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10-Minute Timer
Ten minutes is a common warm-up length and, in a 2006 study published in the journal Sleep, the nap length that improved alertness fastest after a short night. The timer below starts automatically.
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10 minutes at a glance
- Started now, it ends at
- —
- In seconds
- 600
- In milliseconds
- 600,000
- In minutes
- 10
- Share of an hour
- 17%
- Share of a day
- 0.69%
- Back-to-back per hour
- 6
What a 10-minute timer is good for
- A short nap: in Brooks and Lack’s 2006 study, a 10-minute nap gave the most immediate boost in alertness compared with 5, 20 and 30-minute naps.
- Cooking most dried pasta, which takes 8–12 minutes.
- A warm-up before running or lifting.
- A quick tidy-up or inbox sprint.
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