3 Minute Timer
Three minutes is the sweet spot for a stronger tea steep or a genuinely cold shower — long enough to matter, short enough that most people can talk themselves into finishing it.
It's also roughly the length of a single round in boxing and kickboxing training, which is where a lot of interval-timer habits for this length originally come from.
It's already set to 3:00 below — press Space or Start to begin. Reloading mid-countdown resumes it rather than resetting, since it tracks a fixed end time stored on your device, not a server.
What fits in 3 minutes
A rough sense of scale for a 3 minutes block of time:
- Steeping a strong cup of black tea
- A cold shower
- Doing a plank hold with rest between sets
- Most pop songs, start to finish
- A quick tidy of a desk before a call
Frequently asked
- How do I start a 3 minutes timer?
- Type 3 into the timer above, or just use it as-is — it's already set to 3 minutes — then press Space or the Start button.
- Does the timer keep running if I switch tabs?
- Yes — it keeps counting in the background and still chimes when it finishes, even if this tab isn't focused.
- Does it need an internet connection?
- No, once this page has loaded the timer works fully offline.