diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Preprocessing/TaikoDifficultyHitObject.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Preprocessing/TaikoDifficultyHitObject.cs
index 4aaee50c18..a56c217f82 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Preprocessing/TaikoDifficultyHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Difficulty/Preprocessing/TaikoDifficultyHitObject.cs
@@ -1,27 +1,36 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty.Preprocessing;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Colour;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing.Rhythm;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a single hit object in taiko difficulty calculation.
     /// </summary>
-    public class TaikoDifficultyHitObject : DifficultyHitObject
+    public class TaikoDifficultyHitObject : DifficultyHitObject, IHasInterval
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// The list of all <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/> of the same colour as this <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/> in the beatmap.
         /// </summary>
         private readonly IReadOnlyList<TaikoDifficultyHitObject>? monoDifficultyHitObjects;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The adjusted BPM of this hit object, based on its slider velocity and scroll speed.
+        /// </summary>
+        public double EffectiveBPM;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The current slider velocity of this hit object.
+        /// </summary>
+        public double CurrentSliderVelocity;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The index of this <see cref="TaikoDifficultyHitObject"/> in <see cref="monoDifficultyHitObjects"/>.
         /// </summary>
@@ -42,12 +51,19 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing
         /// </summary>
         public readonly TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm Rhythm;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The interval between this hit object and the surrounding hit objects in its rhythm group.
+        /// </summary>
+        public double? HitObjectInterval { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Colour data for this hit object. This is used by colour evaluator to calculate colour difficulty, but can be used
         /// by other skills in the future.
         /// </summary>
         public readonly TaikoDifficultyHitObjectColour Colour;
 
+        public double Interval => DeltaTime;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new difficulty hit object.
         /// </summary>
@@ -71,7 +87,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing
 
             // Create the Colour object, its properties should be filled in by TaikoDifficultyPreprocessor
             Colour = new TaikoDifficultyHitObjectColour();
-            Rhythm = getClosestRhythm(lastObject, lastLastObject, clockRate);
+            Rhythm = new TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm(this);
 
             switch ((hitObject as Hit)?.Type)
             {
@@ -95,43 +111,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty.Preprocessing
             }
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// List of most common rhythm changes in taiko maps.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// The general guidelines for the values are:
-        /// <list type="bullet">
-        /// <item>rhythm changes with ratio closer to 1 (that are <i>not</i> 1) are harder to play,</item>
-        /// <item>speeding up is <i>generally</i> harder than slowing down (with exceptions of rhythm changes requiring a hand switch).</item>
-        /// </list>
-        /// </remarks>
-        private static readonly TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm[] common_rhythms =
-        {
-            new TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm(1, 1, 0.0),
-            new TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm(2, 1, 0.3),
-            new TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm(1, 2, 0.5),
-            new TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm(3, 1, 0.3),
-            new TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm(1, 3, 0.35),
-            new TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm(3, 2, 0.6), // purposefully higher (requires hand switch in full alternating gameplay style)
-            new TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm(2, 3, 0.4),
-            new TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm(5, 4, 0.5),
-            new TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm(4, 5, 0.7)
-        };
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns the closest rhythm change from <see cref="common_rhythms"/> required to hit this object.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="lastObject">The gameplay <see cref="HitObject"/> preceding this one.</param>
-        /// <param name="lastLastObject">The gameplay <see cref="HitObject"/> preceding <paramref name="lastObject"/>.</param>
-        /// <param name="clockRate">The rate of the gameplay clock.</param>
-        private TaikoDifficultyHitObjectRhythm getClosestRhythm(HitObject lastObject, HitObject lastLastObject, double clockRate)
-        {
-            double prevLength = (lastObject.StartTime - lastLastObject.StartTime) / clockRate;
-            double ratio = DeltaTime / prevLength;
-
-            return common_rhythms.OrderBy(x => Math.Abs(x.Ratio - ratio)).First();
-        }
-
         public TaikoDifficultyHitObject? PreviousMono(int backwardsIndex) => monoDifficultyHitObjects?.ElementAtOrDefault(MonoIndex - (backwardsIndex + 1));
 
         public TaikoDifficultyHitObject? NextMono(int forwardsIndex) => monoDifficultyHitObjects?.ElementAtOrDefault(MonoIndex + (forwardsIndex + 1));