25 Minute Timer
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One Pomodoro
Twenty-five minutes is the length Francesco Cirillo chose for each work interval of the Pomodoro Technique, which he developed as a college student using a kitchen timer shaped like a tomato (pomodoro in Italian). The idea is to commit to a single task until the timer rings, with no email and no switching, then take a short break before the next round.
This page gives you one round. If you plan to work through several, the Pomodoro Timer on this site alternates work and breaks, keeps a task for each round and counts how many you finish in a day. A lone 25-minute block is still useful on its own: a revision session, a writing sprint, a first pass at a difficult email, or clearing a pile of small tasks that each take a few minutes. Decide what the round is for before you press Start; writing the task down first is half of what makes it work.
- Francesco Cirillo divided the time he spent on a project into 25-minute intervals with 5-minute breaks, timed with a kitchen timer shaped like a pomodoro, Italian for tomato. Source: Francesco Cirillo, The Pomodoro Technique (Penguin Random House).
25 minutes split into equal intervals
Every way to cut 25 minutes into equal parts of at least 5 seconds, for rounds, turns or reps.
| Equal parts | Each part (m:ss) | Each part in seconds |
|---|---|---|
| 2 × 12 min 30 s | 12:30 | 750 |
| 3 × 8 min 20 s | 8:20 | 500 |
| 4 × 6 min 15 s | 6:15 | 375 |
| 5 × 5 minutes | 5:00 | 300 |
| 6 × 4 min 10 s | 4:10 | 250 |
| 10 × 2 min 30 s | 2:30 | 150 |
| 12 × 2 min 5 s | 2:05 | 125 |
| 15 × 1 min 40 s | 1:40 | 100 |
| 20 × 1 min 15 s | 1:15 | 75 |
| 30 × 50 seconds | 0:50 | 50 |
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| 60 × 25 seconds | 0:25 | 25 |
25 minutes in other units
| Unit | Value |
|---|---|
| Seconds | 1,500 |
| Milliseconds | 1,500,000 |
| Hours | 0.4167 |
| Share of a day | 1.736% |
| Times it fits in a day | 57.6 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is a Pomodoro 25 minutes?
It is the interval Francesco Cirillo settled on when he developed the technique: long enough to make real progress on one task, short enough to give it full attention. In his method each 25-minute round is followed by a 5-minute break before the next one begins.
What if I get interrupted during a 25-minute round?
If it can wait, jot it on a scrap of paper and come back to it after the round. If it can’t, pause the timer with the space bar, deal with it, and carry on; the countdown picks up exactly where it stopped, so the round still adds up to 25 minutes.
Should I use this page or the Pomodoro Timer?
Use this page for a single 25-minute block. For a full session, the Pomodoro Timer on this site runs work rounds and breaks in sequence, lets you name a task for each round and keeps today’s count in your browser. Both share the same timing engine.