So I'm a little bit confused on this. Isn't it just pure luck that you would get a random block around 60 hours? Couldn't you be solo mining on an i5 or i7 for 500, 1000 or 2000 hours and get nothing?
If I understand this right, then you're basically rolling the dice and could be mining on a single CPU for a year and get nothing. Am I misunderstanding something?
I'm sure you are correct - it was a lucky hit. I was trolling (a little). That said, the "Estimated block hit within (hrs)" has been as low as 88.* while I have been mining.
Still, I would genuinely like to know whether adding my 1K to a pool is going to be at all worthwhile.