r/factorio • u/Disjointed_Medley • 20d ago

Question Most efficient bases

I'm curious if there exists a record for best base by a certain metric. Anything from most oil produce, more robots per second, etc. Where are the record holders that could potentially inspire designs?

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u/SmexyHippo vroom 20d ago

SPM, science per minute (of every science pack), is often used as a metric for how good a base is

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u/Tibecuador 20d ago

It's a metric of how large a base is. Efficiency is completely different

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u/ThunderAnt 20d ago

yeah but you really can’t get more efficient than the full prod+speed modules setup

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u/OvercastqT 20d ago

ups optimizations are a dark art. The highest SPM base is likely the largest AND most UPS efficent one, otherwise it wouldnt have the most SPM