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25-Minute Timer
Twenty-five minutes is one “Pomodoro”, the focused work block of the time-management method Francesco Cirillo developed in the late 1980s and named after his tomato-shaped kitchen timer. The timer below starts automatically.
Pomodoro cycle
Four 25-minute focus blocks separated by 5-minute breaks, ending with a 15-minute long break — 2 h 10 min in total.
Interval timer (work / rest rounds)
No active timers. Start one above or pick a preset.
Shortcuts: Space pause/resume · R reset · + add a minute · F fullscreen · Esc silence. They act on the timer that ends soonest.
25 minutes at a glance
- Started now, it ends at
- —
- In seconds
- 1,500
- In milliseconds
- 1,500,000
- In minutes
- 25
- Share of an hour
- 42%
- Share of a day
- 1.7%
- Back-to-back per hour
- 2.4
What a 25-minute timer is good for
- One Pomodoro: work on a single task until the timer rings, then take a 5-minute break.
- After four Pomodoros, take a longer 15–30 minute break.
- Timeboxing a task you have been putting off — 25 minutes is short enough to start.
Pomodoro cycle: the full routine
Four 25-minute focus blocks separated by 5-minute breaks, ending with a 15-minute long break — 2 h 10 min in total. Press Start Pomodoro cycle above and the timer runs every step in order, with a short cue between steps and the current step in the browser tab title.
| # | Step | Length | Starts at |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Focus 1/4 | 25 min | 0:00 |
| 2 | Short break | 5 min | 25:00 |
| 3 | Focus 2/4 | 25 min | 30:00 |
| 4 | Short break | 5 min | 55:00 |
| 5 | Focus 3/4 | 25 min | 1:00:00 |
| 6 | Short break | 5 min | 1:25:00 |
| 7 | Focus 4/4 | 25 min | 1:30:00 |
| 8 | Long break | 15 min | 1:55:00 |
| Total | 2 h 10 min | ||
Need different lengths? Open Interval timer in the tool to set your own work, rest and round counts.
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