# AI API latency, week of 05 October 2026: what actually moved

Published 2026-10-12 · covers 05 October 2026

Week of 05 October 2026: 2 different providers were fastest across the 4 regions we measure from, and 2 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 18 ms 100% Europe (Germany) fireworks 98 ms 99.8% South America (São Paulo) openrouter 60 ms 100% US (Central) fireworks 28 ms 100% What changed by more than 25%? Provider Region Week before This week Change replicate South America (São Paulo) 400 ms 257 ms -36% inference-net Asia (Tokyo) 308 ms 223 ms -28%

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