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2-Minute Timer
Two minutes is the length dentists recommend for brushing and the threshold of David Allen’s well-known productivity rule. The timer below starts automatically.
Interval timer (work / rest rounds)
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Shortcuts: Space pause/resume · R reset · + add a minute · F fullscreen · Esc silence. They act on the timer that ends soonest.
2 minutes at a glance
- Started now, it ends at
- —
- In seconds
- 120
- In milliseconds
- 120,000
- In minutes
- 2
- Share of an hour
- 3.3%
- Share of a day
- 0.14%
- Back-to-back per hour
- 30
What a 2-minute timer is good for
- Brushing your teeth: the American Dental Association recommends two minutes, twice a day.
- The two-minute rule from “Getting Things Done”: if a task takes less than two minutes, do it now.
- Steeping green or white tea, which usually needs 2–3 minutes.
- Rest between heavy strength sets, where 2–5 minutes is typical.
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