Selected route

Uniswap V3

Public mempool profile

Modeled expected leak

$23.31

on $10.0K notional

Cleaner alternative

CowSwap

$15.86 lower modeled leak

Report conclusion

The quoted route is usable, but not the cleanest supported scenario.

For a $10.0K USDC to WETH swap, the current Routescore model grades Uniswap V3 as D with an expected total route leak of $23.31. The best supported alternative in this launch model is CowSwap, reducing modeled leak by about $15.86.

Modeled comparison

Supported routes

CowSwapBest modeled

Batch-auction settlement. Sandwich-immune by construction.

1.8 bps

$7.46

1inch Fusion

Resolvers fill privately. Most-of-the-time MEV-protected.

3.2 bps

$10.27

Uniswap V3Selected

Deep liquidity, but the canonical sandwich target. Public mempool.

12.0 bps

$23.31

Curve

StableSwap math reduces slippage; mempool still public.

7.4 bps

$24.37

Balancer

Lower liquidity than Uniswap; comparable MEV exposure.

9.1 bps

$24.66

Trust contract

What this report knows — and does not know

Source Cached

Coverage

Supported USDC → WETH route scenarios on Ethereum at $10.0K notional.

Freshness

Launch static route catalog plus an optional live quote check when the interactive scorer is toggled on.

Source status

Cached — Served from a recent cached read, not a fresh fetch.

Confidence

10.0-18.0 bps modeled base-leak band on the selected route.

Methodology version

route-quality-report v1 · routes launch-static-v1

Excluded risks

Unsupported tokensUnsupported chainsWallet-specific MEVExecution outcomes

Commercial neutrality. Routescore does not take payment, commissions, fees, or referral rebates from any protocol, router, relay, or venue to influence these results. Rankings reflect modeled route quality only.

Modeled, point-in-time decision support — not execution instructions, a quote, or investment advice.

Proof ledger

The decision and its evidence boundary

Decision: Compare the selected Uniswap V3 route with the lowest-leak supported scenario before signing elsewhere.
Counterfactual: Keep the selected route instead of switching to CowSwap at the same $10.0K notional.
Finding: CowSwap carries about $15.86 less modeled leak in the launch model.
Evidence date: 2026-07-28
Author / reviewer: Routescore Methodology · public illustrative artifact
Subsequent validation: Not outcome-labeled yet. The counterfactual remains a model comparison, not a realized saving.
Limitations: Illustrative modeled scenario · No wallet-specific reconstruction · No observed execution outcome · Ethereum supported pair only

Evidence workspace

What supports this route result

PartialUseful evidence exists, but at least one input or outcome is incomplete.

Input

$10.0KProposed notional

Modeled route

Uniswap V3$12.00 MEV · $11.31 slippage

Modeled net

$9,976.69$23.31 expected leak

Observed execution layer unavailable · no outcome inferred

Terracotta marks the modeled path. The observed layer appears only when a source is actually available.

Modeled MEV

$12.00

Evidence class: Modeled
Source: Internal launch-static public-mempool model
Collected: Versioned internal model catalog · launch_static.v1
Benchmark: Internal selected-route scenario at current notional
Method: heuristic.route_score.v1

Modeled slippage

$11.31

Evidence class: Modeled
Source: Internal launch-static liquidity assumptions
Collected: Versioned internal model catalog · launch_static.v1
Benchmark: Internal $10.0K notional scenario
Method: heuristic.route_score.v1

Total expected leak

$23.31

Evidence class: Calculated from modeled inputs
Source: Calculated from modeled MEV + modeled slippage
Collected: Versioned internal model catalog · launch_static.v1
Benchmark: Internal launch-static Uniswap V3 scenario baseline
Method: heuristic.route_score.v1

Provenance and collection

Modeled method heuristic.route_score.v1. Route catalog launch_static.v1. No live observation is available.

Assumptions

Public-mempool route: MEV exposure and above-threshold refund are modeled from observable mempool behavior.

Dependencies

Route catalog, chain coverage, token pair, liquidity assumptions, source freshness, and the public mempool order-flow cohort.

Raw evidence and diagnostics

{
  "route_id": "uniswap-v3-005",
  "notional_usd": 10000,
  "grade": "D",
  "quality_score": 40,
  "expected_mev_loss_usd": 11.999999999999998,
  "expected_slippage_usd": 11.313708498984761,
  "expected_total_loss_usd": 23.31370849898476,
  "trust": {
    "orderFlow": "public_mempool",
    "publicMempoolObservable": true,
    "assumptions": {
      "mevExposure": "modeled",
      "refund": "modeled",
      "privacy": "modeled",
      "solverBehavior": "not_applicable"
    },
    "confidence": 0.95,
    "confidenceLabel": "high",
    "calibrationCohort": "public_mempool",
    "notes": [
      "Public-mempool route: MEV exposure and above-threshold refund are modeled from observable mempool behavior."
    ]
  },
  "observed_quote": null
}

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