AMRAP Timer

AMRAP stands for "as many rounds as possible" — and sometimes "as many reps as possible." You set a time cap, choose a circuit of movements, and repeat it over and over until the clock runs out. Your score is the total rounds you complete, plus any reps into the next one. The timer does one thing: count down the cap.

It is the signature CrossFit metcon format and the shape of some of the best-known benchmark workouts. Where an EMOM hands you the pacing, an AMRAP leaves it entirely to you — the clock is fixed, and how much you fit into it is the whole test.

Because the time is fixed and the work is open-ended, an AMRAP measures work capacity directly: how much can you do before the bell? That makes it a clean benchmark. Run the same AMRAP a month apart, count your rounds each time, and the score tells you plainly whether you have improved.

It also makes pacing the real skill. Go out too hard and you stall halfway, watching the clock with nothing left; hold back too much and you leave rounds on the table. The best AMRAP scores come from a pace you can sustain from the first round to the last with steady, unbroken movement.

Reach for an AMRAP when you want a self-scoring conditioning piece with a clear finish line. It suits bodyweight circuits, mixed-modal workouts that pair a monostructural movement (rowing, biking, running) with strength work, and any session where you want a number to chase.

It is also the easiest format to scale: keep the time cap fixed and adjust the reps or the movements to match the athlete. Everyone finishes together when the clock hits zero, whatever their level — which is why it is a gym favourite for classes.

Twenty minutes is the classic AMRAP cap — long enough to settle into a rhythm and let pacing decide the score, and the length of well-known benchmark workouts built from simple bodyweight movements. The 12-minute cap is a shorter, sharper test: less time to recover means a higher sustainable pace and a faster, more intense piece.

Both presets are a single countdown — you supply the circuit. Press start and the timer runs the cap, calling time when it reaches zero. Open either in the editor to set a different cap, and pair it with one of the other hubs for the round structure you want to repeat.