The SQL time is the time it took for all SQL queries to run ... from the time of sending a query, until the results came back.... then timer stops.... and when next query is sent, timer starts again from where it left off, etc. After the final query, the number is shown.
The page parse time is the time it took from when the first line of code in index.php started processing until the footer of your page was drawn. This includes the delays introduced by any SQL queries waiting on the database.



