time for one step of the combination if you see fit to set it that way. it would be somewhat difficult to enter more than three buttons as one step of the combination, but i wanted to note it here because this push button lock is designed to accept that type of combination sequence, if you want it. don’t forget that you can press any of the other buttons after those buttons are pressed at the same time, but never press any button more than once, whether pressed together with other buttons or not. an example would be pressing 2 and 4 together, then 1, 3 and 5 all together 