diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/UserLookupCache.cs b/osu.Game/Database/UserLookupCache.cs
index c85ad6d651..05d6930992 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/UserLookupCache.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/UserLookupCache.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // 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 System.Threading;
@@ -15,103 +14,93 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
 {
     public class UserLookupCache : MemoryCachingComponent<int, User>
     {
-        private readonly HashSet<int> nextTaskIDs = new HashSet<int>();
-
         [Resolved]
         private IAPIProvider api { get; set; }
 
-        private readonly object taskAssignmentLock = new object();
-
-        private Task<List<User>> pendingRequest;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Whether <see cref="pendingRequest"/> has already grabbed its IDs.
-        /// </summary>
-        private bool pendingRequestConsumedIDs;
-
         public Task<User> GetUserAsync(int userId, CancellationToken token = default) => GetAsync(userId, token);
 
         protected override async Task<User> ComputeValueAsync(int lookup, CancellationToken token = default)
-        {
-            var users = await getQueryTaskForUser(lookup);
-            return users.FirstOrDefault(u => u.Id == lookup);
-        }
+            => await queryUser(lookup);
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Return the task responsible for fetching the provided user.
-        /// This may be part of a larger batch lookup to reduce web requests.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="userId">The user to lookup.</param>
-        /// <returns>The task responsible for the lookup.</returns>
-        private Task<List<User>> getQueryTaskForUser(int userId)
+        private readonly Queue<(int id, TaskCompletionSource<User>)> pendingUserTasks = new Queue<(int, TaskCompletionSource<User>)>();
+        private Task pendingRequestTask;
+        private readonly object taskAssignmentLock = new object();
+
+        private Task<User> queryUser(int userId)
         {
             lock (taskAssignmentLock)
             {
-                nextTaskIDs.Add(userId);
+                var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<User>();
 
-                // if there's a pending request which hasn't been started yet (and is not yet full), we can wait on it.
-                if (pendingRequest != null && !pendingRequestConsumedIDs && nextTaskIDs.Count < 50)
-                    return pendingRequest;
+                // Add to the queue.
+                pendingUserTasks.Enqueue((userId, tcs));
 
-                return queueNextTask(nextLookup);
+                // Create a request task if there's not already one.
+                if (pendingRequestTask == null)
+                    createNewTask();
+
+                return tcs.Task;
             }
+        }
 
-            List<User> nextLookup()
+        private void performLookup()
+        {
+            // contains at most 50 unique user IDs from userTasks, which is used to perform the lookup.
+            var userTasks = new Dictionary<int, List<TaskCompletionSource<User>>>();
+
+            // Grab at most 50 unique user IDs from the queue.
+            lock (taskAssignmentLock)
             {
-                int[] lookupItems;
-
-                lock (taskAssignmentLock)
+                while (pendingUserTasks.Count > 0 && userTasks.Count < 50)
                 {
-                    pendingRequestConsumedIDs = true;
-                    lookupItems = nextTaskIDs.ToArray();
-                    nextTaskIDs.Clear();
+                    (int id, TaskCompletionSource<User> task) next = pendingUserTasks.Dequeue();
 
-                    if (lookupItems.Length == 0)
+                    // Perform a secondary check for existence, in case the user was queried in a previous batch.
+                    if (CheckExists(next.id, out var existing))
+                        next.task.SetResult(existing);
+                    else
                     {
-                        queueNextTask(null);
-                        return new List<User>();
+                        if (userTasks.TryGetValue(next.id, out var tasks))
+                            tasks.Add(next.task);
+                        else
+                            userTasks[next.id] = new List<TaskCompletionSource<User>> { next.task };
                     }
                 }
-
-                var request = new GetUsersRequest(lookupItems);
-
-                // rather than queueing, we maintain our own single-threaded request stream.
-                api.Perform(request);
-
-                return request.Result?.Users;
             }
-        }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Queues new work at the end of the current work tasks.
-        /// Ensures the provided work is eventually run.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="work">The work to run. Can be null to signify the end of available work.</param>
-        /// <returns>The task tracking this work.</returns>
-        private Task<List<User>> queueNextTask(Func<List<User>> work)
-        {
+            // Query the users.
+            var request = new GetUsersRequest(userTasks.Keys.ToArray());
+
+            // rather than queueing, we maintain our own single-threaded request stream.
+            api.Perform(request);
+
+            // Create a new request task if there's still more users to query.
             lock (taskAssignmentLock)
             {
-                if (work == null)
-                {
-                    pendingRequest = null;
-                    pendingRequestConsumedIDs = false;
-                }
-                else if (pendingRequest == null)
-                {
-                    // special case for the first request ever.
-                    pendingRequest = Task.Run(work);
-                    pendingRequestConsumedIDs = false;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    // append the new request on to the last to be executed.
-                    pendingRequest = pendingRequest.ContinueWith(_ => work());
-                    pendingRequestConsumedIDs = false;
-                }
+                pendingRequestTask = null;
+                if (pendingUserTasks.Count > 0)
+                    createNewTask();
+            }
 
-                return pendingRequest;
+            foreach (var user in request.Result.Users)
+            {
+                if (userTasks.TryGetValue(user.Id, out var tasks))
+                {
+                    foreach (var task in tasks)
+                        task.SetResult(user);
+
+                    userTasks.Remove(user.Id);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // if any tasks remain which were not satisfied, return null.
+            foreach (var tasks in userTasks.Values)
+            {
+                foreach (var task in tasks)
+                    task.SetResult(null);
             }
         }
+
+        private void createNewTask() => pendingRequestTask = Task.Run(performLookup);
     }
 }