Current endpoint
Emma Hunt holds the women's world record at 5.99 seconds, set in Kraków on July 4, 2026—the first official women's Speed time below six seconds.
Key record milestones
| Year | Time | Athlete | Event/Place | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6.96 | Iuliia Kaplina (RUS) | Moscow | World record before Mirosław's record era. |
| 2021 | 6.84 | Aleksandra Mirosław (POL) | Tokyo Olympics | Began a long sequence of record improvements. |
| 2023 | 6.24 | Aleksandra Mirosław (POL) | Rome | Pre-Paris world benchmark. |
| 2024 | 6.21 | Aleksandra Mirosław (POL) | Paris 2024 | World, European and Olympic record. |
| 2024 | 6.06 | Aleksandra Mirosław (POL) | Paris 2024 | Second Paris improvement; stood through much of 2025. |
| 2025 | 6.03 | Aleksandra Mirosław (POL) | Seoul World Championships | World title plus new world record. |
| 2026 | 5.99 | Emma Hunt (USA) | Kraków | First woman officially under six seconds; current world record. |
Mirosław's record era
World Climbing has described Aleksandra Mirosław as owning a sequence of ten consecutive women's world records beginning at Tokyo 2020. She drove the record from the high sixes to 6.03 and paired that progression with Olympic and World Championship titles.
Paris 2024
Mirosław broke the world record twice during Paris qualification—6.21 and then 6.06. The 6.06 also became the Olympic record, a category that remains distinct from the later world-record progression.
The first sub-six
At the 2026 World Climbing Series in Kraków, Emma Hunt ran 5.99 in the quarter-final. World Climbing identifies the performance as the first women's sub-six and lists it as the current world and Pan American record.
Records & performance data
Current Speed Climbing World Records
Current men's and women's speed climbing world records, with athlete, event, location, date and verification status.
Open reference →Men's Speed Climbing World Record Progression
Key milestones in the men's speed climbing world record progression, from the five-second barrier to Zhao Yicheng's 4.54-second record.
Open reference →Speed Climbing Continental Records
Current African, Asian, European, Oceania and Pan American speed climbing records for men and women, verified August 19, 2026.
Open reference →Olympic Speed Climbing Records
Official Olympic speed climbing records from Paris 2024, and how an Olympic record differs from a world record.
Open reference →Speed Climbing Relay Records
Current men's, women's and mixed speed relay world records and why relay records are a new part of the sport's performance data.
Open reference →Speed Climbing Record Milestones
Major speed climbing performance milestones: sub-five men, sub-six women, Olympic breakthroughs and emerging relay barriers.
Open reference →Personal Best vs Official Speed Climbing Record
The difference between a speed climbing personal best, training time, event result, continental record, Olympic record and world record.
Open reference →SpeedClimbing.com Records Methodology & Source Policy
How SpeedClimbing.com verifies current records, handles historical progression, dates updates and separates official data from secondary reporting.
Open reference →Primary record sources
- World Climbing — Men's Speed Records
- World Climbing — Women's Speed Records
- World Climbing — Mixed Team Speed Relay Records
- World Climbing — Speed discipline overview
Current-record pages are date-sensitive. Figures on SpeedClimbing.com were verified against World Climbing on August 19, 2026. Governing-body data supersedes this site if a record changes after that date.