# AI API latency, week of 31 August 2026: what actually moved

Published 2026-09-07 · covers 31 August 2026

Week of 31 August 2026: 4 different providers were fastest across the 4 regions we measure from, and 4 provider-region pairs moved by more than a quarter against the week before. Who led each region last week? Region Fastest p50 TTFB Uptime Asia (Tokyo) fireworks 19 ms 100% Europe (Germany) nscale 98 ms 100% South America (São Paulo) openrouter 59 ms 100% US (Central) google 45 ms 100% What changed by more than 25%? Provider Region Week before This week Change inference-net Europe (Germany) 111 ms 183 ms +65% replicate South America (São Paulo) 308 ms 186 ms -39% minimax Europe (Germany) 306 ms 397 ms +30% reka US (Central) 120 ms 88 ms -27%

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