diff --git a/src/Etterna/Actor/Menus/MusicWheel.cpp b/src/Etterna/Actor/Menus/MusicWheel.cpp
index 96ffe30307..8dbd660588 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Actor/Menus/MusicWheel.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Actor/Menus/MusicWheel.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 #include "Etterna/Singletons/SongManager.h"
 #include "Etterna/Models/Songs/SongUtil.h"
 #include "Etterna/Models/StepsAndStyles/Style.h"
-#include "Etterna/Singletons/ThemeManager.h"
+#include "Etterna/Singletons/ThemeManager.h"
+#include "Etterna/Singletons/ScoreManager.h"
 #include "Etterna/Globals/rngthing.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -947,6 +948,7 @@ MusicWheel::BuildWheelItemDatas(
 
 		allSongsFiltered = arraySongs;
 		allSongsByGroupFiltered[so].clear();
+		packProgressByGroup[so].clear();
 
 		// make WheelItemDatas with sections
 
@@ -1056,6 +1058,24 @@ MusicWheel::BuildWheelItemDatas(
 					}
 				}
 			}
+		}
+		// calculate the pack progress numbers for the sortorder
+		if (PREFSMAN->m_bPackProgressInWheel) {
+			auto allsongs = allSongsByGroupFiltered.at(so);
+			for (auto& groupname_songlist_pair : allsongs) {
+				int num_played_songs = 0;
+				for (auto& s : groupname_songlist_pair.second) {
+					for (auto& chart : s->GetChartsOfCurrentGameMode()) {
+						if (SCOREMAN->KeyHasScores(chart->GetChartKey())) {
+							num_played_songs++;
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				packProgressByGroup.at(so)[groupname_songlist_pair.first] =
+				  num_played_songs;
+			}
+
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Etterna/Actor/Menus/MusicWheel.h b/src/Etterna/Actor/Menus/MusicWheel.h
index f1afdb711f..a027773d20 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Actor/Menus/MusicWheel.h
+++ b/src/Etterna/Actor/Menus/MusicWheel.h
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ class MusicWheel : public WheelBase
 	std::vector<Song*> allSongsFiltered;
 	// all songs by sort order by group also filtered
 	std::vector<std::map<std::string, std::vector<Song*>>>
-	  allSongsByGroupFiltered{ NUM_SortOrder };
+	  allSongsByGroupFiltered{ NUM_SortOrder };
+	// song grade progress by group
+	std::vector<std::map<std::string, int>> packProgressByGroup{
+		NUM_SortOrder
+	};
 	auto SelectSongOrCourse() -> bool;
 	void SelectSongAfterSearch();
 
diff --git a/src/Etterna/Actor/Menus/MusicWheelItem.cpp b/src/Etterna/Actor/Menus/MusicWheelItem.cpp
index 76a152fda7..21108eb84a 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Actor/Menus/MusicWheelItem.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Actor/Menus/MusicWheelItem.cpp
@@ -201,19 +201,10 @@ MusicWheelItem::LoadFromWheelItemData(const WheelItemBaseData* pData,
 				type = MusicWheelItemType_SectionCollapsed;
 			}
 
-			auto all_songs_by_group = wheel->allSongsByGroupFiltered.at(GAMESTATE->m_SortOrder);
-			auto songs_in_group = all_songs_by_group.find(pWID->m_sText);
-			if (PREFSMAN->m_bPackProgressInWheel && songs_in_group != all_songs_by_group.end()) {
-				int num_played_songs = 0;
-
-				for (auto song : songs_in_group->second) {
-					for (auto chart : song->GetChartsOfCurrentGameMode()) {
-						if (SCOREMAN->KeyHasScores(chart->GetChartKey())) {
-							num_played_songs++;
-							break;
-						}
-					}
-				}
+			auto plays_by_group = wheel->packProgressByGroup.at(GAMESTATE->m_SortOrder);
+			auto plays_in_group = plays_by_group.find(pWID->m_sText);
+			if (PREFSMAN->m_bPackProgressInWheel && plays_in_group != plays_by_group.end()) {
+				int num_played_songs = plays_in_group->second;
 
 				RageColor color;
 				if (num_played_songs == pWID->m_iSectionCount) {