According to https://github.com/ReactiveX/rxjs/blob/master/doc/writing-marble-tests.md '--(abc)-|': on frame 20, emit a, b, and c, then on frame 80 complete So how do I represent "on frame 20, emit a, b, and c, then on frame 40 complete. Ie how can I stop the sync group itself taking up frames? cartant has answered this question in his comment. There's no way to do it - sync groups will always take up extra frames even though all members occur in the frame of the opening bracket. 来源: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46839094/how-to-make-an-rxjs-marble-sync-grouping-only-take-up-one-frame