About TheTimerLab
Who builds this, and how the timings on each page are decided.
Why this site exists
Most online timers are one countdown box surrounded by ads. They work, but they leave the thinking to you: how long a Tabata interval runs, how long a soft-boiled egg actually needs, how long a round lasts under a particular rulebook.
TheTimerLab starts from the protocol rather than the clock. Each timer is set up for one specific task, preloaded with the timings that task calls for, so the common case is one click. Nothing to install, no account, and once a page has loaded it keeps working offline.
How the timings are decided
Where a timer reflects a published standard — a governing body's rulebook, a food-safety guideline, a peer-reviewed protocol — the page cites it and records which edition was used, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Where a figure is conventional rather than official, the page says so. Where we cannot source a number, we leave it out. That last rule matters more than it sounds: a lot of widely repeated fitness and cooking numbers trace back to nothing, and repeating them would make the site less useful, not more.
Timers are a starting point, not an authority. For anything with a safety or health dimension, follow the product label, the certified training, or the professional in front of you.
Who runs it
TheTimerLab is built and maintained by Futzs, an independent studio that builds small, fast, single-purpose web tools.
Privacy and cost
Free to use, personally and commercially. No account, no email, no cookie banner, because there are no tracking cookies to consent to — analytics are anonymous page counts only. See the privacy policy and terms of use.
Corrections
If a timing here is wrong, or a rulebook has been revised, please tell us. Corrections get made, and a page that cannot be sourced properly gets changed or removed.