# AI API latency, week of 12 October 2026: what actually moved

Published 2026-10-19 · covers 12 October 2026

Week of 12 October 2026: 2 different providers were fastest across the 4 regions we measure from, and 1 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) fireworks 98 ms 99.9% South America (São Paulo) openrouter 62 ms 100% US (Central) fireworks 29 ms 100% What changed by more than 25%? Provider Region Week before This week Change hyperbolic US (Central) 244 ms 130 ms -47%

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