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3-Minute Timer
Three minutes is a professional boxing round and the cooking time printed on most instant-noodle packets. The timer below starts automatically.
Boxing rounds
Six rounds of 3 minutes with 1 minute of rest — 23 minutes of bag or pad work in the professional round format.
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.
3 minutes at a glance
- Started now, it ends at
- —
- In seconds
- 180
- In milliseconds
- 180,000
- In minutes
- 3
- Share of an hour
- 5.0%
- Share of a day
- 0.21%
- Back-to-back per hour
- 20
What a 3-minute timer is good for
- Boxing and kickboxing rounds: professional boxing uses three-minute rounds with one minute of rest.
- Instant noodles — most brands specify three minutes.
- Steeping black tea, typically 3–5 minutes.
- Elevator pitches and short presentations.
Boxing rounds: the full routine
Six rounds of 3 minutes with 1 minute of rest — 23 minutes of bag or pad work in the professional round format. Press Start Boxing rounds 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 | Round 1/6 | 3 min | 0:00 |
| 2 | Rest | 1 min | 3:00 |
| 3 | Round 2/6 | 3 min | 4:00 |
| 4 | Rest | 1 min | 7:00 |
| 5 | Round 3/6 | 3 min | 8:00 |
| 6 | Rest | 1 min | 11:00 |
| 7 | Round 4/6 | 3 min | 12:00 |
| 8 | Rest | 1 min | 15:00 |
| 9 | Round 5/6 | 3 min | 16:00 |
| 10 | Rest | 1 min | 19:00 |
| 11 | Round 6/6 | 3 min | 20:00 |
| Total | 23 min | ||
Need different lengths? Open Interval timer in the tool to set your own work, rest and round counts.
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