diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/UsersController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/UsersController.php
index b226a6e1965..bd15199ce68 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/UsersController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/UsersController.php
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ private function getExtra($page, array $options, int $perPage = 10, int $offset
                 $includes = ScoreTransformer::USER_PROFILE_INCLUDES;
                 $query = $this->user->soloScores()
                     ->recent($this->mode, $options['includeFails'] ?? false)
-                    ->reorderBy('unix_updated_at', 'desc')
+                    ->reorderBy('ended_at', 'desc')
                     ->with(ScoreTransformer::USER_PROFILE_INCLUDES_PRELOAD);
                 $userRelationColumn = 'user';
                 break;
diff --git a/app/Models/Solo/Score.php b/app/Models/Solo/Score.php
index 54ccba83100..0f3d8ab4c2e 100644
--- a/app/Models/Solo/Score.php
+++ b/app/Models/Solo/Score.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 use App\Models\ScoreToken;
 use App\Models\Traits;
 use App\Models\User;
+use Carbon\CarbonImmutable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use LaravelRedis;
@@ -181,14 +182,21 @@ public function scopeIndexable(Builder $query): Builder
      */
     public function scopeRecent(Builder $query, string $ruleset, bool $includeFails): Builder
     {
+        $minTime = CarbonImmutable::now()->subDays(1);
+
         return $query
             // ensure correct index is used
             ->from(\DB::raw("{$this->getTable()} FORCE INDEX (user_ruleset_index)"))
             ->default()
             ->forRuleset($ruleset)
             ->includeFails($includeFails)
-            // 1 day (24 * 3600)
-            ->where('unix_updated_at', '>', time() - 86_400);
+            // unix_updated_at may be updated arbitrarily, so also filter by `ended_at` to ensure
+            // only recent scores are returned.
+            ->where('ended_at', '>', $minTime)
+            // we still want to filter by `unix_updated_at` to make the query efficient (is in the PK).
+            ->where('unix_updated_at', '>', $minTime->getTimestamp())
+            // ensure correct partition in production
+            ->where('preserve', '>=', 0);
     }
 
     public function scopeVisibleUsers(Builder $query): Builder