Good uses for a 6 minute timer
- A soft-boiled egg: many recipes give about 6 minutes for a large egg in boiling water
- A six-minute walk or warm-up
- A short presentation slot
- A focused tidy of one room
- Resting dough or letting a pan cool
- A quick revision sprint
Tips
- For eggs, start the timer when the egg goes into boiling water, then move it to cold water at the alarm. The egg timer has soft, jammy and hard presets.
- Use +1 min for a firmer yolk without restarting.
- Keep the tab open; the alarm still sounds if you switch tabs.
6 minutes in other units
| Unit | 6 minutes |
|---|---|
| Minutes | 6 |
| Seconds | 360 |
| Hours | 0.1 |
| Milliseconds | 360,000 |
Questions and answers
How many seconds is 6 minutes?
360 seconds, or 0.1 hours.
Why 6 minutes for a soft-boiled egg?
A large egg lowered into boiling water usually has a set white and a runny yolk after about 6 minutes, but egg size, fridge temperature and altitude change it, so treat it as a starting point.
Does the timer keep running if I switch tabs?
Yes. TimerNook works out the time left from your device clock and a fixed end time, not by counting ticks, so a background tab is still right. While a timer runs, the page also plays a tone too quiet to hear, so the browser keeps the tab awake; your browser may show a speaker icon on the tab. If you also tick "Notify me", you get a system notification at the end.
Will the alarm ring if my phone screen locks?
Not always. Phone browsers can pause web pages when the screen locks, and an iPhone on silent can mute browser sound. Keep the screen on; while the timer runs TimerNook asks the browser to keep the screen awake where that is supported. If the page was paused, the alarm rings as soon as you return.