3 Minute timer

03:00

Space to start or pause · R to reset

What a 3 minute timer is good for

Three minutes is a boxing round, a soft-boiled egg from boiling water, and roughly the length of a pop song — which is not a coincidence, since early singles were limited by what fitted on one side of a 10-inch shellac disc.

  • Soft-boiled eggs
  • A boxing round
  • Steeping black tea
  • A short presentation

The alarm is a gong generated in your browser, so it works with the sound on and no connection. For work/break cycles with ambient sound, use the Focus timer; to count down to a date instead of a duration, use Countdowns.

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