Ryan Marcus — It’s all Frank’s fault!

I’ve discovered the math behind Starcraft, and reached some interesting conclusions.

Essentially, I measured the mineral effectiveness of each race. These where the final results:

• Protoss:50.26%
• Zerg:47.42%
• Terran:39.49%

Before you start flaming me for calling Protoss the best race, let me explain.

The Protoss are not the best race, they are just the coolest looking. These numbers do not represent how good a race is, it measures how effective they are in terms of their mineral to attack and HP.

If you’d like to check my math before I start drawing conclusions, here are the spreedsheet files:

• Protoss
• Terran
• Zerg

From this information, I can also draw that each race has some units clearly better then others, disregarding player’s skills:

Protoss

1. Zealots
2. Carriers

Zerg

1. Infested Terran
2. Ultralisk / Guardians

Terran

1. Vulture
2. Goliath / Marine

This does not mean these units are better, because this is disregarding players skills.

All this means is cost effectiveness, and that the Protoss are the easiest, followed by the Zerg, followed by the Terran. More analysis to come.