My old GE set took 30 to wash and, originally 60 to dry. When I replaced them, it was taking about 3 hours to dry and the washer gearbox was dropping shrapnel.

The new set is Sears (actually Fishy/Painkill) and the washer takes about 45 mins, the drier about the same.

My house in Singapore has a LG washer, which takes 60 minutes, and includes the mega centrifugal drier that's common here in Asia. Nothing here is ever truly dry...