A typical Cane Corso tops out around 22.1 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 29.86 mph. 0.6 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Cane Corsos outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 2.1 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 551 Cane Corsos, a typical Cane Corso tops out at 22.1 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.1 mph. That makes the Cane Corso the 100th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 4 Cane Corsos have ever broken 30 mph, and 127 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Working breeds, the typical Cane Corso is faster than 3 of 8. The Boxer is the quickest of the bunch at 25.2 mph, and the Great Dane (22.1 mph) runs closest to the Cane Corso. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 3.1 mph gap to the Boxer is about 1.14 seconds.
Black Pearl Espresso holds the fastest consistent run by any Cane Corso: 29.86 mph at the Bayshore Companion Dog Club in New Jersey on June 4, 2017. That's 100 yards in 6.85 seconds.
AKC's results also show Pirates Den Jean Lafitte Don'T Fail Me Now at 33.07 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 28.37 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 Cane Corso is Alessia, with a best of 27.49 mph over 104 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2017, 26 Cane Corsos ran Fast CAT, typically at 21.4 mph. In 2025 it was 129 dogs at 22.0 mph.
Texas has the most Cane Corso runs, 517 of them, followed by California, Florida, New York. The fastest Cane Corso run in Texas is 29.39 mph.
Any AKC-registered Cane Corso 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.