diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/SamplePointPiece.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/SamplePointPiece.cs
index 1076255b6aa2..ded7c6605853 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/SamplePointPiece.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/SamplePointPiece.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public partial class SamplePointPiece : HitObjectPointPiece, IHasPopover
         private Editor? editor { get; set; }
 
         [Resolved]
-        private Timeline? timeline { get; set; }
+        private TimelineBlueprintContainer? timelineBlueprintContainer { get; set; }
 
         private Bindable<bool> samplesVisible = null!;
 
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ private void load(OsuConfigManager config)
             samplesVisible = config.GetBindable<bool>(OsuSetting.EditorTimelineShowSamples);
         }
 
-        private BindableNumber<float>? timelineZoom;
-
-        private bool contracted;
+        private readonly Bindable<bool> contracted = new Bindable<bool>();
 
         protected override void LoadComplete()
         {
@@ -83,21 +81,19 @@ protected override void LoadComplete()
             samplesVisible.BindValueChanged(visible => this.FadeTo(visible.NewValue ? 1 : 0, 200, Easing.OutQuint));
             this.FadeTo(samplesVisible.Value ? 1 : 0);
 
-            timelineZoom = timeline?.CurrentZoom.GetBoundCopy();
-            timelineZoom?.BindValueChanged(zoom =>
-            {
-                const float zoom_threshold = 40f;
+            if (timelineBlueprintContainer != null)
+                contracted.BindTo(timelineBlueprintContainer.SamplePointContracted);
 
-                if (zoom.NewValue < zoom_threshold)
+            contracted.BindValueChanged(v =>
+            {
+                if (v.NewValue)
                 {
-                    contracted = true;
                     Label.FadeOut(200, Easing.OutQuint);
                     LabelContainer.ResizeTo(new Vector2(12), 200, Easing.OutQuint);
                     LabelContainer.CornerRadius = 6;
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    contracted = false;
                     Label.FadeIn(200, Easing.OutQuint);
                     LabelContainer.ResizeTo(new Vector2(Label.Width, 16), 200, Easing.OutQuint);
                     LabelContainer.CornerRadius = 8;
@@ -131,7 +127,7 @@ private void updateText()
         {
             Label.Text = $"{abbreviateBank(GetBankValue(GetSamples()))} {GetVolumeValue(GetSamples())}";
 
-            if (!contracted)
+            if (!contracted.Value)
                 LabelContainer.ResizeWidthTo(Label.Width, 200, Easing.OutQuint);
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/TimelineBlueprintContainer.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/TimelineBlueprintContainer.cs
index 740f0b6aac24..b50739c80fe9 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/TimelineBlueprintContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/TimelineBlueprintContainer.cs
@@ -15,16 +15,19 @@
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
 using osu.Framework.Input.Events;
+using osu.Framework.Layout;
 using osu.Framework.Utils;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Types;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Components.Timelines.Summary.Parts;
 using osuTK;
 using osuTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Compose.Components.Timeline
 {
+    [Cached]
     internal partial class TimelineBlueprintContainer : EditorBlueprintContainer
     {
         [Resolved(CanBeNull = true)]
@@ -35,6 +38,8 @@ internal partial class TimelineBlueprintContainer : EditorBlueprintContainer
 
         private bool hitObjectDragged;
 
+        private readonly LayoutValue samplePointContractedStateCache = new LayoutValue(Invalidation.DrawSize);
+
         /// <remarks>
         /// Positional input must be received outside the container's bounds,
         /// in order to handle timeline blueprints which are stacked offscreen.
@@ -49,6 +54,8 @@ public TimelineBlueprintContainer(HitObjectComposer composer)
             Origin = Anchor.Centre;
 
             Height = 0.6f;
+
+            AddLayout(samplePointContractedStateCache);
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
@@ -116,11 +123,43 @@ protected override void Update()
                 Composer.Playfield.FutureLifetimeExtension = timeline.VisibleRange / 2;
             }
 
+            updateSamplePointContractedState();
+
             base.Update();
 
             updateStacking();
         }
 
+        public Bindable<bool> SamplePointContracted = new Bindable<bool>();
+
+        private void updateSamplePointContractedState()
+        {
+            if (samplePointContractedStateCache.IsValid)
+                return;
+
+            const double minimum_gap = 28;
+
+            // Find the smallest time gap between any two sample point pieces
+            double smallestTimeGap = double.PositiveInfinity;
+            double lastTime = double.PositiveInfinity;
+
+            // The blueprints are ordered in reverse chronological order
+            foreach (var selectionBlueprint in SelectionBlueprints)
+            {
+                var hitObject = selectionBlueprint.Item;
+
+                if (hitObject is IHasRepeats hasRepeats)
+                    smallestTimeGap = Math.Min(smallestTimeGap, hasRepeats.Duration / hasRepeats.SpanCount() / 2);
+
+                smallestTimeGap = Math.Min(smallestTimeGap, lastTime - hitObject.GetEndTime());
+                lastTime = hitObject.StartTime;
+            }
+
+            double smallestAbsoluteGap = ((TimelineSelectionBlueprintContainer)SelectionBlueprints).ContentRelativeToAbsoluteFactor.X * smallestTimeGap;
+            SamplePointContracted.Value = smallestAbsoluteGap < minimum_gap;
+            samplePointContractedStateCache.Validate();
+        }
+
         private readonly Stack<HitObject> currentConcurrentObjects = new Stack<HitObject>();
 
         private void updateStacking()
@@ -288,6 +327,8 @@ protected partial class TimelineSelectionBlueprintContainer : Container<Selectio
         {
             protected override Container<SelectionBlueprint<HitObject>> Content { get; }
 
+            public Vector2 ContentRelativeToAbsoluteFactor => Content.RelativeToAbsoluteFactor;
+
             public TimelineSelectionBlueprintContainer()
             {
                 AddInternal(new TimelinePart<SelectionBlueprint<HitObject>>(Content = new HitObjectOrderedSelectionContainer { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both }) { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both });