They have watched on as the household names of the sport in New Zealand have been lumped together to race on the same day all week at the Shunyi course.
Last Saturday seven New Zealand crews battled it out in heats while there were five in semifinal action on Wednesday and five in finals action tomorrow.
It has been a lonelier campaign for Uru, 23, and Taylor, 24, who have been lumped on the other side of the draw on alternate days with no other New Zealand crews for company.
"It's different to the World Cups but it's quite good because we've got a lot of people supporting us," Uru told NZPA.
"It's worked out quite well, you could say. We have the whole digs (boatshed) to ourselves and we can relax and be in our own bubble quite easily. There's not so much comings and goings.
"And of course the whole support team are not so bogged down and they can give all their time to us."
A large cluster of New Zealand supporters have been on hand every day of competition, many clad in custom-designed shirts which feature the name of every black boat crew at these Games.
Those supporters were as disappointed as Uru and Taylor yesterday that thunderstorms resulted in the complete postponement of the racing programme to today -- a scheduled rest day.
The duo will need a top-three finish in their semifinal to advance to Sunday's final, something that looks a distinct possibility given their strong heat display and a semifinal draw that sees gold medal favourites Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter of Great Britain in the other race.
The British were unbeaten in World Cup racing this year, and appear a boat length quicker than world champions Denmark who are in New Zealand's race today.
Uru and Taylor qualified for Beijing via a sudden death World Cup regatta in Poland in June, having been nominated following trials on Lake Karapiro.
The pair have been careful to keep their weight in check this week as their class allows an average weight of 70kg.
