Optimism block time
As of September 7, 2026, Optimism block time is 1.95 s at the median (p50, 24h window), with 2.79 s at p90 and 2.98 s at p99. Optimism ranks #4 of 10 chains measured on this benchmark.
Optimism block time is 1.95 s (p50, 24h). The OP Stack ships with a hard-coded 2 second sequencer interval, which is what the Optimism Foundation sequencer commits to; the L2 only produces a new block when that timer fires, even on empty traffic. Settlement is on Ethereum via blob calldata after Dencun. Measured by holding a persistent `newHeads` WebSocket against the public Optimism sequencer RPC and reporting the inter-arrival delta.
How Optimism compares
Live p50 over the last 24 hours across every chain on this benchmark, ranked lowest first.
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