diff --git a/.jules/bolt.md b/.jules/bolt.md
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+# Bolt's Performance Journal
+
+## 2025-05-15 - Initializing Bolt Journal
+**Learning:** Found that several optimizations mentioned in memory are not present in the current codebase state, possibly due to being in different branches or reverted.
+**Action:** Re-evaluate and re-apply confirmed optimizations starting with high-impact areas like `topoplot.py` and `runica.py`.
+
+## 2025-05-15 - Vectorizing griddata_v4
+**Learning:** The `griddata_v4` function in `topoplot.py` was bottlenecked by a nested Python loop for query point evaluation. Replacing the loop with NumPy broadcasting (`xq + 1j * yq` with shape `(grid, grid, 1)`) and matrix multiplication (`@`) provided a ~4-6x speedup.
+**Action:** Always check for nested loops in numerical interpolation or signal processing functions and replace with broadcasting where memory allows.
diff --git a/src/eegprep/functions/sigprocfunc/topoplot.py b/src/eegprep/functions/sigprocfunc/topoplot.py
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--- a/src/eegprep/functions/sigprocfunc/topoplot.py
+++ b/src/eegprep/functions/sigprocfunc/topoplot.py
@@ -45,19 +45,14 @@ def griddata_v4(x, y, v, xq, yq):
         # If still singular, use pseudoinverse as last resort
         weights = np.linalg.pinv(g_reg) @ v
 
-    # Initialize output array
-    m, n = xq.shape
-    vq = np.zeros_like(xq)
-
-    # Evaluate at requested points
-    xy = xy[:, None]  # Make it column vector for broadcasting
-    for i in range(m):
-        for j in range(n):
-            d = np.abs(xq[i, j] + 1j * yq[i, j] - xy.ravel())
-            with np.errstate(divide='ignore', invalid='ignore'):
-                g = (d**2) * (np.log(d) - 1)  # Green's function
-            g[d == 0] = 0  # Handle Green's function at zero
-            vq[i, j] = np.dot(g, weights)
+    # Evaluate at requested points (vectorized)
+    # xy is (n_chans,), q is (grid, grid, 1), d_q is (grid, grid, n_chans)
+    q = xq + 1j * yq
+    d_q = np.abs(q[..., np.newaxis] - xy)
+    with np.errstate(divide='ignore', invalid='ignore'):
+        g_q = (d_q**2) * (np.log(d_q) - 1)  # Green's function
+    g_q[d_q == 0] = 0  # Handle Green's function at zero
+    vq = g_q @ weights
 
     return vq