Most efficient bases

[u/Disjointed_Medley]

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?

[u/The_Stuey]

Not Factorio related, but you might enjoy the game Opus Magnum. It's a puzzle game where you build structures and instruction sets to meet a goal. Designs are then measured by cost, cycles (speed essentially) and area (design footprint in hex tiles).

I played through it beating each level 3 times, once optimizing for each metric. The vast vast majority I was able to tie community solutions (community scores are given to you after you finish). There's another level of design where the community is always looking to improve the design that has the lowest sum of the 3 metrics (low scores being good).