I've been watching your posts here and there is a very simple approach to all of this...all pools will find the expected number of blocks (100%) over time (unless there is block withholding going on) as luck will always even out. The real difference between pools is transaction and pool fees. For example, antpoo does not give the transaction fees to the miners so you would lose big time there. Pools like KanoPool and Slush both give transaction fees back to the miners so the difference is 0.9% pool fees here vs 2.0% at slush. The math is painfully simple and test runs are not necessary as diff changes effects everyone's payouts ...if you want to get the most out of your hashrate, point all of your machines here.
Maybe so, but I have done where I have 5 miners on one pool, another 5 on another etc etc for several months and they do not always balance out - some pools consistently do better than others. I even solo mine on a few - praying for that lottery win lol
Some pools just seem to have more luck at different times, so maybe with a longer time frame the more it will even out - maybe not. But either way, I am by no means complaining. I enjoy mining and I understand it is all pretty much risk based.
My posts here are more or less concerning the ramping up and ramping down. I can see this done in several pools but not as many are as transparent as this pool is - hence why I am asking/commenting about it here.