60 Second Timer

Press Start to count down 60 seconds.

This free 60 second timer counts down 60 seconds with a shrinking red disc you can read at a glance. 60 seconds is 60 seconds (sixty seconds). It is the same as one minute, ideal for a plank, a one minute pitch and a quick game round.

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What a 60 second timer is good for

Sixty seconds is the same as one minute, but people often search for it when they want to stress the seconds: a sixty second challenge, a sixty second pitch or a sixty second round. Seeing the seconds tick away makes it feel more urgent.

Sixty second challenges

Classroom and party games such as Minute to Win It ask players to complete a task in sixty seconds.

A one minute pitch

Speed networking and pitch nights often give each speaker sixty seconds.

A plank

Sixty seconds is the classic plank benchmark.

A quick round

Rapid word games and quizzes often use sixty second rounds.

To pace yourself, glance at the disc rather than the numbers. With the 60 second timer running, half the colour has gone after 30 seconds, and when only a quarter is left you have 15 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 60 seconds are for.

How to use the 60 second timer

  1. It is ready

    The dial is already set to 60 seconds. 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.

60 seconds in other units

60 seconds equals
Seconds60
Milliseconds60,000
Minutes1
Fraction of a day1/1440

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

60 seconds is simply 60 seconds, which is 1 of a minute or 60,000 milliseconds.

Minute to Win It style challenges, a sixty second pitch, a plank benchmark or a rapid round in a word game. See the 1 Minute Timer for the same length.

Yes. The 60 second 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 60 seconds are up.

No. The 60 second 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 60 seconds is readable from the back of the room.

Yes, once this page has loaded. Nothing is sent over the network while the 60 seconds count down, so a dropped connection will not stop the timer.

Sixty seconds is exactly one minute.

Yes. Restart it after each alarm to run back-to-back sixty second rounds.

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