I tried this one time., to actually be a great employee. This was well into my senior programmer status, got hired at at a new gig, and I liked the place. So they had a massive chunk of work. I busted my ass for 3 months to get it done in time, nights, weekends, you name it.
We got it done, zero bugs too, was honestly impressed.
A month later they asked me why my velocity had dropped. Well, because I pushed hard for that, but this is normal times, I'm well within my fellow engineers ranges right? Well sure, but you're about 20% lower on our charts. Was told I would need to get that back up if I wanted to be eligible for raises or promotions. My 6 month review came up and that was forefront. I "showed promise" early on but I had been lacking lately. They mentioned my huge project as a footnote.
Seriously kids, don't try. Business will formulate everything you do into graphs, and they only care if line goes up. Stay in line with your coworkers, and nudge the line up only noticeably through the years. They want to play stupid games, give them stupid prizes.