The timeline for a request in the timeline begins when the request has been queued, and not when it has been sent. If you check the timing for one of the subsequent queries (by clicking the name and then the Timing tab), you will probably see that it was a lock for some time before sending.
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Here is a fiddle demonstrating this. Requests are sent in batches of six:

... and later requests show the blocking time before they are sent:

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