diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreDecoderTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreDecoderTest.cs
index 39586bcd8c..1cd910789f 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreDecoderTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreDecoderTest.cs
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.Formats
             {
                 var score = decoder.Parse(resourceStream);
 
-                Assert.That(score.Replay.Frames[0].Time, Is.EqualTo(first_frame_time + (offsetApplied ? 24 : 0)));
-                Assert.That(score.Replay.Frames[1].Time, Is.EqualTo(second_frame_time + (offsetApplied ? 24 : 0)));
+                Assert.That(score.Replay.Frames[0].Time, Is.EqualTo(first_frame_time + (offsetApplied ? LegacyBeatmapDecoder.EARLY_VERSION_TIMING_OFFSET : 0)));
+                Assert.That(score.Replay.Frames[1].Time, Is.EqualTo(second_frame_time + (offsetApplied ? LegacyBeatmapDecoder.EARLY_VERSION_TIMING_OFFSET : 0)));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
index e2a043490f..79d8bd3bb3 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
 {
     public class LegacyBeatmapDecoder : LegacyDecoder<Beatmap>
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// An offset which needs to be applied to old beatmaps (v4 and lower) to correct timing changes that were applied at a game client level.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const int EARLY_VERSION_TIMING_OFFSET = 24;
+
         internal static RulesetStore RulesetStore;
 
         private Beatmap beatmap;
@@ -50,8 +55,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
                 RulesetStore = new AssemblyRulesetStore();
             }
 
-            // BeatmapVersion 4 and lower had an incorrect offset (stable has this set as 24ms off)
-            offset = FormatVersion < 5 ? 24 : 0;
+            offset = FormatVersion < 5 ? EARLY_VERSION_TIMING_OFFSET : 0;
         }
 
         protected override Beatmap CreateTemplateObject()
diff --git a/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreDecoder.cs
index 9885fe5528..754ace82c5 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreDecoder.cs
@@ -74,9 +74,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Scoring.Legacy
                 currentBeatmap = workingBeatmap.GetPlayableBeatmap(currentRuleset.RulesetInfo, scoreInfo.Mods);
                 scoreInfo.BeatmapInfo = currentBeatmap.BeatmapInfo;
 
-                // BeatmapVersion 4 and lower had an incorrect offset (stable has this set as 24ms off)
                 // As this is baked into hitobject timing (see `LegacyBeatmapDecoder`) we also need to apply this to replay frame timing.
-                beatmapOffset = currentBeatmap.BeatmapInfo.BeatmapVersion < 5 ? 24 : 0;
+                beatmapOffset = currentBeatmap.BeatmapInfo.BeatmapVersion < 5 ? LegacyBeatmapDecoder.EARLY_VERSION_TIMING_OFFSET : 0;
 
                 /* score.HpGraphString = */
                 sr.ReadString();
diff --git a/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreEncoder.cs b/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreEncoder.cs
index 6a321bed7a..ae9afbf32e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreEncoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreEncoder.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 // 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.
 
+#nullable enable
+
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats;
 using osu.Game.Extensions;
 using osu.Game.IO.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Replays.Legacy;
@@ -14,8 +17,6 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets.Replays;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Replays.Types;
 using SharpCompress.Compressors.LZMA;
 
-#nullable enable
-
 namespace osu.Game.Scoring.Legacy
 {
     public class LegacyScoreEncoder
@@ -111,9 +112,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Scoring.Legacy
             {
                 StringBuilder replayData = new StringBuilder();
 
-                // BeatmapVersion 4 and lower had an incorrect offset (stable has this set as 24ms off)
                 // As this is baked into hitobject timing (see `LegacyBeatmapDecoder`) we also need to apply this to replay frame timing.
-                double offset = beatmap?.BeatmapInfo.BeatmapVersion < 5 ? -24 : 0;
+                double offset = beatmap?.BeatmapInfo.BeatmapVersion < 5 ? -LegacyBeatmapDecoder.EARLY_VERSION_TIMING_OFFSET : 0;
 
                 if (score.Replay != null)
                 {