Article last updated: Apr 5, 2026
HYROX at the top of the sport continues to get faster and faster. Every season the standard rises, and the difference between winning and fifth can be a handful of seconds. Below we look at the five quickest women ever in the Pro division…
Joanna Wietrzyk
The Australian Joanna Wietrzyk only raced her first HYROX in Melbourne in June 2024, yet less than 2 years later set the current world record in the Pro division with a time of 56:03 (set in the third Major of the 25/26 season in Phoenix).
She’s unbeaten outside the Elite 15 so far and immediately made an impact at the top level with a podium in Amsterdam on her Elite 15 debut, following that up with a win in Hong Kong.
Coached by James Kelly, Joanna comes from a tennis and netball background and arrived in HYROX with running as her clear strength. But she’s improved her station work rapidly and now looks like one of the most complete athletes in the field.
Lauren Weeks
Lauren Weeks is one of the most experienced, highly decorated athletes in HYROX. She holds the second fastest time ever with her PB of 56:23, set in Glasgow in March 2025, as part of a fantastic Major race in which she was pushed all the way by Joanna Wietrzyk. At the time this was a world record which stood for 10 months.
Lauren is a multi-time World Champion, winning in 2021 and 2023, plus the Elite 12 race in 2020. She’s also the 2025 Women’s Elite Doubles World Champion, with Lauren Griffith.
Lauren currently holds the Women’s Open world record (55:38, Washington DC 2025) and Pro Doubles world record with Vivian Tafuto (53:11, Phoenix 2025)
Lauren coaches along with husband Anthony Peressini at “The Hybrid Engine”, and together they work with several Elite 15 athletes. They live in Las Vegas with their daughter, Lily – with whom she was 7 months pregnant when she famously competed in the 2022 World Championships – finishing an incredible 9th out of 15.
Read more on Lauren and our chats with her on the Rox Lyfe podcast here.
Saskia Millard
Saskia Millard moved into 3rd on the all-time list with a sensational 57:26 performance at London Olympia on 27 March 2026, making her the third fastest woman ever in the HYROX Pro division.
What makes the performance even more remarkable is how new she still is to the sport. This came in just her third Pro singles race, underlining the extraordinary ceiling she appears to have.
Millard comes into HYROX with an exceptional running background. A gifted middle-distance athlete from a young age, she ran 2:08 for 800m at age 13, a time that broke the European age-group record at the time. She later represented Great Britain at the European Junior Championships and the European Cross Country Championships, where the GB team won gold.
Despite her rapid rise in HYROX, she is still primarily focused on track, with the 1500m remaining her main event, having made the final of the British Indoor Championships just a month earlier.
Away from racing, Saskia works full-time as an A&E doctor in London, which makes her progression in HYROX even more impressive. The combination of elite speed, a demanding full-time profession, and obvious room for further station gains suggests there may be even faster times to come.
Annie Emilsson
Annie Emilsson now sits 4th on the all-time list after running 58:02 at London Olympia on 27 March 2026, moving inside the sub-59 barrier and confirming herself as one of the fastest women the sport has ever seen.
The Swedish athlete has risen quickly through the women’s field and is part of the new wave of athletes pushing the standard forward at the sharp end of the sport.
Her PB perfornance in London came in the same race as Saskia Millard’s 57:26, and showed excellent pacing and composure across all eight stations, delivering one of the fastest women’s Pro times ever recorded and firmly establishing herself as a genuine Elite-level contender.
Sinead Bent
Sinead Bent secured her spot in the all-time list with a 58:04 performance at the HYROX EMEA Championships in London Olympia in March 2026, announcing herself as one of the fastest women in the sport.
Racing on home soil in a stacked championship field, Bent delivered a controlled, high-level performance across all eight stations. Her ability to hold pace deep into the race stood out, putting together one of the quickest and most complete runs seen in the women’s Pro division.
Bent’s rise has been rapid. After finishing second in the Last Chance Qualifier in Barcelona to secure her place at the 2025 World Championships, she went on to finish 4th in Chicago, showing she could already compete with the very best.
She’s also proven her strength in doubles, initially crossing the line first alongside Lucy Procter at the 2025 World Championships before a time penalty moved them into second place.
On the course, Bent is known for her efficiency and composure. She moves particularly well on the Farmers Carry, and builds her races through consistent execution rather than relying on one standout station.
Remarkably, her first HYROX race came at Olympia in 2024. Less than two years later she put in a performance that now sits among the fastest the sport has ever seen.
These five women have pushed the sport into the sub-59 era, and with the depth in the Elite field increasing every season, it may not be long before sub 56 becomes the next big barrier.
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