52 17 timer for a longer sitting
A 52 17 timer follows the work rhythm people call the 52/17 rule: fifty-two minutes on, seventeen minutes off. Both the short and the long break use that seventeen minute rest.
Pomodoro Timer · Other pages: 50/10 · 90 min
What the 52/17 rule is asking for
The 52/17 pattern is a desk rhythm, not a law. The idea is simple: stay with the work for a bit longer than a classic pomodoro, then take a rest that is actually long enough to leave the chair. Seventeen minutes covers a walk to the other end of the building, a short stretch, or a snack. It is a bad length for opening a new project. This page opens with 52 minutes of focus and 17 minutes of break, and the longer pause after four focus blocks is 17 minutes as well, so you are not asked to learn two different rests. The digits fill the spare screen. The phase label tells you whether the seventeen minutes you are looking at is a break or whether the 52 is still running. Use it for writing, study, or a build where the first ten minutes are setup and the useful work happens after that. If the rest starts to fill itself with more work, that is the signal to stand up when the label says break. The count under the dots is how many focus blocks you have finished today, and it returns to zero at local midnight.
FAQ
Is 52/17 a kind of pomodoro?
It is the same shape: a focus block, a break, and a repeat. The lengths are the part that changed. Francesco Cirillo's kitchen-timer version used 25 and 5. This page uses 52 and 17 because some people sustain attention better on that longer pair. The controls are the same.
Why is the long break also 17 minutes?
So the rest is one length you can remember. After four focus blocks you still get a pause, and it is the same seventeen minutes as the short break. If you want a longer stop at the end of the round, change Long break in settings. The link keeps the new value.