How to use the online timer
As many rounds as possible: a fixed circuit repeated on a loop for twenty minutes, with the number of completed rounds as the score. Unlike interval formats, there is no rest written into it. Any recovery has to be taken out of your own pace, which makes an AMRAP as much a test of judgement as of fitness, and it is why two people of similar fitness can finish twenty minutes apart in total work.
Twenty minutes is long enough that the opening pace decides the outcome. Going hard while fresh feels efficient and usually costs more than it gains, because the rounds after the ten-minute mark slow disproportionately once the arms and lungs are gone. A pace that feels slightly too easy for the first five minutes is generally about right, and it takes several attempts before that feel becomes reliable.
When fatigue arrives, easing off rather than stopping outright keeps the round count moving; standing still for thirty seconds costs more than doing the same work slowly. Write down the rounds and any part-round each time you repeat the same circuit, since that number is directly comparable week to week and gives a clearer read on conditioning than how a session happened to feel.
Common questions
How should I pace twenty minutes with no rest?
Start at a pace that feels slightly too easy for the first five minutes. Going hard while fresh nearly always costs more after the halfway point than it gained at the start.
Is it better to stop or slow down when I fade?
Slow down. Standing still for thirty seconds costs more rounds than doing the same work at a reduced pace, and it is harder to restart than to keep moving.
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