":22501.1,"p90":28502,"p99":29852.1,"mean":15333.3},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":6.00416},{"name":"Sonic","slug":"sonic","ms":{"p50":23421.4,"p90":28684.3,"p99":29868.4,"mean":21640.6},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":25.0214},{"name":"Optimism","slug":"optimism","ms":{"p50":25000.1,"p90":29000.1,"p99":29900.2,"mean":28147.9},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":27.0277},{"name":"Solana","slug":"solana","ms":{"p50":25782.5,"p90":48915,"p99":58891.5,"mean":28972.9},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":37.0344},{"name":"Base","slug":"base","ms":{"p50":25928,"p90":50736.4,"p99":59867.8,"mean":36131.4},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":115.089},{"name":"Linea","slug":"linea","ms":{"p50":90000,"p90":114000,"p99":119400,"mean":68000},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":1.0022},{"name":"Ethereum","slug":"ethereum","ms":{"p50":239653,"p90":287931,"p99":298793,"mean":189885},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":174.113}],"sparkline":[10012.5,10002,10000,10000,10000],"sampleSize":584.44162,"asOf":"2026-07-26T08:37:42.147Z","headline":"Ink leads hyperlane delivery at 10.00 s (p50, 24h) on Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery.","quote":"Ink leads hyperlane delivery at 10.00 s (p50, 24h) on Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery. Source: OpenChainBench (https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/hyperlane-message-latency).","cite":{"plain":"OpenChainBench. \"Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery\". Retrieved 2026-07-26. https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/hyperlane-message-latency","bibtex":"@misc{ocb_hyperlane_message_latency,\n  author = {OpenChainBench},\n  title  = {Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery},\n  year   = {2026},\n  url    = {https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/hyperlane-message-latency},\n  note   = {Retrieved 2026-07-26}\n}","apa":"OpenChainBench. (2026). Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery. Retrieved July 26, 2026, from https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/hyperlane-message-latency","ris":"TY  - GEN\r\nAU  - OpenChainBench\r\nTI  - Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery\r\nPY  - 2026\r\nUR  - https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/hyperlane-message-latency\r\nY2  - 2026-07-26\r\nER  - \r\n"},"pageUrl":"https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/hyperlane-message-latency","ogImage":"https://openchainbench.com/api/og/hyperlane-message-latency","source":"https://github.com/ChainBench/OpenChainBench/tree/main/harnesses/hyperlane-message-latency","methodology":["Data source: `https://api.hyperlane.xyz/v1/graphql` (Hasura), the public Hyperlane Explorer feed. Polled every 60 seconds, 100 messages per poll ordered by id DESC.","Latency definition: `delivery_occurred_at - send_occurred_at` from a message row with `is_delivered: true`. Both timestamps come from the Mailbox contract events on the source and destination chains.","Filter: only delivered messages contribute to latency. Undelivered messages (`is_delivered: false`) are counted separately in `hyperlane_message_undelivered_total` so relayer coverage gaps surface as a distinct signal rather than polluting the latency histogram.","Dedupe: last 10 000 msg_ids kept in memory (rolling FIFO). Hyperlane sustained rate is ~150 messages/hour network-wide, so the cache holds ~66 hours of history.","Bucketing: histogram with buckets 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 180, 300, 600, 900, 1200, 1800 seconds (30 min ceiling).","Guard: samples with delta `< 0` or `> 30 min` are dropped (clock skew or stuck messages re-delivered later).","No canary transactions: this bench observes organic Hyperlane traffic. No wallet is funded, no gas is paid.","Scope: Hyperlane-deployed source chains with mainnet traffic in the observation window. Non-EVM domains (Solana) map to their own row when Hyperlane exposes them under a numeric domain id.","Relayer caveat: Hyperlane is permissionless; the observed latency is whichever relayer actually delivered the message. Applications choosing an under-served or misconfigured Interchain Security Module (ISM) will see structurally slower delivery. The bench reads practical UX, not a theoretical protocol floor."],"license":"CC-BY-4.0"}