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3 Minute Timer — for tea, rounds and short drills

Three minutes, preset and ready. Brew tea, box a round or run a drill and get a clear signal when the time is up.

Runs locally — nothing is uploaded

3:00

Remaining

Minutes and seconds may go above 59: 90 in the minute field means one and a half hours.

Quick pick

Runs locally in your browser — nothing is sent.

Other durations

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Three minutes is the classic brewing and round length: press start and this preset timer counts down 180 seconds, then signals with sound and a visible alert. It fits black tea, a boxing round, a plank progression or a short breathing drill. Adjust the fields if you need four or five minutes instead.

Why is a boxing round exactly three minutes?

Because the rulebooks say so. In professional boxing a men's round lasts three minutes with a one minute break in between; women's rounds are set at two minutes under the same structure. The three minute round has been the reference for round-based training ever since, which is why interval apps and gym clocks default to it.

How long should tea actually steep?

For black tea the usual window is three to five minutes: shorter tastes lively because mostly caffeine has dissolved, longer tastes fuller and more bitter because the tannins follow. Green tea sits far lower, around one to two minutes at 70 to 80 degrees. Three minutes is therefore a safe default for black tea and already too long for most green ones.

Can I run several rounds in a row?

Yes, by pressing reset and start again after each signal. The timer deliberately does not loop on its own: an automatic restart in a background tab is the fastest way to lose track of which round you are in, and a timer that rings without you asking is a timer you stop trusting. For measuring rounds instead of capping them, switch to the stopwatch and take a lap per round.

How to set the timer

  1. Press start — three minutes are already loaded.
  2. Do the round, the brew or the drill; the tab title keeps showing the remaining time.
  3. Take the signal at zero, then reset for the next round.

Frequently asked questions

Is three minutes right for green tea too?

Usually not. Green tea is normally brewed for one to two minutes at 70 to 80 degrees; three minutes at boiling temperature makes most green teas bitter. Set the minute field to 1 or 2 and the second field as needed, then press start.

Can I use it as a round timer with a break?

Yes, in two steps: run the three minute round, and after the signal set one minute for the break before starting the next round. The quick-pick chips above the fields make that switch a single tap.

Does the timer keep running when I switch tabs?

Yes. The remaining time is calculated from the timestamp at which you pressed start, not by counting ticks. Browsers slow background timers down to about one call per minute, and a sleeping device stops them completely — a counting timer would fall behind by exactly that amount. This one simply subtracts again when the tab comes back and shows the correct value.

Does the timer send anything to a server?

No. No server is involved at all: the countdown is a subtraction against your device clock, done entirely in JavaScript in your browser. There is no account, no cookie for the timer, and nothing is uploaded or sent anywhere. You can load the page, switch to airplane mode and the timer still runs — which is the simplest way to verify the claim yourself.