diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index acfa86c7..22c439f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
      * `"/file-:id/topics"` (free start, ends at slash)
      * `"/file-{name}.html"` (free start & end)
   * backed by a new `:trie-router`, replacing `:segment-router`
-     * [over 40% faster](https://metosin.github.io/reitit/performance.html) on the JVM
+     * [up to 2x faster](https://metosin.github.io/reitit/performance.html) on the JVM
 
 * **BREAKING**: `reitit.spec/validate-spec!` has been renamed to `validate`
 * With `clojure.spec` coercion, values flow through both `st/coerce` & `st/conform` yielding better error messages. Original issue in [compojure-api](https://github.com/metosin/compojure-api/issues/409).
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
 ### `reitit-frontend`
 
-* **BREAKING**: Frontend controllers redesigned
+* Frontend controllers redesigned
     * Controller `:params` function has been deprecated
     * Controller `:identity` function works the same as `:params`
     * New `:parameters` option can be used to declare which parameters
diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/java-src/reitit/Trie.java b/modules/reitit-core/java-src/reitit/Trie.java
index 65f98a42..953a70ad 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-core/java-src/reitit/Trie.java
+++ b/modules/reitit-core/java-src/reitit/Trie.java
@@ -160,10 +160,14 @@ public class Trie {
 
     @Override
     public Match match(int i, int max, char[] path) {
+      boolean hasPercent = false;
+      boolean hasPlus = false;
       if (i < max && path[i] != end) {
         int stop = max;
         for (int j = i; j < max; j++) {
           final char c = path[j];
+          hasPercent = hasPercent || c == '%';
+          hasPlus = hasPlus || c == '+';
           if (c == end) {
             stop = j;
             break;
@@ -171,7 +175,7 @@ public class Trie {
         }
         final Match m = child.match(stop, max, path);
         if (m != null) {
-          m.params = m.params.assoc(key, decode(path, i, stop));
+          m.params = m.params.assoc(key, decode(new String(path, i, stop - i), hasPercent, hasPlus));
         }
         return m;
       }
diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc
index 4b121eda..1025618a 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc
+++ b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@
 
   | key                          | description |
   | -----------------------------|-------------|
-  | `:reitit.core/trie-compiler` | Optional trie-compiler."
+  | `:reitit.trie/trie-compiler` | Optional trie-compiler.
+  | `:reitit.trie/parameters`    | Optional function to transform path-parameters at creation time (default `identity`)."
   ([compiled-routes]
    (linear-router compiled-routes {}))
   ([compiled-routes opts]
-   (let [compiler (::trie-compiler opts (trie/compiler))
+   (let [compiler (::trie/trie-compiler opts (trie/compiler))
          names (impl/find-names compiled-routes opts)
          [pl nl] (reduce
                    (fn [[pl nl] [p {:keys [name] :as data} result]]
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@
                            f #(if-let [path (impl/path-for route %)]
                                 (->Match p data result (impl/url-decode-coll %) path)
                                 (->PartialMatch p data result (impl/url-decode-coll %) path-params))]
-                       [(conj pl (-> (trie/insert nil p (->Match p data result nil nil)) (trie/compile)))
+                       [(conj pl (-> (trie/insert nil p (->Match p data result nil nil) opts) (trie/compile)))
                         (if name (assoc nl name f) nl)]))
                    [[] {}]
                    compiled-routes)
@@ -174,11 +175,12 @@
 
   | key                          | description |
   | -----------------------------|-------------|
-  | `:reitit.core/trie-compiler` | Optional trie-compiler."
+  | `:reitit.trie/trie-compiler` | Optional trie-compiler.
+  | `:reitit.trie/parameters`    | Optional function to transform path-parameters at creation time (default `identity`)."
   ([compiled-routes]
    (trie-router compiled-routes {}))
   ([compiled-routes opts]
-   (let [compiler (::trie-compiler opts (trie/compiler))
+   (let [compiler (::trie/trie-compiler opts (trie/compiler))
          names (impl/find-names compiled-routes opts)
          [pl nl] (reduce
                    (fn [[pl nl] [p {:keys [name] :as data} result]]
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@
                            f #(if-let [path (impl/path-for route %)]
                                 (->Match p data result (impl/url-decode-coll %) path)
                                 (->PartialMatch p data result (impl/url-decode-coll %) path-params))]
-                       [(trie/insert pl p (->Match p data result nil nil))
+                       [(trie/insert pl p (->Match p data result nil nil) opts)
                         (if name (assoc nl name f) nl)]))
                    [nil {}]
                    compiled-routes)
diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc
index a6ba6251..8af5877d 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc
+++ b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc
@@ -288,6 +288,18 @@
 ;; Managing Tries
 ;;
 
+#?(:clj
+   (def record-parameters
+     "Memoized function to transform parameters into runtime generated Record."
+     (memoize
+       (fn [params]
+         (let [fields (keys params)]
+           (if (some qualified-keyword? fields)
+             params
+             (let [sym (gensym "PathParams")
+                   ctor (symbol (str "map->" sym))]
+               (eval `(do (defrecord ~sym ~(mapv (comp symbol name) fields)) (~ctor {}))))))))))
+
 (defn insert
   "Returns a trie with routes added to it."
   ([routes]
@@ -298,8 +310,10 @@
        (insert acc p d))
      node routes))
   ([node path data]
+   (insert node path data nil))
+  ([node path data {::keys [parameters] :or {parameters identity}}]
    (let [parts (split-path path)
-         params (zipmap (->> parts (remove string?) (map :value)) (repeat nil))]
+         params (parameters (zipmap (->> parts (remove string?) (map :value)) (repeat nil)))]
      (-insert (or node (-node {})) (split-path path) path params data))))
 
 (defn compiler
diff --git a/perf-test/clj/reitit/go_perf_test.clj b/perf-test/clj/reitit/go_perf_test.clj
index 59838449..4e432c2e 100644
--- a/perf-test/clj/reitit/go_perf_test.clj
+++ b/perf-test/clj/reitit/go_perf_test.clj
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   (:require [criterium.core :as cc]
             [reitit.perf-utils :refer :all]
             [reitit.ring :as ring]
+            [reitit.trie :as trie]
             [clojure.string :as str]))
 
 ;;
@@ -295,7 +296,8 @@
 (def app
   (ring/ring-handler
     (ring/router
-      (reduce (partial add h) [] routes))
+      (reduce (partial add h) [] routes)
+      {::trie/parameters trie/record-parameters})
     (ring/create-default-handler)
     {:inject-match? false, :inject-router? false}))
 
@@ -334,6 +336,8 @@
   ;; 277ns (trie-router, no injects, switch-case) - 690ns clojure
   ;; 273ns (trie-router, no injects, direct-data)
   ;; 256ns (trie-router, pre-defined parameters)
+  ;; 237ns (trie-router, single-sweep wild-params)
+  ;; 191ns (trie-router, record parameters)
   (let [req (map->Req {:request-method :get, :uri "/repos/julienschmidt/httprouter/stargazers"})]
     (title "param")
     (assert (= {:status 200, :body "/repos/:owner/:repo/stargazers"} (app req)))
@@ -365,6 +369,6 @@
   (do
     (require '[clj-async-profiler.core :as prof])
     (prof/profile
-      (dotimes [_ 1000000]
+      (dotimes [_ 10000000]
         (app {:request-method :get, :uri "/repos/julienschmidt/httprouter/stargazers"})))
     (prof/serve-files 8080)))
diff --git a/perf-test/clj/reitit/prefix_tree_perf_test.clj b/perf-test/clj/reitit/prefix_tree_perf_test.clj
index b35a102a..0e6e2091 100644
--- a/perf-test/clj/reitit/prefix_tree_perf_test.clj
+++ b/perf-test/clj/reitit/prefix_tree_perf_test.clj
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     (trie/compile
       (reduce
         (fn [acc [p d]]
-          (trie/insert acc p d))
+          (trie/insert acc p d {::trie/parameters trie/record-parameters}))
         nil routes))))
 
 (defn bench! []
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
   ;; 0.300µs (iterate arrays)
   ;; 0.280µs (list-params)
   ;; 0.096µs (trie)
+  ;; 0.083µs (trie, record-params, faster decode)
   (cc/with-progress-reporting
     (cc/bench
       (trie-matcher "/v1/orgs/1/topics"))))
diff --git a/test/cljc/reitit/trie_test.cljc b/test/cljc/reitit/trie_test.cljc
index 90286d77..1592123c 100644
--- a/test/cljc/reitit/trie_test.cljc
+++ b/test/cljc/reitit/trie_test.cljc
@@ -34,4 +34,11 @@
   (is (= (trie/->Match {} {:a 1})
          ((-> (trie/insert nil "" {:a 1})
               (trie/compile)
-              (trie/path-matcher)) ""))))
+              (trie/path-matcher)) "")))
+
+  #?(:clj
+     (let [match ((-> (trie/insert nil "/:a" {:a 1} {::trie/parameters trie/record-parameters})
+                      (trie/compile)
+                      (trie/path-matcher)) "/a")]
+       (is (record? (:params match)))
+       (is (= (trie/->Match {:a "a"} {:a 1}) (update match :params (partial into {})))))))