A typical American Hairless Terrier tops out around 23.2 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 33.53 mph. 0.5 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest American Hairless Terriers outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 5.7 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 331 American Hairless Terriers, a typical American Hairless Terrier tops out at 23.2 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.8 mph. That makes the American Hairless Terrier the 69th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 3 American Hairless Terriers have ever broken 30 mph, and 105 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Terrier breeds, the typical American Hairless Terrier is faster than 6 of 8. The American Staffordshire Terrier is the quickest of the bunch at 24.0 mph, and the Rat Terrier (23.4 mph) runs closest to the American Hairless Terrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 0.8 mph gap to the American Staffordshire Terrier is about 0.29 seconds.
Lace's Spotted Skeeter holds the fastest consistent run by any American Hairless Terrier: 33.53 mph at the Galveston County Kennel Club in Texas on October 25, 2020. That's 100 yards in 6.10 seconds.
AKC's results also show Wudnshu Beethoven Blue Moon at 35.39 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 25.57 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest American Hairless Terrier is Tico, with a best of 27.80 mph over 27 logged runs.
American Hairless Terriers come in more than one Fast CAT height group. 36 measured under 12 inches and averaged 21.1 mph; 294 measured 12 to 18 inches and averaged 23.5 mph. Smaller dogs earn extra points per mph toward their titles, so the shorter ones rack up titles faster.
Not really, but more are running. In 2019, 29 American Hairless Terriers ran Fast CAT, typically at 23.4 mph. In 2025 it was 119 dogs at 23.1 mph.
Texas has the most American Hairless Terrier runs, 605 of them, followed by California, Florida, Maryland. The fastest American Hairless Terrier run in Texas is 33.92 mph.
Any AKC-registered American Hairless Terrier over 12 months old can enter, and your dog runs alone down a straight 100 yards. Most dogs figure out the lure fast. Have someone your dog will run to waiting past the finish line, because a dog that stops to check on you can lose a second or two.
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Speeds from AKC Fast CAT results. Photographers: spotted your work? Tell us at [email protected] and we'll credit it or take it down.