Online Stopwatch With Laps
A precise online stopwatch that reads to a hundredth of a second. Start the clock, tap Lap to capture splits without stopping, and pause or resume whenever you need. Each lap row shows both its own split and the running total, with the fastest lap marked in green and the slowest in red once you have recorded more than one.
How to use the online stopwatch
- Press Start to begin timing from zero.
- Press Lap to record a split while the clock keeps running.
- Press Stop to pause, then press Resume to continue from where you left off.
- Read each lap's split and cumulative total in the table below.
- Press Reset to clear the time and all recorded laps.
Examples
Three laps with splits and totals
Lap at 1.00s, lap at 2.50s, lap at 3.00s total elapsed
Lap 1 split 00:01.00, Lap 2 split 00:01.50 (slowest), Lap 3 split 00:00.50 (fastest), total 00:03.00
Reading past one hour
1 hour, 5 minutes and 9 seconds elapsed
1:05:09.00
Frequently asked questions
What is a lap on a stopwatch?
A lap records a split time without stopping the clock. The stopwatch keeps running and the table shows how long that segment took plus the cumulative total elapsed at the moment you pressed Lap.
How precise is the timer?
It displays time down to centiseconds, a hundredth of a second. Centiseconds are truncated rather than rounded, so the readout never jumps ahead of the real elapsed time.
What is the difference between the split and total columns?
The split is the duration of that single lap, measured from the previous lap. The total is the whole elapsed time up to that lap. The first lap's split and total are equal, and later splits are the gaps between consecutive laps.
Does the stopwatch keep correct time if I switch tabs?
Yes. It measures elapsed time from a start timestamp rather than counting interface ticks, so even if the browser throttles a background tab, the displayed time is correct again as soon as the tab is active.
How does pausing and resuming work?
Stop locks in the time run so far, and Resume adds a fresh segment on top of it. Because the total is accumulated from real timestamps, repeated pause and resume cycles stay accurate with no drift.
Which laps are highlighted?
Once there are at least two laps, the fastest is highlighted in green and the slowest in red, so you can spot your quickest and slowest segments at a glance. Ties resolve to the first matching lap.
How is time shown once it passes an hour?
Under one hour the display is minutes, seconds and centiseconds like 05:09.00. At one hour or more it adds an un-padded hours field, so 65 minutes reads as 1:05:00.00.
Are my laps saved anywhere?
No. The stopwatch runs entirely in your browser, nothing is sent to a server, and your laps are not stored after you reset or leave the page.
Learn more
- How a browser stopwatch stays accurate
Why counting timestamps beats counting ticks, how splits and totals are built, and why background tabs do not spoil the time.
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