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UofA WhyPhy Leaderboard

A place to see recent WiFi performance reports from across the UofA so you can find the best spot to ace these last few weeks of school ;)

By UofA students, for UofA students.

Building Averages

Student Union Memorial Center (3 reports)
85.0
Education North (EDC) (3 reports)
80.4
Gould-Simpson (23 reports)
80.3
CESL (3 reports)
79.8
Pacheco ILC (4 reports)
78.9
PAS(Phys-Atmos Sciences) (4 reports)
78.9
HSIB (3 reports)
78.8
Science & Engineering Library (4 reports)
77.8
McKale Memorial Center (3 reports)
67.8
Student Recreation Center (5 reports)
66.7
Biomedical Research Lab (2 reports)
66.3
Highland Commons (2 reports)
64.3
Hillenbrand Aquatic Center (3 reports)
62.5
ECE (4 reports)
60.9
Main Library (4 reports)
59.5
Cole and Jeannie Davis Sports Center (1 reports)
54.5
Keating (1 reports)
27.7
Location Download Upload Latency WhyPhy Score Reported
ECE 101.81 Mbps 120.75 Mbps 71.7 ms 77.8 2026-09-16 16:39:49.420239
ECE 408.58 Mbps 81.99 Mbps 49.57 ms 93.7 2026-09-16 16:38:58.966126
ECE 27.26 Mbps 32.25 Mbps 69.87 ms 52.3 2026-09-16 16:33:57.850888
Keating 31.27 Mbps 36.18 Mbps 1800000.0 ms 27.7 2026-08-04 18:19:18.196308
ECE 4.29 Mbps 19.62 Mbps 1800000.0 ms 19.7 2026-08-03 17:22:20.553017
Gould-Simpson 100.42 Mbps 89.13 Mbps 28.74 ms 79.0 2026-07-15 18:23:34.274304
Gould-Simpson 108.33 Mbps 104.09 Mbps 37.09 ms 82.0 2026-07-15 18:13:27.165684
Gould-Simpson 95.65 Mbps 133.57 Mbps 57.96 ms 77.5 2026-07-15 17:47:44.635488
Gould-Simpson 144.23 Mbps 155.13 Mbps 19.39 ms 88.4 2026-07-14 00:33:21.968571
Gould-Simpson 133.47 Mbps 114.05 Mbps 35.79 ms 85.5 2026-07-14 00:31:18.233686
Gould-Simpson 93.88 Mbps 39.69 Mbps 1800000.0 ms 38.4 2026-07-14 00:30:40.498549
Gould-Simpson 84.5 Mbps 138.04 Mbps 1800000.0 ms 48.8 2026-07-14 00:28:34.690145
Gould-Simpson 174.32 Mbps 161.03 Mbps 21.31 ms 93.5 2026-06-07 19:55:31.221486
Gould-Simpson 113.1 Mbps 139.0 Mbps 18.24 ms 83.0 2026-05-08 21:55:27.654576
Student Union Memorial Center 126.73 Mbps 242.12 Mbps 18.58 ms 85.4 2026-05-07 00:55:12.702003
CESL 136.24 Mbps 43.68 Mbps 30.1 ms 75.0 2026-04-23 21:25:21.886362
Gould-Simpson 174.52 Mbps 136.86 Mbps 14.61 ms 94.0 2026-04-22 23:28:52.243507
Science & Engineering Library 96.5 Mbps 190.95 Mbps 15.36 ms 81.2 2026-04-22 17:13:58.119975
Science & Engineering Library 59.9 Mbps 76.65 Mbps 15.93 ms 70.1 2026-04-22 17:12:19.553361
Science & Engineering Library 86.33 Mbps 221.08 Mbps 16.93 ms 78.4 2026-04-22 17:10:20.406551