diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoderTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoderTest.cs
index 51c1e51d3b..71dcd38bcd 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoderTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoderTest.cs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.Formats
             using (var resStream = TestResources.OpenResource("Soleily - Renatus (Gamu) [Insane].osu"))
             using (var stream = new LineBufferedReader(resStream))
             {
-                var beatmapInfo = decoder.Decode(stream).BeatmapInfo;
+                var beatmap = decoder.Decode(stream);
 
                 int[] expectedBookmarks =
                 {
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.Formats
                     95901, 106450, 116999, 119637, 130186, 140735, 151285,
                     161834, 164471, 175020, 185570, 196119, 206669, 209306
                 };
-                Assert.AreEqual(expectedBookmarks.Length, beatmapInfo.Bookmarks.Length);
+                Assert.AreEqual(expectedBookmarks.Length, beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Bookmarks.Length);
                 for (int i = 0; i < expectedBookmarks.Length; i++)
-                    Assert.AreEqual(expectedBookmarks[i], beatmapInfo.Bookmarks[i]);
-                Assert.AreEqual(1.8, beatmapInfo.DistanceSpacing);
-                Assert.AreEqual(4, beatmapInfo.BeatDivisor);
-                Assert.AreEqual(4, beatmapInfo.GridSize);
-                Assert.AreEqual(2, beatmapInfo.TimelineZoom);
+                    Assert.AreEqual(expectedBookmarks[i], beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Bookmarks[i]);
+                Assert.AreEqual(1.8, beatmap.DistanceSpacing);
+                Assert.AreEqual(4, beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BeatDivisor);
+                Assert.AreEqual(4, beatmap.BeatmapInfo.GridSize);
+                Assert.AreEqual(2, beatmap.BeatmapInfo.TimelineZoom);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuJsonDecoderTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuJsonDecoderTest.cs
index 92715b6aa2..4832ee26b7 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuJsonDecoderTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuJsonDecoderTest.cs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.Formats
             Assert.AreEqual(expectedBookmarks.Length, beatmapInfo.Bookmarks.Length);
             for (int i = 0; i < expectedBookmarks.Length; i++)
                 Assert.AreEqual(expectedBookmarks[i], beatmapInfo.Bookmarks[i]);
-            Assert.AreEqual(1.8, beatmapInfo.DistanceSpacing);
+            Assert.AreEqual(1.8, beatmap.DistanceSpacing);
             Assert.AreEqual(4, beatmapInfo.BeatDivisor);
             Assert.AreEqual(4, beatmapInfo.GridSize);
             Assert.AreEqual(2, beatmapInfo.TimelineZoom);
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Editing/TestSceneHitObjectComposer.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Editing/TestSceneHitObjectComposer.cs
index f392841ac7..d77c86729a 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Editing/TestSceneHitObjectComposer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Editing/TestSceneHitObjectComposer.cs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Editing
         {
             double originalSpacing = 0;
 
-            AddStep("retrieve original spacing", () => originalSpacing = editorBeatmap.BeatmapInfo.DistanceSpacing);
+            AddStep("retrieve original spacing", () => originalSpacing = editorBeatmap.DistanceSpacing);
 
             AddStep("hold ctrl", () => InputManager.PressKey(Key.LControl));
             AddStep("hold alt", () => InputManager.PressKey(Key.LAlt));
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Editing
             AddStep("release alt", () => InputManager.ReleaseKey(Key.LAlt));
             AddStep("release ctrl", () => InputManager.ReleaseKey(Key.LControl));
 
-            AddAssert("distance spacing increased by 0.5", () => editorBeatmap.BeatmapInfo.DistanceSpacing == originalSpacing + 0.5);
+            AddAssert("distance spacing increased by 0.5", () => editorBeatmap.DistanceSpacing == originalSpacing + 0.5);
         }
 
         public partial class EditorBeatmapContainer : PopoverContainer
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Beatmap.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Beatmap.cs
index 76864a1d70..2f7c00af4a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Beatmap.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Beatmap.cs
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
         public bool SamplesMatchPlaybackRate { get; set; } = true;
 
+        public double DistanceSpacing { get; set; } = 1.0;
+
         IBeatmap IBeatmap.Clone() => Clone();
 
         public Beatmap<T> Clone() => (Beatmap<T>)MemberwiseClone();
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapConverter.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapConverter.cs
index b86a445aa8..eda7f8025f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapConverter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapConverter.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             beatmap.WidescreenStoryboard = original.WidescreenStoryboard;
             beatmap.EpilepsyWarning = original.EpilepsyWarning;
             beatmap.SamplesMatchPlaybackRate = original.SamplesMatchPlaybackRate;
+            beatmap.DistanceSpacing = original.DistanceSpacing;
 
             return beatmap;
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs
index 650b0bf510..a8964a365a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs
@@ -414,7 +414,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
                         Hash = hash,
                         DifficultyName = decodedInfo.DifficultyName,
                         OnlineID = decodedInfo.OnlineID,
-                        DistanceSpacing = decodedInfo.DistanceSpacing,
                         BeatDivisor = decodedInfo.BeatDivisor,
                         GridSize = decodedInfo.GridSize,
                         TimelineZoom = decodedInfo.TimelineZoom,
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs
index 93abfa8d9b..8328e3df95 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs
@@ -6,14 +6,12 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using osu.Game.Beatmaps.ControlPoints;
 using osu.Game.Collections;
 using osu.Game.Database;
 using osu.Game.Models;
 using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
 using osu.Game.Overlays.BeatmapSet.Scores;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit;
 using osu.Game.Scoring;
 using Realms;
 
@@ -143,18 +141,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         /// </summary>
         public DateTimeOffset? LastPlayed { get; set; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The ratio of distance travelled per time unit.
-        /// Generally used to decouple the spacing between hit objects from the enforced "velocity" of the beatmap (see <see cref="DifficultyControlPoint.SliderVelocity"/>).
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// The most common method of understanding is that at a default value of 1.0, the time-to-distance ratio will match the slider velocity of the beatmap
-        /// at the current point in time. Increasing this value will make hit objects more spaced apart when compared to the cursor movement required to track a slider.
-        ///
-        /// This is only a hint property, used by the editor in <see cref="IDistanceSnapProvider"/> implementations. It does not directly affect the beatmap or gameplay.
-        /// </remarks>
-        public double DistanceSpacing { get; set; } = 1.0;
-
         public int BeatDivisor { get; set; } = 4;
 
         public int GridSize { get; set; }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
index 0c8770782d..92a26464ee 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
                     break;
 
                 case @"DistanceSpacing":
-                    beatmap.BeatmapInfo.DistanceSpacing = Math.Max(0, Parsing.ParseDouble(pair.Value));
+                    beatmap.DistanceSpacing = Math.Max(0, Parsing.ParseDouble(pair.Value));
                     break;
 
                 case @"BeatDivisor":
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapEncoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapEncoder.cs
index 860ca68f6b..a07e8d2226 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapEncoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapEncoder.cs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
 
             if (beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Bookmarks.Length > 0)
                 writer.WriteLine(FormattableString.Invariant($"Bookmarks: {string.Join(',', beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Bookmarks)}"));
-            writer.WriteLine(FormattableString.Invariant($"DistanceSpacing: {beatmap.BeatmapInfo.DistanceSpacing}"));
+            writer.WriteLine(FormattableString.Invariant($"DistanceSpacing: {beatmap.DistanceSpacing}"));
             writer.WriteLine(FormattableString.Invariant($"BeatDivisor: {beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BeatDivisor}"));
             writer.WriteLine(FormattableString.Invariant($"GridSize: {beatmap.BeatmapInfo.GridSize}"));
             writer.WriteLine(FormattableString.Invariant($"TimelineZoom: {beatmap.BeatmapInfo.TimelineZoom}"));
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IBeatmap.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IBeatmap.cs
index 9900609f18..b2c8b7604a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IBeatmap.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IBeatmap.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.ControlPoints;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Timing;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 
@@ -82,6 +83,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
         bool SamplesMatchPlaybackRate { get; internal set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The ratio of distance travelled per time unit.
+        /// Generally used to decouple the spacing between hit objects from the enforced "velocity" of the beatmap (see <see cref="DifficultyControlPoint.SliderVelocity"/>).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// The most common method of understanding is that at a default value of 1.0, the time-to-distance ratio will match the slider velocity of the beatmap
+        /// at the current point in time. Increasing this value will make hit objects more spaced apart when compared to the cursor movement required to track a slider.
+        ///
+        /// This is only a hint property, used by the editor in <see cref="IDistanceSnapProvider"/> implementations. It does not directly affect the beatmap or gameplay.
+        /// </remarks>
+        double DistanceSpacing { get; internal set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a shallow-clone of this beatmap and returns it.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/DifficultyCalculator.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/DifficultyCalculator.cs
index 960eab6f2c..7473882c15 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/DifficultyCalculator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Difficulty/DifficultyCalculator.cs
@@ -379,6 +379,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty
                 set => baseBeatmap.SamplesMatchPlaybackRate = value;
             }
 
+            public double DistanceSpacing
+            {
+                get => baseBeatmap.DistanceSpacing;
+                set => baseBeatmap.DistanceSpacing = value;
+            }
+
             #endregion
         }
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/ComposerDistanceSnapProvider.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/ComposerDistanceSnapProvider.cs
index b9850a94a3..665e6ba074 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/ComposerDistanceSnapProvider.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/ComposerDistanceSnapProvider.cs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit
                 }
             });
 
-            DistanceSpacingMultiplier.Value = editorBeatmap.BeatmapInfo.DistanceSpacing;
+            DistanceSpacingMultiplier.Value = editorBeatmap.DistanceSpacing;
             DistanceSpacingMultiplier.BindValueChanged(multiplier =>
             {
                 distanceSpacingSlider.ContractedLabelText = $"D. S. ({multiplier.NewValue:0.##x})";
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit
                 if (multiplier.NewValue != multiplier.OldValue)
                     onScreenDisplay?.Display(new DistanceSpacingToast(multiplier.NewValue.ToLocalisableString(@"0.##x"), multiplier));
 
-                editorBeatmap.BeatmapInfo.DistanceSpacing = multiplier.NewValue;
+                editorBeatmap.DistanceSpacing = multiplier.NewValue;
             }, true);
 
             DistanceSpacingMultiplier.BindDisabledChanged(disabled => distanceSpacingSlider.Alpha = disabled ? 0 : 1, true);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/IDistanceSnapProvider.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/IDistanceSnapProvider.cs
index 380038eadf..c312642fbd 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/IDistanceSnapProvider.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/IDistanceSnapProvider.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit
         /// A multiplier which changes the ratio of distance travelled per time unit.
         /// Importantly, this is provided for manual usage, and not multiplied into any of the methods exposed by this interface.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <seealso cref="BeatmapInfo.DistanceSpacing"/>
+        /// <seealso cref="IBeatmap.DistanceSpacing"/>
         Bindable<double> DistanceSpacingMultiplier { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/EditorBeatmap.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/EditorBeatmap.cs
index 4303764fa7..aa63dfab8d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/EditorBeatmap.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/EditorBeatmap.cs
@@ -226,6 +226,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
             set => PlayableBeatmap.SamplesMatchPlaybackRate = value;
         }
 
+        public double DistanceSpacing
+        {
+            get => PlayableBeatmap.DistanceSpacing;
+            set => PlayableBeatmap.DistanceSpacing = value;
+        }
+
         public IBeatmap Clone() => (EditorBeatmap)MemberwiseClone();
 
         private IList mutableHitObjects => (IList)PlayableBeatmap.HitObjects;