6 Minute Timer — Online Countdown With Alarm

6 minutes at a glance

In seconds	360 seconds
In hours	0.1 hours
In milliseconds	360,000 ms
Written as	00:06:00

On a timesheet 6 minutes is 0.1 hours. In code it is 360,000 milliseconds, usually written 6 * 60 * 1000 rather than as the literal number.

What fits into 6 minutes

A mobility flow
A warm-up jog
One page of handwritten notes

Six minutes is an oddly practical length that almost nobody sets deliberately. It is a mobility flow, a warm-up jog, a page of handwritten notes, or the six-minute walk test used in clinics to measure functional capacity.

Running a 6 minute block well

Name the one taskWrite it down in a sentence with a verb in it. A block that starts with 'what should I do' loses its first three minutes.
Remove the three usual exitsPhone in another room, unrelated tabs closed, drink already poured. Almost every abandoned block ends via one of those three.
Work to the alarm, not to doneIf the task finishes early, use the remainder to set up the next block rather than starting something new.
Write the next actionSpend the last thirty seconds noting where you got to. It is the difference between resuming in ten seconds and re-reading for four minutes.

It also happens to be the length most people can hold genuine, undivided attention on something they find mildly boring, which makes it a useful honesty check on a task you keep postponing.

Other lengths

Need a little more or less time? Try the 5 minute timer or the 7 minute timer.

Questions people ask

What is the six minute walk test?

A clinical measure of how far someone can walk on a flat surface in six minutes. It is widely used to assess cardiac and respiratory function, and it is why this slightly unusual length has a timer at all.

How many seconds are in 6 minutes?

There are 360 seconds in 6 minutes, because every minute contains 60 seconds.

Can I pause the 6 minute timer and carry on?

Yes. The space bar or the pause button stops it where it is, and pressing again resumes from the same point rather than restarting at 6:00.

Does the countdown drift if I switch tabs?

No. It reads your device clock rather than counting animation frames, so a background tab, a locked screen or a slow connection cannot make it lose time.

Is the 6 minute timer free to use?

Yes, for personal and commercial use, with no sign-up and no limit. Use it in classrooms, gyms and streams without asking.