50 minute timer
Fifty minutes is a standard class period at many US colleges, and 50 minutes of work plus a 10-minute break fills an hour exactly.
Ready
Ends 50 minutes after you press Start.
Keyboard: Space start or pause, R reset, F full screen.
50 minutes in other units
- Seconds
- 3,000
- Share of an hour
- 83.3%
- 5/6 of an hour
- On the timer
- 50:00
- Back to back
- 28 a day
- whole runs in 24 hours
What a 50 minute timer is good for
- College classes. Classes that meet three times a week often run for 50 minutes.
- The 50/10 rhythm. Work for 50 minutes, then take a 10-minute break, and each cycle is exactly one hour.
- Long walks. At a steady walking pace of about 3 miles an hour, 50 minutes covers roughly two and a half miles.
Other timers
About this timer
The countdown runs against your device's clock from the moment you press Start, so it stays accurate in a background tab. The line under the digits shows the local time it will end. Pick one of ten alarm sounds, all generated in your browser (hear them on the countdown sounds page), and use full screen to read the time from across a room. Need a different length? Set a custom timer.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I set a timer for 50 minutes?
This page is already set to 50 minutes. Press Start, or the Space bar, and the countdown begins; when it reaches zero, the alarm sounds and the page shows Time's up. Pause stops the clock and Reset takes it back to 50 minutes.
How many seconds are in 50 minutes?
3,000 seconds, or 5/6 of an hour.
What is the 50/10 method?
A simple rhythm for long work sessions: 50 minutes of focused work followed by a 10-minute break, so each cycle takes one hour. Use the 10 minute timer for the break.
Will the alarm go off if I switch tabs?
In most desktop browsers, yes. The countdown is worked out from the real clock, and the alarm is scheduled with the browser's sound engine when you press Start, so it stays on time in a background tab. Phones can pause web pages when the screen locks, so keep the screen on — the timer asks the browser to do that where it can — and turn the volume up.