Cycle time stages

What it measures

The median time a PR spends in each of four stages — coding, pickup (waiting for first review), review, and merge — shown as weekly p50 series. Total cycle-time p90 appears as a footnote.

Why it matters

Splitting cycle time into stages shows where time actually goes. A long pickup stage points to review availability; a long review stage points to PR size or complexity.

How to read it

• Compare the stages to each other — the tallest one is your biggest opportunity.
• Pickup and merge waits are queue time; coding and review are active time.
• The total-cycle p90 footnote is the tail: how slow the slow PRs are.

Anti-blame

Stage medians are computed across the team's PRs — never attributed to a person.