11 Minute Timer

Press Start to count down 11 minutes.

This free 11 minute timer counts down 11 minutes with a shrinking red disc you can read at a glance. 11 minutes is 660 seconds (six hundred and sixty seconds). It suits a focused study sprint or a short guided stretching routine.

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What a 11 minute timer is good for

Eleven minutes is an odd number, and that is part of its appeal. A slightly unusual length breaks the habit of rounding everything to ten, which some students find helps them treat a sprint as a fresh challenge rather than another block on the clock.

A study sprint

Pick one topic, close every other tab and work until the disc is empty. Eleven minutes is short enough to stay fully focused and long enough to finish a page of notes or a set of practice questions.

A guided stretch

A full-body stretching routine of eleven or twelve moves held for about 45 seconds each fits this length, with a few seconds to change position.

Reading one article

Most long-form news articles take nine to twelve minutes to read at an average pace. Eleven minutes is a fair target for one careful read.

Revision flashcards

Work through one deck of flashcards and set aside any you miss for the next round.

To pace yourself, glance at the disc rather than the numbers. With the 11 minute timer running, half the colour has gone after 5 minutes 30 seconds, and when only a quarter is left you have 2 minutes 45 seconds to wrap up. Open fullscreen if the timer needs to be read across a room, and add a label so everyone knows what the 11 minutes are for.

How to use the 11 minute timer

  1. It is ready

    The dial is already set to 11 minutes. To change it, drag the disc, tap a preset or open Custom.

  2. Press Start

    Or press the Space bar. The red disc shrinks back towards 12 o’clock as the time runs down.

  3. Watch the disc

    Read the time left at a glance, or open fullscreen for a big dial that fills the screen.

  4. Time’s up

    Your alarm plays until you press Stop. Press Reset or R to run the same time again.

11 minutes in other units

11 minutes equals
Seconds660
Minutes11
Hours0.1833
Fraction of a day0.0076

Why use this timer

Why a visual timer helps

A shrinking disc turns time into something you can see. You read how much is left at a glance, without doing sums on a clock, and an invisible deadline feels less stressful when you can watch it approach. That is why visual timers are a staple in classrooms and are widely used by people with ADHD and autistic children and adults. Read our guide to using a visual timer, how it helps with ADHD time blindness, classroom transitions and autism.

Why this timer is accurate

The countdown is anchored to your device clock rather than counted in animation frames. It does not drift if you switch tabs or your screen sleeps: it keeps running in the background and still sounds the alarm on time. When you come back, the disc jumps straight to the correct position.

Frequently asked questions

There are 660 seconds in 11 minutes. That is 0.1833 of an hour, or six hundred and sixty seconds written out.

An eleven minute study sprint on a single topic, a full-body stretch routine, reading one long article carefully, or running through a deck of revision flashcards.

Yes. The 11 minute countdown is anchored to your device clock rather than counted frame by frame, so it stays accurate in a background tab and the alarm still fires when the 11 minutes are up.

No. The 11 minute timer runs in your browser on phone, tablet and desktop. It is free, and there is no account, app or download.

Yes. Press the fullscreen button or the F key. The dial fills the screen, so the remaining part of the 11 minutes is readable from the back of the room.

Yes, once this page has loaded. Nothing is sent over the network while the 11 minutes count down, so a dropped connection will not stop the timer.

An unusual length can make a session feel like a deliberate choice rather than a habit. Some students also find the extra minute is exactly what they need to finish one more question.

When the 11 minutes are up the disc is empty, the screen shows Time’s up! and your alarm plays until you press Stop. It stops by itself after five minutes.

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