diff --git a/core/node_timing.py b/core/node_timing.py
index c13bd9d4..376e1f4a 100644
--- a/core/node_timing.py
+++ b/core/node_timing.py
@@ -44,14 +44,12 @@ def observe(event, data, now=None):
 
 def _steps(run, now):
     """The sampler's own step times, once its node is over: how long until step 1 was done (loading and
-    first-call setup included), how long step 2 took, and what the later steps average."""
+    first-call setup included), then how long each later step took."""
     marks, run["marks"] = run.get("marks") or [], []
     if len(marks) < STEPS:
         return
-    first, second = marks[0] - run["at"], marks[1] - marks[0]
-    rest = (marks[-1] - marks[1]) / (len(marks) - 2)
-    log.info("FunUI Timing", f"{run['node']}: step 1 done {first:.1f}s after the node started, step 2 took "
-             f"{second:.1f}s, the {len(marks) - 2} after that average {rest:.1f}s")
+    later = ", ".join(f"step {i + 1} {marks[i] - marks[i - 1]:.1f}s" for i in range(1, len(marks)))
+    log.info("FunUI Timing", f"{run['node']}: step 1 done {marks[0] - run['at']:.1f}s after the node started; {later}")
 
 
 def install(server):
diff --git a/core/tests/test_node_timing.py b/core/tests/test_node_timing.py
index 0f9c64b7..7665db83 100644
--- a/core/tests/test_node_timing.py
+++ b/core/tests/test_node_timing.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def test_a_run_is_split_by_node_and_logged_once_at_the_end():
     assert seen == ["status"], "messages still go out"
 
 
-def test_a_sampler_reports_its_first_steps_apart_from_the_rest():
+def test_a_sampler_reports_step_one_from_the_node_start_and_every_later_step():
     log._reset()
     obs = node_timing.observe
     obs("execution_start", {"prompt_id": "p"}, now=0.0)
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ def test_a_sampler_reports_its_first_steps_apart_from_the_rest():
         obs("progress", {"prompt_id": "p", "value": i + 1, "max": 4}, now=at)
     obs("execution_success", {"prompt_id": "p"}, now=38.0)
     lines = [r["message"] for r in log.history() if r["source"] == "FunUI Timing"]
-    assert lines[0] == "sampler: step 1 done 30.0s after the node started, step 2 took 2.0s, the 2 after that average 2.0s"
+    assert lines[0] == "sampler: step 1 done 30.0s after the node started; step 2 2.0s, step 3 2.0s, step 4 2.0s"
     assert len(lines) == 2, "the per-node total still follows"