diff --git a/packages/api-derive/src/elections/info.ts b/packages/api-derive/src/elections/info.ts
index 84f69c7d46..a826c46b7d 100644
--- a/packages/api-derive/src/elections/info.ts
+++ b/packages/api-derive/src/elections/info.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
 import { AccountId, Balance, BlockNumber, SetIndex, VoteIndex } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
-import { Codec } from '@polkadot/types/types';
+import { ITuple } from '@polkadot/types/types';
 
 import { Observable, combineLatest } from 'rxjs';
 import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { createType, Vec, u32 } from '@polkadot/types';
 import { DerivedElectionsInfo } from '../types';
 import { memo } from '../util';
 
-type ResultElectionsInner = [u32, u32, Vec<[AccountId, BlockNumber] & Codec>, SetIndex, BlockNumber, VoteIndex, SetIndex];
+type ResultElectionsInner = [u32, u32, Vec<ITuple<[AccountId, BlockNumber]>>, SetIndex, BlockNumber, VoteIndex, SetIndex];
 type ResultElections = [Vec<AccountId>, ResultElectionsInner];
 
 function deriveElections ([candidates, [candidateCount, desiredSeats, members, nextVoterSet, termDuration, voteCount, voterCount]]: ResultElections): DerivedElectionsInfo {
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ function derivePhragmen (candidates: AccountId[], members: [AccountId, Balance][
     candidacyBond,
     desiredSeats,
     members,
-    runnersUp,
+    // place in most-likely-to-be-in order
+    runnersUp: runnersUp.reverse(),
     termDuration,
     votingBond
   };
@@ -64,8 +65,8 @@ function queryPhragmen (api: ApiInterfaceRx): Observable<DerivedElectionsInfo> {
   // we are not using multi queries here, so empty array is empty (instead of space-filled)
   return combineLatest([
     api.query.electionsPhragmen.candidates<Vec<AccountId>>(),
-    api.query.electionsPhragmen.members<Vec<[AccountId, Balance] & Codec>>(),
-    api.query.electionsPhragmen.runnersUp<Vec<[AccountId, Balance] & Codec>>()
+    api.query.electionsPhragmen.members<Vec<ITuple<[AccountId, Balance]>>>(),
+    api.query.electionsPhragmen.runnersUp<Vec<ITuple<[AccountId, Balance]>>>()
   ]).pipe(
     map(([candidates, members, runnersUp]): DerivedElectionsInfo => derivePhragmen(
       candidates,
diff --git a/packages/api-derive/src/staking/controllers.ts b/packages/api-derive/src/staking/controllers.ts
index 63bb63f1c2..8e731e121c 100644
--- a/packages/api-derive/src/staking/controllers.ts
+++ b/packages/api-derive/src/staking/controllers.ts
@@ -3,22 +3,24 @@
 // of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
 import { ApiInterfaceRx } from '@polkadot/api/types';
-import { AccountId } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
-import { Codec } from '@polkadot/types/types';
+import { AccountId, ValidatorPrefs } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
+import { ITuple } from '@polkadot/types/types';
 
 import { Observable, combineLatest, of } from 'rxjs';
 import { switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { Option } from '@polkadot/types';
+import { Option, Vec } from '@polkadot/types';
 
 import { memo } from '../util';
 
+type DeriveControllers = [AccountId[], Option<AccountId>[]];
+
 /**
  * @description From the list of stash accounts, retrieve the list of controllers
  */
-export function controllers (api: ApiInterfaceRx): () => Observable<[AccountId[], Option<AccountId>[]]> {
+export function controllers (api: ApiInterfaceRx): () => Observable<DeriveControllers> {
   return memo((): Observable<[AccountId[], Option<AccountId>[]]> =>
-    api.query.staking.validators<[AccountId[]] & Codec>().pipe(
-      switchMap(([stashIds]): Observable<[AccountId[], Option<AccountId>[]]> =>
+    api.query.staking.validators<ITuple<[Vec<AccountId>, Vec<ValidatorPrefs>]>>().pipe(
+      switchMap(([stashIds]): Observable<DeriveControllers> =>
         combineLatest([
           of(stashIds),
           // for V2, don't return all the controllers, we call bonded at a later point
diff --git a/packages/api-derive/src/staking/recentlyOffline.ts b/packages/api-derive/src/staking/recentlyOffline.ts
index 73ae32433c..1931f9347b 100644
--- a/packages/api-derive/src/staking/recentlyOffline.ts
+++ b/packages/api-derive/src/staking/recentlyOffline.ts
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
+import { ApiInterfaceRx } from '@polkadot/api/types';
 import { AccountId, BlockNumber } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
-import { Codec } from '@polkadot/types/types';
+import { ITuple } from '@polkadot/types/types';
+import { DerivedRecentlyOffline } from '../types';
 
-import BN from 'bn.js';
 import { Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
 import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { ApiInterfaceRx } from '@polkadot/api/types';
-import { DerivedRecentlyOffline } from '../types';
+import { Vec, u32 } from '@polkadot/types';
 
 import { memo } from '../util';
 
-type OfflineResult = [AccountId, BlockNumber, BN][] & Codec;
+type OfflineResult = Vec<ITuple<[AccountId, BlockNumber, u32]>>;
 
 function expandDerived (recentlyOffline: OfflineResult): DerivedRecentlyOffline {
   return recentlyOffline.reduce((result: DerivedRecentlyOffline, [accountId, blockNumber, count]): DerivedRecentlyOffline => {