Gammonator: When something like this happens, I always check host-tracker to make sure it is just a local problem, not a BrainKing one. Right now, the average response time (according to that site) is 0.61 seconds and only 2 places show a little higher latency - Thailand and Iran.
In other words, something is wrong on your side. It can be anything - DNS issues, proxy server caching problem, routing problem etc.
Can you post a traceroute output here? Open a command line in Windows and type "tracert brainking.com".
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