1 Minute Timer
Sixty seconds, counting down, with a sound at zero.
Runs entirely in your browser
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One minute, counting down from sixty seconds. Press Start, or tap the space bar, and it runs.
A minute is the length people reach for when the point is a limit rather than a duration: a plank, a speaking turn, a round of a game, steeping a teabag you like weak. Nobody needs help knowing when a minute has passed. They need something else to be watching so they do not have to.
It is also the shortest length where a timer beats counting, because counting to sixty in your head runs fast under effort and slow under boredom, by as much as a fifth in either direction. The clock does not care how the minute feels.
For a different length, type it into the boxes. The five minute timer and ten minute timer are the next ones up, and the stopwatch counts the other way when you want to measure rather than limit.
How to use it
- Press Start, or the space bar, and the countdown begins.
- Leave the tab open. It keeps time whether or not you are looking at it.
- Change the minutes and seconds in the boxes for any other length.
Questions
How accurate is a one minute timer in a browser?
Accurate to well under a second, because it reads the system clock rather than counting its own ticks. That distinction matters most on short timers: a counter that loses a few milliseconds a frame would be visibly wrong over a minute, and this is not one.
Can I use this for a plank or an exercise interval?
Yes, and it is the common use. Start it, put the phone down where you can see it, and the seconds are large enough to read from the floor. For repeated intervals you will have to press Start again each time, since it counts one span rather than looping.
Does the timer keep running if I switch tabs?
Yes. The count comes from the clock rather than from a tick that a background tab would slow down, so it is right when you come back however long you were away. Closing the tab does end it, since nothing is stored anywhere.
Will it make a sound when it finishes?
It rings at zero. Browsers block sound until a page has been interacted with, and pressing Start counts, so a timer you started will always be able to ring. Check the tab is not muted if you hear nothing.
Is anything sent anywhere?
No. The timer is arithmetic on your own clock, running in this tab, and the page makes no request of its own. It works with the network off and keeps no record of what you timed.
Other lengths
The same timer on a different duration. Any of them takes a length of your own once you are there.
Your data stays on your device
Everything above runs inside your browser as WebAssembly compiled from Rust. Nothing you type is uploaded, logged or stored on a server. You can load this page once, go offline, and it still works.
This page makes no requests at all, to anywhere. That is not a promise in the copy: it is a Content-Security-Policy header your browser enforces, and connect-src on it is none. Open the network tab and watch nothing happen.