PIPTIM · ALWAYS ON TOP
30 Second Timer
Short enough to miscount, long enough to matter. Thirty seconds is easier to watch than to count.
Countdown timer
Tap the time to change it
PIPTIM · ALWAYS ON TOP
Short enough to miscount, long enough to matter. Thirty seconds is easier to watch than to count.
Tap the time to change it
Counting thirty seconds in your head almost always runs fast, and it runs faster when the thirty seconds are hard. Count out a plank and the point you call thirty is usually nearer twenty-two. This is the length where felt time drifts furthest from real time.
HIIT intervals, mouthwash, hand sanitiser, the short rest between sets — all of them land here, and all of them leave your hands busy. You cannot keep watching a screen you have to reach for.
Press the PiP button and the countdown leaves the browser to float above everything else, so the seconds stay visible while you follow a workout video. For a longer interval, use the 1 minute timer.
The shorter the interval, the more the window matters. Thirty seconds is about the time it takes to find the right tab and click, so the remaining seconds need to sit where a glance finds them without breaking the movement.
A plain countdown stops when it ends. To repeat the same length automatically, use the focus cycle with auto-start switched on. It works in whole minutes, so second-level repeats are not supported yet.
Tap the large digits to open the hours, minutes and seconds fields, then put 30 in the seconds box. This page already has 30 seconds filled in, so pressing start is enough.