Our Miele has an 'express' setting which only takes 30 minutes. A full cycle takes 70 minutes or so. But the express setting is adequate enough for 90% of the laundry so that's what gets used most of the time. It actually spins at 1600 RPM and indeed, the clothes are almost dry when then come out of the machine.

Our drier, also a Miele, is another story. But that is because that machine is of the "condensation" type, so without an 'exhaust'. These types of machines are more convenient to use inside the house (they don't make the room damp and you don't have to make a hole in the wall or open up a windows when you're using it, but they take longer to get the washing dry) Our machine takes a bit more than an hour. My parents' Miele, with an exhaust, does is in less than 45 minutes.