diff --git a/app/services/hash_twins.ts b/app/services/hash_twins.ts
index 701d023..14793a7 100644
--- a/app/services/hash_twins.ts
+++ b/app/services/hash_twins.ts
@@ -5,22 +5,29 @@ import db from '@adonisjs/lucid/services/db'
  * repeated verdict match) in a catalog release that has a name, readable or found inside. The same film posted
  * under scrambles by other tools gets that name without another fetch. Releases with a junk verdict don't count.
  */
+/** Twins read per pair: the hottest pairs have 131k. */
+const TWIN_SCAN = 500
+
 export async function twinNames(
   pairs: { hash16k: string; size: number }[],
   trx: { rawQuery: typeof db.rawQuery } = db
 ): Promise<Map<string, string>> {
   const out = new Map<string, string>()
   if (pairs.length === 0) return out
-  // hash16k typed as the column (char(32)): as text the join cast the column and scanned all of file_hashes
-  // instead of file_hashes_hash_size_release_idx, 4 s a call (LOG.md (138)).
+  // Per pair the first named twin among its lowest TWIN_SCAN release ids. hash16k is typed as the column
+  // (char(32)): as text the join cast the column and scanned all of file_hashes, 4 s a call; and with the index
+  // the hottest pairs (55 with over 500 twins, up to 131k, all readable) made a call walk every twin, 37 s inside
+  // the flush's transaction (LOG.md (138)). One name is all a pair needs.
   const { rows } = await trx.rawQuery(
-    `SELECT DISTINCT ON (h.hash16k, h.size) h.hash16k, h.size, coalesce(r.inner_name, r.name) AS name
+    `SELECT v.hash16k, v.size, t.name
      FROM jsonb_to_recordset(?::jsonb) AS v(hash16k char(32), size bigint)
-     JOIN file_hashes h ON h.hash16k = v.hash16k AND h.size = v.size
-     JOIN releases r ON r.id = h.release_id AND (r.readable OR r.inner_name IS NOT NULL)
-     WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM release_verdicts x WHERE x.release_id = r.id)
-     ORDER BY h.hash16k, h.size, r.readable DESC, r.id`,
-    [JSON.stringify(pairs)]
+     CROSS JOIN LATERAL (
+       SELECT coalesce(r.inner_name, r.name) AS name
+       FROM (SELECT release_id FROM file_hashes h WHERE h.hash16k = v.hash16k AND h.size = v.size ORDER BY release_id LIMIT ?) h
+       JOIN releases r ON r.id = h.release_id AND (r.readable OR r.inner_name IS NOT NULL)
+       WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM release_verdicts x WHERE x.release_id = r.id)
+       ORDER BY r.readable DESC, r.id LIMIT 1) t`,
+    [JSON.stringify(pairs), TWIN_SCAN]
   )
   for (const r of rows) out.set(`${r.hash16k}\t${r.size}`, r.name)
   return out