A typical Black and Tan Coonhound tops out around 20.0 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 26.74 mph. 2.7 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Black and Tan Coonhound would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 92 Black and Tan Coonhounds, a typical Black and Tan Coonhound tops out at 20.0 mph, and half of them run faster than 20.3 mph. That makes the Black and Tan Coonhound the 153rd fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
5 Black and Tan Coonhounds have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Black and Tan Coonhound is faster than 2 of 8. The Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 32.9 mph, and the Beagle (19.7 mph) runs closest to the Black and Tan Coonhound. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 12.9 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 4.00 seconds.
Old Soul's While My Guitar Gently Weeps holds the fastest consistent run by any Black and Tan Coonhound: 26.74 mph at the Nebraska Kennel Club in Nebraska on April 24, 2022. That's 100 yards in 7.65 seconds.
AKC's results also show Creekside Wdwyn Cinnamon & All Things Nice at 26.74 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 23.54 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 Black and Tan Coonhound is Phoebe, with a best of 20.11 mph over 4 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2021, 25 Black and Tan Coonhounds ran Fast CAT, typically at 19.5 mph. In 2025 it was 36 dogs at 19.5 mph.
Florida has the most Black and Tan Coonhound runs, 368 of them, followed by Nebraska, California, Ohio. The fastest Black and Tan Coonhound run in Florida is 26.74 mph.
Any AKC-registered Black and Tan Coonhound 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.