A typical Boerboel tops out around 22.7 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 28.61 mph. Right in line with the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Boerboels outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 0.8 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 51 Boerboels, a typical Boerboel tops out at 22.7 mph, and half of them run faster than 24.0 mph. That makes the Boerboel the 79th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
18 Boerboels have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Working breeds, the typical Boerboel is faster than 5 of 8. The Boxer is the quickest of the bunch at 25.2 mph, and the Rottweiler (22.6 mph) runs closest to the Boerboel. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 2.5 mph gap to the Boxer is about 0.88 seconds.
Romboel Azarenka-Defar holds the fastest consistent run by any Boerboel: 28.61 mph at the Willamette Valley Basenji Club in Washington on June 9, 2024. That's 100 yards in 7.15 seconds.
Washington has the most Boerboel runs, 353 of them, followed by Ohio, Tennessee, Connecticut. The fastest Boerboel run in Washington is 28.61 mph.
Any AKC-registered Boerboel 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.