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+/**
+ * @name Selecting minimum element using `rank[1]`
+ * @description Selecting the minimum element using `rank[1](..)` performs worse than doing the same thing with `min(..)`.
+ * @kind problem
+ * @problem.severity warning
+ * @id ql/rank-one
+ * @tags performance,
+ *       maintainability
+ * @precision very-high
+ */
+
+import ql
+
+from Rank r
+where r.getRankExpr().(Integer).getValue() = 1
+select r, "Using rank[1](..) is an anti-pattern, use min(..) instead."