diff --git a/Scripts/result/result_player.lua b/Scripts/result/result_player.lua
index 119cc56..b7a0d56 100644
--- a/Scripts/result/result_player.lua
+++ b/Scripts/result/result_player.lua
@@ -662,11 +662,16 @@ function ResultPlayer:draw_gauge()
             local n = math.min(gl_int, clear_pt - 1)
             tex.draw_texture(self.t_gauge_bar, { scale = scale, x2 = (n - 1) * u, fade = base_fade, index = p_idx })
         end
-        if gl_int >= clear_pt - 1 and self.t_gauge_bar_clear_transition then
+        -- The transition piece is the first gold cell (the rounded cap of the clear zone).
+        -- Light it only when the run is cleared, like the HUD gauge (Gauge::get_is_clear):
+        -- the norma sits inside that cell (oni 8000 = cell 40.0 of 50, but a failed run at
+        -- 7800..7999 soul already shows 39 cells), so a cell-count test lit it a cell early
+        -- and a failed result grew a gold cell.
+        if gl_int >= clear_pt - 1 and self.gauge_state >= 1 and self.t_gauge_bar_clear_transition then
             tex.draw_texture(self.t_gauge_bar_clear_transition,
                 { scale = scale, x = (clear_pt - 1) * u, fade = base_fade, index = p_idx })
         end
-        if gl_int > clear_pt then
+        if gl_int > clear_pt and self.gauge_state >= 1 then
             local extra = (gl_int - clear_pt - 1) * u
             if self.t_gauge_bar_clear_top then
                 tex.draw_texture(self.t_gauge_bar_clear_top,