A typical Beagle tops out around 19.7 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 30.67 mph. 3.0 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Beagles outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 2.9 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 696 Beagles, a typical Beagle tops out at 19.7 mph, and half of them run faster than 20.1 mph. That makes the Beagle the 158th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 1 Beagle has ever broken 30 mph, and 26 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Beagle is faster than 1 of 8. The Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 32.9 mph, and the Basenji (23.2 mph) runs closest to the Beagle. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 13.2 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 4.19 seconds.
Pc Navajo's Rush holds the fastest consistent run by any Beagle: 30.67 mph at the Tulsa Sighthound Association in Oklahoma on October 10, 2020. That's 100 yards in 6.67 seconds.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Beagle is Skye, with a best of 26.81 mph over 157 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2016, 28 Beagles ran Fast CAT, typically at 19.0 mph. In 2025 it was 238 dogs at 19.5 mph.
Ohio has the most Beagle runs, 2,142 of them, followed by Virginia, Maryland, Florida. The fastest Beagle run in Ohio is 26.06 mph.
Any AKC-registered Beagle 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.