diff --git a/Graphics/dan_select/yellow_box/exam_gauge_best_pill.png b/Graphics/dan_select/yellow_box/exam_gauge_best_pill.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0948aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Graphics/dan_select/yellow_box/exam_gauge_best_pill.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:cafca767d283873211e2050e760c1bd135bc17d1fab8a4ec4312f602d222f3b3
+size 663
diff --git a/Graphics/dan_select/yellow_box/exam_gauge_box.png b/Graphics/dan_select/yellow_box/exam_gauge_box.png
index 93b8298..8f4e09f 100644
--- a/Graphics/dan_select/yellow_box/exam_gauge_box.png
+++ b/Graphics/dan_select/yellow_box/exam_gauge_box.png
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:a754e1f57dbd22ba06ea57ccc84d326bc866a801e6922d28638d75dc6c005245
-size 7354
+oid sha256:c84900caf5c24158b217d2a071b3056d625d8508afc7c736ec36eb373a091a97
+size 6913
diff --git a/Graphics/dan_select/yellow_box/texture.json b/Graphics/dan_select/yellow_box/texture.json
index 3f1f047..00a12bc 100644
--- a/Graphics/dan_select/yellow_box/texture.json
+++ b/Graphics/dan_select/yellow_box/texture.json
@@ -209,5 +209,6 @@
     "x": 538,
     "y": 287
   },
-  "exam_best_pill": {}
+  "exam_best_pill": {},
+  "exam_gauge_best_pill": {}
 }
diff --git a/Scripts/dan_select/dan_select.lua b/Scripts/dan_select/dan_select.lua
index 4d2d01a..5c39c53 100644
--- a/Scripts/dan_select/dan_select.lua
+++ b/Scripts/dan_select/dan_select.lua
@@ -410,11 +410,12 @@ function DanSelect:draw_cursor(pos, now_ms, moved_ms)
 end
 
 -- Each exam's 自己ベスト row, as on the cabinet: a white pill under the value with the label
--- on its left and the saved best on its right (box:exam_best / exam_song_best; an engine
--- without them, or a course never played, shows the label alone). The gauge box's pill is
--- part of exam_gauge_box; the right-hand boxes get yellow_box/exam_best_pill, one per song
--- segment. The boxes are walked as the parent's draw_exam_grid walks them.
-local BEST_GAUGE = { x = 10, y = 116, w = 301 }   -- the pill in exam_gauge_box, from the box
+-- on its left and the saved best on its right (box:exam_best / exam_song_best). With no best
+-- (a course never played, or an engine without them) the row is not drawn at all, pill
+-- included. The gauge box gets yellow_box/exam_gauge_best_pill, the right-hand boxes
+-- yellow_box/exam_best_pill, one per song segment. The boxes are walked as the parent's
+-- draw_exam_grid walks them.
+local BEST_GAUGE = { x = 10, y = 116, w = 301 }   -- exam_gauge_best_pill, from the box
 local BEST_RIGHT = { x = 11, y = 86, w = 317 }    -- exam_best_pill, from the box (+ seg dx)
 local BEST_H = 31
 local BEST_LABEL_X, BEST_VALUE_R = 8, 14          -- label from the pill's left, value from its right
@@ -438,17 +439,17 @@ local function call(box, name, ...)
     return ok2 and v or nil
 end
 
-local function draw_best_row(box, value, etype, px, py, pw, f)
+local function draw_best_row(pill, value, etype, px, py, pw, f)
+    if value == nil then return end
+    if pill then tex.draw_texture(pill, { x = px, y = py, fade = f }) end
     local label = best_text("dan_exam_best_label", tex.skin_text("dan_exam_best_label"))
     if label then
         label:draw({ x = px + BEST_LABEL_X, y = py + (BEST_H - label.height) / 2, fade = f })
     end
-    if value then
-        local str = tostring(value) .. (etype == "gauge" and " %" or "")
-        local t = best_text("dan_exam_best_value", str)
-        if t then
-            t:draw({ x = px + pw - BEST_VALUE_R - t.width, y = py + (BEST_H - t.height) / 2, fade = f })
-        end
+    local str = tostring(value) .. (etype == "gauge" and " %" or "")
+    local t = best_text("dan_exam_best_value", str)
+    if t then
+        t:draw({ x = px + pw - BEST_VALUE_R - t.width, y = py + (BEST_H - t.height) / 2, fade = f })
     end
 end
 
@@ -457,6 +458,7 @@ if parent_grid then
     function DanSelect:draw_exam_grid(box, f)
         parent_grid(self, box, f)
         local pill = tex.get_texture("dan_select/yellow_box/exam_best_pill")
+        local gauge_pill = tex.get_texture("dan_select/yellow_box/exam_gauge_best_pill")
         local gb = tex.get_skin_config("dan_exam_gauge_box") or { x = 436, y = 610 }
         local sb = tex.get_skin_config("dan_exam_score_box") or { x = 769, y = 610, height = 132 }
         local sg = tex.get_skin_config("dan_exam_seg") or { width = 327 }
@@ -468,7 +470,7 @@ if parent_grid then
             local left = (etype == "gauge" and not gauge_used)
             if left then gauge_used = true end
             if left then
-                draw_best_row(box, call(box, "exam_best", i), etype,
+                draw_best_row(gauge_pill, call(box, "exam_best", i), etype,
                               gb.x + BEST_GAUGE.x, gb.y + BEST_GAUGE.y, BEST_GAUGE.w, f)
             elseif right_row < 3 then
                 local by = sb.y + pitch * right_row
@@ -477,9 +479,8 @@ if parent_grid then
                 for k = 0, segs - 1 do
                     local px = sb.x + BEST_RIGHT.x + seg_dx * k
                     local py = by + BEST_RIGHT.y
-                    if pill then tex.draw_texture(pill, { x = px, y = py, fade = f }) end
                     local v = gothrough and call(box, "exam_best", i) or call(box, "exam_song_best", i, k)
-                    draw_best_row(box, v, etype, px, py, BEST_RIGHT.w, f)
+                    draw_best_row(pill, v, etype, px, py, BEST_RIGHT.w, f)
                 end
                 right_row = right_row + 1
             end