THE ECONOMY / POND

How a Pond economy grows

A typical Pond player makes 20.4 metal and 465 energy a second at 10:00, and 62.7 and 2,110 by 20:00. From 2,844 games of players rated 30+ OS in the last 90 days on Supreme Isthmus v2.1.

AT 5:00

11.5 metal/s

190 energy/s

Top 10%: 19.5 and 290
AT 10:00

20.4 metal/s

465 energy/s

Top 10%: 39.3 and 919
AT 15:00

45.5 metal/s

1,049 energy/s

Top 10%: 69.9 and 2,191
AT 20:00

62.7 metal/s

2,110 energy/s

Top 10%: 110 and 4,413

Metal income: 20.4 a second at 10:00, 62.7 at 20:00

Pond · 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
1:001.91.9–1.91.91.92.21.93,137
2:0022.1–3.22.64.33.22.63,137
3:005.77.5–9.78.910.38.58.93,136
4:0010.411.1–11.311.212.111.611.23,136
5:0011.211.2–1311.519.51311.43,132
6:0011.211.2–14.112.119.513.6123,118
7:0011.211.2–161321.414.713.13,090
8:0011.211.5–18.914.225.316.414.33,028
9:0011.212.2–22.91632.718.916.22,945
10:0011.213.9–30.120.439.32321.42,844
11:0012.618.2–37.627.445.828.728.92,734
12:0016.524.8–42.534.851.234.636.32,638
13:0021.731.7–47.139.356.639.940.12,504
14:0027.636.8–50.54261.543.942.82,360
15:0032.238.8–55.845.569.948.646.82,194
16:0034.539.9–6048.578.352.450.52,033
17:0036.841.6–65.851.385.856.553.91,885
18:0037.243.7–71.855.393.360.757.51,718
19:0037.845.9–76.859.410264.362.51,557
20:0038.147.8–83.662.711068.966.11,429

Energy income: 465 a second at 10:00, 2,110 at 20:00

Pond · 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
1:002929–42316640313,137
2:003846–705910369593,137
3:005162–947615291773,136
4:0085103–1591292021401323,136
5:00115147–2361902901981933,132
6:00135181–3212433912582493,118
7:00154211–4052955243203023,090
8:00162239–4973496533853623,028
9:00177272–5704077874524262,945
10:00197306–6694659195234922,844
11:00213347–7695341,0836005642,734
12:00243388–8966051,2696986452,638
13:00284443–1,0597161,5528287602,504
14:00319516–1,3158411,8419859182,360
15:00361625–1,6071,0492,1911,1911,1572,194
16:00432770–1,8891,2832,6561,4311,4042,033
17:00521921–2,2431,4803,1251,6821,6451,885
18:005761,117–2,5191,7003,5711,9401,8511,718
19:007031,247–2,8761,9673,9122,2072,1681,557
20:007831,342–3,1722,1104,4132,4322,3481,429

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 Pond 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 second
LowTypicalTopLowTypicalTop
3:005.78.910.35176152
5:0011.211.519.5115190290
8:0011.214.225.3162349653
10:0011.220.439.3197465919
12:0016.534.851.22436051,269
15:0032.245.569.93611,0492,191
20:0038.162.71107832,1104,413

What the numbers say

  • From 10:00 to 20:00 energy income grows 4.5 times and metal 3.1 times.
  • At 10:00 the top 10% make 3.5 times the metal of the bottom 10%: 39.3 a second against 11.2.
  • Of the 8 positions, Pond has the 5th energy income at 20:00 and the 7th metal income.

Who scales

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

Metal income, typical player per position

Tech leads at 20:00 with 119 a second

  • Pond
  • Other positions
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Position5:0010:0015:0020:00
Geo sea2035.771.6111
Tech26.339.675.5119
Air11.54156.678.8
Pond11.520.445.562.7
Suicide front17.521.245.860.7
Front17.926.353.968.7
Geo18.647.751.364.2
Beach sea19.229.556.179.8

Energy income, typical player per position

Tech leads at 20:00 with 6,822 a second

  • Pond
  • Other positions
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Position5:0010:0015:0020:00
Geo sea2505489082,264
Tech3178123,3836,822
Air2818632,3593,881
Pond1904651,0492,110
Suicide front1893797421,488
Front1984329301,776
Geo5601,4061,7042,478
Beach sea1794047371,583

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 ↗