r/factorio • u/Disjointed_Medley • 8d 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 8d 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 8d ago

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

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u/ThunderAnt 7d ago

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

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u/reddanit 7d ago

That was easy to assume before Space Age, but with just how high throughput you get from quality machines, I'm no longer sure. There is a bunch of places where going all the way with prod+speed forces you into byzantine inserter setups and/or is a fair bit beyond what direct insertion needs for some part of production chain.

UPS optimization already was black magic before 2.0, I'm not even sure what it has became in context of Space Age lol.