diff --git a/tools/cabana/streams/abstractstream.cc b/tools/cabana/streams/abstractstream.cc
index 3e631d3709..6af831a1d0 100644
--- a/tools/cabana/streams/abstractstream.cc
+++ b/tools/cabana/streams/abstractstream.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "tools/cabana/streams/abstractstream.h"
 
+#include <QtConcurrent>
+
 AbstractStream *can = nullptr;
 
 AbstractStream::AbstractStream(QObject *parent, bool is_live_streaming) : is_live_streaming(is_live_streaming), QObject(parent) {
@@ -59,39 +61,59 @@ const CanData &AbstractStream::lastMessage(const MessageId &id) {
   return it != can_msgs.end() ? it.value() : empty_data;
 }
 
-void AbstractStream::updateLastMsgsTo(double sec) {
-  QHash<MessageId, CanData> last_msgs;
-  last_msgs.reserve(can_msgs.size());
-  double route_start_time = routeStartTime();
-  uint64_t last_ts = (sec + route_start_time) * 1e9;
-  auto evs = events();
-  auto last = std::upper_bound(evs->rbegin(), evs->rend(), last_ts, [](uint64_t ts, auto &e) { return e->mono_time < ts; });
-  for (auto it = last; it != evs->rend(); ++it) {
+static QHash<MessageId, CanData> parseEvents(std::vector<Event *>::const_reverse_iterator first,
+                                             std::vector<Event *>::const_reverse_iterator last, double route_start_time) {
+  QHash<MessageId, CanData> msgs;
+  msgs.reserve(500);
+  for (auto it = first; it != last; ++it) {
     if ((*it)->which == cereal::Event::Which::CAN) {
       for (const auto &c : (*it)->event.getCan()) {
-        auto &m = last_msgs[{.source = c.getSrc(), .address = c.getAddress()}];
+        auto &m = msgs[{.source = c.getSrc(), .address = c.getAddress()}];
         if (++m.count == 1) {
           m.ts = ((*it)->mono_time / 1e9) - route_start_time;
           m.dat = QByteArray((char *)c.getDat().begin(), c.getDat().size());
           m.colors = QVector<QColor>(m.dat.size(), QColor(0, 0, 0, 0));
           m.last_change_t = QVector<double>(m.dat.size(), m.ts);
           m.bit_change_counts.resize(m.dat.size());
-        } else {
-          m.freq = m.count / std::max(1.0, m.ts);
         }
       }
     }
   }
+  return msgs;
+};
+
+// it is thread safe to update data in updateLastMsgsTo.
+// updateEvent will not be called before replayStream::seekedTo return.
+void AbstractStream::updateLastMsgsTo(double sec) {
+  uint64_t ts = (sec + routeStartTime()) * 1e9;
+  const uint64_t delta = std::max(std::ceil(sec / std::thread::hardware_concurrency()), 30.0) * 1e9;
+  const auto evs = events();
+  auto first = std::upper_bound(evs->crbegin(), evs->crend(), ts, [](uint64_t ts, auto &e) { return ts > e->mono_time; });
+  QFutureSynchronizer<QHash<MessageId, CanData>> synchronizer;
+  while(first != evs->crend()) {
+    ts = (*first)->mono_time > delta ? (*first)->mono_time - delta : 0;
+    auto last = std::lower_bound(first, evs->crend(), ts, [](auto &e, uint64_t ts) { return e->mono_time > ts; });
+    synchronizer.addFuture(QtConcurrent::run(parseEvents, first, last, routeStartTime()));
+    first = last;
+  }
+  synchronizer.waitForFinished();
 
-  // it is thread safe to update data here.
-  // updateEvent will not be called before replayStream::seekedTo return.
   new_msgs->clear();
   change_trackers.clear();
-  counters.clear();
   can_msgs.clear();
-  for (auto it = last_msgs.cbegin(); it != last_msgs.cend(); ++it) {
-    can_msgs[it.key()] = it.value();
-    counters[it.key()] = it.value().count;
+  counters.clear();
+  for (const auto &f : synchronizer.futures()) {
+    auto msgs = f.result();
+    for (auto it = msgs.cbegin(); it != msgs.cend(); ++it) {
+      counters[it.key()] += it.value().count;
+      auto m = can_msgs.find(it.key());
+      if (m == can_msgs.end()) {
+        m = can_msgs.insert(it.key(), it.value());
+      } else {
+        m.value().count += it.value().count;
+      }
+      m.value().freq = m.value().count / std::max(1.0, m.value().ts);
+    }
   }
   emit updated();
   emit msgsReceived(&can_msgs);