3 Minute Timer

Tea, eggs, and held positions.

3:00

3 Minute Timer ready. Press start to begin.

Each mark is 15 seconds

Three minutes is the kitchen's default: green tea, a soft-boiled egg, a pan that needs to rest. It is also the length of a boxing round, which is not a coincidence — it is about how long hard effort stays sustainable.

What three minutes is good for

Tea and eggs

Green tea before it turns bitter; a soft yolk before it sets.

A round

The standard boxing round, and a good unit for any all-out effort.

Questions

Will it make a sound when it finishes?

Yes — an alarm rings when the countdown reaches zero. The countdown also turns red and the tab title changes to "Time's up", so the end is visible as well as audible.

The hard part isn’t the timer

This page counts down, and that is all it does. Porotimer handles the part that decides whether the session actually works.

  • Porotimer's allow list, with Study Focus selected

    Lock away what breaks focus

    Choose the apps you're allowed for the session. Porotimer puts everything else behind a wall until the timer ends — which is the one thing a page in a browser tab can never do.

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  • Porotimer's guided break screen

    Breaks that actually rest you

    A calm scene and a breathing guide when the sprint ends, instead of five minutes of scrolling. You come back settled rather than scattered.

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  • Porotimer's session path for the day

    See where the hours went

    Every sprint and break laid out in order. The day becomes something you can look back on, rather than something you try to remember.

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