diff --git a/src/components/MeritSummaryCard.svelte b/src/components/MeritSummaryCard.svelte
index e26c50d..4095e7b 100644
--- a/src/components/MeritSummaryCard.svelte
+++ b/src/components/MeritSummaryCard.svelte
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	import { Separator } from '$lib/components/ui/separator/index.js';
 	import * as Table from '@/components/ui/table';
 	import { Rocket, RocketATagFilter } from '@/event_helpers/rockets';
-	import { getCuckPrice, getRocketURL, unixToRelativeTime } from '@/helpers';
+	import { formatReferenceTime, getCuckPrice, getRocketURL, unixToRelativeTime } from '@/helpers';
 	import { derived } from 'svelte/store';
 
 	import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	$: referenceTime = cuckPrice
+		? formatReferenceTime(((merit.Sats / 100000000) * cuckPrice) / 70)
+		: '...';
+
 	let votes = derived(_votes, ($_votes) => {
 		return new MapOfVotes($_votes, parsedRocket, merit).Votes;
 	});
@@ -156,13 +160,12 @@
 						<div class="font-semibold">Analysis</div>
 						<span class="grid gap-0.5 not-italic text-muted-foreground">
 							A competent freelance developer earns $70 CuckLoserBucks an hour (on average). Using
-							this rate, the contributor is claiming to have spent about {merit.Sats / 1000} hours working
-							on this.
+							this rate, the contributor is claiming to have spent about {referenceTime} working on this.
 						</span>
 					</div>
 					<div class="grid auto-rows-max gap-3">
 						<div class="font-semibold">Reference Time</div>
-						<div class="text-muted-foreground">{merit.Sats / 1000} hours</div>
+						<div class="text-muted-foreground">{referenceTime}</div>
 					</div>
 				</div>
 				<Separator class="my-4" />
diff --git a/src/lib/helpers.ts b/src/lib/helpers.ts
index 6d0b63e..6fcdb95 100644
--- a/src/lib/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/lib/helpers.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,25 @@ export function unixToRelativeTime(timestamp: number): string {
 	}
 }
 
+export function formatReferenceTime(hours: number) {
+	const totalMinutes = Math.round(hours * 60);
+	const wholeHours = Math.floor(totalMinutes / 60);
+	const remainingMinutes = totalMinutes % 60;
+
+	let result = '';
+
+	if (wholeHours > 0) {
+		result += `${wholeHours} hour${wholeHours > 1 ? 's' : ''}`;
+	}
+
+	if (remainingMinutes > 0) {
+		if (result.length > 0) result += ' and ';
+		result += `${remainingMinutes} minute${remainingMinutes > 1 ? 's' : ''}`;
+	}
+
+	return result || '0 minutes';
+}
+
 export async function getCuckPrice(): Promise<number | Error> {
 	try {
 		var url = 'https://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json';