Please list all indexes on [BuildTable].
Also, shouldn't the SecondApply query have a condition based on FirstApply value, something like:
WHERE [BuildTable].[rownum] > [FirstApply].[rownum]
?
Edit: Added "WHERE" for clarity.
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