OpenChainBench
Full benchmark: Polymarket resolution time, measured onchain
TradingPolitics

Polymarket politics resolution

As of July 31, 2026, Politics resolution delay is 180.5 min at the median (p50, 24h window), with 228.9 min at p90 and 239.8 min at p99. Politics ranks #5 of 5 chains measured on this benchmark.

Politics markets resolve at 180.5 min median from first proposal, the slow end of the cohort. Political outcomes often need an authoritative source to publish before anyone proposes, and verification windows are conservative because these markets carry the largest open interest. The headline 'Polymarket resolves in minutes' claims circulating online are sports and crypto numbers; this row is the honest expectation for election style markets.

How Politics compares

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

  1. #1Crypto11.5 min
  2. #2Sports58.2 min
  3. #3All markets86.9 min
  4. #4Other157.7 min
  5. #5Politics180.5 min

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