THE ECONOMY / TECH

How a Tech economy grows

A typical Cortex Tech player makes 38.7 metal and 558 energy a second at 10:00, and 99.7 and 5,276 by 20:00. From 109 games of players rated 30+ OS in the last 90 days on Supreme Isthmus v2.1.

AT 5:00

23.2 metal/s

297 energy/s

Top 10%: 32.6 and 416
AT 10:00

38.7 metal/s

558 energy/s

Top 10%: 82.9 and 898
AT 15:00

68.1 metal/s

2,613 energy/s

Top 10%: 105 and 4,160
AT 20:00

99.7 metal/s

5,276 energy/s

Top 10%: 179 and 9,701

Metal income: 38.7 a second at 10:00, 99.7 at 20:00

Cortex Tech · per second, over the minute before · typical player

  • 8 in 10 players
  • Middle half
  • Typical (median)
  • Average
  • Teams that won
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TimeLow 10%Middle halfTypicalTop 10%AverageTeams that wonPlayers
1:006.36.4–6.56.46.56.36.4128
2:008.48.8–8.98.99.18.88.9128
3:00910.8–14.612.91612.912.5127
4:0011.916.8–25.322.831.522.222.6127
5:0012.215.7–30.223.232.623.321.6127
6:0010.413.2–20.217.724.917.617.9127
7:0013.219–2823.7312323.2127
8:0016.226.1–34.530.638.830.432122
9:0023.131–40.535.945.436.338.8117
10:0026.734.2–51.238.782.945.938.8109
11:0030.436.8–65.941.985.649.945.298
12:0032.637.7–5645.480.9504693
13:0038.342.8–63.853.482.45758.683
14:0037.544.9–81.65997.264.768.778
15:0039.553.8–92.768.110572.472.773
16:0044.856.2–96.672.711176.782.767
17:0049.761–10682.913288.192.263
18:0048.365.4–12983.416298.295.659
19:0053.270.3–12892.316610493.655
20:0060.481.9–13499.717911210251

Energy income: 558 a second at 10:00, 5,276 at 20:00

Cortex Tech · per second, over the minute before · typical player

  • 8 in 10 players
  • Middle half
  • Typical (median)
  • Average
  • Teams that won
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TimeLow 10%Middle halfTypicalTop 10%AverageTeams that wonPlayers
1:003335–4138433837128
2:007493–123106130105104128
3:00154181–247219267212221127
4:00191231–316279361274269127
5:00203248–362297416303292127
6:00199263–415338492342377127
7:00201257–458353585370382127
8:00213287–515400633416445122
9:00224312–628468754482543117
10:00234404–733558898594568109
11:00260433–9726821,30375069998
12:00356570–1,2768911,9241,00389293
13:005391,051–2,4231,4383,2211,7411,83683
14:007191,308–2,9212,0123,8762,1642,44978
15:009081,391–3,3182,6134,1602,5422,86773
16:008331,860–3,9442,8735,6163,0943,08467
17:001,4742,114–5,3223,2006,9183,7613,79563
18:001,8502,578–6,0783,9057,9824,5604,43559
19:001,6753,193–6,8295,0939,5015,3205,42555
20:002,5483,604–6,8655,2769,7015,6635,52351

Shaded: the lighter band holds 8 in 10 players at that moment, the darker one the middle half. Only players still in the game count, so later points rest on fewer games; hover a point to see how many.

Are you on track?

Income of Cortex Tech players at each moment. Below the low column, nine in ten players in this position were ahead of you; above the top column, you were in the best tenth.

TimeMetal a secondEnergy a secondEnergy per metal
LowTypicalTopLowTypicalTop
3:00912.916154219267–
5:0012.223.232.6203297416–
8:0016.230.638.8213400633–
10:0026.738.782.9234558898–
12:0032.645.480.93568911,924–
15:0039.568.11059082,6134,160–
20:0060.499.71792,5485,2769,701–

What the numbers say

  • From 10:00 to 20:00 energy income grows 9.5 times and metal 2.6 times.
  • At 10:00 the top 10% make 3.1 times the metal of the bottom 10%: 82.9 a second against 26.7.
  • Cortex Tech players whose team won made 72.7 metal a second at 15:00, against 68.1 for all of them.
  • Of the 8 positions, Tech has the biggest energy income at 20:00 and the second biggest metal income.

Who scales

The typical player of every position on one scale, Tech picked out. Pick another position above to follow it.

Metal income, typical player per position

Geo sea leads at 20:00 with 108 a second

  • Tech
  • Other positions
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Position5:0010:0015:0020:00
Geo sea19.83570.9108
Tech23.238.768.199.7
Air11.541.156.478.4
Pond11.42042.856.7
Suicide front17.520.642.457.1
Front18.126.850.265.3
Geo19.446.751.863.2
Beach sea19.229.65782.4

Energy income, typical player per position

Tech leads at 20:00 with 5,276 a second

  • Tech
  • Other positions
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Position5:0010:0015:0020:00
Geo sea2505248542,141
Tech2975582,6135,276
Air2818722,3603,862
Pond1864229051,907
Suicide front1853486831,350
Front2014449491,764
Geo5581,3661,6132,240
Beach sea1754027451,598

Income is what the game's own statistics count as produced, per second over the minute before, from Gex team stats every 15 seconds; what allies send is left out. Games are read to 20:00. A player who is out of the game no longer counts. More stats ↗