Full benchmark: Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more
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Blast block time

As of September 7, 2026, Blast block time is 1.97 s at the median (p50, 24h window), with 2.79 s at p90 and 2.98 s at p99. Blast ranks #6 of 10 chains measured on this benchmark.

Blast block time is 1.97 s (p50, 24h). Blast is an OP Stack fork operated by the Blast team with the same 2 s sequencer default as Optimism and Base, layered with native yield on ETH and USDB deposits that auto-rebase against L1 staking and T-bill yields. Settlement is on Ethereum via blob calldata. Measured live by holding a `newHeads` WebSocket against the Blast sequencer RPC.

How Blast compares

Live p50 over the last 24 hours across every chain on this benchmark, ranked lowest first.

  1. #1Robinhood Chain81 ms
  2. #2Arbitrum One334 ms
  3. #3Mantle1.78 s
  4. #4Optimism1.95 s
  5. #5Base1.95 s
  6. #6Blast1.97 s
  7. #7Taiko1.98 s
  8. #8Scroll2.94 s
  9. #9zkSync Era3.53 s
  10. #10Linea5.16 s

Methodology, charts and the full ledger live on the Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more page. Raw data: JSON endpoint.