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Pomodoro Timer

Plan a Pomodoro work session: total focused work time, short and long breaks, and total elapsed time.

Inputs
Result

Total time

4h 5m

Focused work time3h 20m
Break time45m
Short breaks6
Long breaks1

How the calculation works

The classic Pomodoro technique alternates focused work sessions with short breaks, swapping in a longer break after a set number of sessions to prevent burnout. This adds up your total planned focus time and break time (a break follows every session except the final one, since there's nothing left to take a break before), so you know how long the whole plan will actually take.

Formula

Total Work Time = Work Session Length × Number of Sessions. A break follows every session except the last: a long break after every Nth session, a short break otherwise. Total Time = Total Work Time + Total Break Time.

Examples

  • 25-min sessions, 5-min short breaks, 15-min long break every 4th, 8 sessions

    3h 20m work + 45m breaks = 4h 5m total (6 short breaks, 1 long break)

  • 25-min sessions, 5-min short breaks, 15-min long break every 4th, 5 sessions

    2h 5m work + 30m breaks = 2h 35m total (3 short breaks, 1 long break)

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