Best Robinhood Chain RPC in 2026, measured from Singapore: Chainstack vs Alchemy vs QuickNode
Robinhood Chain is live, and three providers offer keyed endpoints for it. We benchmarked all three on the same call, the same cadence, over a rolling 24-hour window. Here is which one delivers the fastest median read.
Key finding
Chainstack posts the lowest median latency on Robinhood Chain, roughly 3 ms p50 over 24 hours, the lowest of the three keyed providers as measured from our Singapore probe.
Methodology
Every number here is a live query against the OpenChainBench Prometheus. The harness sends each provider an eth_getBlockByNumber("latest", false) request every 60 seconds, with a rotating JSON-RPC id so no edge cache can serve a canned response. Each probe forces a real Robinhood Chain tip.
Each response is classified as ok, http_err, jsonrpc_err, stale (block more than 20 behind the cross-provider tip), or timeout. Latency is recorded only for ok responses, and the figures below are the p50 over a rolling 24-hour window. Probes run from Singapore, and every figure in this report is scoped to that origin. Round-trip latency to a keyed RPC depends on where the probe sits relative to the provider's serving node, so the ranking is origin-dependent.
Live page, sparklines, and source: robinhood-rpc, Private tab.
The Result: Chainstack Leads on Median Latency
Three providers offer keyed Robinhood Chain endpoints today, and all three answer reliably. None dropped a probe over the window. So this is a clean speed comparison, and on the median the gap is wide.
Chainstack returns a Robinhood Chain block in roughly 3 ms at the median over 24 hours, the lowest p50 of the three keyed providers from our Singapore probe. Its Robinhood Chain node answers that origin in single-digit milliseconds; the ranking is origin-dependent, and this report is scoped to Singapore.
| # | Provider | p50 (ms) | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 ms | 100.0% | |
| 2 | 7 ms | 100.0% | |
| 3 | 9 ms | 100.0% | |
| 4 | 10 ms | 100.0% | |
| 5 | 88 ms | 100.0% |
Keyed Robinhood Chain RPC providers, p50 latency over 24h. Lower is better.
Alchemy lands second at ~5.6 ms via its edge infrastructure. QuickNode's shared-endpoint fleet sits at ~67 ms. All three cleared 100% of probes over the window, so on availability the field is even; the separation is in how fast the typical read comes back.
Why Median Latency Matters Here
Robinhood Chain is a financially sensitive chain: it exists to move tokenized equities, and blocks arrive roughly every 100 ms. A read that lags the tip is a read against a stale price. For the calls an application makes most, the median round-trip is what most of those reads actually experience, so it is a direct input to how fresh your view of the chain is, whether that is a quote engine, a trading frontend, or any component that polls the head.
At ~3 ms median, Chainstack leaves the most headroom against that 100 ms cadence of the three benched providers, and both leaders sit comfortably inside a single block interval.
Which to Use
Latency-sensitive reads (quotes, head polling, trading UI)
Chainstack is the median leader in this cohort, roughly 3 ms p50 over 24h. If your priority is the fastest typical read on Robinhood Chain from Singapore, it is the front-runner today. As with any single endpoint, pair it with a fallback so a provider-side incident never leaves you without a tip.
Already standardized on Alchemy or QuickNode
Both answer reliably on Robinhood Chain (100% success over the window). Alchemy at ~5.6 ms is close behind the leader; QuickNode at ~67 ms is workable for less latency-sensitive reads. The trade-off against Chainstack is median latency, not availability.
What to Watch Next
Robinhood Chain is a new chain, and the keyed-provider field is still small. As more providers stand up keyed endpoints and as regional coverage grows, this bench will track them. Latency on a young chain moves day to day, so the live rankings, updated every 60 seconds on the Robinhood Chain RPC bench, Private tab, are always the current source of truth.
Sources and Reproducibility
- Live bench: robinhood-rpc, Private tab
- Harness source: harnesses/rpc-keyed-latency
- License: CC BY 4.0, reproduce with attribution to OpenChainBench and a link to the canonical URL.
- Corrections: file a GitHub issue.
Figures are the 24h median as of 2026-09-04 and move as new samples land. Check the live page for current numbers.