diff --git a/packages/studio/src/player/components/TimelineClipDiamonds.test.tsx b/packages/studio/src/player/components/TimelineClipDiamonds.test.tsx
index e745ff912e..c5d53175e7 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/player/components/TimelineClipDiamonds.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/player/components/TimelineClipDiamonds.test.tsx
@@ -220,6 +220,82 @@ describe("TimelineClipDiamonds", () => {
     act(() => root.unmount());
   });
 
+  it("composes a rapid second retime from the pending position", () => {
+    const onMoveKeyframe = vi.fn();
+    const host = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.append(host);
+    const root = createRoot(host);
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(
+        <TimelineDiamondLane
+          keyframesData={{
+            format: "percentage",
+            keyframes: [
+              {
+                percentage: 0,
+                tweenPercentage: 0,
+                propertyGroup: "position",
+                animationId: "anim-1",
+                properties: { x: 0 },
+              },
+              {
+                percentage: 50,
+                tweenPercentage: 50,
+                propertyGroup: "position",
+                animationId: "anim-1",
+                properties: { x: 100 },
+              },
+              {
+                percentage: 100,
+                tweenPercentage: 100,
+                propertyGroup: "position",
+                animationId: "anim-1",
+                properties: { x: 200 },
+              },
+            ],
+          }}
+          clipWidthPx={200}
+          clipHeightPx={48}
+          accentColor="#4ba3d2"
+          isSelected
+          currentPercentage={0}
+          elementId="clip-1"
+          selectedKeyframes={new Set()}
+          onMoveKeyframe={onMoveKeyframe}
+          groupAware
+        />,
+      );
+    });
+    const diamond = host.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[title="50%"]');
+    expect(diamond).not.toBeNull();
+
+    act(() => {
+      diamond!.dispatchEvent(
+        pointerEvent("pointerdown", { bubbles: true, button: 0, clientX: 100 }),
+      );
+      diamond!.dispatchEvent(pointerEvent("pointerup", { bubbles: true, button: 0, clientX: 150 }));
+
+      // The cache still exposes 50%, but this second +10% drag starts at the
+      // pending 75% destination and must therefore land at 85%, not 60%.
+      diamond!.dispatchEvent(
+        pointerEvent("pointerdown", { bubbles: true, button: 0, clientX: 150 }),
+      );
+      diamond!.dispatchEvent(pointerEvent("pointerup", { bubbles: true, button: 0, clientX: 170 }));
+    });
+
+    expect(onMoveKeyframe).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      2,
+      {
+        percentage: 50,
+        tweenPercentage: 50,
+        propertyGroup: "position",
+        animationId: "anim-1",
+      },
+      85,
+    );
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+  });
+
   // Regression: onClickKeyframe's state updates can re-render the diamond
   // button out from under the gesture before the browser auto-synthesizes the
   // "click" event that follows a button's pointerdown+pointerup. That orphaned
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/player/components/TimelineClipDiamonds.tsx b/packages/studio/src/player/components/TimelineClipDiamonds.tsx
index 9ab08d6797..7c810a1039 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/player/components/TimelineClipDiamonds.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/player/components/TimelineClipDiamonds.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Fragment, memo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { Fragment, memo, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { BEAT_BAND_H } from "./BeatStrip";
 import {
   KEYFRAME_DRAG_THRESHOLD_PX,
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ export const TimelineDiamondLane = memo(function TimelineDiamondLane({
 }: TimelineDiamondLaneProps) {
   // Hooks must run before the early return below.
   const dragRef = useRef<DragState | null>(null);
+  const pendingClipPctsRef = useRef(new Map<string, number>());
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const cachedClipPcts = new Set(keyframesData.keyframes.map((keyframe) => keyframe.percentage));
+    for (const [kfKey, clipPct] of pendingClipPctsRef.current) {
+      if (cachedClipPcts.has(clipPct)) pendingClipPctsRef.current.delete(kfKey);
+    }
+  }, [keyframesData.keyframes]);
   // Visual-only preview of the dragged diamond's clip-% — no runtime/GSAP hold
   // (that optimistic hold was the #1763 flake). The atomic move-keyframe commit
   // on drop re-keys the diamond from source.
@@ -291,7 +298,7 @@ export const TimelineDiamondLane = memo(function TimelineDiamondLane({
             dragRef.current = {
               kfKey,
               startX: e.clientX,
-              fromClipPct: kf.percentage,
+              fromClipPct: pendingClipPctsRef.current.get(kfKey) ?? kf.percentage,
               moved: false,
             };
           }
@@ -348,6 +355,7 @@ export const TimelineDiamondLane = memo(function TimelineDiamondLane({
             if (e.shiftKey) onShiftClickKeyframe?.(target);
             else onClickKeyframe?.(target);
           } else if (res.kind === "move" && res.toClipPct != null) {
+            pendingClipPctsRef.current.set(kfKey, res.toClipPct);
             onMoveKeyframe?.(target, res.toClipPct);
             // A retime still targeted this exact diamond — park/select it at its
             // new position, same as a plain click, or a drag that actually moved