A typical Bluetick Coonhound tops out around 21.8 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 28.37 mph. 0.9 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Bluetick Coonhounds outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 0.6 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 41 Bluetick Coonhounds, a typical Bluetick Coonhound tops out at 21.8 mph, and half of them run faster than 22.4 mph. That makes the Bluetick Coonhound the 110th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
3 Bluetick Coonhounds have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Bluetick Coonhound is faster than 2 of 8. The Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 32.9 mph, and the Basenji (23.2 mph) runs closest to the Bluetick Coonhound. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 11.1 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 3.17 seconds.
'Pr' Son Of The Dirty South holds the fastest consistent run by any Bluetick Coonhound: 28.37 mph at the Irish Setter Club of Fort Worth in Texas on November 21, 2025. That's 100 yards in 7.21 seconds.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Bluetick Coonhound is Brantley, with a best of 28.37 mph over 40 logged runs.
Tennessee has the most Bluetick Coonhound runs, 64 of them, followed by New Hampshire, Virginia, Arizona. The fastest Bluetick Coonhound run in Tennessee is 22.85 mph.
Any AKC-registered Bluetick 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.